Guangzhou, Zhangjiajie and Chongqing in 7 Days

Meet the driver at Guangzhou Airport and transfer to the hotel, where a Russian-speaking escort will help with check-in and explain the route. At about 5:00 pm, begin the city introduction at the 600-metre Canton Tower, continue along Beijing Road above its displayed historical pavement layers, and visit Dafo Temple. End with the scheduled Cantonese welcome dinner. Travellers needing more recovery time may arrive a day early; the extra hotel night is arranged at additional cost.

Transfer to the station and board the high-speed train for Furong, a journey scheduled at approximately five and a half hours. Meet the local Russian-speaking guide on arrival and have dinner before walking through Furong Ancient Town, where houses and lanes overlook a broad waterfall. Continue by road to Zhangjiajie, check in and rest.

Explore the pillar landscape of Zhangjiajie and the wider Wulingyuan area. Elevated paths and viewpoints reveal narrow quartz-sandstone formations rising above wooded ravines, scenery promoted in Hunan as a visual prototype for Pandora's floating mountains in Avatar. Ride the 326-metre Bailong Elevator to the upper area; Guinness World Records recognises it as the tallest outdoor elevator. Continue through the park along panoramic paths and viewing platforms.

Visit Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon and cross its 430-metre glass bridge, suspended high above the canyon floor. Continue in the afternoon to Yellow Dragon Cave, also known as Huanglong Cave. Follow the illuminated visitor route through large limestone chambers, stalactites and stalagmites, then experience part of the underground system from a sightseeing boat. The day brings together an open-air canyon crossing and a dramatically different world below ground.

Travel through Tianmen Mountain's high landscape by cableway and mountain transport. Follow a glass-sided cliff path when conditions allow and see Tianmen Cave, the natural arch known as Heaven's Gate. After the excursion, transfer to the airport for the evening flight to Chongqing. Meet the local guide on arrival, continue to the hotel and check in.

Start at Luohan Temple and its collection of arhat figures, then move to Kuixinglou for a clear sense of Chongqing's multi-level streets. At Liziba, watch a Chongqing Rail Transit train pass through the station building. Continue through the restored lanes of Xiahaoli in the Longmenhao historical block. Conclude at Huixianlou Skyview in Chongqing WFC, looking across the compact skyline and towards the meeting of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers from the upper-floor observation attraction.

Check out after breakfast and meet the driver for a private transfer to Chongqing Airport. The escorted programme concludes at the airport in time for your booked onward flight.