12-Day Beijing to Hong Kong Tour | Great Wall, Peaks & River Cruising

Your Beijing to Hong Kong tour begins here. Meet your local team in Beijing and travel to the hotel by private vehicle. Keep the arrival day for checking in, resting and becoming familiar with the nearby streets, rather than adding a fixed sightseeing circuit. Your meeting point follows the confirmed flight or train, with luggage and any early-arrival needs discussed beforehand.

Spend around 1.5–2 hours with the Temple of Heaven’s main ceremonial spaces, distinguishing harvest prayers from the Circular Mound’s ritual role. Continue for roughly three hours through the Forbidden City’s selected halls and courtyards. Your guide relates architectural order to government and palace life, with time for food, transfers and the separate entry procedures between these substantial visits.

Forbidden City Tickets · Temple of Heaven Highlights

Drive roughly 1.5–2.5 hours to Badaling, using the confirmed scenic transfer and return cableway. Select 2–3 hours of walking and viewpoints according to fitness, queues and weather; gradients and steps remain on the wall. Return to Beijing with time to rest and pack for tomorrow’s morning train rather than adding another evening programme.

Badaling Great Wall

Take a second-class high-speed train from Beijing South to Shanghai Hongqiao, provisionally around 4.5–6 hours. After pickup, check-in and a break, walk the Bund for around an hour as the waterfront changes toward evening. Continue with the specified 45–60-minute Huangpu night cruise, matching the actual sailing to the train arrival and city transfer.

The Bund

Allow around 1–1.5 hours in Yu Garden before a short walk through the bazaar and Nine-Turn Bridge area. Transfer to the airport for an economy-class flight to Zhangjiajie and the road connection to Wulingyuan. This evening’s priority is arrival and rest, placing you near tomorrow’s forest-park entrance rather than adding a city tour after the flight.

Yu Garden

Use park eco-buses and the Bailong Elevator to reach Yuanjiajie, walking selected paths among sandstone pillars and forested ravines. Continue by official transport to Tianzi Mountain, then descend by cableway. Allow a full day with breaks and queues; the route may be reversed as a whole to suit operations, without confusing the scenic buses with a private car inside the park.

Yuanjiajie · Tianzi Mountain

Make an early, focused 2–2.5-hour visit to the Grand Canyon Glass Bridge area; the full canyon-floor walk is not part of this day. Continue to Tianmen Mountain for roughly 4–5 hours using the operating ticket route. Two substantial sites make this a demanding day, with queues and the cross-city drive included. The cliffside glass walkway is optional. Stay in Zhangjiajie city tonight. As checked on 21 October 2026, the operator offers the C route via Tianmen Cave Express Cableway and the upper escalators while the long cableway is closed; recheck the route for your dates.

Tianmen Mountain · Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge

Reserve the day for the second-class journey from Zhangjiajie West to Guilin, with a direct or connecting service chosen for your date. Provisionally allow 6–8 hours on the railway and additional station and hotel transfers. Meet the local team and settle into central Guilin; any neighbourhood exploration or noodle stop is independent and arrival-dependent.

Start early with around an hour at Reed Flute Cave, then continue toward Longji, allowing roughly 2.5–3 hours for road and scenic transfers. Spend 2.5–3 hours in the Ping’an village and terrace area, choosing a realistic turnaround point on hillside paths. Return to Guilin after this single terrace sector rather than trying to combine all Longji villages.

Reed Flute Cave · Longji Rice Terraces

Board the booked Li River vessel for roughly 4–4.5 hours toward Yangshuo, watching limestone peaks, villages and cultivated banks unfold from the water. After arrival, choose around 1–1.5 hours of countryside cycling on suitable roads or an easier walk. Agree the distance and equipment beforehand, then continue to your Yangshuo hotel rather than driving back to Guilin tonight.

Li River Cruise

Drive roughly 1.5–2 hours to Guilin West, allowing additional time for station procedures, then take a second-class cross-boundary train to Hong Kong West Kowloon. The rail segment is provisionally around 3–3.5 hours. Complete the required border formalities and meet the local representative for the hotel transfer. Harbour exploration is independent; no fixed Hong Kong sightseeing day is included.

Keep the final free time for packing, rest or a short independent walk before your departure transfer in Hong Kong. The pickup is planned around the actual flight or train, hotel location, road conditions and departure procedures. No extra timed attraction is inserted into this connection; additional guiding, nights or excursions require an agreed supplement. This completes your Beijing to Hong Kong tour.