8-Day Beijing, Shanghai & Hong Kong Private Tour

Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong

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8 Days Best Gateway-city Trip in China tour map

Forbidden City in Beijing travel experience

Great Wall of China across green mountain ridges

Shanghai skyline along the Huangpu River

Tour Type: Private Tour

Tour Code: SKY-Classic-03

Tour Highlights:

Compare imperial Beijing with the distinct cityscapes of Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Visit the Great Wall, Forbidden City, the Bund and Victoria Peak.
Follow a compact route suited to first-time visitors or a short stay around business plans.
Travel privately with local guiding and transfers, with tailoring available for your group.

Best Travel Time:
The itinerary is available year-round, with April through November recommended for the most comfortable overall conditions.

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Day 1Arrival Beijing

Transfer service to hotel

Meals: No Meals
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing ★★★★

Arrive in Beijing, meet your YUNSKY guide at the airport and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is free after check-in.

Beijing City View

Day 2Beijing

Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Temple of Heaven, Panjiayuan Antique Market

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and begin the Beijing sightseeing program.

[09:30-12:30] Cross Tiananmen Square and enter the Forbidden City, then continue to Jingshan Park for a broad view over the former imperial palace.

[12:30-14:00] Have lunch at Shi Yuan Restaurant; the listed dishes include braised eggplant, vegetable balls and diced chicken with walnuts in soy sauce.

[14:00-16:30] Visit the Temple of Heaven, where emperors once held ceremonies for good harvests, then browse Panjiayuan Antique Market.

[16:30-17:30] Return to the hotel. Ask your guide for suggestions if you would like an evening show or a Peking duck dinner.

Forbidden City

Day 3Beijing

Mutianyu Great Wallk, Olympic Park, the exterior of Bird Nest and Water Cube

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing Wangfujing ★★★★
Optional Night Activities: Peking Roasted Duck around 1 hour

[08:00-08:30] Meet your guide at the hotel and depart for the Great Wall.

[08:30-12:30] Drive to Mutianyu Great Wall. Choose to hike after arrival or take the cable car up before walking along the restored section.

[12:30-13:30] Stop for lunch at Xiaolongpu Restaurant, whose listed dishes include fried vegetables, dry-fried beans and sweet corn cake.

[13:30-16:30] Drive back toward Beijing and stop outside the Bird Nest and Water Cube, two prominent venues from the Beijing Olympic Games.

[16:00-17:30] Return to the hotel. Optional evening plans include a foot massage, Houhai bars or Sanlitun Bar Street.

Mutianyu Great Wall Beijing China

Day 4Beijing – Shanghai

Beijing Hutong, Summer Palace, Take high speed train to Shanghai

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund ★★★★

[09:30-10:00] Pack, check out and meet your guide for the final half-day in Beijing.

[10:00-11:30] Travel to the Drum Tower area for a rickshaw tour through the hutongs and a closer look at neighborhood life.

[11:30-14:30] Continue to Summer Palace, China's largest surviving imperial garden. A boat ride on Kunming Lake is included, followed by lunch at Xiangyangtun Restaurant with its indoor opera stage.

After lunch, transfer to the railway station for the approximately five-hour high-speed train to Shanghai. Your Shanghai guide will meet you at the station and accompany you to the hotel.

Hutong Tour by Rickshaw

Day 5Shanghai

Jade Buddha Temple, the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Old Street, The Bund

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund ★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide at the hotel and begin the full-day Shanghai program.

[09:30-12:30] Visit Jade Buddha Temple and its seated, jewel-covered Buddha, described as weighing 1,000 kg. Continue to the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the Riverside Promenade.

[12:30-13:30] Stop for a local lunch of dim sum and steamed buns.

[13:30-16:30] Explore Yuyuan Garden, then browse Shanghai Old Street and Nanjing Road for souvenirs and silk products. Finish with a walk along the Bund and its historic waterfront buildings.

[16:30-17:30] Return to the hotel. The optional Acrobatic Show, including the ERA production, can be discussed with your guide.

The Bund Shanghai

Day 6Shanghai – Hong Kong

Shanghai Museum, Fly to Hong Kong

Meals: Breakfast
Recommended Hotel: Harbour Plaza Metroplis Hotel ★★★★

Keep the morning free, then check out and visit Shanghai Museum, whose square base and circular upper structure reference traditional Chinese ideas of earth and sky. Afterwards, transfer for the afternoon flight.

Fly to Hong Kong in the afternoon. Your Hong Kong driver-guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel.

Hong Kong City View

Day 7Hong Kong

The Peak, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen Fishing Village, Half day free

Meals: Breakfast
Recommended Hotel: Harbour Plaza Metroplis Hotel ★★★★

[09:00-09:30] Meet your guide in the hotel lobby and set out for the half-day Hong Kong tour.

[09:30-12:30] Ride the Peak Tram one way to Victoria Peak and continue to the outdoor observation deck for city views. Afterwards, visit Aberdeen, including the scheduled sampan ride among the traditional floating homes and fishing boats.

Keep the afternoon free to explore Hong Kong independently.

Aberdeen Hong Kong

Day 8Departure Hong Kong

Transfer service to Hong Kong

Meals: Breakfast

Check out and keep the remaining time free until your airport transfer. Your guide will reconfirm the pickup time according to the departure flight schedule.

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Due to the uncertainties of this tour, such as special local conditions , the changes of accommodation rate, etc, the tour has to be tailor-made and its price is on request. Please tell us in advance your group information inclusive of departure date, number of pax, and other individual needs, which will be helpful to work out a fit program and the right price.

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5.0

PunkNelson

5.0

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

Kiwimac53

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,

N2265ZIinfo

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.

Wesley O

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.

Johnf8958

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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