[2025 Xing'an County Attraction] Travel Guide for Laoshanjie Longtanjiang Scenic Area (Updated Jan)

🌞 Escape the urban heat waves in summer and explore the Laoshanjie Longtan River in Guilin, where the water is as clear as jelly and breathtakingly beautiful! 🏃‍♂️ When the city's heat becomes unbearable, why not take an impromptu trip and hide away in this cool mountain world? 🌊 This place is praised as the 'Little Jiuzhaigou' of Guilin, with crystal-clear water that shines like jade. Here, you can enjoy swimming, diving, and boating to your heart's content, making it hard to leave! 🌳 💎 Along the way, you'll pass through canyons, waterfalls, and lush forests, with every corner being a great spot for photos. Moreover, it's not overly commercialized, and most visitors are locals, so you don't have to worry about crowds. 🌟 Highlights of exploring Laoshanjie Longtan River that you shouldn't miss: 🔷 Crystal-clear water that looks like a piece of jade. 🔄 Scenery similar to Jiuzhaigou, but you can actually swim in it. 🔄 It's also a natural oxygen bar, with every breath of air being fresh and pleasant. 💦 Must-do activities: ✅ Swimming: The water at the source of the Li River is incredibly pure and clear, a true gift of nature. ✅ Paddleboarding and diving: Experience water fun in designated areas. 'Huilong Cave' offers paddleboarding services (150 yuan per board), regular diving (50 yuan per person), and free diving (100 yuan per person). ✅ Hiking: Walk along the boardwalk through the original vegetation, and you might even encounter some small animals! 🗺 Tour route: 🏞️ There are two places to play in the water at Longtan River. The first 'Waterfront Pier' is just a 15-minute walk away, remember to cross the 'Wind and Rain Bridge.' The second is 'Yao Pool,' about a 40-minute walk, with fewer people and beautiful scenery, definitely worth a visit. Both places have simple changing rooms for convenience. 🏄‍♂️ 'Huilong Cave' offers not only paddleboarding but also exciting activities like waterfall rappelling, which require extra fees but no need to bring your own equipment. 📍 Address: Laoshanjie Longtan River Scenic Area, Guilin (No. 18, Longtan River Village, Huajiang Yao Ethnic Township, Xing'an County, Guilin City) 【Transportation】 🚗 80 kilometers from Guilin city center, about 1.5 to 2 hours by car or charter, the most convenient way. 🅿 Parking fee in the scenic area is 10 yuan. 🕒 Opening hours: 8:00-18:00, no entry after 17:00. 🎟️ Ticket price: 60 yuan per person ⏰ Recommended visit time: 3-4 hours 🍔 Dining: There are no restaurants in the scenic area, but there are some snack stalls at the entrance of the boardwalk, such as grilled sausages and sweet water. It's best to bring your own food. 🏢 Accommodation: Consider staying in a homestay in Xing'an County, the environment is quite good. 📝 Notes: 1. 🌞 Remember to apply sunscreen! 2. 📵 The signal in the mountains is not very good, so prepare food and water in advance. 3. 🚻 There are not many toilets and trash cans in the scenic area, so solve personal issues at the entrance. 4. 🚫 Do not enter the water near canyons and waterfalls without professional supervision. 5. 🐜 Don't forget to bring mosquito repellent to avoid being disturbed by mosquitoes. 6. 🌧️ If heavy rain is forecasted, postpone your visit for safety reasons.

♦️This is another scenic spot near Cat Mountain, "Lijiang Source·Grand Canyon" Ticket🎫: This attraction charges an entrance fee, 35 RMB per adult for Guilin residents, children/25 RMB per person. (For non-Guilin residents, it's about 50 RMB per person, I don't remember clearly) ✅Experience: 1⃣️You can swim✌️Walk along the bamboo forest to the top of the mountain where there's a large pool~ The water is very clean~ Comfortable!!! (Halfway up there's a very deep pool, said to be about 10 meters deep, shown in picture 7, you need to sign an agreement at the entrance before getting into the water, because it's dangerously deep⚠️) 2⃣️This spot has a lot of bamboo forests~ The guide says you can see a sea of bamboo, but I'm not particularly interested~ ❤️Recommendation level: I compare it with "Laoshanjie Longtan River"; personally, I think the two attractions are quite similar. If I had to choose one, I think "Longtan River" is more worth visiting❗️There are more places to play in the water, and the scenery is also more beautiful

Come to Guilin's forests for some oxygen therapy! Flowing emerald 🌳🪼🧊🫧, are you sure you don't want to come and see? Who else loves to head to the mountains during the May Day holiday for a rest in Guilin, I won't say. I really love going into the mountains for some oxygen. Guilin's Xing'an Laoshanjie is just too beautiful, too beautiful, too beautiful. It's totally the 'Little Jiuzhaigou' of Guangxi. The abundance of green is so healing. There are waterfalls, streams, mountain paths, and ancient trees, with crystal clear water that's peacock green, and many people come here to play in the water in summer, enjoying the freedom here. Every casual snapshot is a masterpiece, straight out of the camera. Please come to Laoshanjie! This is the place where the locals from Guilin would go. Not too many tourists. There are really too many people in Yangshuo. I recommend driving here, the scenic area is already established so the roads are good. 📍Address: Laoshanjie Longtan River Scenic Area, Guilin 📍Laoshanjie Longtan River Scenic Area 50 RMB per person The water is unfiltered blue, and the scenery is extremely beautiful! 🧊🫧 There are also many people who come here to swim, dive, and cliff jump 💦 ❗You must, must take good sun protection, as the high altitude makes it easier to get sunburned! And it's very hot, your hair will go flat in a second, so beauties who want to take photos should definitely prepare some volumizing powder for their hair

Finally, I saw the jelly-like water I've been longing for, and I was blown away by its beauty! Unfortunately, the sunlight was not strong enough, and it even started to rain later. Otherwise, it would have been even more beautiful. The water here is crystal clear, and under the sunlight, it sparkles, just like jelly! This is at the 'Laoshanjie Longtan River Scenic Area' at the foot of Mao'er Mountain in Xing'an County, Guilin. It takes over an hour of mountain driving from Xing'an County to get here! The scenic area ticket is 40 yuan if you report the name of your homestay! There are several pools in the scenic area where you can play in the water. The 'Longmen Shikan jelly-like water' requires a secondary consumption to enter! (Snorkeling 50 yuan, paddle boarding 150 yuan for two, free diving 120 yuan) It's a bit expensive, but to be honest, taking photos there is absolutely stunning. For the sake of this jelly-like water, one must make a trip to Xing'an, Guilin.