6-Day Guilin, Yangshuo, and Longsheng Tour (The Classic Itinerary).

5-Day Dynamic Guilin and Yangshuo Tour (Best for Outdoor Experience).

4-Day Guilin Scenic and Ethnic Discovery (The Basic Itinerary).

a mini raft) on the Yulong River, take a bamboo raft, have a cycling tour into the countryside, or take an exciting drive with an all-terrain vehicle. Get away from the touristy parts of Yangshuo and enjoy the idyllic, painting-like scenes in peace.Ĭhallenge yourself to a SUP (stand-up paddleboard, i.e. When looking for natural beauty, Yangshuo comes first in Chinese minds for its karst hills and rivers. We can take you to less-crowded stretches for you to immerse yourself in this paradise of nature. Taking a leisurely cruise or a 3–4-hour family-friendly moderate hike (more on Li River hiking) are good ways to enjoy the Li River's beauty. It is listed as one of the world's ' Top 10 Watery Wonders' by America's National Geographic Magazine and the World's '15 Best Rivers for Travelers' by CNN Travel. Seth's email is and phone is 71.The Li River in Guilin is like an artist's masterpiece, bounded by classic sheer karst hills, which have inspired many poets and ink painters. The Loess Hills National Scenic Byway is coordinated by Seth Brooks at Golden Hills RC&D. Humans have lived here off and on for 6,000 years as evidenced by stone tools, spear points, pottery and burial sites.

Ice age animals like wooly mammoth, camel, giant beaver and giant sloth roamed the Loess Hills during the Hills' early years. Today, the definition of a Loess Hill is a hill made of loess that is more than 60 feet in height using that definition, about 640,000 acres of land in western Iowa constitute the Loess Hills landform.Īlthough deposits of loess are found across the world, nowhere else but China are those deposits higher than they are in Iowa.Įventually, topsoils evolved on the dunes and a unique natural community developed.

Because the prevailing winds were from the northwest, the dunes on the Iowa side of the river were higher than those west of the Missouri. The process repeated itself during the thousands of years the ice age took to end, enlarging the dunes. Toward the end of the last ice age, winds picked up soils that had been ground as fine as flour and formed dunes along the ancient waterway that became today's Missouri River. They are hills made almost entirely of windblown soils. Situated along Iowa's western border, the Loess Hills National Scenic Byway passes through a unique land formation that is up to 15 miles wide and about 200 miles long from north of Sioux City, Iowa to near St. original, authentic, 'down-home cooking'. When it's time to escape from the hustle and the bustle of your everyday life and finally spend some time in serenity, the Loess Hills are your destination.

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