Yangshuo private tour: Xianggong Hill & Ruyi Peak ropeway

Two mountain viewpoints and a 2.3km ropeway through Guilin's karst landscape

A private full-day tour of Yangshuo departing from Guilin or Yangshuo hotels, with an English-speaking guide, hotel pickup and drop-off, and entrance tickets included. You visit Xianggong Hill for a bird's-eye view of the Li River winding through limestone peaks, then take the Ruyi Peak ropeway (a 2.3km cable car with a glass-bottomed skywalk and mountain platforms) for a second perspective of the same landscape. The tour runs 6 hours total, with driving time from Guilin around 1.5 hours or 40 minutes from Yangshuo.

Step-by-step itinerary

Yangshuo mountain views and ropeway

• Meet driver/guide at hotel
• Drive to Yangshuo Xianggong hill
• Climb Xianggong hill for river views
• Transfer to Ruyi Peak ropeway
• Ride Ruyi Peak ropeway and enjoy scenery

The experience

Yangshuo's karst peaks rise abruptly from flat farmland and river valleys, and this tour gives you two ways to see them. Your guide meets you at your hotel at 9am or 1pm and drives you to Xianggong Hill, where a climb rewards you with a panorama of the Li River threading through countless limestone formations. Photographers come here for the light and shadow play across the peaks, and the vantage point is high enough that the scale of the landscape becomes clear. The river is small from up here, and the hills stretch to the horizon. The ascent takes time, but the view is the reason the stop exists.

After Xianggong, you transfer to Ruyi Peak, where instead of another climb you board a cable car. The ropeway is 2.3km long and rises 242 meters, carrying eight passengers at a time in a detachable gondola. Along the route, platforms and walkways let you step out and stand on a glass-bottomed skywalk, cross a suspension bridge, and walk through cliff dwellings built into the mountainside. The ropeway moves slowly enough that you see the same landscape you viewed from Xianggong Hill from a different angle and height, and the engineered platforms turn the ride into a series of stopping points rather than a single view.

Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, as are all entrance tickets and the use of an air-conditioned vehicle with your guide for the full day. The guide speaks English and Chinese. Transfers from Guilin take roughly 1.5 hours. From Yangshuo, about 40 minutes, though traffic and time of day will shift those figures.

What’s included

• Hotel pickup and drop-off from your Guilin or Yangshuo hotel.
• entrance tickets to Xianggong Hill and Ruyi Peak ropeway.
• private air-conditioned vehicle for the full day.
• English-speaking guide throughout the tour.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 09:00

Book up to2h before

AgesAdult (10 and older) · Child (5 to 9 years) · Infant (1 to 4 years): free

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish and Chinese

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 14 days ago

Good to know

Moderate physical effortInfant seats availableNot recommended during pregnancyNot recommended with heart problemsNot recommended with back problems

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Is this one for you?Book this private tour if you want a guide who can explain the landscape and handle logistics, and if seeing the Li River from two different heights in a single afternoon matters more to you than a full day of walking. The ropeway means you experience Ruyi Peak without a strenuous climb, which suits travelers who want the view without the physical demand of a second summit.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Chinese.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (5 to 9 years); Infant (1 to 4 years): free.

How long does the tour take from start to finish?

The tour runs 6 hours total. That includes hotel pickup, the drive to Xianggong Hill (1.5 hours from Guilin or 40 minutes from Yangshuo), time on the hill itself, the transfer to Ruyi Peak, and the ropeway experience with its platforms and walkways.

What is Xianggong Hill and what will I see there?

Xianggong Hill sits on the west bank of the Li River between two other named peaks. From the summit, you get a bird's-eye view of the river winding through dozens of limestone hills: the landscape photographers come here to shoot, and the vantage point shows you the scale and pattern of Yangshuo's karst terrain that you cannot see from ground level.

Do I have to climb Ruyi Peak, or is there another way up?

You do not climb Ruyi Peak. Instead, you take a cable car: a 2.3km ropeway with a 242-meter elevation gain. The gondola holds eight passengers and moves slowly enough that you can step out at platforms along the way, including a glass-bottomed skywalk and a suspension bridge, before returning to the base.

What is included in the price?

Hotel pickup and drop-off, entrance tickets to both Xianggong Hill and Ruyi Peak, use of a private air-conditioned vehicle, and an English-speaking guide for the full day are all included.

Can I book this tour if I'm staying in Guilin instead of Yangshuo?

Yes. Your guide will pick you up at your Guilin hotel. The drive to Yangshuo and Xianggong Hill takes about 1.5 hours. You can also book pickup from a Yangshuo hotel if you are staying there, which cuts the drive time to roughly 40 minutes.