This premium 5 day tour combines Huangshan's breathtaking mountain vistas, world-renowned Huizhou ancient villages, intangible-heritage handicrafts and cross-province terraced-village scenery in Wuyuan. Travellers will enjoy cable-car mountain access, sunrise & sunset over sea-of-clouds, overnight mountain-stay experience, time-honoured Hui-style architecture and folk customs, supported by private transfer and professional guide.
Meals: Meals: None
Upon your arrival in Huangshan, our professional guide will meet you at the high speed railway station and transfer to your hotel to have a rest. After check in and a short rest, wander the well preserved Tunxi Old Street, lined with authentic Hui style ancient buildings, local handicraft boutiques and specialty snack stalls. Options: Mulberry bark paper factory Overnight: Tunxi.
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Sites Visited: Sites Visited: Hongcun Village fish lartern festival
On day 2, After breakfast, you will transfer to Huangshan Mountain scenic gateway. Take the comfortable cable car ascending to mountain peaks to admire the dramatic sunset over rolling granite summits, oddly shaped pines and drifting sea of clouds. After enjoying the golden hour alpine views, you can travel onward to Hongcun, the UNESCO World Heritage ancient village known as “a village painted in Chinese ink paintings”. If timing permits, you may join the optional lively Fish Lantern Festival folk performance with glowing handmade lanterns parading along water lanes. Overnight: Hongcun.
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Sites Visited: Sites Visited: Hongcun Village
On day 3, you will rise early to chase the breathtaking mountain sunrise, one of Huangshan's most sought-after highlights. Spend the morning exploring classic summit sightseeing routes amid fantastic rock formations and pine trees. After a hearty local lunch, take the cable car downhill back to the mountain foot. Then transfer to Hongcun to check into your accommodation for the night. Overnight: Huangshan area.
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Sites Visited: Sites Visited: Tunxi Old Street
On day 4, your will enjoy profound chinese traditional atmosphere in Huizhou civilisation through Hui Culture Museum, the country's sole comprehensive museum dedicated to Huizhou civilisation. It preserves nearly 100,000 precious relics such as Hui ink sticks, She inkstones and classic Huizhou three-d carvings, showcasing Huizhou merchants' legend and local folk heritage. Next stop is Huangshan City Exhibition Hall, a landmark urban-culture venue. It presents Huangshan's past-to-present transformation with thematic displays, large-scale city sand table and the immersive ‘Dream Cube’ 720-degree panoramic theatre for virtual sightseeing of local landscapes and folk tales. Continue to Yang Family Fragrant Hall, Hui Cuisine Museum and Xixi Nan Ancient Village. Overnight: Huangshan.
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Sites Visited: Sites Visited: Wuyuan
On day 5, you will be driven to Wuyuan to visit Huangling Village to see a Chinese traditional living area on the terraced fields where could view flowers in spring, enjoy harvests in autumn. After arrival, you can explore Huangling Village, a distinctive hillside settlement built on sprawling terraced fields. It presents gorgeous rapeseed flower blossoms in spring and the colourful sun drying harvest custom in autumn. Your rewarding cultural and mountain tour draws to a satisfying conclusion.
