Huangshan Trip Overview
1. In-depth discovery of Huangshan Mountain through off-beaten track
Experienced guide check weather forecast before the tour for make best use of your time
2. Astounding ancient villages which are listed by UNESCO world’s culture heritage site
3. Having fun to learn local handicraft bamboo weaving
4. Stay at a renovated deserted house use to be a pigsty
5. Bike or walk around Bishan village for idyllic countryside and the like back to Chairman Mao period.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Huangshan, China
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Nature & Wildlife
Explore Huangshan Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Huangshan, Anhui, China
1. In-depth discovery of Huangshan Mountain through off-beaten track
Experienced guide check weather forecast before the tour for make best use of your time
2. Astounding ancient villages which are listed by UNESCO world’s culture heritage site
3. Having fun to learn local handicraft bamboo weaving
4. Stay at a renovated deserted house use to be a pigsty
5. Bike or walk around Bishan village for idyllic countryside and the like back to Chairman Mao period.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive in Huangshan Tunxi International Airport
Stop At: Huangshan, Huangshan, Anhui
Meet your guide in the airport after luggage claim, escort to your hotel in Huangshan city.
He/she will give you briefing introduction of the city and things to you should know before the tour.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Xinan Country Villa Hotel(in Huangshan city), a 3 star hotel
Day 2: Yellow Mountain, Known as Mt. Huangshan, take a Yungu cable car up from back hill, West Sea Grand Canyon
Stop At: Mt. Huangshan, Huangshan China
Route for an energetic hiker in good shape: cable car up, explore the cycle ring of West Sea Grand Canyon. The whole hiking trip lasts for 5 hours, covering the 1st ring, 2nd ring, and bottom of the canyon. If time and physical permit, further track to the sites of the Flying-over Rock and watch the sunset at Bright Top. Then 40 minutes’ go back to the hotel.
For beginners, children, and seniors: Get off the cable car, 30 minutes’ walk to the observation points of Black Tiger Pine and Dream Flower Pine. Continue to West Sea Grand Canyon. You can decide how long you would like to walk for: reaching the 1st ring and returning takes about two hours; reaching the 2nd ring and returning takes about 2½ hours. If you stay overnight on the mountain, you can enjoy the sunset at Cloud-dispelling Pavilion. It takes about 30 minutes to get back to the hotel.
Smart tips: For safety consideration, the West Sea Grand Canyon is closed for snowy weather from Dec. 1st to Mar. 31st. You will take the route to Bright Summit Top which is the best place to see sunrise and sun set scenery.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Buffet lunch in your hotel
• Lunch: Lunch in your hotel on Mt. Huangshan
Accommodation included: Overnight at Shilin Hotel, a 4 star hotel
Day 3: Get up early today for stunning view of sunrise, Hongcun Village, Learn Bamboo Weaving in Nanping Village
Stop At: Mt. Huangshan, Huangshan China
Get up early today for stunning view of sunrise on Yellow Mountain, it is completely dark in the beginning, your guide will check the weather forecast and time of sunrise before the tour, make the best use of your time there.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Hongcun Ancient Village, Northwest Corner, Yi County 245500 China
Listed by UNESCO for its beauty and largely undeveloped traditional streets and houses. The village has over 800 years old leaning against Mt. Huangshan, The famous film “Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon” was made here. The architecture symbolized Chinese geomancy in white walls and gray tiles beside the waterways, some of the local family open to visitors, savor your taste-buds of local flavor in the village.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Qianxian Nanping Village Scenic Resort, Nanping Village, Biyang Town, Yi County 245500 China
located in the southwest part of Yixian County, 20 minutes’ drive from Hongcun, the villages around have a long history of using bamboo to make household supplies. We will visit a local craftsman for learning a traditional skill of bamboo weaving.
Overnight stay Pig’s Inn in Bishan Village.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight stay Pig’s Inn in Bishan Village, a countryside boutique hotel
Day 4: Bike or walk around Bishan Village for a rural artistic Utopia experience, make a local delicacy – Sticky Rice Peach
Stop At: D&Department Huangshan by Bishan Crafts Cooperatives, Bishan Village, Yi County, Huangshan China
full of artiest atmosphere and surrounded by idyllic scenery.
Start the trip from Pig’s Inn, pass by Pig’s Inn chain hotel which was rebuilt base on an old oil workshop, a supply and marketing cooperative, an old-school barbers’ shop, and stop for a cup of coffee at a coolest countryside bookstore, your guide will tell you interesting stories of its past and present Bishan rural Utopia plan.
Have fun to make a local delicacy – Sticky Rice Peach at a pub, processing from rice milling, mounding into flower or fruit shape, steam and taste the fruit of your labor.
Transfer to Huangshan Airport later today for catch your onward flight.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.