Join us Friday 14th – Sunday 16th May 2027 for our main festival weekend, also known as Disco de Wheels.
Or come earlier for our six-day pre-ride from Bajiaozhai National Park, on the Hunan–Guangxi border, from 8th–14th May.
It’s hard to describe the Yangshuo Bike Festival. It’s less about the actual bike and more about the sensorial pleasures of travelling by bike.
Imagine riding through the limestone pinnacles and lush green rice paddies of Yangshuo, alongside some of China’s most beautiful rivers, through the extraordinary UNESCO-listed South China Karst landscape.
Add headphones and a soundtrack, and picture yourself in sync with all the other slightly weird people who think this is a good idea.
This is our rolling festival — Disco de Wheels — with tunes DJ’d through wireless headphones to enhance an already entrancing landscape.
Silent disco on a bike is the signature event of the Yangshuo Bike Festival weekend.
And then you stop for food.
Moon Hill taro and bok choy broth. Stuffed pumpkin flowers. Osmanthus flower cake. And definitely the famed Guilin rice noodles, with twenty different pickles to choose from.
This is where the sweet freshness of Guangdong begins to shift into the sour, pickled flavours of Guangxi — and then towards the chillies that get hotter as we approach the Hunan border.
We celebrate local markets, farmers and fantastic countryside food, making every meal part of the journey. It all culminates in our Saturday night feast, with local bands and traditional Chinese instrumentalists playing against the backdrop of Yangshuo’s extraordinary mountains.
Where is Yangshuo?
Jump on a train from the new Kowloon West Station in Hong Kong (3.5 hours).
Or from Shenzhen (3 hours), Guangzhou (2 hours), Beijing, Shanghai or a hundred other stations in China.
Yangshuo is in South West China, Guangxi Province, now super-easily and cheaply accessed by high speed train!
Or do it the old fashioned way – by plane!
We will pick you up any time on the Friday from Guilin Airport or train station, Or Yangshuo Station and then drop you back anytime on the Sunday.
We do recommend staying on for an extra night if you can spare the time. Both flights and trains are better timed to return on the Monday and you get to enjoy the festival wind-down on Sunday.
A curated musical ride !
The 2 main festival days are a a rolling celebration of limestone karst-mountain landscapes with a pedal-powered silent disco adding a little bit of magic (and a lot of laughs) to your ride.
Festival highlights:
- DJ’s mobile-DJing a silent ‘disco de wheels’ disco bike-ride transmitted through wireless headphones, shifting the group-mood to the rise, fall and feel of the landscape.
- Food with a view: fabulous local food including bottomless bowls of the most delicious Guilin mifen noodles in the world – as well as a twilit special Saturday night feast with karst mountain backdrop.
- Relaxed rides for the main disco de wheels bike ride events
- A 6 day pre ride purposefully designed for more serious cyclists and also to make it worthwhile for those travelling from afar.
Cost
Festival weekend (14-16 May): RMB 3900 includes everything from your pick up and drop off at at Guilin Airport or Yangshuo train station to your accommodation, bikes, festival activities, meals, transfers, headphone rental, festival T-shirt, guides and good times.
Festival Pre Ride ( 8-14 May) RMB 7500 RMB –
Includes: pick up and drop off at at Guilin Airport or Guilin train station, accommodation, bikes, festival activities, delicious meals, transfers, guides, support vehicles on pre trip and good times.
We will pick you up from Guilin Airport or a nearby train station. Just let us know your arrival time.
Accessibility
This festival is in general open to all ages and levels of fitness, and features elements that will excite and engage the interests of music lovers, foodies, photographers, weekend adventures, and people who love local, original, authentic travel.
Kids are welcome if they’re well behaved and enjoy bikes.