September 3 Depart NZ 11:15 pm (to be confirmed)
Day 1 Arrive Shanghai, transit to Xiamen, check in, relax, visit Nan Putuo Buddhist monastery. Stay in Xiamen.
Day 2 Visit Gulangyu Island, Shuzhang Garden, Piano Museum and other sites on the island by foot. Xiamen.
Day 3 Bullet train (2.5 hrs) to Wuyishan, drift on 9-bend stream, Wuyi Palace and Song Dynasty St. Stay in Wuyishan.
Day 4 Whole day walking on Tianyou peak area of Mount Wuyi. Evening, enjoy a show depicting the famous tea of the region: “Impressions of Dahongpao”. Wuyishan
Day 5 Walking in the Dahongpao valley, visit tea plantations, taste the tea, learn about tea culture. Evening, wander the old streets of the town. Wuyishan
Day 6 Bullet train to Huangshan (1hr 45), visit Xin’an riverside area, Tunxi ancient street. Stay in Huangshan.
Day 7 Bus to the foot of the mountain, cable car to the top, wander between summit peaks ‘Beginning-to-believe’ Pea’, ‘Brush Pen’ Peak and Xihai Grand Canyon and enjoy the sunset glow at the Cloud-dispelling Pavilion in the evening. Stay on the summit of Huanghsan.
Day 8 Up early for the sunrise, walk past more peaks and descend by cable car on a different route, return to Huangshan, visit Huangshan museum to appreciate the local Hui culture and architecture. Stay in Huangshan.
Day 9 A day trip to the UNESCO cultural heritage villages of Hongcun and Xidi. Huangshan
Day 10 Bullet train (5.5 hrs) to the Song dynasty capital. Kaifeng
Day 11 Explore the sites in Kaifeng. Visit Millenium city Park, Shan Gan Guild Hall, art gallery and museum. Stay in Kaifeng.
Day 12 Bus to Yunta Mountain, walk in redrock gorge, billion years old water- eroded feature, explore further, look for a large family of monkeys. Stay in Yuntaishan.
Day 13 Take a shuttle bus on a spectacular mountain road, walk a glass plank path if you dare! Late afternoon, bus 2hrs to Dengfeng.
Day 14 Drive one hour to Shaolin monastery, the ancestral home of all martial arts, attend a performance. Cable car up Song Shan and walk to Sanhuang village, enjoy the spectacular scenery. Later, drive to Luoyang.
Day 15 Luoyang is a very important site in Chinese social history. Visit Longmen Buddhist grottoes. Later take bullet train (1 hour) to Huashan.
Day 16 Cable car up to the 5 peaks of Huashan (lotus flower peak), the most spectacular of the five sacred peaks of China. Descend by cable car to Huashan.
Day 17 Bus to Terracotta soldiers then on to Xi’an (2 hours . Muslim market. Stay in the centre of Xi’an.
Day 18 Visit the city wall, art street . Afternoon fly to Shanghai.
Day 19 Activities to be decided, or free time for shopping.
Stay in Shanghai.
Day 20 Morning, light activity. Depart to Pudong airport for departure.
September 24 Arrive Auckland airport
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