17-Day Hiking in China

Tour Overview
Wonderful wild Great Wall Walking trip from Jingshanling to Simatai, Hike in the Yellow Mountain, trek through the Longji Terraced Paddy Fields and the ethnic villages, walk along the beautiful Li River, biking in the Yangshuo countryside, bamboo rafting on the picturesque Yulong River, enjoy Chinese cooking course...everything you do in this package will be enjoyable and interesting!

Day 1 Arrive in Beijing (no meals)
Meet your guide at the airport and then transfer to your hotel. Balance of the day is at leisure. 

Day 2 Beijing (B, L, D)
After breakfast, pay a visit to the Temple of Heaven, Qianmen Dajie, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. This evening, enjoy Beijing Roast Duck dinner.

Optional night shows: Beijing Opera or the Legend of Kung Fu

Day 3 Beijing (B, L)
Enjoy full-day wild Great Wall hiking tour from Jinshanling to Simatai (12 km, about 5 hrs).

Day 4 Beijing (B, L)
Visit the Beijing Hutongs by a rickshaw. After lunch, proceed to visit the imperal garden of Qing Dynasty, the Summer Palace.

Day 5 Beijing/Shanghai (B, L)
Drive to the airport for the flight to Shanghai. Be met and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. 

Day 6 Shanghai/Zhouzhuang (B, L)
Drive about 1.5 hours to Zhouzhuang Water Town to see the Shen Family Residence, Zhang Family Residence and Mi Tower and then have a river cruise through the town. Drive back to your hotel in Shanghai. 

Day 7 Shanghai (B, L)
After breakfast, visit the Shanghai Museum and the Jade Buddha Temple. Proceed to visit the Yu Garden and the Yuyuan Market. 

Optional activity: Acrobatics show

Day 8 Shanghai/Huangshan (B, L)
A morning tour of Shanghai City begins with a walk down the Bund to visit Nanjing Lu, one of the most famous business streets in the world. View the Oriental Pearl TV Tower overlooking the Huangpu River. Take high speed train to Huangshan in the afternoon. Meet the local guide and transfer to your hotel. 

Day 9 Mt. Huangshan (B, L)
Drive to Mt. Huangshan and take a cable car up to the summit of the mountain at Yun Gu Station. Visit the North Sea Scenery, the highlights here include the Start-to-believe Peak, Lion Peak, Bright Summit Peak and the Rock That Flew from Afar. If weather permits, you will watch the spectacular sunset. Stay overnight in the mountain. 

Day 10 Mt. Huangshan/Huangshan (B, L)
Get up in the early morning to catch the beautiful sunrise. After breakfast, take cable car down the mountain and transfer to Yixian County to visit the Hongcun Village. Drive back to Huangshan to visit the Tunxi Old Street.

Day 11 Huangshan/Guilin (B)
Fly to Guilin. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your conveniently located hotel. 

Day 12 Guilin
Visit the Reed Flute Cave and Solitary Peak. Then enjoy a walk around the beautiful lakes in the city.  

Day 13 Guilin/Yangshuo (B, L)
Drive to Yangdi Pier and hike along the beautiful Li River to Xingping Town (4-5hrs). Be picked up to the hotel. 

Optional: Impression Liu Sanjie

Day 14 Yangshuo (B, L, D)
Today, we will enjoy biking in the beautiful countryside and raft down the Yulong River. Ride back to Yangshuo, your guide and cooking teacher will bring you to a local market to buy meat and vegetables. In the cooking school, you will have a cooking course to learn how to cook Chinese food.

Day 15 Yangshuo/ Longsheng
Drive to Ping'an Zhuang Village, where you can view the most stunning part of the Longji Terraced Paddy Fields. Also you can explore some facts about the Zhuang ethnic group in the village. 

Day 16 Longsheng/Guilin (B, L)
Today, we will hike (about 4-5hrs) from Ping'an to Dazhai (A Yao people's village). We will pass several traditional Yao ethnic villages and see many terraced paddy fields. Drive back to Guilin. 

Day17 Guilin/Exit (B)
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

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