Welcome to Shanghai today! Your guide and driver will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to downtown Shanghai to check in at the hotel.

After a short break, your Shanghai Huangshan tour package will start with visits to the Bund, Nanjing Road and an old cultural zone - Tianzifang. Situated along the west bank of the Huangpu River, the Bund is a 4-kilometer-long waterfront where stand 52 buildings in different architectural styles, such as Baroque, Gothic, Romanesque, Chinese and Renaissance. Nanjing Road is the No.1 shopping street in China, where both time-honored Chinese and world-famous brands can be easily found. Tianzifang, evolved from Shanghai's most distinctive Shikumen complex, is now a fashionable creative gathering area favored by young people.

Meals: No, advice freely available
Accommodation: Ocean Hotel Shanghai (4 stars)

Today's morning excursion will take you to visit the Shanghai Museum and the Yu Garden. The Museum houses over 120,000 pieces of cultural relics, especially the ancient artworks like bronze, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings. The Yu Garden, a representative of the classical gardens in southern China, boasts beautiful scenery of wooden bridges, old style houses, carved dragon wall, ponds and pavilions, mountain-like rock, and greenly garden. It is also a tranquil land in the bustling city. Around noon, you will feast on an a la carte welcome lunch of authentic Shanghai and Cantonese cuisines at an elegant restaurant.

After lunch, you will visit the Shanghai World Financial Center. With a height of 492 meters (about 1,614 feet), you are able to get great and unobstructed views of this city on the 100th floor observation deck. After that, your Yellow Mountain tour from Shanghai will proceed to Huangshan. Your guide will transfer you to the train station to catch the high-speed train. After an about 3-hour train ride, the local guide will meet you at the station and transfer you to the hotel in downtown Huangshan.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Huangshan Yucheng (5 stars)

In the morning, we will transfer you in a comfortable vehicle to the foot of the Huangshan Mountain, and then your guide will accompany you to take a cable car for around 10 minutes to the Yuping Building. On the cable car, you could look far down at the Tiandu Peak, look closely at the Lotus Peak as well as overlook the mountains and streams, which will bring you a fantastic and unforgettable experience.

After getting off the cable car, you will firstly enjoy the scenery of the Beginning-to-Believe Peak, renowned for the grotesque rocks and pines. As its name suggests, you will really begin to believe that the scenery of the mountain is captivating and intoxicating from here. The shaped rocks hanging on the steep cliffs together with the deep valleys create a charming natural painting. After that, proceed to the Peach Blossom Peak, where there are numerous peach trees. When the peach trees blossom in March and April every year, the peak will be an ocean of peach flowers, making it a wonderland under heaven. The next stop will be the Lion Peak, which is situated to the west of the Beginning-to-Believe Peak. The rock at the peak is exposed like a powerful lion crouching on the mountain, hence the name. Then, you will continue the trip to the Flying Stone. It is actually a 39-feet-high, 8-meter-long, and about 360-ton piece of rock balanced on a tiny flat ledge. The space between the two large pieces of rock is very small and the erecting rock is just like flying over from the heaven, hence getting the name of the Flying Stone. It is a typical Huangshan Mountain's incomparable natural beauty.

The last site you will explore today is the Bright Summit, one of the highest peaks of the mountain. Standing on it, you could appreciate the wonderful scenery of the East Sea Scenic Area, the mountain peaks in West Sea Scenic Area and the surrounding peculiar rocks. Tonight, you will stay over at the best hotel on the mountain.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Xihai Hotel - South Building (5 stars)

The morning sightseeing will cover the Cloud Dispersing Pavilion and Xihai Grand Canyon. The Cloud Dispersing Pavilion, a sightseeing pavilion, is one of the best sites to appreciate the charming scenery of the mountain. Standing in the pavilion, you could look up to the innumerable towering peaks of the West Sea as well as have a bird's view of the deep and wide Xihai Grand Canyon. Xihai Grand Canyon, a 9-mile-long U-shaped canyon, is the deepest and most beautiful scenic area of the Huangshan Mountain. Besides the sea of cloud, it is also noted for the abundant grotesque peaks and varied stones.

After lunch, you will be escorted to get down the mountain by cable car and transferred to the railway station to take a high speed train back to Shanghai. On arrival, get to the hotel on your own. 

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Ocean Hotel Shanghai (4 stars)

Today, according to the schedule of your onward flight to Antananarivo in Madagascar, please make your own way to the airport and get onbard the flight. Have a smooth trip! 

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Accommodation: On the flight

Arriving in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, our local guide will pick you up in time. Then your memorable Madagascar holiday package will start immediately. Under the companion of our guide, you will trace the unique wildlives, featured landforms, and exotic cutoms of the island. 

On the way driving to south, then you can enjoy the glorious scenery. You will pass a village named Ambatolampy and stop to pay a visit there. Then move on to Antsirabe, a town with plenty of handicraft stores and an important industrial center. When you get there, you can see colorful rickshaws which are called “pousse-pousse” by the local people. Stay one night in the town. 

Meals: No, advice freely available
Accommodation: Plumeria Hotel or similar

You will visit Antsirabe and other places around it. In the morning you will go to volcanic Lake Tritrivia. It is very interesting that the water will rise when it comes to dry season. You can tour around the lake by riding a bicycle. And then you may go to see the lower Andraikiba Volcano Lake. Return to Antsirabe in the afternoon and you can have a city sightseeing by taking the “pousse-pousse” or purchase your favorite handicrafts in the local stores.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Plumeria Hotel or similar

By driving to west, you will leave the hilly ground for the Tsiribihina River of the Miandrivazo in the morning. The lunch will be offered on the way to the river. Upon arrival, you will check in the hotel and then begin your trip in Miandrivazo. There will not have any tour to the Tsiribihina River today. However, you can have enough time to enjoy the wonderful scenery of the Tsiribihina River in the following three days.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Princesse Tsiribihina or similar

You will begin your tour to the Tsiribihina River by canoe in the morning. The river crosses the Midwestern Madagascar. The water volume of the river remarkably changes with seasons – rise in summer and decline in winter. As the upstream flows through highland, the steep slope makes the water runs fast. In contrast, the downstream flows into the plain which is even, so the water moves slowly. There are rice, cotton and tobacco leaf in the basin. Therefore, the natural landscape is very glorious around here. In the following three days, we will guide you to visit along the Tsiribihina River. Apart from enjoying the diverse natural landscape and landforms, you will also visit many villages along the river to have a close look at the living condition of the local people. 

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Princesse Tsiribihina or similar

When driving to Bekopaka, you will pass by the Tsiribihina River again. You will cross the river by ferryboat and then move on to north. Eventually, you will reach Tsingy de Bemaraha Nature Preserve.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Olympe de Bemaraha (3 stars) or similar

Tsingy de Bemaraha Nature Preserve is located in the west coast of central Madagascar. It was listed in the World Heritage of the UNESCO in 1990 for its special geographical location, well-preserved mangrove forest, wild birds and lemurs. You will see karstic landscapes and limestone uplands with needles, splendid canyon of the Manambolo River, rolling hills and high peaks as well as the rare animal lemurs’ and birds’ habitats – the unspoilt forests, lakes, mangrove forests, marshes. And you will spend the whole day visiting this Preserve. 

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Olympe de Bemaraha (3 stars) or similar

Ending up the journey of Tsingy de Bemaraha Nature Preserve, you will move to south and arrive at Morondava. However, it will be your first trudge and you will reach Morondava at night. You can visit the Kirindy national park on the way. The park is the place which connects the west and south of Madagascar. It has the biggest local species in the parks of Madagascar. You can also observe the largest carnivores of Madagascar here.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Laguna Beach (3 stars) or similar

Return to Antananarivo in the morning and then you will go to the airport for the departure flight leaving Madagascar.

Meals: Breakfast