Hangzhou Huangshan Tour
Overview
In this private tour package, you will see a diversified China: modern, open-minded Hangzhou, well-reserved Huizhou culture center, Huangshan and China’s most beautiful mountain, Yellow Mountain. Accompanied by our local guide, after seeing the highlights of Hangzhou, including the West Lake, Lingyin Temple, Longjing Tea Plantation, travel to Huangshan, capture the sunset on Yellow Mountain, and experience life in primitive Xidi Village & Chengkan Village. It is for sure that anyone can find what he/she really enjoys in the different places.
Duration: 5 days & 4 nights
Travel Style: private tour
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Upon arrival, you will be met and greeted by your local tour guide, then transfer to hotel check by a private vehicle. After short rest and fresh up, transfer to visit West Lake which is the symbol of Hangzhou. Taking a rowing boat on the West Lake to have a better view of the scenery and know about the most celebrated lake in China. Afterward, we will go ahead to the Lingyin Temple. Located at the foot of Lingyin Mountain, it is one of the most prestigious Buddhist temples in China. Then we walk further to Feilai Peak. It is a pure limestone hill with many ancient carvings and Buddhist sculptures.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Enduring Memories of Hangzhou show: Staged entirely upon the lake itself, this show is a spectacle of light, music, dance and theatrics. The stories are based on Hangzhou legends. Using the lake and its surroundings as props, lights and hundreds of actors create a sensational performance.
Meal: L
After breakfast, we will drive to visit the Longjing Tea Plantation. Southwest of West Lake in Hangzhou, Longjing (Dragon Well) Village hides away from the madding crowd of big city, it is not only an ideal place to drink tea, but also an tranquil village to relax. It is worth to walk down the hill and traveling through the thoughtfully laid-out tea fields, you will have wonderful visual experience.
Afterwards, we will go to the Qing Hefang Street to try some local snackes, such as Hangzhou Steamed Bun and West Lake Lotus Root Powder. Here you will have a chance visit the Huqingyutang Pharmacy, which is also known as a Museum for Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Transfer to rail station for high speed train to Huangshan. Be met and transfer to hotel for check in, the rest time for your own exploration on Tunxi Old Street.
Meal: B, L
In the morning, drive to Yellow Mountain for 80 kilometers (1.5 hours). Take the cable car at Yungu Station to the top of the mountain. After checking into your hotel and have lunch, you will start this walking tour and savor up all the highlights on the mountain. You can walk around Celestial Capital Peak, Lotus Peak and Bright Top where they are the ideal places to gaze over the breathtaking seas of clouds. And visit the outstanding West Sea Grand Canyon. Stay overnight on the top of Yellow Mountain.
Kind Reminder:
- Today, you will staty overnight at the hotel on top of the Mountain, please prepare a small bag for your overnight stay on the mountain. Your guide will assist you with storing your big suitcase at the foot of the mountain.
Meal: B, L
On this day, try to get up early in the morning to catch the magnificent sunrise on Yellow Mountain. Later, take cable car down the mountain and transfer to Xidi Village, one of the best places for visitors to see typical folk houses where residents have lived as they have for centuries. The village has a history over 900 years, while the stone lanes and houses are still the same as they were in Ming and Qing Dynasty. Check in at a lovely character hotel in this village and stay overnight there.
Meal: B, L
After breakfast, we will move on to Chengkan village and visit Tangyue Memorial Archways. Chengkan village is a wonder among the ancient village in China for its unique layout. The Tangyue Archways group include 7 memorial archways, each of them was built in relation with a moving story and vividly reveals in one way or another moral values. After lunch, you will be transferred to airport or train station for your departure.
Meal: B, L