The limestone landforms of Guilin's karst landscape are unique. The peaks have various shapes, some rising straight into the sky like sharp swords, while others stretch continuously like barriers. The surfaces of the rocks are rich in textures.
Destination: Yangshuo Photography Highlights: Li River Rise, Cuiping Mt. Top Sunset, Loclal Portrait, Cormorant Fishing with Sunrise and Sunset
Tour Code: CPT-YS-05
The 5 Days Yanshuo Photography Tour covers best of Yangshuo photography highlights and activities:
Li River Rise, Cuiping Mt. Top Sunset, Loclal Portrait, Cormorant Fishing with Sunrise and Sunset
The limestone landforms of Guilin's karst landscape are unique. The peaks have various shapes, some rising straight into the sky like sharp swords, while others stretch continuously like barriers. The surfaces of the rocks are rich in textures.
The peaks are surrounded by mist, creating a dreamy and fairy-tale-like atmosphere full of mystery in the early morning or after rain,
Buffaloes graze and rest in the wetlands, integrating harmoniously with the surrounding landscape of mountains, waters and countryside, forming a harmonious rural picture.
Depart from
Guilin Airport
High Speed Train Station
Welcome to Guilin!
We will be holding your name at the arrival area in the airport or High Speed Train Station
Transfer to Daxu old town
Drive for 1 hour, then walk for 20 minutes in the Daxu old town and knock at the door in the local family if we have good luck and the locals will open the door and welcome us and show how beartiful home there have and nice for portrait.
The locals walk on the street, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Daxu Old Town
Dry Peanuts, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Daxu Old Town
Reading Old News Peaper, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Daxu Old Town
Transfer to the Guilin and Check in at hotel
Photography Highlights: Lake Sunset + Night View Shooting
Guilin Sun and Moon Lake Sunset and Night view shooting.
Wolking about 5 mins from the hotel to the Sun and Moon Lake to waiting for the sunset, and them the Blue hour with night view.
Lake View, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Pano Lake Sunset, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Lake View, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Photography Highlights: GUILIN WETLAND SUNRISE, DRONE SHOTING PANO WETLAND, LANDCSCAPE MT. SENSET & BLUE HOUR
Check out at hotel in the early morning.
Drive about 1 hour to Tianxin Village to shoot sunrise with ancient stone bridge + farmer + buffalo.
Guilin Wetland Sunrise
Tianxin Village is a relatively remote shooting paradise for the photographyer. It is 35 kms far away from Guilin city. In the early morning without tourists, you can shoot and create freely, but occasionally there are some local photographers. The Local farmer ware the old Palm leaves raincoat with the buffalo will be waiting for you even in the early morning.
Pano Guilin Wetland Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Pano Guilin Wetland Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Zhuangyuan Bridge
With a long cultural history and beautiful idyllic scenery, it has been greatly appreciated by many photographers. but more and more photographers and tourists come to Zhuangyuan Bridge for photo and making the unknown Tianxin Village more famous. There are two stone bridges in the Zhuangyuan Bridge, which has been discovered by photographers in recent years and has become one of the photography highlights in Guilin.
Guilin Wetland Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Guilin Wetland Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105mm F4
Guillin
Back to the hotel for breas\Check in at hotel
Drive to Huixian Wetland to fly drone shooting the Pano View.
According to the road and weather conditions, expect to arrive at the Huixian Wetland around 09:00 to shooting the pano view of the wetland.
PANO Guilin Wetland, DJI air 2S, F2.8
Guilin
Check in at hotel
Yangshuo Cuiping Mt. top Sunset
Sunset Landscape Cuiping Hill
There is a nice shooting spot in the mountaintop with well good steps to climb, it will be 20--35 to hillup depending on how fast you are (the fastest is 10 mins). The sun lights with the fields and the two river（tortoise river）meeting together.
Pano Cuiping Hilltop Sunset, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Cuiping Hilltop Sunset, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
The Magnificent landscape view in the distance. we will arrival the hilltop as early as we can, so the the shooting platform is small and more and more local photographer to visiting. untill 07:30--08:00 pm down hill the mountain cuase after sunset the blue hour especially therie is cumulus clouds form light around the village and the tortoise river.
Cuiping Hilltop Sunset, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Down hill and drive for 45 mins to Yangshuo.
Check in hotel
Photography Highlights: LIRIVER SUNRISE, LOCAL LIFE SHOOTING, SUNSET WITH FISHERMAN
Wake up early and leave the hotel at 04:00 am to capture the sunrise on the beartiful romote Liriver in Xingping. Drive for 45 mins to the riverside and to capture the blue hour on the Liriver.
Liriver Blue Hour, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Xingping
It is said that Guilin is the most beautiful landscape scenery in the world. "Xingping's Karst mountain is like a painting, and water is clear like a crystal. " The best part of Guilin Landscape Scenery is in Xingping and Yangshuo. Nature is amazing, is beautiful, poetic and picturesque, just like stepping into a paradise.
Cormorant Fishing, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Xingping
Liriver Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Xingping
Clean the Walking Path, Connan 5D IV, 50 mm F2.8
Xingping
Visit a local farmers family for portrait and to see the local house, to shooting the daily life.
Unique local 100 years house, the loclas still leave inside for6 people and 3 generations, the chicken free running everywhere near the house, the living room and the kitche are wonderful shooting highlights.
Feeding Chichen in the front yard, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Reading 0ld Book in the living room, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Sunset with cormorant fishing
Drive 1 hour to the Xingping Liriverside to capture the sunset with the cormorant fishing . the beartiful landscape riverside and the fishman wear the local raincoat with the cormorants, the lamp light. Wa, there is a photogenic highlights around the blue hour a hundreds of hundres photo you will shooting.
Liriver Sunset, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Xingping
Liriver Blue Hour with fishman, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Xingping
Nature posture of lighting on his bamboo raft, casting net, cormorant fishing. When nightfall, you can see the local fisherman come and punting on Li river, light up a fire lamp like a bright star floating on the water, with counter of peaks as backdrop.
Pano Liriver Blue Hour, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Xingping
Cormorant fishing is unique in China, and is a popular attraction for the photographer in Xingping with landscaple sunset on the Lirier.
Casting Net , Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Xingping
Casting Net, DJI Air2S F2.
Xingping
Blue Hour with fishman , Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Xingping
Return to Hotel
Drive 45 mins to the hotel and rest the evening. Good sleep for tomorrow morning.
Photography Highlights: XIANGGONG HILL SUNRISE, LIRIVER SUNSET
Leave the hotel at 03:30 am, drive 45 mins arrival the Xianggong hill before 04:30 am, cuase the gate open at 04:30 am, and a lot of photographers and tourists will be coming. Climbed the mountain with well steps to shoot the sunrise in the hilltop of Xianggong hill(there are 500 steps in Xianggong hill, and it takes about 10-15 minutes to climb, and the fastest speed is 7 minutes).
Pano Xianggong Hill Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Xianggong Hill
There are five viewing platforms of different heights on the top of the mountain. Each floor is two or three meters apart, which can give us a better shooting angle. Xianggong hill sunrise is the most beautiful sunrise in Guilin. Looking at the mountains in the distance, I have a special sense of natural beauty.
Different height photography platforms, of course, the highest one is the best. I like the corner on the left of each floor. Cause I like to shoot the panorama of Xianggong hill.
Pano Xianggong Hill Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Shooting a sunrise will be one of the most imporant things for the photographers have to do during travels. Every photographer who comes to Yangshuo must not miss a beautiful and spectacular sunrise at Xianggong mountain on the side of Lijiang River.
Xianggong Hill Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
The sea of clouds, sunrise, sun rays, and golden clouds here attract numerous photographers and enthusiasts, even the tourist.
Pano Xianggong Hill Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Xianggong Hill Blue Hour, Connan 5D IV, 14 mm F1.8
Yangshuo
Dive 1.5 hours to the riverside to capture the sunet and the blue hour. and return the hotel about 1 hour.
Liriver Sunset, Connan 5D IV, 14 mm F1.8
Xingping
Pano Liriver Sunset, DJI Air2S F2.8
Xingping
Liriver Blue Hour, Connan 5D IV, 14 mm F1.8
Xingping
Photography Highlights: XLIRIVER SUNRISE WITH CORMORANT FISHING
Drive 1 hour, walk 15 mins through the path and the fields to capture the blue hour on the remote photography highlights in the early morning.
LirIver Blue Hour, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Fishman, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
It is a romote photography highlights, more quiet, no tourise, less photographer even the locals and the most beautifull place for shooting.
Pano Liriver Sunrise with fishman, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Liriver Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
To capture local fisherman paddle along the Li River with the cormorants. Not to mention the stunning karst rock formations that surround you in 360 degrees for as far as the eye can see. Calling Yangshuo“scenic” would be a bit of an understatement: its bona fide jaw-dropping. It’s the kind of place you get to and then immediately fall in love. 
Liriver Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
Liriver Sunrise, Connan 5D IV, 24-105 mm F4
Yangshuo
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