24-Day China Photo Adventure Tour

Tour Overview
What happens when you combine a sightseeing tour with a photography class in China? Grab your camera, put on your walking shoes and join us ...

Day 1 Arrive in Beijing (no meals)
Meet your guide at the Beijing Capital International Airport and then  transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure. Hotel: Best Western Premier Hotel (4-star)

Day 2 Beijing (B, L)
After breakfast, visit the Temple of Heaven, where we can take some photos of this great building and the morning exercisers. Later visit the Qianmen Dajie, the Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.  In the evening, enjoy Beijing Roast Duck dinner.

Day 3 Beijing (B, L)
Today, you'll have a chance to take some awesome beautiful pics of the Great Wall by hiking from the Jingshanling to Simatai.

Day 4 Beijing (B, L)
Explore the traditional Beijing Hutongs by rickshaw. We also enjoy tea in a local family who live in the courtyard dwelling house around by Hutongs. Later, proceed to pay a visit to the Summer Palace.

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

Day 5 Beijing To Xian (B, L, D)
Fly to Xian. Upon arrival, you're met and picked up to the hotel. After lunch, visit the Bell Tower and the Ancient City Wall. In the evening, enjoy the wonderful Tang Dynasty Dinner Show. Hotel: Grand New World Hotel  (4-star)

Day 6 Xian (B, L)
Enjoy full-day tour of the Muslim quarters, the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses.

Day 7 Xian To Chengdu (B, L)
Fly to Chengdu. Upon arrival, you're met to have lunch. Later, drive to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to see the adorable panda bears. Hotel: Enjoyable Star Hotel (4-star)

Day 8 Chengdu To Leshan To Mt. Emei (B, L, D)
After breakfast transfer to Leshan to visit the Giant Buddha, on the way visit Huanglongxi Ancient Town. After the visit of the Giant Buddha, transfer to Mt. Emeishan. If time permits, you will be transferred to visit Baoguo Temple at the foot of Emeishan. Hotel: Emeishan Hot Spring Hotel (4-star)

Day 9 Mt. Emei (B, L, D)
Full day tour to visit Mt. Emei. First you will take a tourist bus for about 25 minutes to the parking lot of Wannian Temple, take the cable car up, visit Wannian Temple, walk through Qingyin Pavilion - the biggest natural ecology reserve area for monkeys, till you get to Wuxiangang parking lot to take the tourist bus down to the foot of the mountain.

Day 10 Emei To Chengdu (B, L)
Drive back to Chengdu to visit the Dufu's Thatched Roof Cottage and Jinli Old Street.

Day 11 Chengdu To Chongqing (B, L)
The morning is at leisure. After lunch, take bus to Chongqing and board a luxury Yangtze cruise ship.

Day 12 Yangtze River Cruise (B, L, D)
Make a shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City or Shibaozhai (depends on the ship company's choice).

Day 13 Yangtze River Cruise (B, L, D)
Explore the Lesser Three Gorges or Shennong Stream (depends on the ship company's choice) by boat.

Day 14 Yichang To Shanghai (B)
Visit the Three Gorges Dam and then transfer to airport for the flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, you're picked up to the hotel. Balance of the day at leisure.

Day 15 Shanghai (B, L)
Enjoy sightseeing of the Shanghai Museum, the Yu Garden and it's nearby Yuyuan Market, the Bund, Nanjing Lu, .

Optional night show: Chinese acrobatics show

Day 16 Shanghai (B)
Enjoy a full day at leisure in this biggest city of China. Perhaps enjoy an optional tour to the famous water town - Zhujiajiao.

Day 17 Shanghai To Suzhou To Huangshan (B, L)
Travel to Suzhou, which has been known as the Oriental Venice. Upon arrival, visit the classical Humble Administrator's Garden, the Tiger Hill Park and the Panmen Gate. Take the overnight train (with soft-sleeper) to Huangshan. 

Day 18 Huangshan (B, L)
Upon arrival, you'er met to have breakfast. Later drive to Huangshan Scenic Area, where you'll take the cable car to the top of the Yellow Mountain. After lunch, visit the Begin-to-Believe Peak, Brush Pen Peak, Lion Peak, the Cloud Dispelling Pavilion and more.

Day 19 Huangshan (B, L)
Enjoy the sunrise at Huangshan Mountain, and then take cable car down the mountain. Drive back to Huangshan City, on the way we'll make a stop-over at the world heritage site - Hongcun Village. End the day with a visit to the Tunxi Old Street.

Day 20 Huangshan to Hangzhou (B, L)
Drive to Hangzhou by private transfer, visit West Lake by boat, Dragon Well Tea Plantation. Hotel: Wu Yang Hotel (4-star)

Day 21 Hangzhou to Guilin (B, L)
After a visit to Six Harmony Pagoda. Transfer to fly to Guilin. Transfer to the hotel. Hotel: Bravo Hotel (4-star)

Enjoy the amazing cruise (3.5-5 hrs) along the beautiful Li River to Yangshuo. The rest of the day is free. Hotel: Mountain Retreat (3-star)

Day 23 Yangshuo (B, L)
Rent a bike and get lost in the beautiful Yangshuo karst countryside. Perhaps enjoy bamboo rafting on the Yulong River.

Day 24 Yangshuo To Guilin/Exit (B, L)
Drive back to Guilin to visit the Elephant Trunk Hill and the Reed Flute Cave. Later, transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

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