Your driver and tour guide will meet you at 8:30am or 13:00pm of your hotel at Guilin city central and need 40 mins driving to Yao mountain. the tour totally around 4hrs included the round way transfers. Yao Mountain: It got its name from the Yao Temple built on the west slope in Qin Dynasty. 8 kilometers away from city center and 909 meters above sea level, is made of earth and is the largest and highest mountain in Guilin city area, used to be an island in the ancient ocean while the other hundreds of hills of Guilin are lime stone.