3 Days Huangshan Mountain and Hongcun Ancient Village Private Tour

Day-by-day Itinerary

1. Day 1: Huangshan Arrival
   Tunxi Ancient Street (L)

   AM: Upon your arrival at Huangshan, your local guide will greet you at the exit of airport/train station by holding a name sign and take you to have a lunch. Before getting off the plane/train, please double check your belongings to ensure you have collet all your stuff.

   Noon: Lunch at local restaurant.

   PM: After the lunch, we will visit Tunxi Ancient Street, China’s most well-preserved ancient street combining architectural style of the Southern Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. Just stroll on the street leisurely and appreciate the Hui-style buildings. You can optionally try some local snacks such as sesame seed cake (Shao Bing) and hair bean curd (Mao Dou Fu). Then your guide and driver will transfer you to downtown hotel for a good rest. BTW, you can prepare something for the hiking in advance. Highly recommend you prepare some snacks to keep your energy up and bring a jacket even in summer. And don’t forget hiking pole, rain coat and rain boots regardless of the time of year considering the mountain is notorious for rainfall.

   Accommodation: Huangshan local 5 stars hotel

   

2. Day 2: Huangshan
   Cloud Valley Temple, Mt. Huangshan (B + L)

   Today is all about the Yellow Mountain. Your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel in the morning and drive to the mountain. Upon arrival, we will take a shuttle bus to Cloud Valley Temple and then take a cable car up the mountain. Then hike to enjoy the beautiful scenery at North Sea, Beginning-to-believe Peak, Cloud-dispelling Pavilion and West Sea Valley. Along the way you will see many uniquely shaped pine trees growing out of the steep cliffs as if someone trimmed them. There will be many staircases that go up and down, but all the tiredness of climbing will be gone when you see the breathtaking scenery. Please do not watch your camera or phone while walking. At about 16:00 pm, we will take the cable car down to the foot of the mountain and transfer back to your hotel.

   Accommodation: Huangshan local 5 stars hotel

   

3. Day 3: Huangshan Departure
   Hongcun Village, Tangmo Ancient Village, Lingshan Village (B + L)

   AM: Meet your guide and driver at your hotel lobby in the morning after breakfast and check out as you will leave Huangshan directly after the tour. Please pack your belongings in advance.

   We will visit Hongcun Village today. More than 800-year-old Hongcun is a typical representative of Hui-style building, mainly in black, white and grey colors. It was listed as World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. You will see many original residences from Ming and Qing dynasties here, among which Chengzhi Hall is an architectural masterpiece and enjoys the name of “Folk Forbidden City”. It has a lot of complex wood carvings with great artistic value. We will also stroll along the South Lake and absorb in the picturesque scenery.

   Noon: Lunch at a local restaurant.

   PM: In the afternoon, your guide and driver will transfer you to the train station/airport for your departure train/flight. Our 3-day Huangshan tour will end here. Wish you a pleasant journey.

   Tips:

   Considering Hongcun is very famous, there are many domestic and foreign visitors. If you want a less-visited & crowded village, we can arrange Tangmo Ancient Village or Lingshan Village insted of Hongcun Village for you.

   Tangmo Ancient Village could be dated back to the Tang Dynasty, and its name means “model village of the Tang Dynasty” (Tang refers to the Tang Dynasty, and mo means model in Chinese). Tanganyuan Gardendefinitely cannot be missed here. The garden was said to be built by a rich businessman for his mother who wanted to visit the famous West Lake in Hangzhou but was restrained by her physical conditions. Her son spent lots of money building the garden by imitating the West Lake. There’s a 400-year-old camphor tree which was once in a Chinese movie Marriage of the Fairy Princess. Couples usually make wishes under the tree and tie red ribbons with each other’s name on the tree. The garden also is a good place to appreciate calligraphic inscriptions of famous Chinese calligraphers from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. You can learn rubbing art from a teacher and try to make a piece by yourself to feel the charm of calligraphy culture.

   Lingshan Village, surrounded by endless bamboo forest, seems far away from the bustling world, and the people here live a simple life. Just immerse yourself in the pastoral scenery. Walking along the Water Street, you will see old residential houses, stones bridges and even villagers washing their clothes in the river. Lingshan people make full use of abundant bamboo resources. They can make basket, hat, dustpan, and other things with bamboo. Marvel at their excellent skills and learn to make things by using bamboo.