Considering the Lijiang Golden Spring Hotel in Lijiang?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Lijiang:
Need a Guide? by Bonobo2005
Some hikers might wonder if they should empoy a guide for the trek. If you just plan to follow the most common route (as described here), you should be fine as goes for pathfinding, at least if you carry one of the maps I recommended in a previous tip. In fact, the only confusing part is at the start to find the right trail but once you're on it it's hard to get lost. There are many Guest House signs painted on the rocks in red and yellow and moreover, orientation is easy: the river is always there, on your right hand side. And besides, trails are always ending up somewhere, whether it be a farm or a village. A consideration to hire a guide as a single (female) hiker in off season, can be for safety reasons. I have no indications that crime is a concern here but I feel I should mention it nevertheless. There are several off the beaten path options as diversions of the main route, one of the most interesting being a hike to reach over 5000+meter on Haba Snow mountain. For these kind of expeditions a guide is a must, for the simple reason that there are no signs!
