17-Day China Family Vacations

Tour Overview
This is a well-designed eye-opener for your kids beacuse they can learn a lot of facts about China from ancient to modern times on the trip. We have incorported many attractions and interesting places in the itineray. You will be worry-free on the whole journey when travel with our considerate and experienced guides.

Day 2 Hong Kong (B, L)
Highlights today： Victoria Peak, the Aberdeen Fishing Village, Stanley Market, Avenue of Star

Morning visit the Hong Kong island including  Victoria Peak, the Aberdeen Fishing Village, the Stanley Market and Repulse Bay. You will have chance to take a bird view of the city and harbore from Sky Terrace on top of the Victoria Peak. Kids might also interested in Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (at your own expense), in which you can snap Instagram-worthy photos with the world’s most famous celebrities such as Jacki Chan. The fishing village and the market will show you the lifestyle of the fishermen, and you will try luck to see many unique fish they get. After dimsum lunch in local restaurant, you will take Star Ferry to Kowloon. Take a walk at the Avenue of Star and then head to Bird & Flower Market, a place fun to children.

Day 3 Hong Kong (B)
Highlights today： Disney Land

Full day tour to Disney Land with entrance tickets and private round-way transfers. Enjoy the time with your kids!

Day 4 Hong Kong To Guilin by high speed train (B)
Highlights today： High Speed Train ride

Morning free at leisure for your own exploration. You will be picked up in time and transfer to train station for high speed train to Guilin, which takes only 3hrs. Be met and transferred to the hotel at the center of the city. The central lakes with famous Sun and Moon Pagodas, the Pedestrian Street and the East and West Lanes by the ancient city wall are worth of a wandering with family at night. 

Day 5 Full day Longji tour (B, L)
Highlights today： Longji Rice Terraces, Minority village

Today, enjoy a full-day tour to see the amazing Longji Rice Terraced Fields and ethnic Zhuang village. The drive to Ping'an Zhuang Village is around two hours, including around half hour climbing up the mountain via zigzag roads and 15 minutes walking into the village.

Day 6 Guilin To Yangshuo (B, L)
Highlights today： Li River Cruise to Yangshuo

After breakfast, the driver and guide will take you to the pier to cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo, it will take you 3.5-4 hrs to enjoy the most beautiful karst landscape in the world. And you will have a simple lunch on board and disembark in Yangshuo town at around 1.30pm. Take a walk at the West Street in the afternoon.  

Optional night activities: Cormorants Catching Fish or Impression Liusanjie

Day 7 Yangshuo (B, L)
Highlights today： Countryside tour by Bike and Bamboo Rafting on Yulong River, Fan Painting Class

Morning ride bicycle to the beautiful Yulong River and enjoy a bamboo rafting there. Afternoon, have a Fan Painting class at Fuli town to learn how to draw a picture with traditional brush pen and how to mount it to the fan. You will have chance to visit a wet market there to see special vegetables, fruits and all kinds of seasons for cooking delicious Chinese foods.

Day 8 Yangshuo To Xian (B, L)
Highlights today： Reed Flute Cave

Drive back to Guilin and visit Reed Flute Cave to enjoy the "Natural Art Gallery" containing a diversation of stalactites typical in Karst caves. Lunch is famous Guilin Rice Noodles, simple, but it might be the best rice noodles you have evey tried. Head for the airport and fly to Xian.

Day 9 Xian (B, L, D)
Highlights today： Terracotta Warriors Museum, Wild Goose Pagoda, Tang Dynasty Singing and Dancing Show

After breakfast, go to visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum in the morning and transfer back to down town in early afternoon to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Muslim Quarters.  In the late afternoon, learn dumpling making you before enjoy Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show at Shaanxi Grand Theater.

Day 10 Xi'an To Shanghai by flight (B)
Highlights today： Ancient City Wall, Maglev Train

Morning half-day tour to the Xian Ancient City Wall. You can either take a walk or rent a bike to ride on the eall. Fly to Shanghai after the visit. After arrive in Shanghai Pudong Airport, the guide will take you to take the Maglev Train, which runs the whole 30km trip takes only eight minutesis. Meet your private car the Longyang Station and transfer to hotel via Pudong New District, one of the most important financial and commercial centers in Shanghai and even China.

Day 11 Shanghai (B, L)

Highlights today： Yu Garden, Shanghai Museum, Nanjing Road

Pay a morning visit to Yu Garden and Yuyuan Market. Chinese garden is very different from the western garden. The former has been seeking natural beauty, while the later was in pursuit of artificial beauty. After lunch in local hotel, visit Shanghai Museum at Renmin Square connecting the busiest shopping street in Shanghai - Nanjing Lu. Walk down Nanjing Road to the Bund by the Huangpu River.

Optional night activity: Chinese acrobatics show.

Day 12 Shanghai (B, L)

Highlights today： Zhujiajiao Water Town

Drive (about 1 hour) to visit Zhujiajiao water town. Take a leisure walk in this typical south China town, visit some small musuems, galleries and gardens, and enjoy a short gondola boat riding on the water lanes. Back to downtown in the early afternoon and rest of the time is free at leisure for your own exploration.

Day 13 Shanghai To Beijing by high speed train (B)

Highlights today: Beijing Hutongs, Chinese Knots Making

Picked up from hotel and transfer to station for high speed train to Beijing. The fastest train from Shanghai to Beijing takes only 4.5hrs. You will visit Beijing Hutong in the afternoon to see the traditional house in this ancient city. Visit a local family in Hutong and learn how to make Chinese knots.

Day 14 Beijing (B, L, D)
Highlights today: Tiananmen Square, the Forbedden City, Temple of Heaven, Beijing Roast Duck

Visit the Tiananmen Square and the must-see Forbidden City in the morning. The year of 2020 is the 600th anniversary of the Forbidden City. About 80% of this imperior palace has opened to public, including newly opened city wall and Cining Gong. In the afternoon, visit the Temple of Heaven, the place for emperors to worship the Heaven in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.  After lunch, transfer to Later enjoy Beijing Roast Duck Dinner. 

Day 15 Beijng (B, L)
Highlights today: Mutianyu Great Wall

Excursion to the Mutianyu Great Wall today. Driver about 1.5hrs out of downtown and get to Mutianyu at northeast. Walk along steps up to the tower of the great wall and take you time on the wall. Have a picnic lunch on the Great Wall. You can also choose to taking cable car (at your own expenses) to make it easier. Child may like to take tobogan slide to dscend. Back in the afternoon and take a stop at 798 Art Zone.

Optional night show: the Legend of Kung Fu - Chun Yi

Day 16  Beijng (B, L)
Highlights today: Panda House, the Summer Palace

Visit Beijing Zoo to see lovely pandas, and then go to visit the Summer Palace with a short cruise on Kunming Lake. Afternoon is free at leisue.

Day 17  Beijng/Exit (B)
Be free until you are escorted to the airport for your homebound flight.