Xi’an Trip Overview
Soak up the highlights of UNESCO-listed Mount Hua on this comprehensive private guided tour from Xi’an by private car. Accompanied by your own tour guide, take the panoramic cable-car to either the North Peak or the West Peak, travel at your own pace, you can decide how far you want to go. If you dare enough to try the most famous Changkong Plank Trail just let your tour guide know. Along the way, you will learn religious, historic, and cultural significance of the mountain. Round-trip hotel transfers, entrance fee, cable car round trip and local lunch are included.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 to 9 hours
Starts: Xi’an, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Soak up the highlights of UNESCO-listed Mount Hua on this comprehensive private guided tour from Xi’an by private car. Accompanied by your own tour guide, take the panoramic cable-car to either the North Peak or the West Peak, travel at your own pace, you can decide how far you want to go. If you dare enough to try the most famous Changkong Plank Trail just let your tour guide know. Along the way, you will learn religious, historic, and cultural significance of the mountain. Round-trip hotel transfers, entrance fee, cable car round trip and local lunch are included.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Mount Huashan, Within Huayin, Huayin 714200 China
Meet up at the lobby of your Xi’an Downtown hotel in the morning, greeting by your knowledgeable and friendly personal guide then transferred by an air-conditioned vehicle to Mount Huashan (2 hours), your tour guide will explain the related histories along the way, feel free to ask questions if you have.
Mount Huashan is famous for natural vista of steep and narrow paths, precipitous crags and a high mountain range. Its five peaks are the representative attractions and each has its distinctive charms: East Peak is the best place to enjoy the sunrise; South Peak has the highest altitude; West Peak is the most elegant; North Peak is famous as the Cloud Terrace Peak and Middle Peak is also called Jade Lady Peak.
The Mount Huashan is also home to several influential Taoist temples, where many emperors of past dynasties took part in Taoist activities and sacrificed to the god of mountain, making it a holy land of Taoism.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Mountain Huashan Plank Trail, East side of Mountaion Huashan, Huayin China
Based on your preferences and condition, choose the peak suites you best. Typically, you will board a cable car to either the North Peak or the West Peak.
From the North Peak, if you have enough energy you will experience the Ear-Touching Cliff, Heavenward Ladder, Black Dragon Ridge, then reach the Golden Lock Pass and visit Middle Peak, the East Peak. Then hike to the South Peak which is the highest peak of Mt.Hua. (You can decide how far you want to go).
Here, if you dare enough to try the most famous Changkong Plank Trail(might have a long queue, at your own cost), a 0.3 meters wide plank path built along a bottomless vertical cliff. It looks scary, but definitely worth a try.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Cuiyun Palace, F3JJ+2W6, Huayin, Weinan, Shaanxi, China
Finally, you will reach the West Peak which is the symbol of Mount Hua. Follow your tour guide to enjoy spectacular view of the surroundings, then explore the Cuiyun Palace and get to know different legandary stories related with Mount Hua.
Descend by cable car, then you will be transferred to your hotel in Xi’an.
Duration: 30 minutes
