Mt. Huangshan and Anhui Villages 3 Day Tour
LinaLeeAL

LinaLeeAL

Malaysia

Reviewed on April 24, 2019

I used China Discovery (based in Chengdu) and our travel consultant was Yanny He to organise a private tour (car, guide, fast train tickets) to Huangshan and nearby villages. I selected this company after comparing with two other companies based on price as the level or response was the same. I found them most reasonable.

I organised my own hotel at Huangshan city and I think the Crowne Plaza was very good base as that’s the only western chain hotel that I am aware off and foreign credit card accepted.

One thing to note that foreign overseas credit cards in general are not accepted in any/most business/shop/ restaurant unless its part of a foreign chain or company. You will need cash for everything in general and that includes eating at the restaurants that the guide will take you to. Even the nice ones.

The booking and quick response was very much appreciated and Yanny’s patience in answering my questions was very nice and clear.

Generally a wonderful tour in terms or booking process, transport, organising, tour guide and tour itself. I paid using PayPal and did not encounter any issues.

I picked up my own fast train tickets from the Shanghai Hongqiao station after I received the reference number from Yanny. It was very easy.

The transport arrangements (car and driver) was polite,prompt, safe and on time each time. Car provide was a multi seater type van with space for luggage at the back. Very useful if you have a bit of luggage.

The tour guide provided (Jacky) was excellent. He is very patient and caring and speaks good English and helped me look after my parents very well making sure to stay and walk their pace while I go ahead on my own to take pictures on Mt. Huangshan. He was also very kind to help my parents with the small luggage on Mt Huangshan until we could pass it to the porter to carry the bag to the hotel. He also knew a lot of Chinese history and of the places we visited and point out places to get good pictures. He made sure everything went smoothly and provided useful tips to make the queue to get on the cable car easier also. We loved the places Jacky took us to for lunch. Food was good and standards were clean.

Note that if you don’t use a bag pack to carry stuff for your overnight stay you can get a porter to help with luggage but it will cost and charge according to weight. I think I t costs us 80RMB roughly for 8kgs.

The Xihai hotel 5 star wing is also good and the food in the hotel we found acceptable taste although it’s true a little bit more expensive than at bottom of mountain. But note that this hotel is a good at least 45 mins - 1 hour or hike up and down a few times to get to and from the Yungu Cable Car. It depends if you prefer more comfortable stay or shorter walk on the return trip to cable car. ....

Besides Huangshan, we also visited Hongcun and Xidi village in one day before the two days trip up and down Mt. Huangshan. Both worth a visit although if you had to choose, I would say you need only do Hongcun for the picturesque views and photos.

Date of Experience: April 18, 2019
Trip Type: Traveled as Families
Tour Customized by: Yanny

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