5 Days Huangshan and Xian River Hiking Tour

Upon your arrival, be picked up at the railway station or airport, transferred to 4* Huiman Hotel in the downtown of Huangshan City. Enjoy the leisure time on your own arrangement. You can take a taxi to Tunxi Old Street, have a stroll on it and take a look of the architecture and interesting things sold on it like how to make the paint brushes.

Hotel: 4* Huiman Hotel (Chinese garden style hotel)

After breakfast, drive 1 hour to Xinan River Landscape Gallery which is not an official scenic area. We would bring you into the nature in Huangshan city without lots of the tourists groups disturbed and enjoy the inner joy caused by the tranquility beauty along the river. We would firstly drop you off at the pier, then taking the ferry boat to the opposite side and start your hiking. How far you'd like to walk is decided by yourself. If you are not willing to walk further, just take the ferry to the opposite side, our driver would pick you up and drive you back to hotel. The hiking is in easy level. It is interesting to walk into the old civilian structures to catch a glimpse of the villager's life. And you would have chance to taste the nice farm food as lunch inside the local restaurant along the hiking. You would meet with the blooming rape flowers if hiking on March and the beginning of Apr. The whole hiking distance is 50km and it takes around 4 hours hiking. Drive back to hotel and take a rest for next day' labor-intensive hiking on top of mountain.

Hotel: 4* Huiman Hotel (Chinese garden style hotel)

After breakfast, drive around 1 hour to Huangshan Scenic Area, take Yungu Gondola up and hike through Shixin Peak, Beihai Scenic Area. Check in and take a rest in your hotel. You would depart from hotel at around 02:30pm-03:30pm, then spend 3 hours by following the route of Unity Pine – Bright Summit - Flown in stone - Cloud-Dispelling Building (Hiking distance-8km, 3 hours), enjoy the sunset and sunset glow in Cloud-Dispelling Pavilion finally. Walk 20 mins back to Xihai Hotel. Take a good rest in order to prepare for next day’s early get up for sunrise.

Hotel: 4* North Wing of Xihai Hotel

Today's hiking hours: around 5-6 hours

Get up early and enjoy the sunrise near your hotel if the weather is good. After breakfast, you would start to do the hiking on West Sea Grand Canyon. You would firstly hike the 1^st Ring, if possible, continue to hike to the 2^nd Ring. Then take the monorail up to Baiyun Hotel to have lunch there. It normally takes 2-3 hours hiking time to finish the 1^st Ring and 2^nd Ring of West Sea Grand Canyon. After lunch, walk to Buxian Bridge (Fairy Stepping Bridge) and then turn back to Baiyun Hotel as it is a one way route but the scenery along is exquisite. It takes around 2.5 hours to finish this walk. Then walk another 1.5 hours from Baiyun Hotel to Bright Summit.

Hotel: 4* North Wing of Xihai Hotel

Today's hiking hours: around 7 hours

After breakfast, walk directly to western steps as we were hiking around eastern steps in last days. Would pass through Aoyu Peak, Hundreds Step Cloud Ladder, Lotus Peak and then arrive Yuping Building (around 8km, 4 hours hiking). After lunch, walk to appreciate Ying Ke Pine, or Welcoming-Guests Pine, which thought to have 1,500 years old. Then trek down the mountain by passing Banshan Temple and Lima Bridge. We would arrange the lunch at Tangkou Town where Mt Huangshan located. Then drive you to Tunxi City for departure, go to the airport or railway station to catch your next stop in China.

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