Delightful China Tour for Families with Children

Climbing the Great Wall is a must for your family tour in Beijing, so we arrange you a private escorted tour to Mutianyu Great Wall. One of the ancient wonders in China, the endless Great Wall is really amazing. Learn from your expert guide about its history and the construction progess. Take cableway up to save enegery and take toboggan down with a fun and exciting experience for children. 

In the old days, Beijing City is like a boxy bean curd or a chess board with each Hutong lying due north to due south or due east to due west. This square layout not only influences Beijinger's way of living, but also affects their thoughts and actions. Take a walk in Hutongs to have a closer experience. A Chinese paper cutting class (or painting Pecking Opera Mask) at local courtyard house will make the children focused to learn traditional Chinese art. 

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Today, you will visit the Summer Palace, an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Its 70,000 square meters of building space features a variety of palaces, gardens and other ancient-style architectural structures--an outstanding expression of the creative art of Chinese landscape garden design. Kunming Lake is the main spot in the garden. If it is a good weather, your family can take a dragon boat cruise on the lake to relax to view the entire Summer Palace. After the Summer Palace visit, transfer to take a high-speed train to Xian, to appreciate deeper of ancient Chinese civilization.

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Suggested family friendly hotels in Xian:

- Luxury 5-star hotels: Sofitel Hotel on Renmin Square

- Boutique hotels: Eastern House Boutique Hotel

- For family with children: Grand Mercure on Renmin Square (with swimming pool), Zuoyouke Hotel

Transfer to visit the famous Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum which is one of the top attractions in China as for its historical significance and uniqueness. It is significant because the hundreds of detailed life-sized models represent the army that triumphed over all other Chinese armies and who were the decisive factor in forming a united China. Your family will face to face with thousands of ancient warriors today! What a special experience. Back to down town in the afternoon and you will take a home visit to a local family. There you will learn how to make Chinese dumplings and cook a couple of Chinese dishes from the host or hostess. It’s always a great fun for parents and kids to make creative things together. At the same time, you should not waste the opportunity chat with the family for any topics you might interested in China. Enjoy a real Chinese meal for dinner.

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In the morning, visit the Old City Wall – 13,912 meters in circumference, 12 meters in height, the foundation is 18 meters in width and the top of the wall is 15 meters wide. There are four city gates in the four cardinal directions. And an ideal way to appreciate it is by riding bike around. If weather permits, a bike ride is available. Biking on the City Wall is interesting, relaxing and cater to the active children. Later, you will head to Bell Tower & Drum Tower Square and take a walk in nearby Muslim Quarters. Watch a short Leather-silhouette Show in Gao's Mansion might bring you back to childhood.

In the afternoon, transfer to rail station and take high speed train to the capital of Sichuan Province Chengdu which is a famous historical and cultural city with a history over 3,000 years. After station pickup, be transferred to your hotel.

Note: Biking on Xian Old City Wall is only allowed for children above 10 years old or taller than 1.4 meters (4.6 feet). If your child is too young to ride a bike, you can have a relaxing walk instead or take a golf cart.

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Suggested hotels in Chengdu:

- Luxury 5-star hotels: Sofitel Wanda Chengdu 

- Boutique hotels: Buddha Zen Hotel, the Temple House

- For family with children: Somerset Riverview Chengdu Hotel

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Transfer to the China Panda Conservation and Research Center – Dujiangyan Base, located approximately 55kilometers (34miles) away from Chengdu. We arrange your family a full day panda volunteer program to learn more about giant pandas and carefully take care of them. Even the kids will learn the way to care and look after others. Later, transfer back to Chengdu.

Dujiangyan Panda Base – the world’s only giant panda disease control center, focusing on the panda pension, the rescue of the wild giant pandas and the research of disease control.

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This morning, you will visit Chengdu Natural History Museum. The museum’s cloud-shaped building is designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and has won an international design competition. The dinosaur-themed hall on the second-floor exhibits fossils from all over the world including those unearthed in Sichuan Basin, is children’s paradise. Later, you will visit Remnin Park to witness and experience local people's relaxed, even a bit lazy life. You will have a tea experience in local teahouse and may join local peoples’ mahjong playing. Today’s visit ends at Jinli Old Street, the most popular street in Chengdu, lined with traditional houses and full of local street foods and snacks. 

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Late breakfast today and then you will be transfer to airport in time for flight to Guilin, a south China city famous for its Karst landscapes. When arrived at Guilin airport, you will be met and transfer to hotel. Rest of the time is free at leisure to explore central lakes and pedestrian streets.

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Suggested family friendly hotels in Guilin:

- Luxury 5-star hotels: Shangri-la Hotel Guilin

- Boutique hotels: Aroma Tea House Guilin 

- For family with children: Guilin Jolie Vue Boutique Hotel, Bravo Hotel (with swimming pool)

Take a leisurely Li River cruise, one of the top things to do in China especially traveling with kids. Savor the breathtaking views all along. See what the oddly-shaped limestone peaks look like, and challenge your children to find the scene on the RMB 20 yuan note. Disembark at the beautiful small town famous for its Karst landscape--Yangshuo. At Yangshuo, take a paper fan painting class at Fuli Old Town - a famous hometown of Chinese paper fan. Kids will love this artistic hands-on class. Rest of the time is for your own exploration. At night, the West Street is a must-go where shows lively nightlife with both Chinese and western style. Besides, you can also go to watch the optional evening show 'Impression Sanjie Liu' on the natural stage along Li River.

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Suggested family friendly hotels in Yangshuo:

- Luxury 5-star hotels: Banyan Tree Yangshuo

- Boutique hotels: Alila Yangshuo, Yangshuo Secret Garden

- For family with children: Bamboo Leaf Hotel with family room and swimming pool)

In the morning, the happy day begins by biking (or walking) to the countryside to see the stunning scenery, rice paddies, water buffalo and local farmer's life. You and kids may even try doing farm works, or take an optional 1-hour bamboo rafting down Yulong River. After lunch at a local restaurant, you will be driven back to Guilin and visit Reed Flute Cave nearby Guilin downtown-- inside this water-eroded cave is a spectacular world of various stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations created by carbonate deposition. For kids with imagination, the cave is like a magical house. Later in the afternoon, proceed to the airport to fly to modern Shanghai.

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Suggested family friendly hotels in Shanghai:

- Luxury 5-star hotels: Hyatt on the Bund, The Langham Shanghai Xintiandi

- Boutique hotels: Les Suites Orient, Bund Shanghai, Yangtze Boutique Hotel

- For family with children: Holiday Inn Shanghai Vista (with swimming pool)

After breakfast at hotel, your family will take a full day guided tour of Shanghai city. Tour begins with a visit to Yu Garden located at the heart of Old Town. The history of Yu Garden can date from the 16th century. Explore this wonderful mixture world of pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds, bridges and shrubs. After looking around the gardens you will have time to stroll at the adjoining old street at the Yuyuan Market, where there are various kinds of street snacks will make your children mouth water.

In the afternoon transfer to visit the Former French Concession, it is a large area in Shanghai and once allocated to French from 1849 to 1946. Now the streets have changed their names, and most of them are bustling shopping streets and pleasant tree-lined avenues, and lined with beautiful restaurants, bars and cafes. Today you tour ends at the Bund, it is famous waterfront running along the west shore if Huangpu River, here you will see new-erect modern skyscrapers and old buildings of the colonial period.

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This morning, you will take a guided tour to water town called Zhujiajiao. Known as the "pearl stream" , the town is best known for its bridges built during Ming and Qing Dynasties. You can take the gondola style boat on its water lanes to enjoy the bridges and old buildings on each side. Back to down town in the afternoon for some free exploring, like visiting Shanghai History Museum and or shopping at Nanjing Road. You will be transfer to Pudong Airport in time for your flight back to sweet home.  

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