- Upon arriving in Beijing, your WildChina Beijing guide will meet you at the arrival hall with your chauffeur private vehicle on standby, ready to take you to your hotel

- Enjoy a welcome dinner and spend the rest of the evening at your leisure

- Gaze across Tiananmen Square and take in the full weight of its historical significance

- Explore the Forbidden City, where emperors ruled, concubines fluttered their fans, and eunuchs schemed for five hundred years

Set out in search of the Dragon’s nine favorite sons, learning about their various abilities and cultural significance along the way

- After lunching by Houhai, set out on a pedi-cab exploration of Beijing’s ancient, interwoven hutong alleys

- Enjoy the rest of the afternoon at your own leisure before dining on Peking duck in a renovated courtyard restaurant

- Make your way to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall

- Hike along this majestic wonder of the world and travel back down on an exhilarating toboggan ride

- Journey down the 'Sacred Way', which branches off into the thirteen imperial mausoleums composing the Ming Tombs

- Channel your inner Bruce Lee in a private kung fu lesson with a master at the Temple of Heaven, a meeting spot for fitness dancers, kite fliers, and chess players

- If time permits, visit Beijing Olympic Park, home to the Bird's Nest and Water Cube before heading to a nearby sports complex for a round of badminton or ping pong

- Your Beijing guide will escort you to the Beijing Train Station for your bullet train to Luoyang, Henan Province (4 hrs, 813 km)

- Upon arriving in Luoyang, you will be greeted by a WildChina guide and escorted to your hotel

- In the morning, take an hour-long car ride to Shaolin kung fu school to take a class with local student monks

- Visit Shaolin Temple to learn about the history of Shaolin kung fu- Afterwards, travel back to your hotel in Luoyang

- Wander around the awe-inspiring Longmen Grottoes, where Buddhas hewn in stone tower above you

- Visit White Horse Temple, reputed to be the first Buddhist temple in China

- Your Luoyang guide will escort you to the Luoyang Train Station for your bullet train to Xi’an

- You will be met by your WildChina Xi’an guide along with private vehicle upon arriving in Xi’an and then transferred to your hotel

- Gaze into the heart of Xi'an as you set out along the Ancient city wall which wraps around the historical city center

- Decipher the inscribed stone tablets in the Stele Forest before you compose some characters of your own in a private calligraphy lesson

- Explore the sights and sounds of Xi’an’s bustling Muslim Quarter, where street vendors hawk local delicacies

- View the proudly unflinching, life-sized Terracotta Warriors

- Your WildChina Xi’an guide and chauffeur will take you to the airport in your private vehicle and help you check in for your flight to Lijiang

- When you arrive in Lijiang, you will be met by your local WildChina guide in the airport arrival hall, with your chauffeur and private vehicle ready to whisk you off to your hotel

- Explore the small paths and canals that weave through Lijiang Old Town before being set loose on an “Eye-Spy” treasure hunt game

- After a refreshing lunch, set out on foot or grab a bike as we head for a closer look at Lijiang's snow-crowned sentinel, the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

- Take part in a festive dinner party in a local Naxi courtyard home to the tune of live Naxi music by your own

- In the morning, set out for your 5-6 hour car ride to Dali

- En route, take a break in the historical market town of Shaxi, which was a gateway between Tibet and Eastern China on the Tea and Horse Caravan Road

- In the late afternoon, travel back in time by walking around Dali’s picturesque old town, a mixture of pagodas, red lanterns and mountains

- Following a locally-sourced dinner in Dali old town, return to your hotel for the evening

- Before honing your cooking skills in a private lesson, pick and choose your fresh ingredients in a local produce market

- Enjoy a leisurely bike ride around Erhai Lake, flying past rural countryside and minority villages along the way

- Your WildChina team will transfer you to the airport and help you check in for your flight to Shanghai

- Upon arriving in Shanghai, your WildChina Shanghai guide will meet you in the airport arrival hall with your chauffeur and private vehicle ready to take you to your hotel to check in and relax

- Enjoy ERA Acrobatics Performance that fuses Chinese acrobatics with modern technology

- Wander the maze of pavilions and arched bridges of Yu Garden, the most celebrated classical garden in Shanghai, then browse through Cheng Hung Miao Bazaar

- Talk a walk down the elegant tree-lined streets of the French Concession, awash in old-world residential charm, or spend the rest of the afternoon at your own leisure

- Sit down to a resplendent Shanghainese farewell dinner by your own

- Zip towards Pudong International Airport at well over 400km/hour on the Maglev

- Your WildChina guide will help you check in for your departure flight