Cycle China: Beijing, Yangshuo, Lijiang & More

Upon arrival in Beijing, transfer to your hotel for check in. Remainder of the day is free at leisure

Start the morning to visit Beijing Planning Exhibition Hall, an exhibition area showing the past and present of ancient Beijing city, and the protection of Beijing as a historical and cultural city, introduction to previous overall plans of Beijing, central business district, Olympic Central District, and other functional planning and construction exhibition areas.

Walk through the Tian'an Men Square and head to the gate of the Forbidden City, the abiding symbol of imperial China. Truly one of the great achievements of civilization, its construction employed hundreds of thousands of workers between 1406 and 1420. Marvel at its expansive architecture, magnificent imperial gardens, and many museums of Chinese antiquities and treasures.

After lunch at a local restaurant, getting on the bikes to ride through the Hutongs, where well-preserved courtyard homes and narrow hutong alleys border tree-lined lakes. Tour the district by bikes for a closer and more engaging experience of traditional Chinese life. Stop in a local family for a cup of tea, then continue biking to the Summer Palace which is the best-kept existing royal garden, a complex of pavilions, temples, and galleries set among beautifully landscaped grounds, situated on Kunming Lake

This evening is free with dinner on own.

Morning excursion to the Great Wall of Mutianyu with cable car access, a rugged section of the Wall that offers less crowded access and a more striking perspective as the Wall climbs and winds over the surrounding hills. Here the Great Wall of China presents a visual experience that consistently exceeds visitors' expectations. Scholars estimate that the Wall, averaging 25 feet in height and nearly as thick, once stretched for 3,700 miles, passing through sixteen provinces. Country lunch at a local famer's restaurant at foot of the Wall

Afternoon biking to Huairou County and visit a local market.

Evening enjoy a Peking Duck Dinner.

Transfer to airport for flight flying to Guilin. Arrival Guilin, transfer to your hotel for check-in. Visit the Reed Flute Caves and Elephant Trunk Hill. Dinner at a local restaurant

Start the morning cruise down the lovely Li River and appreciate the unfurling of this ethereal landscape painting with new vistas at each turn. The peaceful limpid water and otherworldly limestone Karst formations that were at the bottom of the sea hundreds of millions of years ago come together to form unforgettable panoramas. Lunch is served onboard.

Disembark in Yangshuo, where the most stunning scenes of the river vie for attention. Walk through the West Street and check in at your hotel.

Dinner at local restaurant followed by Impression Liusanjie Light Show.

Full day biking tours around Yangshuo to the local villages, rice paddies and you will see the water buffalos.

Cooking Class at Chaolong Village followed your own cooked lunch.

Evening is free at leisure with dinner on own.

Morning drive back to Guilin and fly to Lijiang. Arrive Lijiang, lunch at a local restaurant and check in at your hotel.

After lunch at local restaurant, afternoon visit the Dayan Ancient Town with long history and profound Naxi culture. Ancient water-supply system is effective function in the ancient town, and rivers flows along every house. Ubiquitous mini bridge is the biggest feature there.

Evening is free at leisure with dinner is on own.

Enjoy the spectacle of Impression Lijiang - Snow Mountain, an outdoor audio-visual extravaganza directed by the internationally acclaimed, Zhang Yimou who directed the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies and whose films have been nominated for Oscars several times. Over 500 local people from 10 different ethnic groups selected from 16 towns and villages around Lijiang perform rituals, dances and folk songs for visitor's daily, weather permitting, against the enchanting scenery as a backdrop. This is truly a special treat for the eyes and ears.

After lunch, head to Baisha village and explore the Baisha Murals, a small village in the magnificent Jade Dragon Snow Mountain range and is the original settlement of the Naxi people who came to the greater Lijiang Valley a thousand years ago.

Biking through the villages back to hotel. Evening is free at leisure with dinner on own.

Morning biking to Yuhu Village and visit the Dr. Joseph Rock's Former Residence, a 20th century Austrian-American explorer-botanist and author of two English-language histories of the Naxi people.

Continue biking to Tibetan Zhiyun Monastery, one of the biggest Tibetan Buddhism temple in lijiang, you will learn the real mysterious Tibetan culture from here.

After lunch, continue your biking to Lashi Lake, which is the paradise for thousands of birds and animals and would become spectacular when thousands of water fowls migrate afar from the north each fall and winter. Cycle around the Lake and enjoy the time.

This evening is free with dinner on own.

Transfer to airport for morning flight flying to Shanghai. Arrive Shanghai, transfer to your hotel for check in. Afternoon free at leisure with lunch and dinner on own.

Start the morning by visiting the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center. The focus of the exhibit is a large scale model of the entirety of urban Shanghai, showing existing buildings and approved future buildings. Other exhibits relate to Shanghai's history and planned development, including smaller scaled models focusing on particular areas of interest such as the Bund.

Stroll along the famous Bund/Waterfront and to visit the 400 year's old Yu Garden. Yu in Chinese means pleasing and satisfying, and this garden was specially built for Pan's parents as a place for them to enjoy a tranquil and happy time in their old age. Outside the garden, is the famous Chen Huang Miao -- an area of shops, restaurants and recreation facilities.

Have a Shanghai Dim Sum lunch at local restaurant.

Afternoon biking tour of the former French Concession to explore the local life. It's an area once leased to the French in the Luwan and Xuhui districts of the city, is a reminder of an older Shanghai. The visitor-friendly area is packed full of beautiful colonial mansions and hotels dating back to the first three decades of the twentieth century.

This evening is free with dinner on own.

Departure transfer for your onward flight.