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from Commercial Shanghai to Southern Beauty
Shanghai-Guilin-Longsheng-Yangshuo-Shanghai Tour
SIX DAYS
Highlights:
• See the highlights of
Shanghai, the largest city of China and one of the world’s great
cities
• Experience the famed rice terraces of Longsheng, and
cruise down the graceful Li River, seeing the daily lives of the
local farmers and fisherman as you go by.
• Travel to Yangshuo, a tropical gem with gorgeous mountains and
paddies, and featuring a population from all over the world
*This tour can be changed to Beijing-Guilin-Beijing, or
Beijing-Guilin-Hong Kong, etc.
B=(Breakfast) L=(lunch) D=(dinner) DEPARTURE: Daily
Package Price
Price is based on the time of
travel and number of customers. Please inquire through the form
on the left side of the page, we'll quote the best price we can
get. As this tour package involves domestic transfers, the
package price will vary from time to time because of the
changing airfares and hotel rates. |
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TOUR ITINERARY |
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Tour
code:
EXSHGUILIN |
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Day 1: Airport
Transfer
Our English-speaking guide will pick you up from the
airport, and from there drive you directly to your
hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, a 4.5 star
hotel located in central Shanghai. The rest of the
day is a free day, and you can spend it at your
discretion. |
Day 2: Shanghai
sightseeing (B/L)
Morning
After breakfast at the hotel, you will visit the Yuyuan Garden, a world-famous classical garden.
Yuyuan Garden occupies an area of 20,000 square
meters (about five acres). However, the small size
is not a representative of the attractions of the
garden. The pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and
cloisters all have unique characteristics. There are
six main scenic areas in the garden: Sansui Hall,
Wanhua Chamber, Dianchun Hall, Huijing Hall, Yuhua
Hall and the Inner Garden. Each area features
several scenic spots within its borders.
Then we will pay a visit to Shanghai Old Street.
Hidden behind the modern tall buildings and deep in
those squiggly lanes and bystreets where the old
fashioned living ways of Shanghai people still
exist, Shanghai Old Street southwest of Yuyuan
Garden is the one most worth visiting to find the
old culture and customs. The street is over a
hundred years old. The earliest private banks,
jewelry stores, opera towers, hongs, taverns and
teahouses in Shanghai were here originally. The
restaurants, opera towers and teahouses are the
definite highlights in the old street.
Afternoon
After experiencing the charm of the old street, we
will take a time machine from old Shanghai into the
city’s glittering present and future, which the Jin
Mao Tower is a prime example. Being the fourth
tallest building of the world and the second tallest
building in China, Jin Mao Tower is located in the
center of Lujiazui Finance and Trade Districts in
Pudong. The architect, Adrian D. Smith, of this
skyscraper ingeniously combined the elements of
traditional Chinese culture with the newest
architectural styles of the time, which makes Jin
Mao Tower one of the best-constructed buildings in
China. The tower’s observation decks give you an
almost bird’s eye view of the city’s rapidly rising
skyline.
The Shanghai Museum our next stop today, is a large
museum of ancient Chinese art. The museum style and
presentation surround visitors with artifacts
demonstrating ancient wisdom and philosophy. The
exterior design of the round dome and the square
base symbolizes the ancient idea of a round heaven
and a square land. The museum is divided into eleven
galleries and three exhibition halls. The eleven
Galleries cover most of the major categories of
Chinese art: Ancient Bronze, Ancient Ceramics,
Paintings, Calligraphy, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient
Jade, Coins, Ming and Qing Furniture, Seals, and
Minority Nationalities. The museum is a wonderful
primer on ancient Chinese culture, and is a must-see
when coming to Shanghai.
Our next destination today is the
Jade Buddah
Temple. In 1882, an old temple was built to keep two
jade Buddha statues which had been brought from
Burma by a monk named Huigen. The temple was
destroyed during the revolution that overthrew the
Qing Dynasty. Fortunately the jade Buddha statues
were saved and a new temple was built on the present
site in 1928. It was named the Jade Buddha Temple.
Although the history of the Jade Buddha Temple is
not very long, the old-time and classical
architectural style makes the temple unique and
inimitable in this modern city.
Your first full day in Shanghai will conclude with a
walk down Nanjing Road, Shanghai’s premier shopping
street. Open-air bars, abstract sculptures, and
lingering sounds from street musicians enhance
evening strolls. A trackless sightseeing train
provides a comfortable tour of the night-transformed
pedestrian street. Flashing neon signs illuminate
the magnificent buildings and spangle the night
skyline of this lively city. |
Day 3: Shanghai-Guilin (by air)
(B, L)
You will be driven to the airport,
and will then get on your flight to Guilin, in the
Guangxi Autonomous Region in southwest China. On
arriving in Guilin you will be met by our
English-speaking guide and be taken to your hotel in
the city. The rest of the day is to be spent at your
own leisure. |
Day 4: Guilin-Longsheng-Guilin
(B, L)
After an early wake-up we will make
the two-hour drive to
Longsheng. By foot we will
walk up and down the Dragon’s Backbone Rice
Terraces. A vast region of rice terraces stretches
layer upon layer, coiling around from the base of
Longji (the dragon's backbone) Mountain to its
summit; this is the most amazing terrace in China.
The Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces is a beautiful
natural picture. The linked together rice terraces
vary from season to season. In spring, the water is
irrigated into the fields and the terraces look like
great chains or ribbons hung on the hillsides. When
the onset of summer, green waves rush continuously
down the mountainside from the heaven. The theme of
autumn is the harvest, with the mountainside
decorated with the gold of ripened millet. Coming
into winter, the whole mountain will be covered with
white snow, just like dragons playing with water.
Dotting all along the rice terraces are the peoples
and villages of the Zhuang and Yao minority groups.
The women dress in unique and colorful costumes,
singing and dancing. Guests also can join in with
them to enjoy the original Zhuang life and culture,
and even stay with local families enjoying both the
Longji tea and the Longji wine.
We will stay here most of the day in order to better
understand the Zhuang’s and Yao’s fascinating way of
life. In the late afternoon we will drive back to
your hotel in Guilin.
You can use your free time at night to walk down
Guilin’s streets and catch the folk dancing and
singing that is prevalent throughout the area. |
Day 5: Guilin-Yangshuo (B, L)
Today you will be cruising down one
of the world’s most stunning rivers, the Li.
Gorgeous karst peaks give you surprises at each bend
of the limpid river under the blue sky. Water
buffalo patrol the fields, peasants reap rice
paddies, school kids and fisherman float by on
bamboo rafts. With its breathtaking scenery and
taste of a life far removed from the concrete
metropolis, the scenery along the Li River become
one of China's top tourist destinations. Some of the
highlights you will see on your 7-8hour cruise will
be Elephant Trunk Hill, a hill resembling an
Elephant taking water from its trunk, Pagoda Hill,
just a few minutes away from the Elephant Trunk
Hill, Daxu Town, an ancient river town, and of
course you will also see local fisherman and workers
over their normal course of work. The cruise down
the Li River offers a fascinating insight into the
lives of the local population here.
Our cruise will terminate at Yangshuo, a lush and
exotic county that includes minority groups from all
over Asia. In the afternoon we will rent bikes and
ride onto the country roads, lanes, and tracks,
through the paddy fields orchards that surround the
misty mountains. To cool off after our ride, we will
float on bamboo rafts down the Yulong River. The
languid river is surrounded by a primitive, but
pure, natural landscape, along with green bamboo
forests and rolling hills. Visitors to the area will
delight in the picturesque scenes of simple rural
life: bamboo waterwheels irrigating the paddy
fields; village girls hand washing clothes outside
of their cottages with smoke curling upward from the
chimneys; old men fishing in the river; flocks of
ducks swimming in the pond.
The night is up to you, but we recommend spending
some time at West Street, the oldest street in
Yangshuo, and features an interesting mix of
traditional shops and modern bars. |
Day 6: Yangshuo-Guilin
We will travel back to Guilin, and
will be taken to the airport and fly back to
Shanghai. |
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Stuff to bring:
• Sturdy shoes or boots, sunglasses and sunscreen
• Bug spray and any other items needed in dealing with the tropical heat
• Tips for a job well done by your guides and drivers, money for any
personal expenses not mentioned
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