Family Kung Fu and Kicks

Enjoy a ride on the bullet train to Luoyang • Visit legendary Shaolin Temple to learn kung fu alongside student monks • Unwind at your hotel or explore Luoyang at your leisure in the evening • Wander among towering stone Buddhas at the awe-inspiring Longmen Grottoes • Visit White Horse Temple, China’s first Buddhist temple, where ancient spirituality still resonates.

Travel at high speed on the bullet train to Xi’an • Marvel at 8,000 life-sized Terracotta Warriors standing guard for China’s first emperor over 2,200 years • Cycle atop Xi’an’s ancient city wall and enjoy a commanding view of the old city • Follow the scent of cumin and grilled lamb through Xi’an’s vibrant Muslim Quarter, where Silk Road flavors have thrived for 1,300 years • Experience Xi’an with more than just your eyes by sampling some of Xi’an’s famous dumplings at a renowned local restaurant • Admire Xi’an’s iconic Big and Small Wild Goose Pagodas blending Indian, Persian, and Chinese influences • Contrast the Qin Dynasty’s militarism at the Hanyang Tombs before your airport transfer.

Fly to Lijiang • Visit Joseph Rock’s former home in Yuhu Village, where Naxi stone houses face Jade Dragon Snow Mountain’s alpine meadows • Explore the Naxi’s sacred Dongba script at the Dongba Culture Museum, then learn this living art firsthand from a priest, one of its last guardians • Watch Baisha’s coppersmiths at work in this timeless Naxi village where few travelers opt to stop.

En route to Dali, stop in the historical market town of Shaxi, once a hub of the Tea Horse Road • Trek among 1,300-year-old Buddhist carvings at Shibaoshan Grottoes, discovering cliffside temples where Mahayana devotion meets mountain wilderness • Meet Shizhong’s Folk Music King as villagers bring Bai culture to life through unrestrained song and dance • Stroll Xizhou’s lakeside lanes to admire ornate Bai architecture and savor the famed “Xizhou pizza” • Learn to craft Xizhou’s stretchy, golden rushan cheese and taste your creation • Sip three symbolic teas—bitter, sour, sweet—in a ritual clay pot ceremony that mirrors life’s journey from hardship to joy • Climb up Cangshan Mountain past waterfalls and hidden temples, where 3,500m peaks frame Dali and Erhai like a painted scroll • Dip, twist, and bind fabric in Zhoucheng’s indigo vats, where Bai artisans turn simple cotton into living blue artworks using methods unchanged for centuries.

Fly to Shanghai. Upon arrival, your WildChina local guide will welcome you at the arrivals hall and transfer you to your hotel • Join Shanghai’s morning rhythm in Fuxing Park with ballroom dancers and amateur choirs group • Amble down the elegant tree-lined streets of the French Concession that housed Shanghai’s 20th-century revolutionaries, artists, and occupiers • Dine in Xintiandi’s restored shikumen houses • Wander the maze of pavilions and arched bridges of Yu Garden, the most celebrated classical garden in Shanghai • Take in Shanghai’s famous skyline from the bund • Your guide will escort you to Pudong Airport at 430 km/h aboard Shanghai’s Maglev and help you check in with your flight home.