Tickets and booking
Entry to Folded Colours Hill is ticketed year-round: 25 RMB for adults and 12.5 RMB for eligible concessions. The half-price bracket covers children measuring 1.2-1.4 m tall, seniors aged 60-64, and full-time students at undergraduate level or below — bring ID or student documentation to claim the reduced rate. The data pack lists no online booking channel, so the practical default is buying at the gate on arrival. To confirm ticketing or opening status before you set out, the park’s service lines are 0773-2100680, 0773-2100676 and 0773-2100660.
Entrance and routes
The entrance sits at 815 Longzhu Road, Diecai Subdistrict, Diecai District, Guilin, Guangxi — an address you can plug straight into a maps app or hand to a driver. By public transport, buses 2 and 203 stop at Diecaishan (Folded Colours Hill), and the gate is a short walk from the stop. Hours differ by season: 06:30-18:30 from 1 April to 31 October, and 07:00-18:00 from 1 November to 31 March, open daily. The listed hours are for reference only, so reconfirm by phone if you are cutting it close to closing time.
Photo spots
The data pack names no specific viewpoints, so treat the climb itself as the photo route and let the ascent supply the shots. What the pack does fix is your light window: gates open at 06:30 in the warm months (April-October) and 07:00 in the cool months (November-March), with the day ending at 18:30 or 18:00 respectively. An early start puts you on the hill in low morning light; late afternoon also works, provided you leave enough of your 1-3 hour visit before the gates shut.
Timing and crowds
Opening hours run 06:30-18:30 from 1 April to 31 October and 07:00-18:00 from 1 November to 31 March, every day of the week. The suggested visit length is 1-3 hours, so a single morning or afternoon slot covers it comfortably. The pack carries no crowd statistics, so there is no reliable way to predict peak times; the dependable move is to arrive at opening, which gives you the coolest part of the day and the fullest time buffer before closing. Hours are indicative only — call 0773-2100680 if your schedule is tight.
Walking and effort
This is a hill climb, and the pack’s suggested duration of 1-3 hours is the honest budget: enough time to walk up, spend time at the top, and come back down at an unhurried pace. No trail, gradient or step-count data is provided, so treat 1-3 hours as the planning figure rather than a fitness test — if you are short on time, the lower end of that range is a reasonable target. Standard city-walking shoes are the sensible kit; nothing in the pack points to specialised hiking gear.
Getting there
City buses 2 and 203 both serve the Diecaishan (Folded Colours Hill) stop, with the entrance a short walk away — this is the transit routing the data pack provides. For a taxi or ride-hail, use the street address: 815 Longzhu Road, Diecai District, Guilin, Guangxi. The pack lists no metro or other connections, so the two bus lines plus the address cover the practical options.
Cost breakdown
Costs are simple: the ticket is the line item. Adults pay 25 RMB; concessions pay 12.5 RMB. The half-price bracket covers children measuring 1.2-1.4 m in height, seniors aged 60-64, and full-time students at undergraduate level or below (bring relevant ID). These prices apply all year, every day. The pack lists no other on-site costs — no cableway, shuttle or guide fees appear in the data — and fares for buses 2 and 203 are not specified, so budget the ticket plus standard city transport.