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How to Spend 5 Days in China | Top 20+ Itineraries Recommendation

Maximize your short stay in China with a carefully crafted 5-day tour! Whether you're on a business trip extension, utilizing the 240-hour visa-free transit policy, or simply seeking a focused exploration of one magnificent region, these concise yet enriching journeys deliver the essence of China's most dynamic cities and their cultural surroundings.

With over a decade of experience, we have designed these regional tours to maximize your time while maintaining a relaxed rhythm. Our tours feature quality accommodations, convenient transportation arrangements, and expert local guides who share intimate knowledge of their hometown. All itineraries can be customized to match your interests and preferences.

Our PRIVATE CHINA TOUR Features:

  • Flexible and Customizable:
    A fully customizable itinerary with arrangements made according to your travel date, group size, interests, and budget.
  • Cost-effective Packages:
    Our packages include sightseeing, accommodations, private transportation, flights, and expert guides at the best price - delivering great value while taking care of every detail.
  • Private and Comfortable:
    No group tours - just private guides, cars, drivers, and tailored experiences with the highest quality and best value.
  • Reliable Expertise:
    Be well taken care of by our experienced guides and receive continuous support and expert guidance from your travel consultant before, during, and after your trip.

BEST 5-Day China Tour Itineraries

For travelers seeking a concentrated Chinese experience, we offer several captivating regional explorations. Discover imperial Beijing and the Great Wall, experience Shanghai's modernity along with the classical gardens of Suzhou and Hangzhou, explore the culinary paradise of Guangzhou-Foshan-Shunde in the Pearl River Delta, visit Chengdu's pandas with Jiuzhaigou, etc. These combinations allow you to experience the depth of one region while making the most of your limited time. Here are our selected popular 5-day tour packages.

  • Hekeng Tulou Cluster Full View
    • 5 Days Xiamen, Tulou & Mount Wuyi Discovery Tour
    • The most popular Fujian trip to discover all best sightseeing, culture and history of Fujian Province with great fun, including classic visit to Xiamen with Gulangyu, Fujian Tulou in Nanjing and Yongding and Wuyi Mountain with Jiuqu Stream rafting!
    • Xiamen / Nanjing Tulou / Yongding Tulou / Xiamen / Wuyishan
    • from Request / private tour
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  • West Lake Summer Scenery
    • 5 Days Shanghai Hangzhou Suzhou Highlights Tour
    • Explore the 3 most popular destinations of the Yangtze Delta - Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Suzhou by the fast bullet trains. Every day is connected well, without any waste of time and money.
    • Shanghai / Hangzhou / Suzhou / Shanghai
    • from request / private tour
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  • Summer Palace Shot by Our Guest Nguyen
    • 5 Days Beijing Xian Highlights Tour
    • This is the briefest trip to travel Beijing and Xian two great destinations together with only the best highlights covered to make fully use of your time.
    • Beijing / Xian
    • from $740 / private tour
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  • Various Kinds of Cantonese Dim Sum
  • Five-flower Lake in Rize Valley
    • 5 Days Chengdu Jiuzhaigou Tour with Panda Visit
    • If you're always keen on exploring the heavenly beauty and digging fantastic culture, this is the best trip for you. Explore the two most popular tourist destinations in Sichuan - Chengdu and Jiuzhaigou on this air-land combo tour.
    • Chengdu / Huanglong / Jiuzhaigou
    • from $760 / private tour
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  • Luxury Yangtze River Cruise
    • 5 Days Chongqing, Wulong Karst & Yangtze Cruise Tour
    • If you are nature lovers who want several days getting far from the bustling metropolis into the cool and incredible nature, this 5 days tour will be right for you. It combines a trip to Wulong Karst Geological Park and a relaxing 4-day Yangtze River cruise from Chongqing to Yichang!
    • Chongqing / Wulong / Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Yichang
    • from Request / private tour
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  • Fenghuang Ancient Town before night falling in June, 2024.
    • 5 Days Amazing Zhangjiajie & Fenghuang Ancient Town Tour
    • This 5-day Zhangjiajie Fenghuang tour is the best way to fully make use of your time in Zhangjiajie. Admire all natural must-sees in UNESCO Zhangjiajie Forest Park with a cultural relaxation at antique Xiangxi flavored Fenghuang Ancient Town.
    • Zhangjiajie / Fenghuang / Zhangjiajie
    • from $699 / private tour
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  • Ashley from USA visited Blue Moon Valley in 2021
    • 5 Days Kunming Lijiang High Speed Train Tour
    • Want to explore the most outstanding destinations and iconic attractions in Yunnan? This 5 days tour takes you to Kunming and Lijiang, the two well known cities that can stand for Yunnan, covering all the essences, both natural and cultural.
    • Kunming / Lijiang
    • from $768 / private tour
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Other Recommended 5-Day China Tour Itineraries

For travelers interested in different experiences, we also offer specialized short tours including Xi'an with a taste of China's rich history, or Yunnan's enchanting landscapes and ethnic culture, etc. These thoughtfully planned itineraries showcase the remarkable diversity you can discover even in a brief visit to China.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

  • Different Terracoota Warriors - Elie from Belge
    This 5 days classic Xian Chengdu tour shines for the appreciation to the eternal Terracotta Warriors that is a World Heritages Site and one of the “Eight Wonders of the World”, and giant pandas which are the favorite of the globe. All the highlights in both two cities would be perfectly arranged for your entertainment and relaxation. More than that, the 3 hours’ Xian Chengdu high speed train traveling is a world new experience and makes you a leading speed fashionable person during your vacation in China. Let’s go!
    • Destinations: Xian / Chengdu
    • Hightlights: Terracotta Warriors, Chengdu Panda Base, Ancient City Wall, Jinli Old Street, Chengdu Xian High Speed Train Experience
    • from $551 / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Viewing Putuo Zongcheng Temple from Chengde Mountain Resort
    Our 5 days Beijing Chengde private tour is the most popular tour package to explore the best highlights of both Beijing and Chengde, including Great Wall hiking, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Chengde Mountain Resort, etc. A knowledgeable tour guide will accompany you to dig deep into the spectacular culture and history behind all the places you will visit. At the same time, our packaged services, including hotel, private transfer, meals, tickets, etc., will ensure you a comfortable and smooth holiday in Beijing, China.
    • Destinations: Beijing / Chengde / Beijing
    • Hightlights: Forbidden City, Jinshanling Great Wall, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Hutong Rickshaw, Chengde Mountain Resort, Putuo Zhongcheng Temple, Puning Temple
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Jenny's group from Vietnam - Yellow Mountain Sunrise, Huangshan, Anhui
    Southern China area boasts the elegant scenery with exquisite water and traditional buildings as well as fashion and vacation, and Shanghai to Huangshan are the two brightest stars. Traveling Shanghai with Huangshan, the Yellow Mountain takes you traverse from modern to ancient, from fashion to tradition, from city’s hustle and bustle to tranquility and quietness in this area.
    • Destinations: Shanghai / Huangshan
    • Hightlights: Yellow Mountain, Hongcun Ancient Village, The Bund, Yu Garden, Shanghai World Financial Center
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Mission Hills Shenzhen Golf Course
    Shenzhen is the city with the most densely scattered golf courses, the largest number of holes and the largest number of high ball population. Hence, it is an awesome choice to play golf in Shenzhen where offers Asia’s best golf resort - Mission Hill Golf Resort with breathtaking scenery, very leisure atmosphere, top-notch facilities, and luxury accommodation. Unlike golf courses in other cities, Shenzhen golf courses give you more than enjoy golf experience, but a green land to releasing huge pressure with sunshine, fresh air, blue sky, white clouds, imagination, quality...
    • Destinations: Shenzhen
    • Hightlights: Play 3 Rounds at Mission Hills Shenzhen Golf Resort, Splendid China Folk Village, Ping'an Financial Center
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Jichang Garden
    Do you know Jiangnan (江南)? It is a poetic name of the south region of the Yangtze River. Jiangsu is the typical Chinese-painting like destination demonstrating the charm of Jiangnan.Take our 5-day Jiangsu tour covered three popular destinations – Suzhou, Wuxi and Nanjing to free your imagination, relax your body and widen your mind by exploring the classical gardens, water towns, lake scenery, grand Buddha, silk culture as well as Jinling culture.
    • Destinations: Suzhou / Wuxi / Nanjing
    • Hightlights: Humble Administrator's Garden, Zhouzhuang, Yuantouzhu, Lingshan Grand Buddha, Dr. Zhongshan Ling, Nanjing Museum
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Bada Rice Terrace-20201216-Anne from German-CD-Z
    Taking this 5 days tour southern Yunnan (Kunming - Jianshui - Yuanyang line) gives you all imagination about colorful Yunnan! Start from Kunming for a magical journey to Stone Forest which is a geographical miracle and a giant precious art gallery of natural stone landscape. With another 200 kilometers’ driving, you’ll enter into a beautiful world totally carved by local industrious Hani people generation after generation for over 1300 years. Travel beyond Yuanyang and move to Jianhsui, giving you a strong sense of what an ancient town looks like. Let’s discover!
    • Destinations: Kunming / Stone Forest / Yuanyang / Jianshui / Kunming
    • Hightlights: Stone Forest, Laohuzui Rice Terrace, Bada Rice Terrace, Duoyishu Rice Terrace, Jianshui Ancient Town, Zhu Family Garden
    • from $984 / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Five Avenues (Wu Da Dao)
    This is an in-depth Tianjin Beijing tour, starting from Tianjin and end in Beijing. If you land China in Tianjin by a cruise from Japan, flight or high speed train, and has a continueing flight or train to catch in Beijing, this is the best tour for you. You will see the best highlights of both Tianjin and Beijing in 5 enjoyable days with our private tour services! A full understanding about the ancient and modern history of China will be rewarded during the tour.
    • Destinations: Tianjin / Beijing
    • Hightlights: Five Avenues, Tianjin Eye, Porcelain House, Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Tian'anmen Square, Olympic Park
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • A Taste of Qingdao Beer in Qingdao Beer Museum
    Shandong has one of the longest costal lines in China, known as Shandong Peninsula or Jiaodong Peninsula which is also one of the most beautiful coastal lines in China. The most popular costal lines of Shandong Peninsula lie in Qingdao in the south, Weihai and Yantai in the north. They all have pleasant weather, golden and soft beaches, reachable islands, amazing seafood, clean city… At the same time, you can also explore different cultures. Starting from Qingdao, and returning to Qingdao after trips in Weihai and Yantai, you can enjoy convenient transportation of gateway Qingdao to the fullest.
    • Destinations: Qingdao / Weihai / Yantai / Penglai / Qingdao
    • Hightlights: Qingdao Laoshan Mountain, Tsingtao Beer, Badaguan Scenic Resort, Weihai Liugong Island, Chengshantou Scenic Area, International Bathing Beach, Yantai Hill,, Penglai Pavilion
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Steven - Longji Rice Terraces (Pingan, Nice Dragons and Five Tigers, Spring), Guilin
    This is the in-depth way to travel Guilin. Guilin, Yangshuo and Longji, three most popular tourist destinations with best highlights are arranged to the point. You will start your vacation from Guilin to the charming Longji Rice Terraces to enjoy the nature created lines and colors. After the close-up with mountains and fresh wheat, continue your natural discovery by the relaxing cruise along Li River to Yangshuo, then feast your eyes with the verdant countryside landscape of Yulong River, Ten-mile Gallery...
    • Destinations: Guilin / Longsheng / Guilin / Yangshuo
    • Hightlights: Li River Cruise, Longji Ping'an Rice Terraces, Dazhai Village, Yulong River, Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave
    • from $561 / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Susa's Group from Germany - Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon
    Shenzhen is situated in the south of Guangdong Province, bordering on Hong Kong which is considered as the first city from Hong Kong to mainland China. While, Zhangjiajie is located on the northwest of Hunan Province in South Central China, about 1100 kilometers from Shenzhen. The best way to travel from Shenzhen to Zhangjiajie is by air which takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. From modern to rural, from cityscape with skyscrapers to incredible Avatar mountains, from crowds to tranquility...you will experience huge contrast on this adventurous journey to see the miracles of mankind and nature.
    • Destinations: Shenzhen / Zhangjiajie
    • Hightlights:
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • China Snow Town
    This 5 days private tour is one of our best-selling winter holidays. Its best highlight is China Snow Town which is reputed as the no.1 snow town in China and the best place to feel the charm of snow in the paradise-like world. All your imagination and desire about snow can be satisfied here. No matter you want to capture gorgeous panoramic view of the snow village, enjoy the fun of playing with snow, do some light hiking to nearby hill to watch sunrise, or experience real life of local snow town people... you will also explore the magnificent snow and ice sculptures, exotic streets and grandiose buildings in Harbin which is the best gateway to the Snow town.
    • Destinations: Harbin / China Snow Town / Harbin
    • Hightlights: China Snow Town, St. Sophia Church, Sun Island Scenic Resort, Ice and Snow World, Siberian Tiger Park, Laodaowai
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Flowery Yangshuo in September - Cassandre from France
    This tour is specially designed for you to experience the East-Meet-West culture in Hong Kong and also experience leisurely vacations and impressive outdoor adventures with the finest scenery in Guilin. Unlike some other tour groups which only spend a half day at Yangshuo, the essence of Guilin, our tour package will take you to enjoy the full beauty of Yangshuo - picturesque Yulong River, idylic Ten-mile Gallery and leisure local living experience.
    • Destinations: Hong Kong / Guilin
    • Hightlights: 5 Days Hong Kong Guilin Essence Tour
    • from $806 / private tour, Flexible departure

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  • Millennium City Park in Kaifeng
    Henan hides the very wealth of history and culture of China in its two ancient capital cities Luoyang and Kaifeng, and keeps the track of the origin and development of Chinese Kung Fu in the world-famous Shaolin Temple. That is the reason why you should visit Henan at least for once. This private tour takes you to discover the Golden Triangle of Henan – Luoyang, Shaolin Temple and Kaifeng with a leisure pace. It’s an authentic cultural experience which is quite different from what you can get in other parts of China.
    • Destinations: Zhengzhou / Kaifeng / Dengfeng / Luoyang
    • Hightlights: Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes, Millennium City Park, Kaifeng Ancient City Wall
    • from Request / private tour, Flexible departure

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Frequent Questions about China Travel Asked by Our Clients

Here we list out the most frequently asked questions that our former customers about tour planning, travel documents, itinerary, hotel, booking, dinning. You are also welcomed to submit your question to us, our travel experts are always ready to help. Read more tips »

All our tours are private tour packages except for some programs operated by our partners, such as Yangtze Cruise, Tibet Group Tour, etc. Private tour package means high standard of tour services and more flexibility. Travel with our tour package, you will have your own tour guide and vehicle who only serve for you. Besides, itinerary, hotels, meals and tour activities can all be customized according to your personal need. And for sure, all above services are covered in your tour price, which means you don’t have to worry about extra payment or hidden costs. While providing you the best tour service, we also ensure our tours are valuable and affordable for you.

Where to go?
For the first-timer China tour, you can go to classic destinations, such as Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Guilin, Zhangjiajie, Yangtze River, Tibet, etc. To add some different experience, you can travel classic destinations with some other unique destinations.
For Nature Enjoyment: Yunnan, Tibet, Sichuan, Gansu, Guizhou, Huangshan, Inner Mongolia, Yangtze River;
For Culture Exploration: Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Tibet, Xinjiang, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Pingyao, Luoyang, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xiamen, etc.
For Family with Kids: Shanghai, Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc.
For Adventure: Sichuan, Gansu, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan, etc.

When to go?
Since China is so large and diverse, you can always find suitable destinations to visit in each season, or each month. In the big metropolis, such as Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Chengdu, the season doesn't matter as much as visiting natural destinations, because their best highlights are all conveniently located in or near the city downtown, and it is always very easy to book flights, trains and hotels. But some destinations are only recommended to be visited in specific seasons.
Generally speaking, autumn is the best season to travel China when the weather is pleasant and scenery is finest. To avoid the crowds, you can avoid traveling during the festivals, such as National Holiday, Middle Autumn Festival, etc.

Unless you are qualified for Visa-free policies, such as long-term residential visa, transit visa free, or you are from specific countries, you are required to have a Tourist Visa (L Visa) for your China tour. You can apply for Chinese visa in Chinese embassies or consulates in your country. To successfully obtain a Chinese Visa, applicants need to prepare some materials to prove his/her legal identity and purpose of visiting. The most important requirements are basic documents, including your passport and a completed visa application form. And supporting documents relate to your itinerary like flight ticket and hotel booking record and visiting schedule and Invitation Letter, etc. are also very helpful.

Making a booking with us is quite simple: 1) Send an Inquiry; 2) Get a tour package with quotation from us; 3) Amend the tour according to your requirement; 4) You confirm the tour and pay a deposit; 5) Pay the balance; 6) Enjoy your tour.

You can make payment either by Wechat Pay, Alipay, or Bank Transfer, PayPal, even cash. Your travel consultant will instruct you to complete the payment.

If you must cancel your trip, please submit your cancellation in written form by email or fax with your signature as early as possible. The final refund amount depends on when we receive your cancellation notice or letter, and actual expense, such as hotel booking, tickets reservation, etc. Your travel consultant will help you with the detailed process.

It depends on your group size and budget. We have sedan car, SUV, business van (MPV), different types of buses available. No matter where you are going to visit, your vehicle is licensed, air conditioned, clean, and expertly maintained. To maximize your comfort, we use vehicles with extra space for you and your luggage.

In each destination, you’ll stay in a comfortable hotel with great location! We only use hotel with good-ratings, great locations, well-equipped facilities, cozy bed, high quality service and guests’ feedbacks. Choices are a lot ranging from luxury 5 star, comfortable 4 star to budget 3 star. You could decide where to stay to best suit for your budget and likes. Generally, the hotels have both Western and Chinese breakfast with a wide choices. If you have already got an ideal hotel, please feel free to tell our travel consultants and they'll book the hotel for you.

Start planning your tailor-made holiday to China by contacting one of our specialists. Once inquired, you’ll get a response within 0.5~23.5 hours.

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