Southern China: Holy Mountains, Waters, People, Art and Religions – Confucious to the Hakkas

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Overview
Highlights
- Explore Xidi and Hongcun
- Visit Chuxi Tulou cluster
- Explore China
- Visit to Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum
- Explore Zhujiajiao
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Trip includes
- Internal airfare – broken out separately
- Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
- All ground transfers
- All excursions with expert English-speaking guides
- Entrance fees to museums, temples, etc.
Itinerary

Accommodation: Hotel Fairmont Peace Hotel – Fairmont Room Or Langham Xintiandi
Arriving in Shanghai, you will clear immigration and customs. Leaving the airport, you will meet your guide holding a sign with your name and Myths and Mountains on it. S/he will tra...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Shangri-La Hotel, Qufu – Deluxe Room
After breakfast, you transfer to the train station for your fast train to Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius and a site of tremendous importance to the Chinese. <...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Shangri-La Hotel, Qufu – Deluxe Room
To beat the heat, it is wise to rise early to drive to the gateway to sacred Tai Shan. Tai Shan is to the Chinese what Varanasi is to the Hindus and Kailas is to...
Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Hotel Pan Pacific Xiamen Hotel -Deluxe
This morning, you have a 2-hour drive to Jinan, where you catch a flight to Xiamen.
Xiamen is situated in the province of Fujian (ancestral home of many of the Taiwanese). Als...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Pan Pacific Xiamen Hotel -Deluxe
Today you will take a short ferry boat trip to Gulang Yu, an island and former foreign enclave. Here you can walk the winding streets and paths, free of cars, and un...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Hakka Earth Building Prince – Deluxe Room
After breakfast, you have about a 3-hour drive to Yongding, via Zhangzhou. Once in Yongding, you will have lunch at a local restaurant, and then begin to vi...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Hakka Earth Building Prince – Deluxe Room
Chuxi Tulou cluster, located in Yongding County Xiayang Township Chuxi village, has five large circular buildings and ten rectangular buildings. All buildin...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Crown Plaza Huangshan – Riverview Room
In the morning, you have about a 2-hour drive to Zhangzhou, to catch the high-speed train (1214/1653) to Huangshan. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Crown Plaza Huangshan – Riverview Room
If you want to see about 100 Ming and Qing houses, dine, and shop for souvenirs and country products, the small village of Xidi, south of the Yellow Mountains ...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Xihai Hotel – Standard Room
Along with Guilin in the west, Huangshan is the country’s most romantic and most favorite andscape. Today you will drive to the foot of the mountain and climb to the top of the ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Crown Plaza Huangshan – Riverview Room
Rising early, you need to watch the sunrise. Don’t worry if there is thick fog or clouds. In Chinese mythology, the Heavenly Realm where the Chinese gods live ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Crown Plaza Huangshan – Riverview Room
Jingdezhen is the world-renowned Porcelain Capital, listed with Foshan in Guangdong Province, Hankou in Hubei Province and Zhuxianzhen in Henan Province as the...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Hangzhou Tea Boutique Hotel – Deluxe Room
After a leisurely breakfast, you drive to the Huangshan Green Tea Plantation. Here you can pick tea with the locals and then enjoy a Chinese tea ceremony. <...
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Accommodation: Hotel Hangzhou Tea Boutique Hotel – Deluxe Room
Begin your day with a private boat tour on West Lake, 2.2 miles, man-made and created according to the Chinese tradition of designing garden-style parks for recreat...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Fairmont Peace Hotel – Fairmont Room Or Langham Xintiandi
After breakfast, a two-hour ride on a fast speed boat will take you to China’s most cosmopolitan and futuristic city – Shanghai. Depending o...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Fairmont Peace Hotel – Fairmont Room Or Langham Xintiandi
For your last day, you begin with a boat excursion to the lovely water town of Zhujiajiao. Founded more than 1700 years ago, Zhujiajiao star...
Meals: Breakfast
Today is free until time to be transferred to the airport for your flight home.
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Pricing Details:
$6195: 7-10 people
$7195: 4-6 people
$8995: 2-3 people
Single Supplement: $1805
Internal Air: $246/pp
Supplement For National Guide Throughout: $5150
Supplement For The Langham Xintiandi: $75/pp/double, $148/pp/single
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Logistics
What's excluded
- International airfare
- Visa fees
- Meals where not indicated with a B,L,D
- Tips/gratuity (porters, drivers, local guides, etc)
- International airport taxes
- Other items of a personal nature including laundry, alcoholic beverages, etc.
- Additional expenses resulting from the delay or extension of the trip due to causes beyond our reasonable
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Accommodation
- Fairmont Peace Hotel – Deluxe Room or Langham Xintiandi
- Shangri-La Hotel, Qufu – Riverview Room
- Pan Pacific Xiamen Hotel – Deluxe
- Hakka Earth Building Prince – Deluxe Room
- Crown Plaza Huangshan – Riverview Room
- Xihai Hotel – Standard Room
- Hangzhou Tea Boutique Hotel – Deluxe Room
16 Breakfasts, 15 Lunches and 13 Dinners
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