Day 1 Arrive at Beijing (-/-/-)
Transfer via: International Flight arranged by you
Welcome to Beijing, where the capital, political, and cultural center of China lies. We meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. After check-in, you have free time to relax.
Day 2 Beijing (B/L/D)
 Today’s highlight is the visit of the Great Wall (Mutianyu Section), one of the “Seven Wonders of the World” and a symbol of Chinese civilization. A Peking Duck Dinner concludes your full day activities.
Day 3 Beijing (B/L/-)
After breakfast, begin the day’s activity with a visit to Tian’anmen Square, the largest urban square in the world. Then, move on to the Imperial Palace, also known as the “Forbidden City”, the biggest palace complex in the world. In the afternoon, visit Temple of Heaven, the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvest.
Day 4 Beijing / Guilin (B/L/-)
Transfer via: Internal Flight arranged by us
After a relaxed breakfast at hotel this morning, tour to Summer Palace, one of China’s largest and best-preserved imperial gardens. In the afternoon, you will take a ride in rickshaw through some old “Hutongs”, lanes or alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard) where you will visit some family. After visiting, take a flight to Guilin, which is one of China's most picturesque cities and has been a destination for travelers and an inspiration for poets and artists for thousands of years.
Day 5 Guilin / Yangshuo / Guilin (B/L/-)
 Transfer via: Van and boat arranged by us
Today’s highlight is cruising down the Li River, which stretches 83 kilometers from Guilin to Yangshuo. The cruise will give you a chance to savor the lovely view of the area’s extraordinary limestone peaks. The cruise ends in Yangshuo. Visit local markets. Yangshuo is a charming small town with its main street lined with small hotels, countless souvenir shops and restaurants. After checking into your hotel, you will take a bike tour along Jima Road.
Day 6 Guilin / Shanghai (B/L/-)
Transfer via: Internal Flight arranged by us
After breakfast, drive back to Guilin. Pay a visit Reed Flute Cave and Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk hill resembles a huge elephant standing on the bank of the river, sucking up water with its long trunk. It is regarded as the symbol of Guilin landscape. Reed Flute Cave is a huge cave system with stunning rock formations, stalagmites and stalactites, illuminated with coloured lights. The cave can hold comfortably 1000 people. In the afternoon, take flight to Shanghai, the bustling commercial heart of China, known as “Paris of the East”.
Day 7 Shanghai (B/L/-)
 This morning you will visit the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, which will show you the past present and future of Shanghai, then visit the Jade Buddha Temple, the most famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai, Yu Garden an ancient classical garden, and Yuyuan Market, a shopper's paradise filled with local arts and crafts. In the evening you will enjoy a fabulous Acrobatic Show.
Day 8 Shanghai / Yellow Mountain(Mt. Huangshan) (B/L/-)
Transfer via: Internal Flight arranged by us
Visit the Bund and Nanjing Road in the morning. The Bund is the financial center of Shanghai known as a"museum of buildings". Nanjing Road is one of China's premiere shopping districts. After lunch, take flight to Yellow Mountain (Mt. Huangshan). Our guide will meet you at Huangshan Airport and escort you to your hotel at Tunxi (Huangshan City).
Day 9 Yellow Mountain (B/L/-)
After breakfast, drive 80 kilometers (1.5 hour-drive) to Yellow Mountain Scenic Area and take cable car at Yungu Station to the top of the mountain. After check-in and lunch, you will view Brush Pen Peak, tour Lion Peak and Xihai Grand Canyon, enjoy the sunset glow at the Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, etc. Stay overnight at the hotel of summit.
Day 10 Yellow Mountain / Shanghai (B/L/-)
 Try to get up early in the morning to catch the magical sunrise, after breakfast, tour the Begin-to-Believe Peak to see the grotesque pinetrees, after all the exercise, take the cable car down to the foot of the Yellow Mountain, drive back to Huangshan City to visit Tunxi Ancient Street and Ink Stone Factory before your transfer to the airport for the flight back to Shanghai.
Day 11 Shanghai / Departure (B/-/-)
Transfer via: International / Internal Flight arranged by you
After breakfast, you will be escorted to the airport for your flight to your next destination.
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