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Arrival to Shanghai. Visit Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden and Huangpu River cruise. Explore Guilin by visiting Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Park, Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hil. Discover Xian and attractions like Terracotta Warriors Museum, City Wall and Great Mosque.
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Overview

Trip type
Private Guided
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

Highlights

    • Must-see sights in China - Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Army, Giant Pandas
    • Cruise on the meandering Li River & admire the essence of Guilin landscape
    • Have a once in a life chance to get close to the incredibly cute treasure - Pandas
    • Walk into a local Chinese family, interact & dine with the hosts in their home

What's this trip about?

    Arrival to Shanghai. Visit Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden and Huangpu River cruise. Explore Guilin by visiting Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Park, Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hil. Discover Xian and attractions like Terracotta Warriors Museum, City Wall and Great Mosque.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizePrivate - your group only
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityShanghai
End CityBeijing

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Family Friendly
  • Transformative

Destinations

Activities

  • Culture
  • Historic Sightseeing
  • History
  • Homestays & Cultural Immersion
  • Nature
  • Photography

Trip includes

    • Domestic airfares & train fares
    • Hotel accommodation with breakfasts
    • A la carte lunches as itinerary specifies
    • Private English-speaking guides
    • Private drivers & air-conditioned vehicles
    • Entrance fees to tourist sites

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Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival in Shanghai

Meals: No meals and advice freely available

Welcome to Shanghai! Our guide will be waiting to greet you at the exit of the Arrival Hall. Then you will be escorted to our well-chosen hotel. For the rest of the day, you may have a good rest to get over the travel fatigue or venture out to the surrounding area a bit on your own.

Day 2 Shanghai

Meals: Western buffet breakfast and A la carte lunch

Today we highlight our tour with one of China's four best museums, Shanghai Museum, whose main exhibitions are precious ancient bronzes, porcelain and ceramic wares, calligraphy and Chinese paintings. Then we...

Day 3 Shanghai - Guilin

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

The morning is reserved for your individual activities. If you stay at our luxury series hotel, you can walk to the nearby Yuyuan market, where there are shops in photogenic old style buildings offering plentiful food selections ...

Day 4 Guilin

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

We'll start the day with touring the Reed Flute Cave, where you see many stunning stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations. We then proceed to the  Seven Star Park, where elegant hills, clear water, fantastic caves, grotesq...

Day 5 Guilin - Yangshuo

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

This morning we board a cruise along the scenic Li River for Yangshuo. Upon arrival, we take a drive to take in the farmland, clear water and elegant mountains around Yangshuo. We stop by a villager's home for a glimpse of...

Day 6 Yangshuo - Guilin - Chengdu

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

An arranged transport will take you from Yangshuo to Guilin Airport for your flight to Chengdu, the breeding grounds of the adorable giant pandas. Our local guide will greet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to have a rest at the hotel or look around the city on your own.

Day 7 Chengdu

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

The morning excursion focuses on Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center, which features verdant bamboos, bright flowers, fresh air, a natural hill and beautiful view to create the best possible environment for the pandas' rea...

Day 8 Chengdu - Xi'an

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

A morning high-speed train will take you to Xi'an, a cradle of Chinese civilization. The train journey takes around 4 hours. On your arriving, our local guide will meet you at the North Railway station and settle you at your hote...

Day 9 Xian

Meals: Western buffet breakfast and Home-cooked a la carte lunch

The whole morning will be spent on the world's eighth wonder, featured in Terracotta Army. As the annex of Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, the lifelike warriors and horses are believed to be the...

Day 10 Xi'an - Beijing

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

This morning you will travel by a high-speed train to Beijing, the last destination of yoru 13 days China itinerary. The train journey takes around 4.5 hours. The local guide expects you at the station and takes you to the hotel....

Day 11 Beijing

Meals: Western buffet breakfast and A la carte lunch

The first stop of your private Beijing tour is Tiananmen Square, the world's largest. Built 600 years ago, the T-shaped Tiananmen Square is an important venue for ceremonies of national prominence. Across the...

Day 12 Beijing

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

This morning we will visit Mutianyu Great Wall by taking the round-trip cable car. Initially set up as a fortification, it is a historic landmark in testimony of people's never ending struggles. Lunch today is not included. Our g...

Day 13 Departure from Beijing

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Your 13 days private China tour package is coming to an end. Our guide will collect you in the hotel lobby at the appointed time and transfer you to the airport for your onward flight. We wish you a pleasant journey home!

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Dates & Availability

Price From $2,069
Price per day$159
Last Updated: 3/8/2019

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • International airfares
    • Entry Visa fees
    • Personal expenses
    • Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers

Accommodation

Hotels for your pleasant stay

Shanghai

Renaissance Shanghai Yu  Garden Hotel  5-star

Ocean Hotel Shanghai  4-star

Guilin

Shangri-La Hotel - 5-star

Grand Link Hotel  4-star

Yangshuo

Green -Lotus Hotel - 5-star

New Century Hotel   4-star

Chengdu

Sofitel Chengdu Taihe  5-star

Holiday Inn Chengdu Oriental Plaza 4-star

Xian

Wyndham Grand Xian South 5-star

Wyndham Xian  4-star

Beijing

Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong 5-star

Novotel Beijing Xin Qiao  4-star

 

Cancellation policy

The cancellation fee will be a certain percentage of the tour total price.

  • 15 days or more before the arrival day: we will refund the full cost to you except for the actual air/ train cancellation fee and the bank transfer fee if there is.
  • 14 days to 3 days before: 20% of the total price.
  • Cancellation within 2 days before: 50% of the total price.
  • Cancellation on the arrival day: 100% of the total price.
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Meals Included

12 Breakfasts and 4 Lunches 

Age Requirements
No age restrictions
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