11 Days Great Wall & Li River Hiking Tour

Highlights

Visit:

Forbidden City

Tiananmen Square

Temple of Heaven

Great Wall

Summer Palace

Terracotta Warriors

Ancient City Wall

 

Li River

Yangshuo

Elephant Trunk Hill

Yu Garden and Bazaar

The Bund

Nanjing Road

Experience:

Unlock the secrets of the imperial Capital Cities;

To be a hero and take a special experience of Great Wall hiking;

Get up close with the amazing landscaped while hiking around the amazing Longsheng Rice Terrace;

View the new look and explore the rapid growth of China in Shanghai.

Sampling Itinerary Day by Day

Day 1 Beijing Arrival

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Welcome to Beijing, the capital of China, rich in history and culture.

Your lifetime China tour begins with welcome from your local guide at the Beijing airport. Then be escorted to your hotel in a private vehicle. The rest of today is yours to acclimatize or explore the vast metropolis on your own.

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Day 2 Beijing ( B, L )

Today's tour begins to visit the Tiananmen Square, the world's largest plaza. Walking through Tiananmen Gate, you'll enter the splendid Forbidden City, China's No.1 palace complex adorned with imperial treasures.

In the afternoon, you'll marvel at the Temple of Heaven where the emperors worshipped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest.

After the tour, back to your hotel.

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Day 3 Great Wall Hiking ( B, L )

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After breakfast, be picked up for the first destination Badaling Great Wall, the most visited section, approximately 80 km northwest of urban Beijing city, and famous for his magnificence.

You will hike up snaking sections of walls, enter the watchtowers and see distant views. You will hike for 2 hours on the Badaling Great Wall.

After a Chinese flavor lunch at local restaurant, drive to the Juyongguan Great Wall. With mountains as its east and west walls, this pass had played a strategic defense role in ancient times. You will hike the Juyongguan Great Wall for 2 hours.
After the hiking tour, transferred to your hotel in Beijing.

Day 4 Beijing & Flight to Xian ( B, L )

Today after breakfast, you'll visit the fabulous Summer Palace, the largest and best-preserved imperial garden in China, the next 'must see' site after the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.

Then you will be escorted to the airport for a 2-hour flight to Xian, the ancient heart of China. Upon arrival in Xian, your local guide will greet and guide you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free on your own.

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Day 5 Xian ( B, L )

Today your first stop is to join the ranks of the incredible Terracotta Warriors, the forbidding sentinels of a death defying emperor, starting out through the silent millennia of history.

In the afternoon, visit the Ancient City Walls, the largest and best-kept city walls on earth. Strolling and cycling on the Walls is quite an enjoyable experience. Today’s tour ends to visit the Bell Tower, a famous landmark of Xian ancient city.

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Day 6 Xian ( B, L )

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Today after breakfast, you’ll visit the Great Mosque, a tranquil and historic mosque that has served Xian’s Muslim community for more than a millennium. By the way, you’ll stop by the Muslim Community.

Then head to the age-old Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the symbol of the old-line Xian, a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists.

After lunch, be transferred to the airport and take a flight to Guilin, the finest scenery of China. Be met and transferred to your hotel by the local guide and the rest of today is free at your leisure.

Day 7 Drive to Longsheng from Guilin ( B, L )

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Today after breakfast, be driven to the Longsheng Rice terraces. This area is famous for the many ethnic minorities that reside here. It takes around 3 hours to get there from Guilin by car. After arrival, go on a trekking tour passing through the awe-inspiring Longji terraced rice fields, watching Yao minority women showing off their super long hairs. Then drive back to Guilin.

Overnight in Guilin.

Day 8 Hiking the Li River ( B, L )

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Today, you’ll be driven back to Guilin, and head to the Zhujiang Pier to cruise the Li River, a must-do for any Guilin tourists and a mile-long natural gallery.

Take a cruise down the Li River, and land half way at Yangdi pier to start a hiking tour along the most picturesque section of Li River between Yangdi and Xingping.

After the hike tour, be driven to Yangshuo, the paradise of Guilin. Check in your hotel, the rest of today is free to explore Yangshuo and find out why West Street is so popular among tourists.

Day 9 Guilin & Flight to Shanghai ( B, L )

Being driven back to Guilin after breakfast (1.5~2 hrs), and have an essential Guilin city tour. The first stop surely is the Elephant Trunk Hill, the city symbol. Then head to visit the fabulous Reed Flute Cave to see the beautiful stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, and stone flowers with various shapes.

After the tour, be escorted to the airport for your flight to Shanghai, the most cosmopolitan city of China. Upon your arrival, transferred to your hotel in Shanghai in private vehicle.

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Day 10 Shanghai ( B, L )

After breakfast, you'll visit the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, a must-see for all true Shanghainophiles to witness how Shanghai became a cosmopolitan city from a shabby fishing village.

Then walk leisurely around the beautiful Yu Garden, a pleasant enough, well-contained classical Chinese garden, and savor some local flavor snacks at the Yu Garden Bazaar.

Later to visit the French Concession to appreciate its old French-style villas and special colonial culture. In the evening, enjoy the breathtaking Acrobatic Show. (Optional)

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Day 11 Shanghai Departure ( B, L )

After breakfast, head to the famous Bund to witness Shanghai’s skyline, and stroll along China's No.1 shopping street, Nanjing Road.

Then ascend the Jinmao Tower to get an amazing bird’s eye view of this metropolis. Then continue to Jade Buddha Temple to admire the largest jade Buddha in the world and exquisite religious artifacts.

After the tour, be transferred to the airport for your flight to next destination or back to home.

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