Deep in the Hidden Scenic Wonders of Guilin, a New Family Mega-Resort Arrives, Alongside the Grand Opening of a Luxurious Domestic Hotel!

If the gods had a private paradise, it would surely be Guilin; the world-famous karst peak forest spectacle is magnificent. In childhood, my Chinese teacher strongly recommended Guilin's landscapes, and my geography teacher introduced the karst landforms and multi-ethnic culture.

Now, in the era of short videos, we are constantly drawn to the exquisite images of Guilin and increasingly want to visit this destination to experience a different vacation atmosphere.

When coming to Yangshuo in Guilin, besides the usual activities of sightseeing and water play: visiting mountains (Elephant Trunk Hill, Moon Hill), playing in water (Li River, Yulong River), exploring caves (Silver Cave), night tours (Two Rivers and Four Lakes), watching performances…

Now, there’s an even more exciting new option: the Guilin Sunac International Tourism Resort opens today! Taking over the summer vacation, families can have a blast amidst the world’s intangible cultural heritage landscapes—super cool!

The resort is located between Guilin and Yangshuo, enhanced by karst landscapes, with a beauty that ranks it first among Sunac’s 14 cultural tourism cities.

Covering about 4,000 mu (approx. 660 acres), with an investment of about 16 billion RMB,

featuring the Sea World, Water World,

Happy Tribe, Magnificent Li River Song…

All year round, it fully upgrades the joy of a city.

One-stop for eating, staying, playing, having fun, traveling, and shopping,

allowing you to revel in the landscapes and find delight beyond them!

Within the resort’s hotel cluster, there are two ethnic-minority-themed hotels:

Guilin Sunac Wanda Wenhua Hotel (Dong ethnic style)

Guilin Sunac Wanda Jiahua Hotel (Yao ethnic style)

Both share 470,000 square meters of landscape beauty, including:

350,000 square meters of greenery,

8 karst hills, and 120,000 square meters of landscape lakes…

While staying, you can also learn about minority cultures.

Guilin Sunac Wanda Wenhua Hotel

The hotel officially opened today! A pure villa hotel, injecting new vitality into Guilin’s high-end hotel scene. Located at the border of Guilin and Yangshuo, it’s a great transit point for visiting both cities.

Guilin Sunac Wanda Jiahua Hotel

Always known for high cost performance, this one is no exception. Separated from the Wenhua Hotel by a lake. Its design, location, and amenities feature Yao village characteristics—it opened last December.

Below, Meizhanjun will reveal in depth: two hotels + three theme parks!

Guilin Sunac Wanda Wenhua Hotel

A villa hotel nestled among mountains and waters

A heavyweight addition to Guilin’s luxury hotel scene

Showcasing the Dong ethnic elements of minority culture

This is the second Wanda-branded hotel to open in the Guilin Sunac International Tourism Resort. Opposite the Jiahua Hotel, it also enjoys unique landscape views.

The exterior was designed by Wanda Hotel Design Institute, inspired by the distinctive architectural features of the Dong people: “five-tiered eaves,” “pagoda-shaped towers,” “black tiles and white eaves,” with strong ethnic characteristics.

Arriving by bamboo raft offers endless scenic beauty

A refreshing Dong village-style courtyard design

The hotel’s entrance method is unique—by waterway.

After entering through the mountain gate, you take a bamboo raft from the water dock and drift down, sightseeing along the way, passing bridges, pavilions, and folk dwellings… with layered ink-wash landscape paintings in the distance.

Upon entering the hotel, it feels like stepping into a Dong village-style courtyard. From the moment you arrive, a personal butler provides full service.

The lobby ceiling features lines inspired by the Dong wind-rain bridge, assembled with mortise and tenon joints, with a central axis sequence of courtyards and covered bridges that are varied, appearing solemn and elegant.

The three-sided floor-to-ceiling glass curtain walls surrounding the lobby create a dream factory of light and shadow. Natural light passes through the glass dome and wooden louvered blinds, creating a beautiful dappled effect—this is the brilliance of a top-tier hotel design.

The lobby interior uses natural wood materials and marble, and the front desk features a large landscape painting. Constantly reminding you that you are in Guilin, renowned for its landscapes.

Details include Dong brocade patterns, characteristic chandeliers, and root carving decorations, allowing you to appreciate the charm of China’s diverse ethnic cultures.

99 villas in simple Dong village style

Nestled against the mountain and along the lake, with quiet private courtyards

The Dong people favor white, so the courtyard exteriors are white walls and green tiles. Whether a one-bedroom or two-bedroom villa, each has a quiet private courtyard.

The guest rooms incorporate many cultural elements favored by the Dong people, such as natural materials like wood, cotton, linen, and rattan. The structure features “hanging floor” beams and sloping roofs.

Brightly colored cushions and bed runners are adorned with auspicious bird, gourd string, and other totems, along with chandeliers and white window curtains—great for photos.

Three restaurants offer diverse cuisine

A feast for the taste buds amid the landscapes

Pin Zhen Chinese Restaurant, on the second floor, excels at extracting the essence of Cantonese and Guangxi cuisine, using local seasonal ingredients to create high-end dishes that are “pure but not bland, fresh but not vulgar.” With the magnificent landscape views outside, dining here feels like cultivating immortality.

Ji Wei All-Day Dining Restaurant, on the first floor, features panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows to showcase the landscape views.

The Lobby Lounge, on the second floor of the main building, boasts a 360-degree viewing platform. Enjoy the mountains and water while sipping tea and chatting—very pleasant.

Recreation options are similar to those at Jiahua: the resort’s Sea World, Water World, Happy Tribe, folk song and dance shows, and Lijiang Houhai Commercial Town offer endless fun for the whole family.

In addition, there is an outdoor swimming pool. Activities include cycling around the lake, cave exploration, kayaking, bamboo rafting on the water, a children’s playroom, outdoor lawn, gym, and indoor heated pool.

Guilin Sunac Wanda Wenhua Hotel

Address: No. 398 Dayan Road, Yanshan District, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

📍 How to get there?

High-speed rail: about 26 km from Guilin Station

Air: about 50 km from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

Guilin Sunac Wanda Jiahua Hotel

Yao ethnic characteristics, unfolding karst landscape scrolls

Absorbing the essence of Guilin and Yangshuo’s landscapes

Enjoying a wide-angle view of Guilin’s scenery

Located at the junction of Guilin and Yangshuo, this hotel is an ideal base if you want to visit both places. It’s about 50 km from Liangjiang Airport or Yangshuo, with shuttle service available.

The hotel is part of the Guilin Sunac International Tourism Resort, one of the Guilin Sunac hotel group members. It opened on December 27 last year! Perfect for enjoying the resort’s Sea World, Water World, Happy Tribe, etc.

The entire hotel is built against the mountain, embracing the terrain, curving and turning in a linear shape along the lake, covering 46,000 square meters.

Inside and out, the hotel incorporates Guilin’s characteristic elements: the lobby features a “herringbone” shaped dwelling, stilted architecture, reflecting the local Yao ethnic style. Chandeliers incorporate the shapes of ethnic headdresses and musical instruments.

The backdrop wall features the Li River painting school, ten-mile gallery. Close observation reveals many local famous scenic spots.

The walls use local stone, and the pillar decorations incorporate Dong brocade patterns.

300 Yao village-style guest rooms

Each with a private landscape-view balcony

The Yao village-style rooms are refreshing. The room roof matches the lobby, with hanging beam frames and sloping roof structures. What attracts me most are the Yao-style decorative patterns on pillows, headboards, tabletops, and murals.

Room sizes start from 40 sqm, including Deluxe Mountain View Room (40 sqm), Deluxe Lake View Room (40 sqm), Family Lake View Suite (60 sqm), Deluxe Lake View Suite (80 sqm)… Most rooms have lake views.

Each room has a viewing balcony, either separate mountain view or landscape view, equipped with Wanda Jiahua bed and Dream Sleep series items. The bathroom has separate wet and dry areas, a walk-in rain shower, and the double bed rooms have a bathtub. Extra beds and children’s beds are available.

The hotel also prepares themed children’s rooms for families: A’li Children’s Room (40 sqm) and Octonauts Children’s Room (40 sqm), both with bathtubs.

A’li Children’s Room is pink, suitable for girls. Octonauts Children’s Room is blue, suitable for boys. From large items like backdrop walls, tents, carpets to small items like stuffed toys, pillows, towels, non-slip stools, lamps, and decorative paintings, all feature cute themed elements—thoughtful!

Conveniently, both children’s rooms are adjacent to Deluxe Lake View King connecting rooms, allowing both family time and couple time.

Three restaurants all embrace green mountains and clear waters

Enjoying 120,000 sqm of landscape lake

Feng Nian Ting All-Day Dining Restaurant is on the first floor. Before entering, the silhouette of a Yao girl on the corridor outside is beautiful. Inside, the restaurant presents a lively Yao market culture scene; floor-to-ceiling windows blur the indoor-outdoor boundary, bringing in large views of green mountains and clear waters.

You can also sit in the outdoor dining area, roaming among the landscapes while enjoying a rich selection of Chinese, Western, and Guangxi specialty dishes—pure bliss.

Lin Hu Xiao Guan, on the second floor, is the hotel’s Chinese restaurant. True to its name, it offers excellent lake views. It specializes in traditional Cantonese cuisine and Guilin flavors, including signature dishes like beer fish.

The Lobby Lounge on the third floor features rustic Yao-style interiors that photograph well. Enjoy afternoon tea, drinks, and snacks while admiring the picturesque scenery.

Both inside and outside the hotel, there are parent-child interactive facilities, such as cycling around the lake amid beautiful landscapes, kayaking and paddleboarding… playing in the children’s entertainment center and on the outdoor lawn, capturing joyful moments amidst laughter.

Next to the children’s entertainment center is a fitness center (with yoga area) and an indoor heated swimming pool. Through the pool’s floor-to-ceiling windows, you can also see the lake.

Guilin Sunac Wanda Jiahua Hotel

Address: No. 398 Dayan Road, Yanshan District, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

📍 How to get there?

High-speed rail: about 26 km from Guilin Station

Air: about 50 km from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

Guilin Sunac International Tourism Resort

Travel guide: a new experience “beyond the landscapes”

Covering 73,000 sqm, a wonderful underwater world + Zootopia-like animal city

The wonderful Dolphin Theater, two thousand leagues under the sea, and colorful ocean form the aquarium, offering a full ecological experience from rainforest to estuary to ocean to deep sea.

Here you can explore a fantasy rainforest world with your children, see over 200 rare marine creatures, watch mermaids dance, and enjoy performances by dolphins, sea lions, and penguins.

Bubble Spring Town, designed as a pet paradise, is like a real Zootopia, with areas such as City Hall, Doberman Police Station, Greedy Cat Restaurant, Piggy Sports Field, White Pigeon Post Office, Animal Theater, and more—for viewing and interaction.

This is Guilin’s first colorful themed ocean world, covering 73,000 sqm, consisting of an aquarium and Bubble Spring Town—integrating viewing, interaction, entertainment, education, and performances.

【About Sunac Sea World】

Business hours: June 26 – August 31, 10:00-21:00 (ticket sales stop 1 hour before closing)

Ticket reference: ¥168/person, children under 1.2m (excluding) free (must be accompanied by a paying guardian), children 1.2m (inclusive) – 1.5m (excluding) enjoy concession ticket ¥108/person

Covering 58,000 sqm, a tropical island-style high-tech theme water park

This is a tropical island-style venue, consisting of indoor and outdoor sections.

The Volcano DJ stage surrounds the approximately 4,000 sqm giant wave pool, which can simulate 6 types of ocean waves—amazing.

There’s also a 10-meter-high racing slide, a giant funnel, a lazy river, a relaxation area, and other water attractions, complemented by tribal and fishing village elements, creating a brand-new vacation experience beyond Guilin’s landscapes.

Covering 58,000 sqm, it consists of three areas: “Mystery Garden,” “Fishing Village Tribe,” and “Happy Coast,” both indoors and outdoors, each with its own theme story.

High-tech entertainment facilities are introduced, allowing you to enjoy water activities while watching fire-and-water wave stage shows and volcano light shows.

【About Sunac Water World】

*June 26 – Aug 31: day and night 10:00-21:30

*Sept 1 – Sept 22: day only 10:00-18:00

¥128/person, children under 1.2m (excluding) free (must be accompanied by a paying guardian), children 1.2m (inclusive) – 1.5m (excluding) enjoy concession ticket ¥88/person

Covering 87,000 sqm, three major fun themes

The most eye-catching “Eye of Guilin” is here.

A 108-meter-high Ferris wheel with changing lights, equipped with 48 space capsules, each holding 6 people—enjoy a God’s-eye view of the entire park and Guilin’s landscapes. This thrilling experience is exclusive to here.

The following are must-try experiences:

△ Valley Rush (F1 simulation track + French imported go-karts)

△ Raft Expedition (highest point 26 meters)

Happy Tribe covers 87,000 sqm, themed around fairy tales, ancient animals, and secret jungle exploration, with three areas: Jungle Secret Realm, Lost Valley, and Happy Tribe. You can also experience educational study camps and outdoor adventure activities.

【About Happy Tribe】

*June 26 – Aug 31 (except Aug 14 Qixi Festival): 10:00-22:00

*Sept 1 – Dec 31 (except holidays): 10:00-18:00

*Special holidays (Aug 14 Qixi, Sept 21 Mid-Autumn, Oct 1-7 National Day, Dec 24-25 Christmas, Oct 23-Nov 1 Halloween, Dec 31 New Year’s Eve): 9:30-22:00

Ticket reference: ¥128/person, children under 1.2m (excluding) free (must be accompanied by a paying guardian), children 1.2m (inclusive) – 1.5m (excluding) enjoy concession ticket ¥88/person

Epic ethnic grand show

When in Guilin, besides seeing “Impression Liu Sanjie,” don’t miss this epic show.

Created by a renowned design team over three years, this folk song and dance show is grand, a feast of sound and light amidst Guilin’s landscapes. Covering 27,000 sqm, it can accommodate thousands of spectators.

The show combines music, acrobatics, dance, stunts, and other performances, revolving around four chapters: “Beyond the Mountains,” “Beyond the Waters,” “Beyond the Heart,” and “Beyond the Sky,” telling the stories of kinship, love, and friendship of the Zhuang people.

National defense science education innovation base

The Military Expo Park covers 52,600 sqm, consisting of field positions, military equipment display areas, hunting grounds, military history museum, and youth military school.

Lijiang Houhai Commercial Town

A characteristic commercial street for eating, drinking, playing, and taking photos

In the resort, you won’t worry about food and drink because of the Lijiang Houhai Commercial Town, covering 62,000 sqm with a street length of 1.2 km, running through all four theme parks.

Based on the folk architectural styles of Guangxi’s Zhuang, Miao, and Dong ethnic groups, it features long-table dining shows, local specialties, and snacks.

From this summer onward, Guilin, renowned for its landscapes under heaven,

will be swept up in the joy under heaven of the Sunac International Tourism Resort.

Why not bring your family,

visit the World Heritage karst peak forests, taste the intangible cultural heritage snack Guilin rice noodles,

and experience the Sunac Resort surrounded by landscapes.

After all, seeing a hundred times is not as good as experiencing it once!

Guilin Sunac International Tourism Resort

Address: No. 398 Dayan Road, Yanshan District, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

High-speed rail: about 26 km from Guilin Station

Air: about 50 km from Guilin Liangjiang International Airport

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