Money-saving, Leisure and Comfortable Holiday by High Speed Trains!
It’s true that the flight is the fastest way to travel to Guilin from Hong Kong. Usually it takes about 1.5 hours to get to Guilin from Hong Kong by flight. But there is only one flight to Guilin each day. In the tourist off season, the only one flight may be cancelled. Besides, you usually cannot discounted fares for the flights between Hong Kong and Guilin. Now you need an available Plan B - making transfer at Guangzhou by bullet train. You can take a high speed bullet train to Guilin from Guangzhou, which is fast, safe and comfortable. More importantly, it saves much money compared with flight. This tour makes fully use of the convenient railway between Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Guilin. During this tour, you will visit Hong Kong shortly, and then take a 1 hour’s bullet train to Guangzhou. After visiting the famous Guangzhou attractions travel to Guilin by high speed train to get a visual feast for a three days tour. What an adventure!
Day 1 Hong Kong Arrival & Orientation
Arriving at Hong Kong and check in hotel
Today is free for you to arrive at Hong Kong and recover from long flight, or explore this vibrant and bustling metropolis on your own. The airport pick up is optional with extra charge. If you need, please contact your travel consultant to arrange for you.
Orientation idea: It is one of the most popular things to do in Hong Kong to spend ten minutes riding the humble Star Ferry which sails between Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island( daily 6:30am-11:30pm). From the ferry, you can enjoy the breathtaking skyline of Hong Kong especially in the evening when the Symphony of Lights (20:00~20:14) begins.
Hong Kong Star Ferry
Day 2 Hong Kong (B)
Today's highlights: Victoria Peak, Aberdeen Fishing Village, Stanley Market
After breakfast, you will be picked up from selected hotels in downtown area by your private tour guide and driver to start your half day exciting Hong Kong exploration.
Firstly, you will climb to the highest point of Hong Kong - Victoria Peak(552m) via the famous Peak Tram which has operated for more than 112 years as one of the world oldest funicular railways. Walk through the verdant woods to explore hidden old buildings left by the old Hong Kong. Also ascend to the observation deck to sweep the magnificent Hong Kong skyline and tranquil harbor views. Get down from the peak, then go to visit Aberdeen Fishing Village where you will get an impressive insight of an old traditional fishing village to view the rows of old Junks and Sampans.
Continue to take a trip to the Stanley Market. Browse fancy petty commodities in various little stores and enjoy the fun of bargaining, or just order a cup of coffee or beer at the seaside café or pub, a great way to spend time away from the maddening crowds. (If you are interested in the beautiful sand beach with long coastline, soft sand and clean water, you can visit Repulse Bay instead of Stanley Market.)
After the tour, transfer back you your hotel.
Evening idea: take an enjoyable walk on the Avenue of Stars to appreciate the fabulous night views of Hong Kong.
Take the Peak Tram to the top of Victoria Peak
Aberdeen Fishing Village
Stanley Market
Day 3 Hong Kong - Guangzhou Tour (B, L)
Today's highlights: Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Six Banyan Temple, Shamian Island
After breakfast, you will take a new high speed train to Guangzhou, which will take only about 1 hour. After arrival, your local tour guide will pick you up, and take you to explore Guangzhou highlights.
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall is the first site you will visit. This complex compound was built in 1890s by the celebrated Chen Families. It is famous for the exquisite carvings, statues, paintings and ornate scrollwork. Next, you are going to visit Mausoleum of the Nanyue King which was constructed 65 feet (20 meters) underground about 2,000 years ago. Rather than just a tomb of the King Zhao Mo, the site also preserves many colorful murals and more than 1,000 burial artifacts. The most famous one is the burial garment of the king which is made of more than 2, 000 pieces of jade connected by silk thread. It is the only one of its kind in the world.
After lunch, go to visit the Six Banyan Temple. It houses three highest and largest copper Buddha statues in Guangdong all of which stand 20 feet (6 meters) high. You will also stroll around the Flower Pagoda (184-foot high) to admire colorful exterior carvings and the decorative copper top piece which are said to be cast in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Final stop for today is Shamian Island, a quiet island with historical buildings where you will be reminded of the history of Guangzhou in the colonial European period (mid-19th century). The western prosperous expat traders built many Western-style mansions and churches there. Today it is a peaceful place to enjoy a leisure stroll and enjoy a cup of coffee.
Be transferred to your hotel after the tour.
A Church at Zhamian Island
Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family
Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
Day 4 Guangzhou - High Speed Train to Guilin (B, L)
Today's highlights: Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave
Today, you will take a comfortable morning high speed train to Guilin, the darling of tourists. The train journey will take about 3 hours. Enjoy the pleasant scenery along the journey. Once you arrive at Guilin Train Station, you will be met by your local tour guide, and be transferred to your hotel in Guilin City. Take some rest.
In the afternoon, you will have a leisure Guilin city tour - firstly make a visit to the symbol of Guilin landscape Elephant Trunk Hill. A giant rock hill vividly shapes like an elephant which is drinking water. Besides, there are many historical sites here for you to explore, such as stone carving, Buddhist temple, relic exhibition, etc. Then, drive about 7 kilometers (about 20 minutes) to next attraction - Reed Flute Cave, a majestic underground palace with sparkling different colors. The magical Mother Nature condenses millions years of natural efforts to form the incredible stalactite, stalagmite, stone shield and stone waterfall of different sizes and shapes.
The rest time is free on your own to have fun in Guilin - strolling, hunting food...
Guilin Elephant Trunk Hill
Reed Flute Cave
Day 5 Guilin (B, L)
Today's highlights: Li River Cruise, West Street
As the declaration in Chinese textbook "Guilin’s landscape is the best under heaven", today you will explore this best landscape starting with a relaxing sightseeing cruise along the Li River from Mopanshan Pier to Yangshuo Town. Along the 84-kilometer cruise, dazzling scenery overwhelms your eyes like a vast endless Chinese painting of winding river, green limestone karst mountains, fascinating countryside views.
After about 4 hours’ cruise, disembark in Yangshuo Town, and check in your hotel. Take a short break, throw yourself into the stunning countryside views and relaxed atmosphere. Be enthralled by the patches of paddy fields nestling under green hills and near the mirror-like river, with farmers cultivating the soil with their water buffalos.
This evening is for you to walk leisurely on the ancient West Street to witness how the western culture and Chinese culture perfectly and peacefully coexist here. Whether you want to enjoy a cup of drink in bar, taste some local food, or just experience the relaxing atmosphere, you get it here.
Optional activity: experience the splendid evening performance Impression Liu Sanjie with (19:45~20:45 or 21:20~22:20) Li River itself as the stage, directed by famous director – Zhang Yimou.
Painting-like Li River
Yangshuo Old Town Surrounded by Elegant Rolling Hills
Day 6 Yangshuo Departure (B, L)
Today's highlights: countryside views of Yangshuo
Today, after your breakfast, our guide will take you to enjoy your best highlight cycling experience along the picturesque Yulong River (Yangshuo - Jiuxian Village - Xiangui Bridge - Shuiedi Dock). Immerse yourself into the fascinating countryside view with the rolling hills around and crystal clear river with the reflection of mountains, bamboos, trees, floras and blue sky, and enjoy this simple moment to see the refreshing color combination of farmland pieces, flowers, plantations and footpath. Visit a local family house to see the living environment of local peasants and their daily farming tools. After the cycling and family visiting experience for about 2.5 hours, continue your exploration of Yulong River highlights by enjoying the joyous bamboo rafting from Shuiedi Dock to Gongnong Bridge, the most classic part (about 1 hour). Sit leisurely back on the bamboo chair and admire the emerald sightseeing passing by, enjoy every minutes like traveling in a traditional Chinese landscape painting. (Note: according to the regulations of Yulong River Tourism, children less than 1 meter high and elders over 70 years old are not allowed to take the bamboo rafting.) After that, have a break and enjoy your lunch at a local restaurant. Then, continue to bike back to West Street (0.5 hours).
For the rest of the day, you can catch your flight / train off Guilin to your next destination or home, or continue your exploration of Yangshuo by walking leisurely on the ancient West Streetto witness how the western culture and Chinese culture perfectly and peacefully coexist here. Whether you want to enjoy a cup of drink in bar, taste some local food, or just experience the relaxing atmosphere, you get it here.
Panoramic View of Yangshuo Town
Relaxing Biking at Yangshuo Town
1. This price is for one person, based on a group of 2 adults sharing one standard double-bed room in 4-star hotel and traveling with our private tour in low seasons.
2. This price is subject to change according your traveling season, group size, hotel class, change of activities in your itinerary and possible fluctuation of currency exchange rate. If you want a lower price, you can get more people to join you, or use economy class hotels.
3. This price is only valid to March 31, 2020.
4. Reference exchange rate of USD 1= RMB 6.7. The final quote is based on current exchange rate. It may change according to the currency fluctuation, while the RMB quotation will be remained the same.
Hello Tracy
We had a wonderful time in the mainland China. We are still in Hong Kong and will be flying back on Tues, the 12th. We’re enjoying our stay here too even though its raining.
Go ahead and give me the link to trip advisor. I’ll be happy to share our experience to everyone.
Hi Vivien
We have arrived safely at Chengdu today. The driver is very nice and Ruby is wonderful. We have enjoyed the programme today. I will give a box of chocolate to Ruby on Tuesday to pass it on to you.
Thanks for arranging everything for us.
Regards
Dear Wonder,
The cruise is a great experience. My family and I were happy with
it. Please see below for the answers.
1. Is your travel consultant of our company fast enough to answer your E-mail and
patient enough to answer your questions?
Yes.
2. How’s the experience of the cruise?
Great experience considered it was a river cruise in China. Certainly Century cruise can learn from the ocean cruises to make their evening entertaining programme even more successful in terms of variety and quality, but for now those entertaining shows met my expectations.
I tried to look for another river cruise with another route for next year but
it looks like the Yangtze 3 gorges river cruise is the only river cruise
available. I look forward to further development in future.
Best,
Hi Rita
Thank you for putting this trip together for us. The only thing that could have been better was the weather. Something no one has control of, the views made up for the lack of Sunshine.
I think we made the right choice in our choice of boats and taking the up stream cruise. The smaller boat was less crowded and very comfortable and the crew was outstanding.
Attached are a few Photo's to share.
I will recommend you to others.
Thank you again.
Enjoy the Cruise
Hi Vivien,
I’m sorry I’ve taken so long to get back to you, but I had a huge amount of work to catch up on when I got back from your tour.
My wife and I had a really great time with your company and I was really impressed with how quickly you got back to me with answers to my questions (thanks again Vivienne! You were fantastic and really helpful!)
Your trip was well planned, and went amazingly smoothly. If there was one piece of advice I would give it would be to try to find out which train station exit to meet the guides at. The stations can be very large, crowded and a little intimidating if you have not been there before. While I knew we could always phone them, sometimes batteries run out or phone numbers are lost!
All your guides were excellent. Lily in Beijing was really friendly and was really informative. She seemed to know a lot about everything. The driver was also really friendly and was an excellent driver, particularly with the difficult, snowy roads on the day we went to the Wall.
Timo in Xi’an was perfect. His English was excellent and He helped us appreciate Xi’an, it’s history and it’s (especially) it’s food! We also really appreciated how he helped organise our trip to see the Xi’an traditional dances and dumpling feast, and also how the lady driving us was good enough to wait for us as we watched the show.
Terry was also good, but we didn’t get much time to get to know him with just the one day in Shanghai, and we had bad luck with the weather- heavy rain and low clouds made Shanghai a bit tricky for a proper tour!
We really enjoyed our trip with you and we would definitely recommend you to our friends. We also may well book tours for other areas of China in the future, as we may be teaching in China for a number of years and would like to see as much of it as we can during our time here.
Thank you again for helping us have a wonderful vacation!
Great Wall Covered by Snow
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Hong Kong Star Ferry
Victoria Peak Tram
Aberdeen Fishing Village
Stanley market
A Church at Zhamian Island
Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family
Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
Guilin Elephant Trunk Hill
Guilin Reed Flute Cave
Li River Cruise in Guilin
Yangshuo Ancient Town
Panoramic View of Yangshuo Town
Relaxing Biking at Yangshuo Town
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