Hangzhou Trip Overview
In this 4-day private tour, you will be enticed with the misty, sharp mountains as you make your way on the chairlift, rope bridges, suspended paths, and the jungle roads. Prepare to be intrigued and amazed by the landscape and its nationally protected cultural relics. The tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel in Hangzhou.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Hangzhou, China
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
In this 4-day private tour, you will be enticed with the misty, sharp mountains as you make your way on the chairlift, rope bridges, suspended paths, and the jungle roads. Prepare to be intrigued and amazed by the landscape and its nationally protected cultural relics. The tour concludes with drop-off at your hotel in Hangzhou.
Itinerary
Day 1: Hangzhou -> Taizhou
Stop At: Hangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Hangzhou meetup. Private vehicle to Xianju. Lunch.
9:00 – 12:00 Meet at your hotel in downtown Hangzhou and get on the private vehicle to Xianju
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch at Xianju local restaurant
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Shenxianju Scenic Resort of Xianju, Within Xianju Scenic Aera, Xianju County 317100 China
Shenxianju ‘Immortal’s Haven’ National Scenic Park. Stay the night at the park resort.
13:00 – 17:00 Explore the Shenxianju National Scenic Park
Shenxianju ‘Immortals Haven’: The place the gods come to rest. A national 4A-rated protected scenic park. Wander through a landscape of misty, sharp mountain peaks as you make your way on chairlifts, rope bridges, suspended cliff-edge paths, and jungle roads. Be intrigued and amazed by the landscape and its geographical variety, which has led some to call it a natural museum.
Arrive at the Shenxianju National Scenic Park Resort hotel. Check in for the night.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at a local 4 star hotel
Day 2: Xianju County Outdoors -> Tiantai County
Stop At: Xianju Scenic Aera, Xianju County , Taizhou, Xianju County 317100 China
Yong’an River Rafting. Lunch. Potan ancient farming village.
Bright and early, eat a hotel breakfast then set out.
9:00 – 12:00 Arrive at the water’s edge, pull on a life vest, step onto your floating bamboo platform and go rafting on the Yongan River.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch at a local restaurant at Xianju
13:00 – 16:00 Experience an old-time Chinese village atmosphere at Potan Ancient Village.
Yongan River: This 7.68 km path runs through deep valleys as your driver guides your bamboo raft through the crystal-clear waters. It is here that you will be able to truly enjoy time away from noisy city life as you relax with blue water, clear skies, rugged mountains, and new friends at your side.
Potan Ancient Village: a great example of an ancient Southern Chinese farming village The area features a 3km long ancient cobblestone street in the shape of a dragon (hence the name). Full of homes built in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming Dynasties and the Republic of China.
Duration: 8 hours
Stop At: Tiantai County, Tiantai County, Zhejiang
Ride to Tiantai County.
16:00: Get on the car to ‘Platform of Heaven’ Tiantai.
Arrive. Check in at the hotel. Stay the night.
Tiantai County: Located in the central area of Zhejiang and the northern area of Taizhou, Tiantai County is famous for its expansive open natural landscape. It got its name from both its beautiful scenery and its role as one of the first large Buddhist sites in China. Here, you will be visiting Guoqing Temple and Tongbai Palace, two significant Buddhist landmarks
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a local 4 star hotal at Tiantai
Day 3: Tiantai County
Stop At: Taizhou Guoqing Temple, Guoqing Road, Tiantai County 317200 China
Guoqing Buddhist Temple. Lunch.
9:00 – 12:00 Discover Guoqing Temple, a protected national relic temple from the Sui Dynasty.
12:00 – 13:00 Leave the temple. Return to Tiantai for a restaurant lunch.
Guoqing Temple: constructed in 598 during the Sui Dynasty under the name Tiantai Temple. With an area of 73,000m2, the temple is the ground of powerful historic events. It was the origin of the Tiantai branch of Buddhism, and the site where the highest monks would come to meditate and learn. The temple influenced many parts of East Asia, including Japan, which sent its monks to Tiantai to study as well.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Taizhou Qiongtai Xiangu Scenic Resort, 7 km Northwest of the County, Tiantai County 317200 China
Qiongtai ‘Valley of the Immortals’.
13:00 – 17:00 Finish eating then ride to the Qiongtai ‘Valley of the Immortals’.Explore this vast stone and stream landscape.
Afterwards, return to the hotel for the evening. Tomorrow morning is free, so feel free to play late, laugh drink and make the most of Tiantai.
Qiongtai Immortal Valley: a vast corridor of sharp granite peaks on each side. Nicknames such as ‘poetic rocks,’ ‘twin girl peaks,’ ‘banquet of the immortals,’ etc. Streams run the length of the area and flow over a waterfall and into a clear pool called the ‘dragon pool’.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at a local 4 star hotel at Tiantai
Day 4: Return to Hangzhou from Tiantai
Stop At: West Lake (Xi Hu), West Lake Scenic, Xihu District, Hangzhou 310000 China
After breakfast, head back to Hangzhou
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.