Upon arrival in Shanghai, you will be warmly greeted by your guide and transferred to your downtown hotel in a private car. Spend the remainder of the day at leisure.

• Transfer via: Flight (Duration: 2 hours)
•  Meals: Breakfast, a la carte lunch 
• There are several picturesque water towns not far from Shanghai, and Xitang is representative of them. Check out your hotel in the morning and take a drive (around 1.5 hours) to Xitang Ancient Town, a quaint town dating back to 771 B.C. Have a mesmerizing boat ride on the canals and soak up the charming views.  Afterward, be escorted to the airport in Shanghai for your flight to Zhangjiajie. When you land at the airport, your Zhangjiajie local guide will be awaiting you and ready to take you to the hotel.

•  Meals: Breakfast, a la carte lunch
• Shanghai is a city that perfectly integrates its old and new glamour, which can be fully found today. The city exploration begins at the Shanghai Museum, where you will be astounded by the bronzes, jades, paintings, sculptures, and other valuable collections of ancient Chinese artifacts. Continue to the Yu Garden, an artistically designed one with over 400 years of history, shining among all traditional Chinese gardens in the south of the Yangtze. Then change your tempo to the Yuyuan Market, a bustling bazaar nearby that sells all kinds of stuff. After a short break at a silk shop, wander through the Bund to feel the old appeal of the city. 

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• Transfer via: Bullet D train
•  Meals: Breakfast, a la carte lunch
•  Take the morning to visit Tianmen Mountain, which literally means “heaven’s gate mountain” for the huge natural cave halfway up the mountain. The 7,455-meter cable car, which had been the longest one in the world until 2021, will take you to the top within 30 minutes. After the unforgettable tour in Zhangjiajie, get to the railway station for your train to Changsha.

• Transfer via: High speed G train (Duration: 3.5 hours) 
• Meals: Breakfast 
• After breakfast, board your train to Guilin. Upon arrival, be greeted by your local tour guide and proceed to visit Reed Flute Cave,  in which you can see lots of stalactites & stalagmites illuminated by the lights of different colors and learn how they were formed. After that, check into your hotel and have a rest.

• Transfer via: Boat 
• Meals: Breakfast, lunch 
• Today you will take a relaxing Li River cruise down to the scenic town of Yangshuo. Along the way, immerse yourself in the dramatic landscape of clear water, karst hills, paddy fields, and rural villages.  Disembark in Yangshuo at around 1:30 pm to 2 pm (depending on the water condition) and walk through the bustling West Street, followed by a private transfer to your Yangshuo hotel. For the rest of the day, relax, indulge and explore your scenic surroundings.

• Transfer via: Yangshuo – Guilin, Private vehicle ;Guilin – Xi’an, Flight (Duration: 1 hour and 55 minutes) 
• Meals: Breakfast 
• Wake up early to get back to Guilin and board your morning flight to Xi’an. Once arrival, your private guide there will pick you up and escort you to visit the Ancient City Wall. After that, check into your hotel and rest.

• Meals: Breakfast, A la carte lunch
• Unlike Zhangjiajie, which is well-known mainly for its natural wonders, Xi’an is world-famous due to its extraordinary archaeological discovery of the Terracotta Warriors. These life-size clay soldiers had been created about 2,200 years ago to accompany the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, after his death.  After being astonished by the incomparable Terracotta Army, meander through the famous Muslim Quarter, which has been the center of the Muslim community in Xi’an for over 1,000 years. Explore the Muslim culture and try some exotic snacks there.

• Transfer via: High speed G train (Duration: about 4.5-6 hours) 
• Meals: Breakfast 
• Take a morning train to Beijing. Once arrival, be escorted by your local guide to explore the Forbidden City, admiring its magnificent imperial buildings with exquisite details. Before heading to the hotel, spend some time strolling around a well-preserved Hutong and get on a rickshaw to discover the most traditional community of old Beijing.

• Meals: Breakfast, A la carte lunch
• Before heading to the Great Wall, enjoy some time at the Temple of Heaven, where emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped heaven once a year for bountiful harvests.  Drive about 2 hours to the suburb of Beijing to visit the awe-inspiring Great Wall at Mutianyu. This less-frequented section of the Wall stretches 1.4 miles, with 22 blockhouses and watchtowers offering splendid views of the meandering Great Wall and the surrounding mountains. Do not forget to take some photos and share with your family and friends this engineering masterpiece.

• Meals: Breakfast 
• Enjoy some free time on your own until you’re taken to the airport for your flight. Thank you for traveling with us and wish you a pleasant flight.