Getting to Long Tou Shan school is easy. The school is in south China’s Guangxi province. The gateway to the area is the city of Guilin (桂林), with full air and train services. The nearest town is Yangshuo (阳朔), and the school itself is near the JiaoBaLin Ping Ling (蕉芭林平岭) village.
To get to the school, please book an air ticket to Guilin airport (airport code KWL) or a train to either Guilin or Yangshuo station. These stations are served by high-speed bullet trains connecting to everywhere in China! Note: the Yangshuo train station is about 40 minutes outside of Yangshuo town. There are more details below about reaching the Guilin area from other parts of China and the world.
When you know your planned arrival by air or train, on your request we can either arrange a taxi for you direct to the school (it costs 350 CNY and takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes from Guilin airport or train station, and we’ll need your name and flight/train number in advance), or if you prefer, we can give you instructions for the public bus, about 30 CNY, from Guilin to Yangshuo where we can pick you up (please see below for details).
To get to the school if you have your own transportation, please contact us to help you with road directions. The GPS coordinates are: 24°50’18″N, 110°29’37″E. By bicycle it is a lot of uphill but lovely. By car or motorbike, it’s about 25 minutes from Yangshuo.
Getting from international cities, Hong Kong, or elsewhere in China to Guilin
Guilin (airport code KWL) has a few international air connections to cities in Asia (Seoul, Taipei and Kuala Lumpur), but most people arrive in China by way of one of the major China gateways including Guangzhou (CAN), Hong Kong (HKG), Shanghai (PVG) and Beijing (PEK). Most air booking sites will book your flight to Guilin using one of those four cities as a connection. It is convenient to book your flight as a single ticket all the way through to Guilin so you don’t need to pick up your luggage along the way.
If you’re in Hong Kong, you can fly to Guilin Airport or take the bullet train. The bullet train departs from Kowloon West station and depending on the train, will stop at either Yangshuo or Guilin. Note, Yangshuo station is not really in the town proper.
From elsewhere in China, you can take a plane directly to Guilin Airport from most mainland cities, or you can take a high-speed bullet train directly from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, or cities to the north and west.
Some useful train booking sites include travelchinaguide.com and trip.com.
Getting from Guilin to Yangshuo
The easiest way of getting to the school is to have us arrange a taxi (see below for details) to pick you up at Guilin airport or Guilin or Yangshuo train stations and take you right to the school. However, there are other alternatives, such as the beautiful boat ride, or public bus.
A Li River Boat Cruise: is the classic way to arrive in Yangshuo and you will be following in the footsteps of such notables as Deng Xiaoping, Richard Nixon, Jiang Zemin and Bill Clinton. It takes a few hours and costs from 400 CNY. You can transfer directly to boat docks from either Guilin airport or railway station. The boat journey requires advance booking and you’ll need to stay in Guilin the night before. We would be happy to make the arrangements for you if you like.
From Guilin airport: You can take a airport bus to downtown Guilin, where there are bus connections to Yangshuo. We can also send a taxi to collect you from the airport and take you directly to the school for 350 CNY. For this we will need your name and flight number in advance.
From Guilin bus and train stations and Yangshuo train station: We can arrange a taxi from these stations just as from the airport. From Yangshuo high-speed train station, which is 40 minutes outside Yangshuo, the taxi fare is 220 CNY.
If you prefer to go by public transport, buses for Yangshuo leave regularly from Guilin’s train and bus stations. Tickets are between 15 and 20 CNY depending on the bus type. Be sure to get off at Yangshuo bus station, the last stop – not at the petrol/gas station. Once you are in Yangshuo, contact us on (+86) 187 7830 3758 and we can pick you up in town.