Day 1: Hong Kong Arrival
Welcome to China. Upon arrival, our local guide will take you to your downtown hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.
Day 2: Hong Kong (B)
Sightseeing: Victoria Peak / Aberdeen / Repulse Bay
Today you will take half day city tour. Firstly, you will visit one of Hong Kong’s leading tour destinations: Victoria Peak. On top of the peak, you will get a breathtaking view of Victoria Harbor and the whole city as well.
Then you head to Aberdeen, the largest town located in Hong Kong Island. Once a quiet fishing village, Aberdeen is now a thriving town famous for its floating restaurants, delicious seafood, junks and sampans.
Next you take a short drive to Repulse Bay, which is the most famous beach of having the highest representative characteristics in Hong Kong by its long and wide beach, clean water, calm tide and gentle wave.
For lunch time, you will be transferred to the hotel. Feel free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 3: Hong Kong – Guilin by air (B)
The morning is left free for you to explore the city.
After lunch, you will drive to the airport to Guilin directly, which is famous for its breathtaking scenery, rivers and karst peaks covered in lush greenery.
Upon arrival in Guilin, you are met at the airport by our guide, and driven to the hotel downtown.
Day 4: Guilin – Yangshuo – Guilin by boat & private van (B+L)
Sightseeing: Li River / Western Street
Get up early in the morning and drive about 40 minutes to Zhujiang pier to take the Li River cruise, which is considered as one of China’s top tourist destinations. Along the river, you will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields, crystal-clear water, lush bamboos and villages with water buffalos. Lunch will be served on board.
After nearly 4.5 hours’ Li River Cruise, the beautiful and quaint ancient town with one thousand years’ old – Yangshuo will greet your eyes.
You will drive back to Guilin city after a short walk along the famous foreigner street- Western Street.
Day 5: Guilin (B+L)
Sightseeing: Reed Flute Cave / Seven Star Park / Elephant Trunk Hill
Today begins with a tour of Reed Flute Cave. Inside you will see different shapes of stalactites & stalagmites with huge imagination to name for them and it is known as “A Natural arts gallery”. After lunch, you will also pay a visit to Seven Star Park. The main sights contain Seven Star Cave, Dragon Hiding Cave, Flowers Bridge, the Zoo, Mosque, and Potted Trees. You next stop is Elephant Trunk Hill, which is regarded as the symbol of Guilin landscape.
Day 6: Guilin – Shanghai by air (B+L)
Sightseeing: Yu garden / Shanghai Xin Tian Di
Get up early in the morning and check out at the hotel, you will take flight to Shanghai and transfer to the hotel. After freshening up, you will visit the Yu garden, a former private garden, called work of art, designs with different styles of the traditional Chinese horticulture art. Then you will stroll along Shanghai Xin Tian Di, which has become an urban tourist attraction that holds the historical and cultural legacies of the city.
Day 7: Shanghai (B+L)
Sightseeing: Jade Buddha Temple / Oriental Pearl TV Tower / Bund / Nanjing Road
Today you will start the day with a trip to visit the Jade Buddha Temple, which is renowned for a 2m-tall Buddha carved from a single piece of white jade, brought to China by a Burmese monk in 1822. Afterward, you will also pay a visit to Oriental Pearl TV Tower. The tower becomes Shanghai’s new landmark and a big magnet for tourists with its unique design composed of balls and columns. In the late afternoon, you will visit the picturesque Bund. Extending for 1.5 km on the shore of the Huangpu River, the Bund is a symbol of China’s prosperous future and Shanghai’s international past. Then you will stroll along the Nanjing Road, which is considered as one of the World’s Seven Great Roads in the 1930s and always mentioned in travel guides as a must see of China tour.
Day 8: Shanghai – Xian by air (B+L)
Sightseeing: Provincial History Museum
You will depart for a flight to Xian and transfer to the downtown hotel. Afterward, you will begin your journey to Provincial History Museum, which houses a large collection of historic and cultural artifacts unearthed in Shaanxi Province.
Day 9: Xian (B+L)
Sightseeing: Terra Cotta Soldiers Museum / Big Wild Goose Pagoda / Bell Tower
Today you will visit what has been called the 8th Wonder of the World the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. It is one of the most important archaeological excavations and culture findings in the 20th century. After lunch, you will drive back to downtown city to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of symbols in Xian and a remarkable milestone of the Chinese architecture. Afterward, you will head to visit Bell Tower. Originally built in 1348, the Bell Tower in Xian is situated in the very heart of the city and is the most well-preserved and best-known one in China.
Day 10: Xian – Beijing by air (B+L)
Sightseeing: Summer Palace
You will depart from Xian early in the morning, taking a short flight to Beijing and transfer to the downtown hotel. Afterward, you will start the day with a trip to the Summer Palace, which has a history of over 800 years. All the man-made hills, halls, pavilions and temples, including Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill, blend together harmoniously in spite of their individual styles.
Day 11: Beijing (B+L+D)
Sightseeing: Tiananmen Square / Forbidden City / Temple of Heaven / Beijing Duck Dinner
Today you will visit the Tiananmen Square which is considered as the largest square of the world. Subsequently, you visit the Forbidden City, the most complete imperial palace in China. And later you will also pay a visit to the Temple of Heaven. Temple of Heaven was built in the year 1420 and symbolized the meaning that the emperor can contact with the sky through it.
Tonight, enjoy a Peking Duck Dinner in a famous restaurant.
Day 12: Beijing (B+L)
Sightseeing: Badaling Great Wall / Spirit Way / Mind Tombs
After breakfast, you will visit the Badaling Great Wall where you will experience at first hand the wonder of the Great Wall. For lunch you’ll sample some delicious fare in a local restaurant. Afterwards, take a short drive to visit the Spirit Way and one of Ming Tombs. Spirit Way is an impressive marble archway as well as the entrance to the Ming Tombs equipped with many animals and people statues on the left and on the right of the avenue.
Ming Tombs are the representative royal tombs of the Ming Dynasty tombs. 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty from 1368 to 1644 were buried there.
Day 13: Beijing (B+L)
Sightseeing: Hutong / Lama Temple
Starting the day later than usual, you will start the day with a unique Hutong Trishaw tour in the morning. Hutongs are a kind of ancient city alley or lane that is considered an informal symbol of the Beijing city. Afterward, you will also pay a visit to the Lama Temple. It is a typical Tibetan Monastery in Beijing and reveals various architectural styles from Han, Mongolia, Manchuria and Tibet, and the impressive 60-foot Maitreya Buddha, carved form a single sandalwood tree.
Day 14: Beijing – Next Destination (B)
The morning is at your leisure before boarding your flight back home.
