About This Trip

Starting in Beijing and ending in Shanghai, you'll discover China's most iconic sights, such as the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Changling Tomb, the Bund, and Yu Garden. Furthermore, you'll explore the colorful Yunnan in southwestern China through Kunming, Dali, and Lijiang. Enjoy the spectacular natural view of Stone Forest, Erhai Lake, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and Lashihai Lake. Step into the ethnic minority villages to learn about the diverse cultures.

Itinerary Summary

DAY	PLACE	HIGHLIGHTS
1 - 4	Beijing	Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Changling Tomb
5	Kunming	Stone Forest, Jingxing Bird Market
6 - 7	Dali	Dali Ancient Town, Erhai Lake Cycling Tour, Bai Ethnic Minority Village
8 - 10	Lijiang	Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Lijiang Ancient Town, Black Dragon Pool Park, Lashihai Lake, Baisha Mural Paintings, Ethnic Minority Villages
11 - 13	Shanghai	The Bund, Yu Garden, Former French Concession, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Old Street

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Day 1: Beijing, Arrival

Upon your arrival at the Beijing airport, your local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax and recover from jet lag.

Beijing

Day 2: Beijing, City Highlights Tour

In the morning, you will first visit the iconic Tiananmen Square, the worldâs largest plaza. Walking through Tiananmen Gate, then you will enter the splendid Forbidden City. With a history of 600 years, this royal palace continuous delights visitors with imposing pavilions, elegant ornaments, and lively historic stories.

In the afternoon, have a hutongs tour by rickshaw and visit Longing Pearl Store.

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Beijing

Day 3: Beijing, Great Wall & Changling Tomb

No Beijing tour is complete without a visit to the Great Wall. Today you will tour the magnificent Great Wall (Mutianyu section), the 8th Wonder of the World. Walking on the venerable ramparts, you will amaze at the unbelievable constructions and appalling landscape surrounding the Wall. Finish todayâs tour with visiting Changling Tomb.

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Beijing

Day 4: Temple of Heaven, Beijing - Kunming

On this day, you will first explore Temple of Heaven, where emperors in ancient times worshiped Heaven for a national good harvest, followed by visiting the Summer Palace.

After the tour, be escorted to the airport for the flight to Kunming. Upon arrival, the local guide will greet you at the airport and pick you up to your hotel.

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Kunming

Day 5: Kunming, Stone Forest

Start today with visiting Kunming's famous Stone Forest, a bizarre rock formation created over millennia of rain and weather. A must-see! In the late afternoon, you will be driven back to downtown Kunming to visit the Jingxing Bird Market.

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Kunming

Day 6: Dali Ancient Town, Kunming - Dali

This morning, you will be escorted to the railway station for the high-speed train to Dali. Upon arrival, your local tour guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. You will visit a Bai ethnic minority village to taste the local culture and customs. In the late afternoon, you will take a leisure stroll in Dali Ancient Town.

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Dali

Day 7: Dali, Cycling Around Erhai Lake

Today, you will take an easy cycling tour around Erhai Lake (25 km, 4-5 hours). Enjoy the stunning view of farmlands and many local Bai villages, relax away from the crowd with the fresh air during the nice bike ride. Memorize this wonderful moment with your camera.

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Dali

Day 8: Shaxi Ancient Town & Lion Hill, Dali - Lijiang

Take a driving trip to Shaxi Ancient Town, a historic town once an active trade stops on the Southern Silk Road, before being escorted to Lijiang. On arrival, your local guide will take you to explore Lijiang Ancient Town and the Lion Hill located in the ancient town.

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Lijiang

Day 9: Lijiang, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

On this day you will be driven to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, followed by a visit to the Baisha Mural Paintings. Later, you will visit the Black Dragon Pool Park and theÂ Dongba Culture Museum located inside the park.

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Lijiang

Day 10: Lijiang, Wetland & Ethnic Minority Villages

The first stop of today is Lashihai Lake Wetland Park, a plateau wetland nature reserve living 57 species of birds. You will have a chance to take a boat ride on Lashi Lake. After that, visit Naxi and other minority nationalities around Lashihai Lake to taste their rich culture and folk costumes after exploring Zhiyun Temple.

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Lijiang

Day 11: Lijiang - Shanghai

Today, your tour guide will escort you to the Lijiang airport for your flight to Shanghai. Upon your arrival, our tour guide will meet you at the airport and then escort you to the hotel.

Shanghai

Day 12: Shanghai, the Bund & City Highlights

After breakfast, you will visit the Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Old Street, former French Concession and Jiangnan Silk Workshop; then, immerse yourself in the Yu Garden and Yuyuan Market. After that, take a leisure stroll along the Bund.

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Shanghai

Day 13: Shanghai, Departure

You will be free on this day until your personal guide escorts you to the airport for your flight back home.

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Richee Family Adventures

05 Aug 2025

Second Honeymoon My wife and I celebrated our 20th anniversary by spending a few weeks touring around Asia. We loved how Odynovo worked with us to craft a tour of what we wanted to see and how we wanted to see it. This was our first time traveling with a private tour guide, and it was truly amazing. they took care of all transportation, tickets, and everywhere we went we had someone who not only spoke our language, but was also very well-versed in the places we were visiting. We saw Beijing and then took a bullet train to Xi'an. In both cities we had tour guides who had done this "a thousand times," and as a result knew all the tricks on where to take the best pictures, what lines to stand in, where to eat, and what not to waste your time seeing. At one point our guide pulled out ponchos from her backpack when it started to rain, while another helped us haggle for a good price on a new suitcase. We were surprised by how much we loved China, and it is safe to say that is because of the quality of service we got from Odynovo. Oh, and the hotels were great, too! In our first hotel my wife fell in love with her breakfast soup that she had to have every morning, while in Xi'an we were right around the corner from the Muslim Night Market and were able to get to it in less than 5 minutes of walking.We are already looking to see what tours we will be doing next through Odynovo, as the service was amazing, the quality was remarkable, and the cost was very worth it for what we received.

Shannon V

05 Aug 2025

Fabulous! We had a fabulous experience with our guide and Odynovo walking the Great Wall of China, and all other sites in Beijing. We loved our Peking duck dinner. It was fabulous. Thank you, Sammie/Jing for a great experience.

domotic d

05 Aug 2025

Beijing Beauty It started off with a friendly face at the airport, with Roy, our tour guide.The week has been such a pleasure and a treat. From adventures to The Great Wall, Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City, to local markets, delicious Beijing food and roof top tea houses.Roy and our driver, Mr. Zhou, were prompt in picking us up and driving us around safely.The knowledge and fact about history and Beijing that Roy knows and explains is amazing and the fact he could answer my weird and inquisitive history questionsnwoth ease was a treat.He made it so easy to enjoy ourselves and absorb all that was around us, he even takes great photos too! 😊Polite, kind and thoughtful and ever patient in letting us take our time with things that interested us.I would highly recommend this tour and Roy again and again.

Zarah B

05 Aug 2025

Amazing travel experience My name is Zarah M. Babangida a Nigerian and i visited Beijing with my colleagues from the office. During our 5 day stay in Beijing, Ms. Eva Ma, was our Tour guide and from the minute we came through the Arrival Gate of the Airport, we were embraced by her alluring smile and warm welcome. She remained consistent with her warmth, a kind and intelligent professional who exuded unique passion not just for her job as a tour guide but, even more so as a proud Chinese woman. Her outstanding insight and knowledge of the sweet Chinese history and heritage left us in awe. I couldn't be more proud and thankful that she was assigned to our group and she made our stay exciting, fun-filled effortless and knowledge packed. I absolutely commend her dedication to work which she depicted throughout our stay. I recommend her to every visiting tourist because to know Eva, is to love her. If it were up to me, i will increase her bonuses or upgrade her salary as i am sure most tourists would want or revisit for her sake first and then perhaps other reasons.Thank you Eva and keep the passion up🙌.