- Yangshuo Expat
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About Yangshuo Expat
Yangshuo Expat offers a high quality tour guide service and offers support for all your travel needs. We aim to make your vacation a special one.
The two partners, Faye and William, have a deep knowledge of the local area having both been involved in various aspects of tourism for many years.
The small team of tour guides all speak excellent English, and are fun as well as informative.
We don't just offer guiding services. We offer the full range of travel services and can arrange multi-day tours to Guilin, Longsheng and beyond.
Please check out Our Travel Services page to see what we can offer or the Holiday Packages page to see how these can be combined into the ideal holiday/vacation for you. If you have children then our Yangshuo Family Travel page is the best place to start.
Our speciality is arranging short vacations for expats (foreigners living in China). We also manage some International school groups for their time in Yangshuo.
Our office is located next to the 7th Heaven Cafe and Hostel on Chengzhong Road - just off West Street, opposite the new MacDonalds.
We can advise you on travel to Yangshuo and all local activities so that you get the most out of your time. Just drop us an email to get your questions answered.
We hope to see you in Yangshuo soon.
About Yangshuo
Yangshuo is located about 70km south of the city of Guilin in Guangxi Province. It is set amongst beautiful scenery and is one of China's hottest adventure holiday destinations.
The local mountains are very distinctive. Technically they are heavily eroded limestone or 'karst'. They tend to have very steep sides and contain many holes and caves. There are lots of fossilised corals hanging off the mountains indicating their origins. Anyone who has been to Halong Bay off the Vietnam coast will recognize the formations.
Tourism is well developed and there are many Attractions to make your holiday in Yangshuo special. The Li River Cruise and Moon Hill have been classic attractions for years. The Liu San Jie Light Show is a more recent introduction but is hugely popular. There are performances almost every night (except when it rains) and in the busy months there can often be two shows each night.
The gorgeous surroundings make for an excellent outdoor venue. The active are encouraged to get out of town under their own steam:
- Cycling around the countryside is easy as the network of trails between villages is very good - and mostly flat.
- Hiking gets you closer to the countryside and can be particulary special along the riverbanks.
Both of these activities become a more worthwhile experience when you take a tour guide along with you. A tour guide can show you to places you would struggle to find alone, and can pass on interesting facts about the places you visit. They can also answer your questions, or translate those questions you have for other locals.
For those who feel less active there are plenty of opportunities in town. Take a lesson, go shopping or just relax and eat delicious local and western food.
There definitely is something for everyone.
Testimonials
Philip from Canada travelling with Pegi and Beth
(in Yangshuo from 15 to 16 March, 2008)
said:
Thanks. We had two wonderful days - on the river and on bikes. Having Lisa as our guide was wonderful as well. She was enthusiastic and made the trip enjoyable for all of us. Having an English-speaking guide makes all the difference - as we were able to understand much more.
Frauziska from Switzerland travelling with Gust, Adrian, Tobias and Lukas
(in Yangshuo from 1 to 1 October, 2008)
said:
Thank you very much for the great organization. We all (especially our three boys) will miss Lisa. She is an excellent, professional and very nice guide!
Yangshuo Updates
Qing Ming Festival
Zhang Faye, 28 March, 2010
Qing Ming Festival is a tradition throughout China often known as the grave-sweeping festival. Although marked as 5 April on the calendar, actually this is a period of two weeks during which the family pay their respects to their ancestors by cleaning up the graves and offering sacrifices.
Li River Cruises: Low Water Warning
Zhang Faye, 28 March, 2010
Guangxi is part of the drought-stricken area of south-west China which is currently a top news item nationally.
At the moment the Li River water is very low, so the cruise boats can't start from Guilin nor finish in Yangshuo. Until normal water levels return, the cruises will start from Yangti and finish in Xingping.
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Contact: Faye Email: yangshuoexpat@gmail.com
Tel/Fax: +86 (0)773 882 4986 Mobile: +86 (0)13807735773
Address: #2 Chengzhong Road,Yangshuo, 541900, China
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