Trip Highlights: 

This is an in-depth tour focused only at China's most charming scenic areas, where Guilin is world-renown for its dramatic Karst landscape and colorful minority culture, and Chengdu is the home of Giant Pandas and the capital of China's most spectacular province in terms of geographic and cultural diversity.

Tour Route: Guilin (Li River & Yangshuo) → Chengdu (Home of the Giant Panda)

Trip Type: Landscape and Nature, Hiking and Climbing Trips, Two Destination Tours, Promotional Tours

Activity Level: Regular itinerary, Moderate walking

Special Experiences:

● Visit rice terrace fields to explore the unique agricultural lifestyle of the ethnic minorities living in China's remote mountain area

● Cruise down the picturesque Li River featuring crystal clear water and unique-shaped Karst hills along the way

● Visit adorable baby pandas at Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, and Challenge the toughness of your tongue by trying the hot-spicy Chuan food

● Climb the magnificent Buddhist mountain – Emei, and marvel at its holiness

Day-by-Day Itinerary:

Day 1 Arrive / Guilin

Transfer via: International flight arranged by you

Accommodations: Guilin Park Hotel ★★★★

Upon your arrival in Guilin, the most scenic city in China, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax, or step out into this dynamic city for a little adventure on your own.

Day 2 Guilin (B,L)

Accommodations: Guilin Park Hotel ★★★★

Sites visited: Longji, Yao People, Zhuang People

Today's excursion will bring you to Longsheng Autonomous County. After your tour of this breathtaking area, you will be driven back to Guilin (2-hour drive).

Day 3 Guilin / Yangshuo (B,L)

Accommodations: New Century Hotel ★★★

Sites visited: Li River Cruise, West Street(Yangshuo)

After breakfast, you will be driven to Zhujiang Pier (40-minute drive) to start your boat cruise down the picturesque Li River, which is the highlight of any visit to Guilin, until you get to Yangshuo County. Along the river, you will be inspired by breathtaking views of peaks and pinnacles, crystal-clear water and picturesque pastoral views of rice paddies and water buffaloes. Visitors feel they have stepped into a traditional Chinese painting. After checking into your hotel, you will be free to explore Yangshuo and its famous West Street.

Day 4 Yangshuo / Guilin / Chengdu (B,L,D)

Transfer via: Domestic flight arranged by China Odyssey Tours

Accommodations: Tianfu Sunshine hotel ★★★★

Sites visited: Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave

Special Dinner: Chuan Food

Today, you will be driven back to Guilin (1.5-hour drive), where you will tour Elephant Trunk Hill and the Reed Flute Cave before your guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to your next destination-Chengdu. Upon arriving in Chengdu, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel for a rest before you are taken out for a delicious dinner of Sichuan cuisine at a local restaurant.

Day 5 Chengdu (B,L)

Accommodations: Tianfu Sunshine hotel ★★★★

Sites visited: Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, Wenshu Temple, Tea houses, Jinli Old Street

On this day, you will visit the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, followed by a trip to the Wenshu Temple where you can spend some time sitting in its tea house enjoying a cup of traditional Chinese tea and absorb the special atmosphere of Chengdu and Jili Old Street.

Day 6 Chengdu / Leshan / Emei (B,L)

Accommodations: Hongzhushan Hotel (Building 6th) ★★★★

Sites visited: Leshan Giant Buddha, Mt. Emei, Baoguo Temple

On this day you will be driven about 2 hours to Leshan and visit the Giant Buddha carved out of the cliffs at the confluence of the Dadu, Minjiang and Qingyi Rivers. After, you will be driven to Mt. Emei to visit Baoguo Temple. You will stay overnight at the foot of Mt. Emei.

Day 7 Mt. Emei / Chengdu (B,L)

Accommodations: Tianfu Sunshine hotel ★★★★

Sites visited: Mt. Emei

On this day you will visit Mt. Emei. The touring bus will bring you to Leidongping first, where you need to walk to Jieyin Palace to take the cable car up to appreciate the natural scenery around Golden Summit, descend by the cable car and take the bus to Wannian Temple parking lot, where you will take the cable car up to visit the Wannian (Myriad Years) Temple which is the field for Samantabhadra, walk through Qingyin (Pure Note) Pavilion-the biggest natural ecology reserve area for monkeys, till you get to Wuxiangang parking lot to take the touring bus down to the foot of the mountain. After your tour of Mt. Emei, you will be driven back to Chengdu.

Day 8 Chengdu / Departure (B)

Transfer via: International flight arranged by you

You will be free until your local guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to your next destination.