8 days to Guilin, Shanghai, Beijing

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Day 01 Arrival / Guilin
Transfer via: TBA, on your own arrangement.  
Arrive at Guilin, which is famous for its breathtaking scenery, rivers and karst peaks covered in lush greenery, you will be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 02 Guilin (B/L)
Enjoy a relaxing day of cruising on the scenic Li River. In the morning you will drive about 40 minutes to Zhujiang pier to start the Li River cruise. Along the river, you will be inspired by the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields, crystal-dlear water, lush bamboos and villages with water buffalos. The boat arrives at Yangshuo-a beautiful and quaint ancient town with one thousand years' old in the afternoon, after a short walk along the West Street , You will drive back to Guilin.



Day 03 Guilin - Shanghai (B/L) Continue to explore some of Guilin"s natural wonders. : first to The Reed Flute Cave, called as "Art Palace of the Nature". This splendid karst cave is full with a myriad of stalactites and stalagmites formulates various bizarre scenes. And then go to the symbol of Guilin city- Elephant Trunk Hill that the whole hill looks like a giant elephant with a long trunk drinking along the Li River. Take the afternoon flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, our local guide will meet you and take to your hotel.



Day 04 Shanghai (B/L)
Visit the famous Jade Buddha Temple with a 2m high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400-year old Yu Yuan Garden. Yu Yuan Garden has quite a few scenic courtyards dotted with baroque rockery, pools and flora, all connected by corridors and passageways and cultural relics. Then proceed to visit the Bund, where the great foreign commercial houses and banks built their imposing office buildings before 1930s. You also have a chance to visit the Shanghai Museum and the famous Nanjing Road among crowds.



Day 05 Shanghai - Beijing (B/L)
Be transferred to the airport. Take a flight to Beijing. Upon arriving at Beijing, be met & transferred to your hotel. Visit Hutong by rickshaw.



Day 06 Beijing (B/L)
Start your Beijing exploration with first visit to the largest public square in the world: Tiananmen Square. Next, stroll through the largest and the best preserved Imperial Palace in the world: the Forbidden City. In the afternoon, you will take a short drive to the Temple of Heaven, which was built specifically for worship of heaven and prayers for good harvests during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Day 07 Beijing (B/L)
After breakfast, drive about one hour to Badaling Great Wall, China's most spectacular sight extending more than 3,700 miles across China and most often visited for China tour. It is one of the best preserved sections and the highest point of the Great Wall.
After lunch you also visit one of the Mind Tombs. Ming Tombs are the general names for the mausoleums of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), located 50 kilometers north from Beijing City. They were fully recognized by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in 2000.

Day 08 Beijing / Home (B)
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for your flight home.

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