Chriss
Germany
- Reviewed on May 13, 2024
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We booked a 10-day private tour for 2 people with Rita Jiang, China Discovery. Start from Shanghai, flight to Chongqing, 3 nights Yangtze River cruise to Yangshuo, from there transport by car to Zhangjiajie, 3 nights, visit to Zhangjiajie National Park, Tianmen Mountain with Glass Skywalk and Tianmen Carve. Our guide was Tony. Onward transport by express train to Guilin. There we were already met by Peter, our guide, and taken to the hotel. The next day we went on a river cruise on the Li River to Yangshuo, in the evening we saw the Impression Liu Sanjie show. We had booked a higher seat category, which included private access and covered seats. The surcharge was manageable - the show was another highlight of our trip. Highly recommended. Other attractions in Yangshuo were Ruyi Scenic Park, in Guilin Elephant Trunk Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Daxu Ancient Town and a trip to the Longji rice terraces. The entire planning worked more than perfectly. Rita had already warned us in advance that there would be a lot of tourists due to the Labor Day holidays. In Zhangjiajie we decided not to use the Bailong Elevator. The wait to go up would have taken 3 hours. Tony, our guide, was prepared and had a plan B, we hiked 8 km to another cable car and had a great view of the national park. Tony spoke perfect English and gave us a lot of interesting information. We can say the same about Peter, our guide in Guilin. He looked after us very well and was extremely concerned about our safety. Both guides brought us safely to the train. The restaurants they chose were absolutely delicious. Our wish to change the 2nd class ticket we had booked for the train to Guilin to 1st class was made possible by Rita, even though almost everything was fully booked. Rita looked after us very well from the first contact. From the tips for the trip to being reachable during the trip. Our flight from Shanghai to Chongqing on Sunday morning was canceled. Rita tried to contact us several times at 6 a.m. to inform us. She had already booked a new flight. We felt well looked after and informed throughout the entire trip. The travel information sent in advance was very helpful. The hotels were all surprisingly nice, we often got an upgrade and therefore very large rooms. The WeChat app was very helpful. In China, communication, payment and taxis (Didi) are mainly done via the app. Foreigners can store their credit card here. Rita and the guides were available at all times via WeChat. We booked mobile data through Holafly. A little more expensive, but with unlimited data volume. Google Translator, Google Maps and WhatsApp worked via the stored VPN. We would book with Rita again in a heartbeat and recommend her to friends. 10 out of 10 points for Rita, Tony, Peter and our drivers and a big thank you for the very impressive and eventful trip.
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