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Essential China Adventure - 23 days

23 days
Start and end in Shanghai
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Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
Partially Guided
Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Low Intensity
Travelers can expect some light physical activities
Guided in English
Group Size 4 - 20
Ages 18-55
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Highlights

  • Ride the night train from Shanghai to Guilin
  • Kayak along the Li River in Yangshuo
  • Visit the Giant Panda Breeding Center
  • Explore the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an
  • Watch sunrise over the Great Wall

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Shanghai to Yangshuo
  2. Day 2-4 Exploring Yangshuo
  3. Day 5 Yangshuo to Chongqing
  4. Day 6 Chongqing at Leisure
  5. Day 7 Chongqing to Chengdu
  6. Day 8-9 Exploring Chengdu
  7. Day 10 Chengdu to Xi'an
  8. Day 11 Ancient Xi'an & Terracotta Warriors
  9. Day 12 Xi'an to Shaolin
  10. Day 13 Shaolin at Leisure
  11. Day 14 Shaolin to Beijing & The Great Wall
  12. Day 15-16 Great Wall Sunrise & Exploring Beijing
  13. Day 17 Beijing to Hangzhou
  14. Day 18 West Lake & Jiuyao Mountain hike
  15. Day 19 Return to Shanghai
  16. Day 20 Shanghai
  17. Day 21-22 Free time in Shanghai
  18. Day 23 Farewell China
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    · October 2nd, 2019
    Fantastic itinerary with a great variety of...
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    Mary

    Asked on January 15th, 2025

    What does it mean that the tour is partially guided? Are meals included in the price?

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    • On The Go ToursOperatorWritten January 2025

      On Our Essential tours we don't include any meals. All meals are at your own expense. Food in China is cheap. We advise you to budget 80 RMB per day for food in great local restaurants your Adventure Leader will take you to which we know are safe and tasty.

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    could we book with your tours

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    • On The Go ToursOperatorWritten May 2024

      the max age for our Essentials range is 55 - however we do have other China tours I can recommend.

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    I would like to have more details on your flexible booking and credit for future tours policies. I am professional actor working in Italy, and whenever I book a trip I am threatened with the possibility of getting an unforeseeable and unexpected job a few weeks before departure. Therefore, I need to find tours that offer flexibility/credit/cancellation policies. If, say, I book your tour and then get a job, how would it work with you? Would I be able to reschedule the dates of the trip? Get a credit to book another? Get my money back?

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    • On The Go ToursOperatorWritten August 2023

      Many of our "signature" tours do offer flexibility up to 60 days before departure where we would provide a credit should you have to cancel. Any of our other tours such as this "handpicked" tour have a non refundable deposit and you would be best served to look at the possibility of purchasing some type of cancellation insurance that fits your needs and circumstances.

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    • Typhoid - Recommended for China. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Hepatitis A - Recommended for China. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Cholera - Recommended for China. Ideally 2 weeks before travel.
    • Tuberculosis - Recommended for China. Ideally 3 months before travel.
    • Hepatitis B - Recommended for China. Ideally 2 months before travel.
    • Rabies - Recommended for China. Ideally 1 month before travel.
    • Yellow fever - Certificate of vaccination required if arriving from an area with a risk of yellow fever transmission for China. Ideally 10 days before travel.
    • Japanese B encephalitis - Recommended for China. Ideally 1 month before travel.
    • Tick-borne encephalitis - Recommended for China. Ideally 6 months before travel.
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