Dear Ms Scofield,
Greetings from Sophie, Top China Travel!
Thanks a lot for you enquiry. I am delighted to answer your questions as below for reference,
We do suggest book the Li River Cruise with hotel/pier transfer through travel agency or book it through the hotel you stay in Guilin. It will more convenient for you. You do not need to think about how to buy the Cruise ticket and how to get to Zhujiang Pier from the hotel in Guilin city. The price for a group Li River Cruise tour is not expensive. It is around USD75-80 per person, with English speaking guide and transfer service. If you will overnight in Yangshuo, you could bring you luggage on board. The guide could also offer you more information about Yangshuo and surrounding trip.
If you choose to handle the Cruise on your own, there will be 2 problems,
1) Ticket booking: Generally speaking, it is impossible to buy the cruise tickets at the pier directly, especially in high season as all the cruise tickets need to reserve in advance and issue in the afternoon one day prior to the cruise day. Cruise Company will decide how much cruise boat for sailing according the pre-reserve situation. If you only buy ticket from travel agency, the ticket fee plus the handling fee is around USD55-60 per person. It needs you to bring tickets from agency’s office on your own.
2) If you take taxi from hotel to the pier, it takes around 40 minutes and cost around USD25 per way. The taxi driver do not use the meter and cannot Speak English. So you can not get information from the driver.
Finally, if you are one person, the cost will be around USD80 also
In a word, if you arrange it on your own, it is not worth and convenient.
For more Li River Cruise tour and Guilin tour information, please click
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Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Best regards
Sophie Huang
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