Vivid China Tour with Pandas & Suzhou Gardens

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Tour Code: ODY-CN-021

Destination:Shanghai, Suzhou, Guilin, Chengdu, Xi'an, Beijing

Duration

14 Days

Tour Type

Private & Bespoke

Tour Style

Classic

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About This Trip

What to expect on this 14-day tour of China? From the city highlights of Shanghai to the classical Chinese garden Lingering Garden of Suzhou, from the picturesque Li River Cruise in Guilin to the world-famous adorable giant pandas in Chengdu, from the unmissable ancient Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an to the magnificent winding Great Wall in Beijing, and more. All these essential experiences will help you to create a lifetime of memories.

Itinerary Summary

DAY PLACE HIGHLIGHTS
1 - 2 Shanghai The Bund, Former French Concession, Shanghai Museum, Xintiandi, Jade Buddha Temple
3 Suzhou Lingering Garden, Pan Gate, Grand Canal Cruise, No.1 Silk Factory
4 - 7 Guilin Li River Cruise, Longji Terraced Fields, Ethnic Minority, Reed Flute Cave
8 Chengdu Giant Panda, Wenshu Temple, Jinli Old Street
9 - 10 Xi'an Terracotta Warriors, Ancient City Wall, Muslim Street, Xi'an Art Ceramics Factory, Great Mosque, Small Wild Goose Pagoda
11 - 14 Beijing Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Hutongs, Changling Tomb
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Day 1: Shanghai, Arrival

Upon your arrival in Shanghai, China's most cosmopolitan city, 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 amazing city for an adventure on your own.

Shanghai

Day 2: Shanghai, City Tour

After breakfast, you will visit the Shanghai Museum, reputed as one of China's first world-class modern museums with a collection of 120,000 precious works. Later, you will walk down the Bund along the Huangpu River and visit the Jade Buddha Temple, the former French Concession. Later, you will enjoy some free time at Xintiandi.

Optional: Acrobatics show is awesome and amazing as a night activity if you are interested in it.

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Shanghai

Day 3: Shanghai - Suzhou, Suzhou Sightseeing

Today, you will be met and transferred to Suzhou and have a one-day tour in this beautiful city. You will visit the quiet and famous Lingering Garden and the Pan Gate and cruise on the Grand Canal to see the old houses along the river and special life of local people. Later, visit the No.1 Silk Factory to learn how pure silk products are made from a small cocoon.

After that, get back to Shanghai.

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Shanghai

Day 4: Shanghai - Guilin

Free in the day until your local guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to Guilin. 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.

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Guilin

Day 5: Guilin - Longsheng, Longji Terraced Fields

Today's excursion will bring you to Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, where you'll see the magnificent and winding terraced fields, and get close to Guilin's minority people and admire their colorful culture. After your tour of this breathtaking area, you will be driven back to Guilin (around 2 hours).

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Guilin

Day 6: Guilin - Yangshuo, Li River Cruise

After breakfast, you will be driven to Zhujiang Pier (40 minutes) and embark on a Li River cruise, which is the highlight of any visit to Guilin. Along the waterway, take in the unlimited fresh air with dense vegetation and admire the amazing karst hills, spot water buffaloes with local villagers. After disembarkation in the early afternoon, transfer to your hotel in Yangshuo. After check-in, you may like to roam the well-known West Street on your own.

Optional: You can also sign up optional activities like a countryside tour or a cooking class we provide. If you'd like more recreation for tonight, an optional open-air show of Impression Sanjie Liu would be heartily recommended.

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Yangshuo

Day 7: Reed Flute Cave, Guilin - Chengdu

Today, you will be driven back to Guilin (1.5 hours), where you will tour the pearl museum and the Reed Flute Cave before your guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to Chengdu. Upon arriving in Chengdu, your personal guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.

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Chengdu

Day 8: Chengdu, Giant Pandas & City Highlights

On this day, you will visit the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to spend a cheerful morning with these lovely pandas, 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 Jinli Old Street.

Optional: In the evening, you can choose to enjoy Sichuan Opera to admire the unique face changing skill in it.

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Chengdu

Day 9: Chengdu - Xi'an

You will be free until your local guide escorts you to the railway station for your high-speed train to Xi'an. Upon arrival, your local guide will meet you and transfer you to the hotel for check-in. After that, you will start to tour Xi'an starting with the Great Mosque and Muslim Street.

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Xi'an

Day 10: Xi'an, Terracotta Warriors

You will visit the incredible life-size Terracotta Warriors and the Xi'an Art Ceramics Factory in the morning. After lunch, take a leisurely tour on the Ancient City Wall and enjoy a calligraphy class in the well-known Small Wild Goose Pagoda.

Optional: The famous Tang Dynasty Show is available for tonight's entertainment which can help you dig deeper into ancient China.

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Xi'an

Day 11: Xi'an - Beijing, Summer Palace

After breakfast, your guide will escort you to the airport for your flight to Beijing. Upon your arrival in Beijing, be met and transferred to the Summer Palace (including a boat cruise). After that, go back to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at leisure.

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Beijing

Day 12: Beijing, City Highlights Tour

In the morning, you will first visit the Temple of Heaven to be amazed by the grand and beautiful architecture and may see local people practicing Tai Chi there. Later, visit the iconic Tiananmen Square and the magnificent Forbidden City - the world's largest palace complex with 9,999 rooms across 72 hectares. Proceed to explore the ancient hutongs and walk through the Houhai Bar Street.

Optional: The thrilling Chinese Kung Fu Show is recommended to you tonight which can let you get the charm of Chinese martial art.

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Beijing

Day 13: Beijing, Great Wall Tour

Today, you will have a full day tour to the amazing Great Wall at Mutianyu section (round-trip cable car included). After that, visit the Changling Tomb and a jade gallery.

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Beijing

Day 14: Beijing, Departure

You will be free until your guide escorts you to the airport for the flight 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🙌.

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