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10-Day Hong Kong to Southern China Scenic Tour

Hong Kong, Guilin, Chongqing, Zhangjiajie, Shanghai

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Guilin and the Li River travel experience
Guilin and the Li River travel experience
Guilin and the Li River travel experience
Chongqing travel experience
Chongqing travel experience
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park travel experience
Shanghai travel experience

Tour Type: Private Tour

Tour Code: SKY-Scenic-17

Tour Highlights:

Decorative tour information icon Explore the natural landscapes of Guilin and Zhangjiajie.
Decorative tour information icon Discover Chongqing, a mountain city known for its contemporary urban scenery.
Decorative tour information icon Finish in Shanghai for a look at one of mainland China's principal modern cities.
Decorative tour information icon A suitable route for travelers making a second journey through southern China.

Best Travel Time:
April to October

From $ 1642

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Day 1HongKong-Guilin
Take a high speed train to Guilin, transfer service to hotel

Meals: No Meals
Accommodation: In Guilin

Take a high speed train to Guilin by yourself, be greeted by your guide in Guilin West Railway Station and check in your hotel in Guilin for rest.

Note: The high speed train ticket from Hong Kong to Guilin is included, it's very convenient for traveler to get to West Kowloon Station, Hong Kong. We will send traveler the ticket copy through email and help you feagure out the carbin and seat numbers.

Guilin and the Li River travel experience
Elephant Trunk Hill

Day 2Guilin
Longji Rice Terraces Fields, Ping'an Zhuang Village

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guilin

In the morning, our local guide will pick you up from hotel lobby at about 08:30 and drive toward Longsheng directly. It takes about 2-2.5 hours driving along the mountainous road to Longji Terraces Scenic Area. You will be stunned by the magnificent terraced paddy fields in the hill slope, surrounding the minority villages. Free time for you to climb and visit Longji Terraces before lunch at a local restaurant.

In the afternoon, walk through Ping'an Zhuang village, where you may see residents working in the fields, women doing needlework beneath the roofs and children playing in the lanes. Return to Guilin in the late afternoon, with the tour ending at about 17:30.

Guilin and the Li River travel experience
Longji Rice Fields

Day 3Guilin
Li River Crusie, West Street

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Guilin

The highlight sightseeing today is a leisurely Li River cruise down to Yangshuo. Meandering through valleys, bamboo groves and mysterious Karst rock formations, the cruise will affords you a glimpse of a life far removed from the concrete jungle. After disembarking, stroll around the West Street which is the oldest street in Yangshuo with a history of more than 1,400 years. It now becomes a place that mixes the eastern and western culture harmoniously. Drive back to the Guilin through express way, while you will appreciate the Yangshuo ten-mile Gallery on the road.

Guilin and the Li River travel experience
Li River Cruise

Day 4Gulin – Chongqing
Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Take high speed train to Chongqing, Transfer service to hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Chongqing

After breakfast, visit Elephant Trunk Hill park and Reed Flute Cave. Private transfer service to railway station from your hotel for a high speed train to Chongqing. Be greeted by our guide in Chongqing and check into your hotel in Chongqing.

Elephant Trunk Hill — Day 4 of 10 Days Hong Kong to Southern China Scenic Tour
Reed Flute Cave

Day 5Chongqing
Chongqing Three Gorges Museum, Ancient Town of Ciqikou, Liziba station, Yangtze River Ropeway, Hongya Cave

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Chongqing

After breakfast, you will take a city tour of Chongqing Three Gorges Museum – know more about Three Gorges culture, Ancient Town of Ciqikou – the ancient Chongqing city, Liziba Station, which is a famous subway station in Chongqing, China, whose view of subway crossing the building is popular on the Internet.

Ride the Yangtze River Ropeway, a representative form of transport in this mountain city, across to the opposite bank. Continue to Hong Ya Cave to see its group of stilted buildings, walk the old mountain-city street, encounter Ba-Yu culture and sample local food. Afterwards, return to the hotel and keep the rest of the time free.

Chongqing travel experience
Liziba Station

Day 6Chongqing – Zhangjiajie
Take high speed train to Zhangjiajie, Mt. Tianmenshan

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Wulingyuan

After breakfast, be transferred to take a high speed train to Zhangjiajie. The guide in Zhangjiajie will wait for you at the railway station. Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. You will visit Tianmen Mountain this afternoon, explore the six wonders of Tianmen Mountain including: Tianmen Mt Cable car, Glass Skywalk, Tianmen Temple, Bonsai Garden, Tianmen Cave, Connected-Heaven Avenue, etc.

Afte the tour, check in your hotel in Wulingyuan for rest.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park travel experience
Tianmen Mountain

Day 7Zhangjiajie
Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, Bailong Elevator, Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve, Ten-mile Gallery

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Wulingyuan

Today you will visit Yuanjiajie Scenic Area by taking the Bailong Elevator. This spot is a highlight of your private Zhangjiajie tour, famous in the world for the Hallelujah Mountains that appeared in the movie Avatar, and the magnificent “The First Stone Bridge in the World”. Then we will take a battery car to visit Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve, where you could see mountains, grand valleys, and original forests. If you are lucky, you may see the marvelous sea of clouds.

Afterwards, take the small train through Ten-mile Gallery at your own expense. Along the 5 km route, rocks form varied shapes that resemble a natural landscape painting. At the end of the day, return to your Zhangjiajie hotel to rest.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park travel experience
Zhangjiajie Natural Forest Park

Day 8Zhangjiajie – Shanghai
Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, Baofeng Lake, Fly to Shanghai

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Shanghai

Today, after breakfast, our guide will escort you to visit the Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, the longest and highest glass bridge in the world. A la Carte lunch will be arranged at a local restaurant. After that, then visit Baofeng Lake which is praised as the Jade Pool in the world. Here, you can see the waterfalls hanged on the mountain, the crystal water surrounded by the unique mountains, and you can also learn the folk songs of the Tujia Ethnic Group while you ride a boat on the lake.

After the tour, be transferred to airport for your flight to Shanghai.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park travel experience
Grand Canyon Glass Bridge

Day 9Shanghai
Shikumen, Yuyuan Garden, Chenghuangmiao Old Street,the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, City History Museum, the Bund

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: In Shanghai

The last day but still an inspiring day to explore the city of Shanghai,the largest and most modern city in mainland China. We will start the tour by walking into Nong Tang, the alleys in Shikumen, where you could witness the locals' relaxing and plain life. You will also find the unique architectural feature of Shanghai.

Continue to Yuyuan Garden, a classical Chinese garden in central Shanghai, followed by the nearby Yuyuan Bazaar (Chenghuangmiao Old Street).

After an à-la-carte lunch at a local restaurant, continue to the base of The Oriental Pearl TV Tower and visit the Shanghai City History Museum (formerly the Shanghai Wax Museum) for an introduction to the city's history and development. Take the elevator to the tower's second sphere for a bird's-eye view, then drive through Lujiazui, Shanghai's Pudong finance and trade district, to see its modern skyline.

Return to the Bund, to view the illuminated buildings along the Huangpu River. From the waterfront, look across the river toward the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the surrounding high-rise skyline.

Shanghai travel experience
The Bund

Day 10Departure Shanghai

Meals: Breakfast

Your China Experience is over too soon as your transfer to the airport by our driver and board the homebound international flight, bidding a fond farewell to this ancient land.

Service Ends.

Tour Price (US$ per person)

Hotel Class Group Size Dec. ~ Feb. Mar. ~ Nov.
Economy Hotel
★★★
2 ~ 5 pax

$ 2332

$ 2390

6 ~ 9 pax

$ 1644

$ 1701

Comfortable Hotel
★★★★
2 ~ 5 pax

$ 2454

$ 2563

6 ~ 9 pax

$ 1766

$ 1874

Deluxe Hotel
★★★★★
2 ~ 5 pax

$ 2800

$ 2900

6 ~ 9 pax

$ 2112

$ 2211

Price includes:

♦ Domestic flight or high-speed train as specified
♦ Private transfer between the airport or railway station, attractions, and hotels
♦ Private licensed English-speaking guide and driver service
♦ Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast on sharing basis
♦ All attraction entrance fees as specified
♦ Meals mentioned in the itinerary, Chinese local food

Price excludes:

* International Air tickets or Train Tickets to enter or leave China
* Tips to your tour guide and driver on your own discretion
* China Entry Visa Fees
* Personal expenses
* Optional tours, meals, activities and services
* China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance

Remarks:

※ Prices are valid from Jan 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2027, except Chinese public holidays, local fairs or events.
※ YUNSKY reserves the right to adjust the price caused by exchange rate
※ No guide on the flight and Yangtze River cruise. 
※ Recommended hotels are subject to change in actual booking
※ Special requirements should be advised to YUNSKY in advance.
※ YUNSKY reserves the right of final explanation for any change due to the reasons beyond our control.

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Five-star traveler review rating 5.0

Traveler review profile photoPunkNelson

Five-star traveler review rating 5.0

Great Hotel stay Very Nice Tour guides Convenient planned daily trips Average selection of restaurant for food though

Traveler review profile photoKiwimac53

Five-star traveler review rating 5.0

We were looking for a tour in SW China while in the area for work and found this one. While we wouldn't normally get a private tour but surprisingly it was actually cheaper than most of the group tours in the area and was great value. While I would usually rather keep one guide for the whole tour, as you get to know each other and they get to know what you are interested in, we changed guides 5 times during this trip (fortunately we had the same guide in Kunming at the start and end of the tour which was a real bonus as Murphy, our Kunming based guide, was excellent.) In this case changing guides had the advantage of local knowledge at each site so compensated for the change. Of the 4 guides we had 3 excellent and 1 very good with each of them working hard to look after us and make sure we enjoyed our trip. Vicky, our Dali based guide was also extremely good making our time there a highlight. The tour gives you 2 days at each base ie travel in the morning, have the afternoon and the next day touring the area then drive to the next base. We chose the driving tour as we feel it gives you a better experience of the area and you get to see the locals in action. All the drivers we had were great – they went out of their way to look after us and were very safe, which is saying something for driving in China. While all of the guides were very fluent in English none of the drivers could speak English which was a slight disadvantage as you didn't have the guides with you when traveling between bases but the friendliness and helpfulness of the drivers more than made up for this.
The tour was very well organised and we knew what we were doing from the time we met our guide on arrival at the Kunming railway station to when we walked through security at the airport on our way out. The tour comes with 4,5 and 6 star accommodation choices and we went for the cheapest 4 star option. While the English at the hotels was limited the guides made sure we were checked in and out and took care of any issues (which were minimal). The 4 star option is largely “Chinese style” hotels ie designed for Chinese visitors with breakfast consisting of what many westeners would consider dinner style food but there was always eggs and toast for the less adventurous. The hotels were all clean and comfortable and generally very well located. The Hotel in Kunming (Jin Jang Inn) was a bonus as it seemed higher than 4 star and we stayed there both on our way in and out. As well as breakfast, lunch came with the tour which was enjoyable as the guides choose the restaurants so we got a variety. I got the feeling that most of the restaurants were owned by friends or family or there was some arrangement with the guide, but as you get to formally review each guide and the meals at the end of each stop they work hard to make sure you enjoy the meal and there was always an abundance of food. We tried a range of local cuisine and there was only one meal we didn't think was up to par. You get your own dinner which also suited us as there is invariably a range of restaurants or for the more adventurous there is the street vendors and you can choose what you want. The vehicles we were driven in were all very good- plenty of space and very comfortable.
Being a private tour, while there was a set itinerary, which was diverse and very interesting with something for most people, the guides could tweak it to suit individual interests eg more time at one site and less at another. It is easy to get a bit templed out but overall the itinerary was a good mic of nature and culture. I would thoroughly recommend the tour and the company and we will be looking to the company if/when we go back – Guilin is next on the list as the guides were very happy to discus what they thought we would and wouldn't enjoy based on working with us on this tour,

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Five-star traveler review rating 5.0

Excellent guides, flexible and knowledgeable travel agent. They speak good English. Our trip was very well organized. We are 100% happy and I can recommend Yun Sky Travel to everybody.

Traveler review profile photoWesley O

Five-star traveler review rating 5.0

I contacted Yun Sky Travel for a 13 day China vacation (Beijing/Xian/Yangtze River cruise/Shanghai) and right from the start Bonnie provided me with great choices and package options. Throughout the entire planning and even during the trip Bonnie was there for us following up and making sure everything was perfect. Thank you Bonnie for making our China vacation unforgettable.

Traveler review profile photoJohnf8958

Five-star traveler review rating 5.0

From the minute I contacted Vicky at Yun Sky Travel to book our holiday, to the time we were taken to Pudong airport for our flight home, the experience was perfect.
My wife and I visited Beijing, Xian and Shanghai and all of our tour guides were fluent in English, very knowledgeable and very friendly.
Thank you Vicky and all at YUNSKY and I will definitely be in contact when I return to China.

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