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7-Day Private China Tour from Guangzhou: Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin and Shanghai

By Unique Beijing Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$5,919 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Travel through China for 7 days of sightseeing around Beijing, Xi'an, Guilin and Shanghai from Guangzhou. Travel by bullet train and plane. At each destination, a local guide meets you and takes you around the top sights. Discover the culture and history of China as you see famous sites such as: the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tian'anmen Square, Xi'an City Wall,Muslim quarter,Terra-cotta Army, Shanghai Yuyuan Garden, White Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund, cruise down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, admiring the stunning karst peaks. Your friendly and knowledgeable private guide will give you a comprehensive history class about the attractions. Tour including plane/train tickets, cruise ticket, entrance fee, lunch, English speaking guide and private car, you can choose to end your tour in Shanghai, Beijing or return Guangzhou. When make booking you can choose to book your own hotels in each city by just booking the tour or includes 6 nights 4 star accommodation with daily breakfast.

Activity location

  • Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
    • No.201 Renmin Avenue,
    • Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
    • No.201 Renmin Avenue,
    • Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China

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Ends in Shanghai-No Hotel
  • Activity duration is 7 days7d7d
  • English

Please book your own hotel : Book your Hotel
D1 &D 2: Hotel in Beijing
D3: Hotel in Xi'an
D4 & D5: Hotel in Guilin
D6: Hotel in Shanghai
Tour Ends in Shanghai-No Hotel: D1:Guangzhou fly to BJ
D2:BJ
D3:BJ fly to Xi'an
D4:Xi'an fly to Guilin
D5:Guilin
D6:Guilin fly to Shanghai
D7:Shanghai
Pickup included

Price details
NZ$5,918.61 x 1 AdultNZ$5,918.61
Total
Price is NZ$5,918.61
Tour Ends in Beijing- No Hotel
  • Activity duration is 7 days7d7d
  • English

After confirm the final itinerary with the tour operator please book your own hotel accordingly
Pickup included

Price details
NZ$5,918.61 x 1 AdultNZ$5,918.61
Total
Price is NZ$5,918.61
Ends in Guangzhou-No Hotel
  • Activity duration is 7 days7d7d
  • English

Please book your own hotel : Book your Hotel
D1 &D 2: Hotel in Beijing
D3: Hotel in Xi'an
D4 & D5: Hotel in Guilin
D6: Hotel in Shanghai
Ends in Guangzhou-No Hotel: D1:Guangzhou fly to Beijing
D2:BJ
D3:BJ fly to Xi'an
D4:Xi'an-Guilin
D5:GL
D6:GL fly SH
D7: SH fly toGuangzhou
Pickup included

Price details
NZ$6,407.59 x 1 AdultNZ$6,407.59
Total
Price is NZ$6,407.59
Ends in Shanghai with Hotel
  • Activity duration is 7 days7d7d
  • English

Tour Ends in Shanghai+Hotel: Including Tour+6 Nights Hotel
D1&D2: Hotel in Beijing
D3:Hotel in Xi'an
D4&D5: Hotel in Guilin
D6:Hotel in Shanghai
Ends in Shanghai with Hotel: D1:Guangzho fly to BJ
D2:BJ
D3:BJ fly to Xi'an
D4:Xi'an fly to Guilin
D5:Guilin
D6:Guilin fly to Shanghai
D7:Shanghai
Pickup included

Price details
NZ$6,824.15 x 1 AdultNZ$6,824.15
Total
Price is NZ$6,824.15
Tour End in Beijing with hotel
  • Activity duration is 7 days7d7d
  • English

Overnight 4 Star hotel : This option including 6 nights 4 Star Hotel with daily breakfast
Pickup included

Price details
NZ$6,824.15 x 1 AdultNZ$6,824.15
Total
Price is NZ$6,824.15
Ends in Guangzhou+Hotel
  • Activity duration is 7 days7d7d
  • English

Including 5 Night 4 Starhotel : Including Tour+6 Nights Hotel
D1&D2: Hotel in Beijing
D3: Hotel in Xi'an
D4 & D5: Hotel in Guilin
D6: Hotel in Shanghai
End in Guangzhou+Hotel: D1:Guangzhou fly to Beijing
D2:BJ
D3:BJ fly to Xi'an
D4:Xi'an-Guilin
D5:GL
D6:GL fly SH
D7: SH fly toGuangzho
Pickup included

Price details
NZ$7,313.13 x 1 AdultNZ$7,313.13
Total
Price is NZ$7,313.13

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedPlane Tickets (economy class)
  • What's includedWhat's includedCable car return or ski lift up and toboggan down at the Great Wall
  • What's includedWhat's included2nd Class Bullet Train Tickets
  • What's includedWhat's included4 Star Cruise Ticket from Guilin to Yangshuo
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish-speaking guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport by private air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included6 Overnight accommodation of standard twin room (two beds), based on twin share if option selected.
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntrance Fee
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge to tour guide and driver(recommended)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAccommodation if you choose to have the tour only

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Guangzhou-Shanghai City Highlights(L)
  • 6 stops
  • Meals: lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Shanghai if you choose the option to including the hotel
Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
This tour can end in Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou, then the itinerary will change accordingly, you will receive the update itinerary after made the booking. Your driver will hold your name sign waiting in the lobby of your Guangzhou hotel (will confirm the pick up time after made the booking), you will be transferred to airport for a 2.5 hour flight to Shanghai. Meet your local guide and hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, heading back to city. On the way, your tour guide will introduce the city's facts and history, discuss the historical highlights and attractions you wish to see, your guide will help you plan an itinerary according to your interests. Typically, you will start with the Shanghai Museum. The museum is divided into eleven galleries and three exhibition halls. With bronze ware, ceramics, and painting and calligraphy as its distinctive collections, the museum boasts 120,000 pieces of rare and precious cultural relics in 21 categories.
Jade Buddha Temple
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Then, move on to Jade Buddha Temple. You will see the White Jade Buddhas which were brought here from Burma in the nineteenth century. Stroll around halls and courtyards in the temple with your tour guide, learn the history about the temple and buddhism in China, see how the locals come to worship and burn incense.
Yu Garden (Yuyuan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Yu Garden (Yuyuan) Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant, then explore the Yuyuan Garden. Yuyuan Garden is the largest ancient gardens with Ming and Qing style architecture. Follow your tour guide to explore the garden, learn how to form a perfect garden. Then visit the Old City God Temple, where various of local snack shops and streets are scattered around.
The Bund (Wai Tan)
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Continue to the Bund, where you will see amazing city skyline, including the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai World Financial Centre Shanghai Tower, Shanghai Tower and colonial buildings along the Huangpu River. Take a walk and stop for photos.
Former French Concession
  • 30m
Former French Concession Continue to explore the Former French Concession. Besides its historical and religious factors, Shanghai French Concession is also a fantastic place for spending leisure time. Follow your tour guide to wandering the narrow alleyways, dining and one of the million cafes or restaurants(at your own cost), or browsing through the endless art galleries and photographic studios.
Xintiandi
  • 1h
Finally, finish your tour in the lively nightlife district of Xintiandi. As a window to the past and the future, to China and the world, Shanghai Xintiandi's Shikumen attraction was created by converting residential blocks into a multifunctional dining, retail and entertainment centre flowing with restaurants, boutiques, cafes and bars of an international standard. Follow your tour guide and explore the area. If you have already visit some of those places above before, and want to do something different. Please feel free to discuss with your tour guide on where to go, you can choose these attractions or activities base on your interests After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in Shanghai.
Day 2: Shanghai - Beijing by bullet train -Temple of heaven, Tian'anmen Square and Forbidden City (B, L)
  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Beijing if you choose the option to including the hotel
Temple of Heaven
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Your driver in Shanghai will pick you up and you will be transferred to airport/ train station for your trip to Beijing. Upon arrival, your tour guide will meet you at the exit of the arrival hall or train station. Then heading directly to the Temple of Heaven, where the Emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped the God of Heaven. Follow your tour guide to stroll around the park, in the morning you can see the local retired people doing all kinds of moving exercise. Feel free to join them if you want. Inside the Temple of heaven, you will visit the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, Hall of Imperial Zenith. Walking via Danbi Bridge to Echo Wall and Circular Mount Alter. Learn how to talk with heaven, how the emperors worship the god of heaven in ancient time. Your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories along the way.
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
After lunch in the local restaurant.Next, heading to Tian'anmen Square- home to the Great Hall of the People, The Monument to the people's heroes, Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall and Front Gate. Stroll around the square, and get to know the stories and histories about the buildings around the square. Pass through the South Gate-Meridian Gate to the magnificent Forbidden City, a 250-acre (101-ha.) complex of courtyards, palaces, pavilions, and gardens that served as the imperial palace for emperors and their households for more than 500 years.
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Stroll around the courtyards and halls of the Forbidden city with your tour guide, and learn the histories and stories about this massive palace. You will visit these buildings inside the Forbidden City. Hall of Great Harmony where the emperor handle states affairs. Hall of Central Harmony and Hall of Compete Harmony. 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included 8 Palace of Heavenly Purity Then continue to check out the living quarters in the palace: Hall of Union, Hall Heavenly Purity, and Hall of Earthly Tranquillity. Your tour of the Forbidden city will end at the Imperial Garden, then you will exit the Forbidden city from the north Gate. After the tour finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.
Day 3: Beijing - Great Wall at Mutianyu section, Summer Palace, Nanluoguxiang Allay, Olympic Park (B,L)
  • 4 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Beijing if you choose the option to including the hotel
Mutianyu Great Wall
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your Beijing hotel, hop on your private air-conditioned vehicle, then Heading directly to Great Wall at Mutianyu Section. Your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories along the way, feel free to ask questions if you have. Upon arrival, follow your tour guide to take the cable car or ski lift up to the Great Wall, marvel at the surrounding area, hike up and down at different towers. You can decide how long you want to stay at the Great Wall.
Olympic Park
  • 1h
Enjoy a delicious lunch in the local village restaurant. Here, you will sit with the village people, and enjoy the cuisine from Northeast of China. On the way back to city, you will drive pass by the Olympic park to get a glimpse of amazing modern stadiums built for 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Then, continue to the Summer Palace, a well-preserved royal garden that's renowned for its beautiful landscape and spectacular architecture, and is considered one of the most classical gardens in the world. Learn the stories about Empress Cixi with your tour guide here and check out her living quarters. Walk along the longest corridor in the world which listed on the Guinness book of world record; Then continue to the Marble Boat--a foreign style superstructure which was supposed to be a symbol of stability of the Qing Dynasty.
Nanluoguxiang
  • 1h
At the end of the day hen enjoy a leisure walk around Yandai xie Street, Gulou East Street, and Nanluoguxiang Allay. After the tour finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Beijing
Day 4: Beijing - Xi'an by plane - City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Muslim Street (B,L)
  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Xi'an if you choose the option to including hotel
Xi'an City Wall (Chengqiang)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Your driver in Beijing will meet you in the lobby of your hotel and you will be transffred to airport for a 2.5 hours fight to Xi'an. Upon arrival, your local guide will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the Arrival hall. Then heading directly to Xi'an city. Once arrive city, you will visit the Xi'an City Wall. Reach the top of the centuries-old city wall, admire views of the city below. Ride bike around the city wall if you want. Continue to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built to hold sutras and figurines of the Buddha that were brought to China from India by the Buddhist translator and travellers Monk Xuanzang. Follow your tour guide to explore the area, get to know the history behind.
Muslim Quarter
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Afterwards, heading to Muslim Quarter, It is the hub of the Muslim community in Xi'an City, Follow your tour guide to stroll around the Muslim food and souvenir market. Try delicious local snacks if you want at your own cost. After the tour finished, you will be transferred to your hotel in Xi'an.
Day 5: Xi'an- Guilin by Plane, Terracotta Warriors Museum(B, L )
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Guilin if you choose the option to including the hotel
The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Check out in the morning, then heading directly to Terracotta warriors museum. Your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories along the way, feel free to ask questions if you have. Start with a visit to the world-famous Terracotta warriors museum which known as “the Eighth Wonders of the World”. The museum divided into three sections: No.1 Pit, No.2 Pit, and No. 3 Pit. The original site was found by four local farmers while drilling a well in 1974 and now it has turned into the most important attraction in Xi'an. Stroll around the museum and get rich information from your tour guide. After lunch in the local restaurant, you will be transferred to airport for a 2 hour flight to Guilin.
Guilin
Upon arrival, your driver in Guilin will hold your name sign waiting at the exit of the arrival hall. You will be transferred to your hotel in Guilin.
Day 6: Guilin - Yangshuo Cruise, (B, L)
  • 5 stops
  • Meals: lunch, breakfast
  • Accommodation: Overnight 4 Star hotel in Guilin if you choose the option to including the hotel
Li River Cruise Ticket Office
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Your private English-speaking guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel's lobby at 8:00am and you will be transferred to Zhujiang Pier, where you will embark and start the boat cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo County. The Li River Cruise is considered as the highlight of any visit to Guilin. Along the river, enjoy breathtaking views of peaks and pinnacles, crystal-clear water and picturesque pastoral countryside scenery. The river generally has three sections. Various attractions like peaks and villages along the river have interesting descriptive names, which calls for much of your imagination to see what it is like. Listening to tour guide's legendary stories about the attractions is a delightful experience when you are appreciating the landscapes. Most are mystical fairy and love stories. The cruise usually takes around 3.5 to 4 hours, depends on water condition. You will enjoy a simple lunch on the boat.
West Street
  • 30m
Arrive Yangshuo at 1:30 pm, stroll around West Street with your tour guide, explore various shops, craft-works shops, painting and calligraphy stores, backpack shops, cafes, your tour guide will help you to negotiate price if you want to purchase any souvenir.
Shili hualang
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
In the afternoon, you will explore the Ten-Mile Gallery in Yangshuo. Sauntering down a country road makes you feel like you are travelling in a painting. This is true of the Ten-Mile Gallery in Yangshuo County, a fairyland on earth. As the name implies, Ten-Mile Gallery is a picturesque road stretching from the Yangshuo town area to Moon Hill, endowed with rolling hills, endless fields, idyllic villages and clear rivers on both sides.
Guilin Butterfly Spring
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Butterfly Spring Park Along Ten-Mile Gallery, there are few famous sites you should no miss, such as Butterfly Spring Park. In the park, peculiar peaks, grotesque rocks, magnificent waterfalls, and bubbling springs can be found everywhere. A winding path meanders to the sightseeing terrace where you can enjoy a bird’s eye view of Ten-Mile Gallery.
Moon Hill
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Explore other sites recommend by local guide ,and your last stop is Moon Hill, let your tour guide know if you want to stop to take photos. After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in Guilin.
Day 7: Guilin or return to Guangzhou by Bullet Train (B, L)
  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Meet your tour guide in the lobby of your hotel a little bit late around 10:00am, discuss the highlights and attractions you wish to see in Guilin City with your knowledgeable guide who will help you plan an itinerary according to your interests. Then, set off and explore. Typically, you will start fro the Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk Hill is the landmark of Guilin. It has been a famous tourism destination since the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907). The hill looks like a giant elephant drinking water from the river. Enjoy a vigorous walk to the top, visit the the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644) Puxian Tower which was built to worship Samantabahdra. Get to learn its history from your tour guide, then enjoy the panoramic views of the city, Li River and surrounding scenery.
Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Afterwards, heading to Reed Flute Cave. Over millions of years, dripping water has eroded the cave to create a special world of various stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations. Explore important spots in the attraction such as :Tower-shaped Pine,Crystal Palace etc. Despite the fantastic natural scenery inside Reed Flute Cave, there are many writings on the wall. There are 77 travelogues and poems left, which are derived from the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
Daxu Old Town
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Depending on your interest, you can also visit Daxu old town , which is a time-honored town with well preserved traditional Chinese architecture and stone-paved streets. It has a history of more than a thousand years, drawing people from all over for a glimpse of ancient China. Your wonderful tour will ends here, you can choose to return to Guangzhou by bullet train or heading to your next destination on your own.

Location

Activity location

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    • No.201 Renmin Avenue,
    • Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEShanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan)
    • No.201 Renmin Avenue,
    • Shanghai, Shanghai Region, China

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