Surrounded by karst peaks and bordered on one side by the Li River, it is served by bus and by boat from nearby Guilin.

In the 1980s, the county became popular with foreign visitors engaging in backpacker tourism, and organized tours began by the late 1990s.

[citation needed] Since the street is popular with locals and foreigners alike, signs are written in both Chinese and English.

Because of the relatively high number of foreign visitors, many locals speak some English, unlike most Chinese towns of its size.

Other crags of note include Low Mountain, Twin Gates, Baby Frog, the Egg, Bamboo Grove, and Wine Bottle Cliff.