Pretty China 12 Days: Beijing, Zhangjiajie, Longji, Yangshuo, HK

Welcome to Beijing, the capital of P.R.China. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to Beijing hotel. 

Today you will take 2-hour ride to the Mutianyu Great Wall, which was built 600 years ago in the early Ming Dynasty. You can choose walk up or take cable car up to the Great Wall, and view the imposing ancient Chinese military construction. The impressive Wall extends like a dragon on the top of the endless mountains. It is a nice walk on the Wall to enjoy the fantastic scenery.

Lunch is included at a local restaurant before moving back to Beijing hotel.

Today you will visit the biggest city square in the world, the Tian'anmen Square. Then walk to The Forbidden City(close on Mondays), the biggest palace in the world. Explore the main buildings with a local guide in the palace. Then you will fly to Zhangjiajie. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to hotel. Note: due to the limitation of visitors by the Forbidden City, we will arrange to visit Temple of Heaven if no tickets are available.

Today you will head to Zhangjiajie National Park where you will overlook the wonderful views by super elevator. The elevator takes 1.58 seconds to transport tourists from the bottom to the Yuanjiajie top exhibiting unbelievable and fantastic views. Enjoy the heaven and earth pillar unpredictable prototype mountain of the movie AVATAR directed by Jame Cameron on the Summit Sightseeing Platform. 

Afterwards you will move to visit Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve that offers a perfect location to have a panoramic picture. Known as 'the Monarch of the Peak Forest', Tianzi Mountain has four wonders: the Sea of Clouds, the Radiance of the Moonlight, the Rays of Sunshine and the Snow in winter. Later you will head to Shilihualang (10-Mile-Gallery) to explore. (One way by electric train; other way on foot for about 30 Minutes.)

Head to Tianmen Mountain, then walk along the road leading to Gateway of Heaven. The glass walkway makes it so distinctive. You will take Tianmen Mountain Cableway to explore Tongtian Avenue (a way to Heaven), Tianmen Cave (Heaven Gateway), Tianmen Temple, Tianmen glass walkway, Ghost-valley plank road, and Yunmeng Fairy Summit. You will take a small cable to the main cable, then take the world's longest cableway, with a length of 7455 meters and elevation of 1518 meters to go down.

­ (The round-way of the main cable and upper way for the small cable are included. If you take round-way small cable car, you will miss some sights.)

Today you will take 1-hour bullet train ride to Fenghuang old town, which is small town that was built beside the Tuo River. Explore the old town in the afternoon and evening.

Today you will take 2-hour car ride to Mt Fanjing that was inscribed on the heritage list by UNESCO in 2018, you will take a cable car up and continue walking to visit. The well-known attractions include Golden Summit with red clouds, Yuejing Mountain, Sleeping Buddha, Mushroom Stone, Jiulong Pond, Layers of Mountains, Phoenix Mountain, etc.

Afterwards you will be transferred to hotel for a rest. 

Today you will take about 5-hour car ride for 400km from Tongren to Longsheng to view the rice terrace in Longji. You will stay in the local inn, where you will view the fabulous rice paddies.

Enjoy the Rice Terraces scenery around PingAn and Dazhai villages, and you can walk up to the top of hill for a panorama of the rice paddies.

After lunch, you will take 3-hour ride to Yangshuo, a picturesque small town with stunning Li River and Karst mountains. You can wander around West Street this evening.  

Today you can ride a bike to the stunning Yulong River, or hike around if you do not want to ride bike. 

Then you will take a boat on the pretty Li River to view the picturesque karst mountains and the rice paddies. 

Today you will be transferred to Guilin Railway Station to catch the 4-hour bullet train to Hong Kong. Upon arrival, you will be transferred by local representative to hotel and check in the hotel with your passport. Enjoy your free time. 

Today is departure day, you can depart anytime to airport at your own cost. Note: Hotel check out time is at noon.