Yangshuo Tianlai Butterfly Spring

This guide to Yangshuo Tianlai Butterfly Spring follows the two stalactites deep inside this limestone cave that locals long ago named a butterfly couple, and how that one formation gave the whole valley its theme. It traces the cave roughly four hundred meters back to its spring, past stalactites shaped like fruit and mountains, then out to the giant sculpture that a celebrated Chinese poet once praised. You'll hear about the living butterfly garden and the mounted collection nearby. Stay for the evening folk performances the valley is also known for.