Elephant Trunk Hill

With a history of over 3.6 hundred million years and a height of about 200 meters, the Elephant Trunk Hill is a landmark of Guilin. It got this name because its appearance resembles an elephant sucking water from the river with its trunk.

Between the trunk and the legs of the elephant lies the ‘Water-Moon Cave’ in the shape of a full moon. This cave and the surrounding hills have greatly added beauty and enchantment to the hill, especially at night. In the evening, when the day is fine, the cave with the water flowing below creates a fantastic scene of 'three moons': the water-moon cave, the moon in the sky and the moon reflected on the water. Another cave on the Elephant Trunk Hill serves as the eyes of the animal. The 'eye' is actually a 2-meter-high, 20-meter-long cave that goes through the hill from south to north. Thus it is named ‘Elephant Eyes Cave’. On top of the hill there is a pagoda named Puxian Pagoda, which can date back to the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644).