Iconic China

Iconic China
Length: 12 Days | 11 Nights Estimated Cost: $3500-$4500 / person

Explore China’s famous symbols and the history that led to today. Highlights: Pandas, Hot Pot, Chongqing Cyberpunk City, Red History, modern socialist development, tech, infrastructure.

This trip was developed in collaboration with Sunriver, a leading Chinese travel company that is committed to developing one-stop leisure vacation services.

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Schedule

DAY 1 Welcome to Shanghai

• Arrive in Shanghai

• Greeting at Pudong International Airport/Hongqiao International Airport.

• Check-in to 4-star Hotel in the heart of Shanghai.

• Free leisure day.

DAY 2 How Shanghai Works

• Orientation at Wave Media where you get to meet the team and introduce yourselves to your fellow travelers.

• Study Socialist Development at the Urban Planning Museum, where you learn more about Shanghai’s socialist development and urban design, transforming from a fishing town to a huge metropolis.

• Public library visit at Shanghai Library (East Branch) in Pudong New Area

DAY 3 Everyday Shanghai

• Visit a HUGE tech HQ to learn the cutting-edge technology engineered in Shanghai and learn how it benefits the people

• Visit a new village development to see how Shanghai villages have improved and modernized

• Dancing and singing with local elders at Luxun Park

• Make Xiaolongbao with local chef for dinner

DAY 4 Chengdu

• Fly from Shanghai to Chengdu (3 hours) ✈︎

• City Walk around the beautiful Chengdu city

• Experience vibrant and colorful face-changing Sichuan Opera

• Cook Sichuan cuisine by hand in Kuanzhai Alleys and eat at Sichuan Cuisine Experience Hall

DAY 5 Guanghan, Sichuan

• Drive from Chengdu City to Guanghan (1.5 hr drive)

• Expert tour at world-renowned ancient 3000+ year old Chinese artifacts at San Xing Dui Museum

• Discover China’s most historical irrigation system in Dujiangyan to see the millennia-old engineering project

• Stay at Bifengxia Xiangyuan Cute Animal Theme Hotel

DAY 6 Bifengxia Panda Wonderland

• Full Day VIP Panda Experience

• Spend the day as an exclusive official volunteer in panda conservation work

• Spend the day with an expert who will give extensive knowledge about pandas

• Prepare bamboo shoots, steamed buns for pandas

• Clean enclosure and be immersed in panda habitat

• Take photos and videos at a close range

DAY 7 Bifengxia Nature

• Explore the surrounding nature trails and waterfalls of Bifengxia

• Be in awe of the natural surroundings in Bifengxia

• Trek through canyons and cliffs

• Drive back to Chengdu

DAY 8 Leisurely Chengdu

• Experience the real laidback nature of Chengdu city

• Visit Wenshu Monastery to see old temples

• Chengdu People’s Park for everyday life

• Night tour of Jiuyanqiao

DAY 9 Cyberpunk City

• Take high speed rail from Chengdu to Chongqing (1 hour)

• Mountain City Citywalk to explore the unique and Chongqing exclusive Cyberpunk structures

• Visit Liziba Light Rail Station (where the rail passes through the building)

• Go to Creative Park and see Chongqing’s industrial-style cultural and creative buildings

• See the breathtaking night views of Chongqing in the most famous viewing area Hongyadong while experiencing the beautiful Jialing river

DAY 10 Revolutionary Chongqing

• Visit Chongqing Anti-Japanese War Relics Museum

• Go to historical air-raid shelters where you get to see the artifacts, photographs and documents that commemorate Chongqing’s history and resilience during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression

• Watch the immersive theatre performance Chongqing 1949, a revolutionary epic

DAY 11 Finale in Shanghai

• Fly from Chongqing back to Shanghai (3 hrs) ✈︎

• Final day with scholars and lecturers at Fudan University, wrapping up the trip and reflecting on what we learned together

• Wrap up farewell dinner at The Bund where you can see night views of the iconic Shanghai skyline

DAY 12 Goodbye For Now

• Say goodbye to new friends and travel safely home