The Peak · Luxury
A disused sugar mill on the Li River bank, turned into a design hotel with a clifftop infinity pool. The most photographed address in Yangshuo.
Included with your stay
Offer valid to 2026-10-31. Rates are confirmed at the time of booking and depend on availability.
Inside the property
The Sugar House began life as a 1960s sugar mill on the bank of the Li River and was reborn as the region’s defining design hotel: the original concrete industrial frame stands inside a resort of courtyards, a clifftop infinity pool and the karst peaks of Yangshuo at eye level. It is the most photographed address in town, and the photos are accurate.
The river path from the hotel connects to the bamboo-raft landings; the hotel’s own boats run the calm section of the Li at dawn and dusk, which is when the karst landscape does its best work.
Inside the property
Book river-facing categories; the garden rooms trade the view for quiet at a meaningful discount. The hotel is a ten-minute ride from Yangshuo town — closer to rural than urban, which is the point. Pair with the hotel’s dawn raft trip rather than the midday tour-boat circuit.
The property
On these routes
North, South & East China
11days
The most complete first trip to China that still fits in two weeks. Two northern imperial cities, two days in the karst country, and the finale in Shanghai — sequenced so the pace never breaks and no leg is wasted on transit.
From US$1,890per person
South China
6days
The Guangxi everyone photographs, in the right order: a city night in Guilin, a dawn above the Longji terraces while the day-trippers are still on the motorway, then the Li River cruise downstream to the karst towers of Yangshuo. Six days with no wasted transfer and one sunrise that justifies the early alarm twice over.
From US$1,450per person
Southwest China
4days
The most photogenic short route in China, and the one that works hardest for it. Four days is enough if you are willing to start early every morning — the karst landscape is at its best in the first two hours of daylight and in the mist after rain.
From US$1,050per person
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Valid to 2026-10-31
