Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
5/5
Southern China: Shanghai to Hong Kong via Longji, Yangshuo and Xiamen
10 days from Shanghai to Hong Kong: a night among the Longji rice terraces, three nights in Yangshuo with a Li River raft and cormorant fishing, the Hakka earth houses and Gulangyu from Xiamen, then the fast train to Hong Kong.
10 days · Shanghai to Hong Kong · up to 12 guests
A bicycle by the river below the karst peaks, Yangshuo. Photo: Manon Boyer manonboyer, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yangshuo,_Guilin,_China_(Unsplash).jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 10 days, 9 nights
- Start and end
- Shanghai to Hong Kong
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Activity level
Moderate
Mostly walking in cities, villages and at sites, 3 to 5 hours a day on foot. Longji is the demanding day: about 3 hours on stone steps and terrace paths between 800 and 1,100 m, with a cable car for the climb. The Yulong valley ride is about 20 km on flat lanes, with a van option. The tulou day has about 5.5 hours in the vehicle in two halves. Two domestic flights and one high-speed train; you lift your own suitcase onto the train rack, and in Longji you bring only a small overnight bag.
- Meals included
- 9 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 4 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 700 (estimated price)
- Season
- Best March to May and October to November
Highlights
Why this trip
- A night in a Longji terrace village and an early walk above the Dazhai rice terraces
- A raft down the Li River from Yangdi to Xingping, past the view on the 20 yuan note
- Cormorant fishermen on the Li River at dusk
- Cycling the Yulong valley, a hand-poled bamboo raft and a Yangshuo cooking class
- The round Hakka earth houses of Tianluokeng, with lunch inside a tulou
- Gulangyu on the first ferry, before the day crowds
- Yu Garden at opening, xiaolongbao and the Bund lit at night
- The fast train into Hong Kong and the harbour lights the same evening
What makes this trip different
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 700 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
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Arrive in Shanghai
Shanghai Pudong (PVG) or Hongqiao (SHA) airport to central Shanghai, then the Bund
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Shanghai
- Drive about 1 h
We meet you at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) or Hongqiao (SHA) and drive you to a central hotel near the Bund or People's Square, about an hour from Pudong and less from Hongqiao, over the elevated roads that loop through the city.
Afternoon
The afternoon is free to rest or walk Nanjing Road, the long shopping street that runs down to the river.
Evening
In the early evening the group meets for a briefing on the ten days ahead: the two flights and the fast train, how to pay with your phone on the mainland, why you carry your passport, and the small overnight bag you pack for Longji. Then we walk to the Bund as the lights come on, the old banks and trading houses along the Huangpu River facing the towers of Pudong on the far bank. Dinner is a welcome meal of Shanghainese dishes, red-braised pork and smoked fish, at a local restaurant. If your flight lands late, we meet you at breakfast.
Included
- Pick-up at Shanghai Pudong (PVG) or Hongqiao (SHA) airport
- Evening briefing with your guide
- The Bund at dusk
- Welcome dinner at a local restaurant
Free time: Afternoon free to rest
Activity: Land by about 4 pm to join the briefing, the Bund walk and dinner.
Yu Garden, the old city and the French Concession
Yu Garden and the old city, the Shanghai Museum, then the former French Concession
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Shanghai
Morning
We walk into Yu Garden as it opens in the morning, before the crowds fill the bazaar around it. Laid out in the Ming dynasty for a city official's family, it is a maze of rockeries, carp ponds, moon gates and halls packed into a few acres of the old walled city. Your guide then takes the lanes of the old town, where some of the last shikumen stone-gated houses still stand.
Afternoon
Lunch is xiaolongbao, soup dumplings, at a local restaurant, eaten with a spoon and a little vinegar. In the early afternoon we visit the Shanghai Museum on People's Square for its bronzes, ceramics and calligraphy, about an hour and a half with your guide. Then we cross into the former French Concession, plane-tree streets of villas, apartment blocks and lane houses, and end at Tianzifang or Xintiandi for a coffee.
Evening
The evening is free; your guide suggests dinner, or the view from a Pudong tower.
Included
- Yu Garden at opening, with your guide
- Old city lanes walk
- Xiaolongbao lunch
- The Shanghai Museum
- Walk through the former French Concession
Optional experiences
- Shanghai acrobatics show
- An observation deck in Pudong
Easier option: Skip the French Concession walk and return to the hotel by taxi after the museum.
Free time: Evening free
Activity: About 5 hours on foot, mostly flat; the van covers the longer gaps.
Fly to Guilin, up to the Longji terraces
Shanghai airport to Guilin Liangjiang (KWL), then by road to Dazhai in the Longji terraces
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Longji (Dazhai)
- Drive about 4 h
Morning
An early breakfast, then we drive to the airport for the flight to Guilin, about two and a half hours in the air; the train takes most of a day. Pudong or Hongqiao depends on the schedule, and your guide flies with you.
Afternoon
From Guilin Liangjiang airport (KWL) we stop for a late lunch of Guilin rice noodles, the local staple, then drive north into the hills, about two and a half hours, the last stretch winding up a valley of Zhuang and Yao villages. Our main luggage leaves us here and goes by road to the Yangshuo hotel. At the village gate a short walk, or a porter for your small bag, brings us up to Dazhai, a Yao village of wooden houses in a bowl of rice terraces cut into the slopes over centuries. In the late afternoon we walk the lower terrace paths with your guide.
Evening
Dinner is at the guesthouse: smoked pork, mountain greens and rice cooked in bamboo tubes.
Included
- Transfer to the Shanghai airport
- Flight from Shanghai to Guilin, with your guide
- Guilin rice noodle lunch
- Transfer from Guilin airport to Dazhai, with main luggage sent on to Yangshuo
- Longji terrace entry
- Late-afternoon walk on the lower terraces
- Guesthouse dinner
Easier option: Hire a village porter to carry your bag up from the gate, and rest at the guesthouse instead of the terrace walk.
Free time: Evening free in the village
Activity: One checked bag per guest is included on the flight. Pack a small overnight bag for Longji; the village has no cars.
The Dazhai terraces in the early light, on to Yangshuo
Dazhai terrace viewpoints, then by road via Guilin to Yangshuo
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Yangshuo
- Drive about 3.5 h
Morning
The terraces are at their best early, with mist in the valley and the low sun picking out the walls, so we set out after an early breakfast. The cable car lifts us to the upper ridge, and from there we walk down past the main viewpoints and through Tiantouzhai, a hamlet perched at the top of the terraces, about three hours on stone steps and narrow paths between the paddies. Your guide explains how the Yao families built the walls and still farm them by hand, and when the planting, flooding and harvest come.
Afternoon
Lunch is in the village. In the early afternoon we drive back down the valley and on via Guilin to Yangshuo, about three and a half hours with a break, and the karst begins on the way: peaks rising straight out of the rice fields. We check into a hotel near the river, where your suitcase is waiting, for three nights.
Evening
The evening is free.
Included
- Dazhai cable car up to the ridge
- Guided walk past the terrace viewpoints and through Tiantouzhai
- Village lunch
- Transfer to Yangshuo
Easier option: Ride the cable car both ways and stay at the top viewpoint and its tea terrace while the group walks down.
More active option: Skip the cable car and climb from Dazhai to the ridge on foot, about an hour and a half of steep steps.
Free time: Evening free
Activity: Wear shoes with grip: the paths are stone steps, wet in the morning dew. The cable car may close in bad weather; your guide adjusts the walk on the day.
Down the Li River by raft, cormorant fishing at dusk
Yangshuo to Yangdi, a raft down the Li River to Xingping, back to Yangshuo, then the river at dusk
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Yangshuo
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
The Li River between Yangdi and Xingping is its finest stretch, and the morning is the calmest time on the water. We drive about an hour to the pier at Yangdi and board rafts, two guests and a boatman each; they are still called bamboo rafts, but today they are plastic pipe with a small outboard motor, a canopy and seats. The ride downstream takes about an hour and a half to two hours, past Nine Horse Fresco Hill to the bend near Xingping on the back of the 20 yuan banknote.
Afternoon
We land at Xingping, walk its old street and sit down to lunch: beer fish, river fish braised with tomato, chili and local beer. Back in Yangshuo by about 2:30, the afternoon is free.
Evening
At dusk we go down to the river to watch a cormorant fisherman work his birds from a bamboo raft by lantern light, a craft now kept up by a few older fishermen.
Included
- Li River raft from Yangdi to Xingping
- Xingping old street with your guide
- Beer fish lunch in Xingping
- Cormorant fishing on the Li River at dusk
Optional experiences
- Impression Liu Sanjie light show on the river
Easier option: Stay in Xingping's old street with a tea while the others climb, then ride back with the group.
More active option: Climb Laozhai Hill above Xingping, a steep stepped path of about half an hour each way, for the view over the river bends.
Free time: Afternoon free; dinner free
Activity: Rafting stops when the river runs high after heavy rain, mostly between May and August; if it does, we take the same stretch by riverbank path and road, and tell you on the day.
The Yulong valley by bike and bamboo raft
Yangshuo to the Yulong River and Moon Hill, then a market and a cooking class
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Yangshuo
- Drive about 1 h
Today is the Yulong River, a quieter tributary that the Li River boats never reach.
Morning
After breakfast we cycle out of town with a local cycling guide, about 20 km in all on flat country lanes and farm paths between rice fields, orange groves, karst peaks and small villages, at an easy pace with plenty of stops. We pause at Moon Hill, named for the half-moon arch through its summit, for anyone who wants to climb the steps to it. At the river we leave the bikes for hand-poled bamboo rafts, real bamboo this time, drifting downstream over small weirs for about an hour and a half.
Afternoon
Lunch is at a farmhouse restaurant, then the early afternoon is free at the hotel.
Evening
In the late afternoon a local cooking school walks the group through a Yangshuo food market, then teaches you to make stuffed vegetables, the town's speciality, and two or three other dishes, which become dinner.
Included
- Guided countryside bike ride in the Yulong valley, bikes and helmets included
- Moon Hill entry
- Hand-poled bamboo raft on the Yulong River
- Farmhouse lunch
- Market visit and cooking class, with dinner
Easier option: Skip the bikes and ride in our support van to Moon Hill, the raft and lunch.
More active option: Climb Moon Hill to the arch, about 30 minutes of steep steps each way.
Free time: Early afternoon free
Activity: The ride is flat but mostly on country lanes; we fit bikes and helmets before we set out.
Fly to Xiamen
Yangshuo to Guilin Liangjiang (KWL), the flight to Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN), then Zhongshan Road
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Xiamen
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
A free morning in Yangshuo. Go out early to the viewpoint on Xianggong Hill for mist over the river bends, join a tai chi lesson by the water, or simply sleep in. Late in the morning we drive about an hour and a quarter to Guilin airport for the flight east to Xiamen, about an hour and a half; there is no quick rail line across these mountains. Xiamen is a port city on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Minnan-speaking, with its own food and a long history of trade overseas. We check into a hotel on the island and rest, then walk with your guide along Zhongshan Road, a pedestrian street of arcaded shophouses from the 1920s, and into the lanes behind it.
Evening
Dinner is Minnan food at a local restaurant: oyster omelette, sea-worm jelly for the brave, peanut soup and fresh fish from the strait. Bed early tonight: tomorrow starts at 7:30.
Included
- Transfer to Guilin airport
- Flight from Guilin to Xiamen, with your guide
- Transfer to the hotel in Xiamen
- Evening walk on Zhongshan Road
- Minnan dinner at a local restaurant
Optional experiences
- Sunrise at Xianggong Hill
- Tai chi lesson in Yangshuo
Free time: Morning free
Activity: Lunch is at the airport or on the move, your choice.
The Hakka earth houses of Tianluokeng
Xiamen to the Tianluokeng tulou cluster and Taxia village in Nanjing County, then back to Xiamen
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Xiamen
- Drive about 5.5 h
Today is a long one, and the only day over our four-hour driving limit: about two and three-quarter hours each way to the tulou, the fortified earth houses in the hills west of Xiamen.
Evening
There is no hotel near them worth a one-night move, so we leave at 7:30, stop on the way, and reach Tianluokeng before the midday coaches. Five tulou stand here, one square and four round, the 'four dishes and a soup' seen from the hill above. Built by Hakka and Minnan clans from rammed earth and timber, each housed dozens of families around a shared courtyard, and some still do. A local guide takes us inside, then to Yuchang Lou, with its leaning wooden pillars, and the creekside village of Taxia. Lunch is Hakka home cooking inside a tulou. No tea-shop stop, though tea is grown all around. We are back in Xiamen by about 6, and the evening is free.
Included
- The Tianluokeng tulou cluster with a local guide, entry included
- Yuchang Lou
- Taxia village
- Hakka lunch inside a tulou
Easier option: Stay at the Tianluokeng viewpoint and in the first tulou courtyard while the group walks on to Taxia; the van picks you up.
More active option: Walk the lanes from Taxia up to the next tulou with your guide while the van follows.
Free time: Evening free
Activity: About 5.5 hours in the van over the day, in two halves, with stops each way; about 3 hours on foot at the sites, with uneven stone floors and steep wooden stairs inside the tulou.
Gulangyu by the early ferry, the fast train to Hong Kong
Xiamen to Gulangyu by ferry and back, Xiamen North station by high-speed train to Hong Kong West Kowloon, then Tsim Sha Tsui
- Breakfast and dinner
- Stay in Hong Kong
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
Gulangyu fills with day visitors by mid-morning, so we take one of the first ferries across, about twenty minutes. The small island was a foreign settlement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and it has no cars: lanes of consulates, churches and villas built by Chinese families returned from Southeast Asia, banyan trees and a piano museum. Your guide walks the quieter lanes and the Shuzhuang Garden by the sea.
Afternoon
We are back on the Xiamen side before noon and drive to Xiamen North station, where lunch is your choice, for the high-speed train to Hong Kong West Kowloon, about four to four and a half hours. Mainland exit and Hong Kong entry checks both happen inside West Kowloon station.
Evening
After checking in at a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, we walk to the harbour for the Symphony of Lights at 8 pm, then sit down to a Cantonese farewell dinner together.
Included
- Ferry to Gulangyu and back, with island entry
- Gulangyu walk with your guide, including Shuzhuang Garden
- Transfer to Xiamen North station
- Reserved seats on the high-speed train to Hong Kong West Kowloon
- Transfer to the hotel in Kowloon
- The Symphony of Lights from the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront
- Farewell dinner
Easier option: Sit out the longer island lanes in a cafe near the pier.
More active option: Climb Sunlight Rock, the island's high point, for the view over Xiamen, about 20 minutes up.
Activity: Keep your passport to hand: Gulangyu tickets are in your name, and it is checked twice at West Kowloon.
The Star Ferry, then depart from Hong Kong
Star Ferry across Victoria Harbour, then Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
- Breakfast
- Drive about 45 min
Morning
A last morning in Hong Kong, with no early start. After breakfast your guide takes anyone who wants it across Victoria Harbour on the Star Ferry, which has carried passengers between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island since 1888, about ten minutes on the water, and back again, with time for a bowl of wonton noodles or a dim sum breakfast near the pier.
Evening
If your flight is late, the Peak Tram up to Victoria Peak, the Hong Kong Museum of Art on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, or the Temple Street night market in the evening are all easy on your own. We drive you to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) on Chek Lap Kok, about 35 km and 45 minutes from Tsim Sha Tsui, at a time that suits your flight, or see you onto the Airport Express train at Kowloon station. If you want more of Hong Kong, we add nights at the trip hotel. For international flights, allow three hours at the airport.
Included
- Star Ferry across Victoria Harbour and back, with your guide
- Drop-off at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
Optional experiences
- Peak Tram to Victoria Peak
Free time: Morning free after the ferry
Activity: Book a flight leaving after about 1 pm to enjoy the morning, or add a night or two in Hong Kong.
- Shanghai2 nights
- Longji (Dazhai)1 night
- Yangshuo3 nights
- Xiamen2 nights
- Hong Kong1 night
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: March to May and October to November bring mild days across the south. Spring is green and often misty in the karst, with some rain, and the Longji terraces are flooded and reflect the sky from about late April into May. Autumn is drier and clearer; the terraces turn gold at harvest from late September to about mid October, and by November they are cut and brown, with clear views. Summer is hot and wet: the Li River can run too high to raft after heavy rain, mostly May to August, and typhoons can reach Xiamen and Hong Kong from about June to October. We avoid Chinese New Year and the holiday weeks in early May and early October, when trains and sights are packed.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Second-time visitors to China, or anyone who has done Beijing and Xi'an and wants the south
- Travellers who want rice terraces, karst and the Hakka earth houses in one short trip
- Those who were put off China tours by shopping stops or sleeper trains
- Food lovers: xiaolongbao, beer fish, a cooking class, a tulou lunch and Minnan seafood
- Solo travellers who want a small group and a published single price
Not for you if you want
- First-time visitors who want the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors: see our Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai trip
- Those who want several days in Hong Kong: add nights, or see our Beijing to Hong Kong trip
- Anyone who cannot manage stone steps: Longji, Moon Hill and the tulou all have them
- Travellers who mind one long day in the vehicle: the tulou day is about 5.5 hours on the road
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
9 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Shanghai2 nights
- Longji (Dazhai)1 night
- Yangshuo3 nights
- Xiamen2 nights
- Hong Kong1 night
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 9 nights: 2 in a central Shanghai hotel near the Bund or People's Square, 1 in a village guesthouse in Dazhai (Longji) with private bathrooms, 3 in Yangshuo near the river and town, 2 in Xiamen on the island, 1 in Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui
- Central hotels of a 3-star-plus standard; Dazhai has no cars or large hotels, so we use the best guesthouse in the village
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
- Hotels named when we confirm your dates
Transport
- Pick-up at Shanghai Pudong (PVG) or Hongqiao (SHA) and drop-off at Hong Kong International (HKG)
- Our own vehicle and driver for the group in each region, including every station and airport transfer, and main luggage sent on to Yangshuo on day 3
- Flights from Shanghai to Guilin and from Guilin to Xiamen
- Reserved seats on the high-speed train from Xiamen North to Hong Kong West Kowloon
- The Dazhai cable car, the Li River raft, the Yulong bamboo raft and bikes in Yangshuo
- The Gulangyu ferry and the Star Ferry
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group from day 1 to day 10, including on both flights and the train
- Licensed local guides where a site requires them, a local cycling guide in Yangshuo and a local guide at the tulou
- No shopping stops and no commission on anything you buy
Activities
- Shanghai: the Bund at dusk, Yu Garden, the old city lanes, the Shanghai Museum and the former French Concession
- Longji: terrace entry, the lower terrace walk, and the Dazhai cable car with the walk through Tiantouzhai
- Yangshuo: the Li River raft from Yangdi to Xingping, Xingping old street, cormorant fishing at dusk, the Yulong valley by bike, Moon Hill, a Yulong bamboo raft and a market visit with a cooking class
- Xiamen: Zhongshan Road, the Tianluokeng tulou cluster, Yuchang Lou, Taxia village and Gulangyu with Shuzhuang Garden
- Hong Kong: the Symphony of Lights and the Star Ferry
- All entrance fees for included sights, booked in advance
Meals
- 9 breakfasts
- 6 lunches: xiaolongbao in Shanghai, Guilin rice noodles, a village lunch in Dazhai, beer fish in Xingping, a Yulong farmhouse lunch and a Hakka lunch in a tulou
- 5 dinners: a welcome dinner in Shanghai, a guesthouse dinner in Dazhai, the Yangshuo cooking-class dinner, a Minnan dinner in Xiamen and a Cantonese farewell dinner in Hong Kong
Not included
- International flights to Shanghai and from Hong Kong
- China visa, where your passport needs one
- Travel insurance
- Meals not listed above, including lunch on days 7 and 9
- Drinks
- Tips for your guide, drivers, boatmen and porters
- Optional activities, such as the Impression Liu Sanjie show, a tai chi lesson or the Peak Tram
- Extra hotel nights before or after the trip
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 700 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
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Questions
What does the price include?
Nine nights in central hotels and a Longji guesthouse, 9 breakfasts, 6 lunches and 5 dinners, airport transfers at both ends, flights from Shanghai to Guilin and Guilin to Xiamen, the fast train to Hong Kong, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, and every entry and ride in the day plan, including the Longji terraces, the Li River raft, the cooking class, the tulou and Gulangyu.
Are there shopping stops or tea-house stops?
No. We never take the group to tea houses, silk, jade or pearl showrooms, or any shop that pays commission, and your guide earns nothing on what you buy. Guilin and Fujian are tea regions where cheap tours often add these stops; this trip's price pays for the sights instead. Your guide can point you to markets in free time.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests, never more. That keeps everyone close to the guide on the terrace paths and inside the tulou, gets the group through stations and airports quickly, and means meals are at one or two tables in local restaurants rather than in a banquet hall.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the Shanghai airport pick-up to the Hong Kong airport drop-off, including on both flights and the train. A local cycling guide leads the Yangshuo ride, a local guide joins at the tulou, and licensed site guides join wherever a site requires one.
How fit do I need to be for Longji and the rest?
Moderate fitness is enough. Expect 3 to 5 hours a day on foot. Longji is the hardest morning, about 3 hours on stone steps and terrace paths, but the cable car takes the climb and there is a shorter option. The Yulong bike ride is flat, with a van instead if you prefer.
I'm travelling solo. Is there a single supplement?
Yes, and it is published up front: a room of your own is CAD 700 on top of the twin-share price, shown before you book rather than at checkout. Solo travellers join the same group, sit at the same tables and get the same time with the guide as everyone else.
When is the best time to see the Longji rice terraces?
It depends on what you want. From about late April into May the terraces are flooded and reflect the sky; late September to mid October they turn gold before harvest. Our March and November dates are mild and clearer but the fields are bare. We run March to May and October to November, avoiding the holiday weeks.
Do I need a visa, or can I use visa-free transit?
Canadians can currently visit mainland China visa-free for up to 30 days, under a policy set to run until 31 December 2026. US citizens may qualify for 240-hour visa-free transit, entering at Shanghai and leaving for Hong Kong after eight mainland nights; we check the current rules for your date, and a tourist visa is the safe choice.
Do we stay overnight in a tulou?
No. We visit the Tianluokeng tulou on a day trip from Xiamen, with lunch inside one, and sleep in a hotel. Tulou rooms are simple, often without private bathrooms, and moving the group for one night would cost a morning. If you want a tulou night, we can arrange one on a private trip.
Is the Li River trip a cruise or a bamboo raft?
A raft, not a big cruise boat. On day 5 we ride the Yangdi to Xingping stretch on small motor rafts, two guests and a boatman each; they are called bamboo rafts but are now made of plastic pipe. On day 6 you ride a real hand-poled bamboo raft on the quieter Yulong River.
How does booking work?
Choose a date and send a request to book. We confirm your place within 24 hours, with the final timings, and no payment is taken until we have confirmed. We need your passport details at that point, because the flights, the train, Gulangyu and several sights are booked in your name.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip runs as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, from CAD 7,550 per person, with the same no-shopping-stop promise. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we will quote the same route without a group.
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