11 Days to Explore Chinese Historical & Natural Destinations

After you arrive in Beijing, our local guide will pick you up and then drive to hotel for a good rest.  If time permit, you may have a half day Forbidden City tours 

First you will climb Mutianyu Great Wall, which is the best preserved section of the Great Wall. Climb up the Great Wall, well-known for the longest defense wall in the world.(Cable Car is optional)(2 hours). After lunch, visit Ming Tombs – Dingling, the mausoleum of Emperor Yongle who was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was the most famous historical figure among the Ming Emperors(1 hour).
After your tour ends, driven back to your hotel.

Take morning flight to Xi'an from Beijing. Upon your arrival, our guide will meet you at the airport. After lunch in a local restaurant, we drive to the famed Terracotta Warriors, created to guard the tomb of the first emperor to unite China, Qin Shihuang, the Terracotta Warriors are regarded as one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries in the 20th century. Later, we make our way to the Xi'an city center to check into the hotel and freshen up.
This evening, we pass by Xi'an's Great Mosque and walk around the Muslim quarter, where the way of life is derived as much from the ancient cultures of Central Asia as from China. For over 1,300 years, since the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618 - 907), Muslims have been an integral part of daily life in Xi'an, the beginning of the Silk Road.

We start our day with a 1 hour bicycle ride along Xi'an's Ancient City Wall, the most complete city wall in all of China. The original foundation was based on the ruins of the Imperial City Wall of Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), known today as Xi'an. Though the wall has been entirely renovated, it still resonates with history as we pass by its broad ramparts.
We walk down the wall for 10 minutes to the Forest of Steles, located just under one of the wall's gates. The Forest of Steles is comprised of a series of gardens which contain China's largest, richest and earliest collections of Chinese ancient stone tablets used by famous calligraphers before the invention of paper. We begin our visit with a private calligraphy lesson in studios in the bustling painting and seal market just outside of the Forest. Our calligraphy master then leads us to the Stele Forest, explaining the history and stories of these time-enduring tablets.
After early lunch, we take an afternoon flight to Chengdu. Then we drive directly to Ya'an city, the nearby city known as the birthplace of tea civilization and the cradle of tea culture. We have a walk around the older part of the city and stay in the outskirts of Ya'an.

After breakfast in the hotel, our guide will take you to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda to see our national treasure, panda(2.5 hours).
After lunch, you will visit the Dufu Thatched Cottage, it is the memorial hall for the Saint Poet Dufu in Tang Dynasty(1.5 hours). Then proceed to the Wu Hou Temple, the country’s most influential ancient ruins in the Three Kindoms Period with the longest history(1.5 hours). Then take flight to Guilin. Our guide will pick you up and drive to your local hotel,

Picked up by the guide and the driver in the morning.
First visit the nice Li River Cruise to Yangshuo with the Lunch on the cruise, which boasts the most attractive scenic in the land and attracts many tourits from in and abroad (4 hours).
Then Shop at the West Street, which is the hottest street in China. Every year, the toursits here are the three times of the habitants (2.5 hours).
Then spend your night in Yangshuo.

We could enjoy the scenes of picturesque hamlets tucked among subtropical plants and rice paddies as we bike in the Aishan Village. And take Bamboo rafting on Yulong River.
After lunch, we drive to the magnificent terraced rice fields of Longsheng, which is carved into the hillside over hundreds of years by the local Yao people. The rice fields, when filled with water, resemble dragon's scales, hence the mountain's name - Dragon's Back. Overnight at Ping'an guesthouse 。

Today, we will drive back to Guilin. After a Chinese lunch, you may take flight to Hangzhou. Overnight at Hangzhou Huachen International Hotel

This morning we drive for 3 hours to get to Huangshan City.
After Lunch, we'll be driving for another 1 hour and 20 minutes to reach the World Heritage Site of Mount Huangshan, one of China's most famously scenic mountain landscapes. With its imposing peaks, mysterious clouds, and ancient wind-sculpted pines, Huangshan has inspired painters and poets for centuries. Overnight at Beihai Hotel

Huangshan is famed for its sunrise. Weather permitting, we should gaze upon a breathtaking sight this morning as the golden light of the sun pierces the mists. The mountain peaks rise above the clouds, and the light of sunrise illuminates a frothy, ever-changing sea of white clouds below. We can watch this spectacle from a viewing terrace a short distance from our hotel. Afterwards, we get down the mountain by cable car, which is followed by a visit to the UNESCO heritage village of Hongcun. The 800-year-old Hongcun has beautiful surroundings and old houses of Ming and Qing dynasties. Inside each house, people can see exotic and delicate wood carvings, brick carvings and stone carvings.
After dinner in Huangshan City, we will catch evening flight to Shanghai.

Check out from your shanghai hotel before 12:00am. Catch your flight back home. The tour ends.