Huangshan Tours: Yellow Mountain Packages, Day Trips and Hiking

Duration：3 Days, 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Hongcun Village, Tunxi Old Street, Hu Kaiwen Ink-stick Factory, Yungu Cable Car, Beginning-to-Believe Peak, Magical Brushwork, Bright Summit, Flying-over Rock ,The West Sea Grand Canyon, Lion Peak

Tour Style：This three-day tour pairs the old villages around Huangshan with a day and a night on the mountain itself. It starts in the Huangshan area with Hongcun Village, its water channels and ancestral halls, and the old shops of Tunxi and the Hu Kaiwen ink workshop. On Day 2 you ride the Yungu Cable Car up to the peaks, walk to Shixin Peak, Magical Brushwork and Bright Summit, and stay a night on the ridge. Day 3 opens with the sunrise and the West Sea Grand Canyon, then visits Lion Peak before the cable car brings you down to your hotel in Huangshan. A guide and transfers to and from your hotel in Huangshan are part of the plan, and the pace suits travelers who enjoy both culture and mountain walking.

Duration：3 Days, 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Begin-to-believe Peak, the Monkey Watching the Sea viewpoint, Lion Peak, West Sea Grand Canyon, Local morning wet and food market, Hongcun Village

Tour Style：This three-day Huangshan tour is built as a value trip that still covers the main sights of the region. It opens in Huangshan city at the Hu Kaiwen ink workshop and Tunxi Old Street, then gives you a full day on the mountain for the sunrise, Begin-to-Believe Peak, Lion Peak and the West Sea Grand Canyon, returning to your hotel each evening. The last morning goes to Hongcun Village, its old academy and Moon Pond before your transfer. Because you stay in practical hotels in Huangshan rather than on the ridge, the cost stays low while the peaks, the canyon and the villages are all part of the route. A guide and transfers to and from your hotel in Huangshan are part of the plan.

Duration：6-7 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Yungu Cableway, Begin-to-believe Peak, Magical Brushwork, Monkey Watching the Sea, Lion Peak, Flying Stone, Bright Summit

Tour Style：A private one-day Mount Huangshan tour from your hotel in Huangshan. Your guide meets you in the hotel lobby and a private car takes you to the Yungu Cableway, the main route up the mountain. Over six to seven hours you visit Begin-to-Believe Peak and the Welcoming Pine, Magical Brushwork, Monkey Watching the Sea, Lion Peak, the Flying Stone and Bright Summit, walking paved stone steps with handrails while your guide paces the day, explains the geology and the legends, and helps with photos. A mountaintop lunch stop is arranged around midday and you pay only for what you order, then ride the cableway back down to your hotel.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Night

Attractions(Cities)：Yungu Cable Car, Begin to Believe Peak, Monkey Watching the Sea, Lion Peak, Danxia Peak, Cloud Dispelling Pavilion, Flying Over Rock, Bright Summit, West Sea Grand Canyon, Paiyunxi mini train, Aoyu Peak, Tian Du Peak, Welcoming Pine

Tour Style：This two-day hiking tour takes you on foot across the Huangshan range, a UNESCO World Heritage Site of granite peaks, wind-shaped pines and drifting seas of cloud. You ride the Yungu Cable Car up on Day 1 and walk the classic viewpoints, from Begin-to-Believe Peak and Monkey Watching the Sea to Lion Peak, Danxia Peak, Cloud Dispelling Pavilion and Bright Summit, then sleep at a hotel on the mountain. Day 2 opens with the sunrise, then the West Sea Grand Canyon loops, the Paiyunxi mini train, Aoyu Peak and the steep climb up Tian Du Peak, ending at the Welcoming Pine before the Yuping Cable Car brings you down. A guide walks the route with you and transfers to and from your hotel in Huangshan are part of the day plan. The pace suits walkers with average fitness who are comfortable on long stone steps.

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Xidi Village, Hongcun Village

Tour Style：This is a private day trip from Huangshan to two UNESCO-listed Huizhou villages, Xidi and Hongcun. Your guide meets you at your hotel or at Huangshan Train Station and drives you to the villages, which sit near the foot of the Yellow Mountains. In Xidi you walk the old street grid, see the Hu Wenguang Memorial Archway and the Xiyuan and Taoliyuan gardens, and in Hongcun you visit Nanhu Academy, Moon Pond, and Chengzhitang Hall. Because the tour is private, your guide and driver travel only with your party, and the route, stops, and pace can be adjusted to your interests. Lunch is not included, so your guide can recommend local restaurants for Huizhou dishes such as stinky mandarin fish and hairy tofu. There is no mountain climbing, and the walking is on flat village lanes. The trip returns you to your hotel or the station at the end of the day, and it is booked as a single day with no overnight stay.

Duration：3 Days, 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Chengkan village, Tangmo village, Hongcun Village, Tunxi Old Street, Begin-to-Believe Peak, Monkey Watching the Sea viewpoint, Lion Peak, Danxia Peak, Flying Over Rock

Tour Style：This 3-day Huangshan hiking tour pairs a day on the Yellow Mountains with a day in the old Huizhou villages. Starting from your hotel in Huangshan, you walk to peaks and rock formations such as Begin-to-Believe Peak, Lion Peak and Flying Over Rock, and visit Chengkan, Tangmo, Hongcun and Tunxi Old Street. A local guide sets the pace and explains the geology, the villages and the food of the region.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Night

Attractions(Cities)：Mt. Huangshan, Tunxi Old Street, Hongcun Village

Tour Style：A private two-day tour of Huangshan and the old villages around it, meeting you at Huangshan train station. Day one covers Hongcun Village and its Moon Pond, an Anhui lunch and Tunxi Old Street, with an overnight hotel in Huangshan. Day two takes the Yungu Cableway up to the peaks, walking to Begin-to-Believe Peak, Magical Brushwork, Bright Summit, Flying-over Rock and the West Sea Grand Canyon, with a guide pacing the steps to your group. The price includes your private transport, the local guide and the entrance tickets, while the cable car and meals are paid on the day; the route stays flexible to your fitness and the weather.

Duration：7-8 hours

Attractions(Cities)：Yungu Cable Car Station, White Goose Ridge Station, Beginning-to-Believe Peak, Magical Brushwork, Monkey Watching the Sea, Lion Peak

Tour Style：This one-day private Huangshan tour starts and ends at your hotel in Hangzhou, with round-trip bullet train tickets to Huangshan included. A local guide meets you at the station and drives you to the mountain, and the Yungu cable car carries you up to the ridge. On the mountain you walk to Beginning-to-Believe Peak, Magical Brushwork, Monkey Watching the Sea, and Lion Peak, with time to take photos and hear the stories behind each rock and pine. Meals are at your own cost, and your guide can recommend a restaurant at the base. As a private tour, the pace and the sights can be adjusted, and you can add a night on the summit.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Night

Attractions(Cities)：Greeting Guest Pine, Lotus Pavilion, Bright Summit, Flying-over Rock, The West Sea Grand Canyon, Lion Peak

Tour Style：A two-day Huangshan group tour from Hangzhou by high-speed train, with an English-speaking guide, shared road transfers and no shopping stops. You climb to the summit on the first day for a sunset and an overnight at a mountaintop hotel, then walk the West Sea Grand Canyon, Lion Peak and Begin-to-Believe Peak on the second day before returning to Hangzhou. The group stays small and the pace is steady, so it suits families, first-time visitors and older travellers who want to see the highlights of the yellow mountain without planning the trains, cable cars and mountain hotels themselves.

Duration：3 Days, 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Hongcun Village, Mukeng Bamboo Forest, Umbrella Pine, Black Tiger Pine, the West Sea Grand Canyon1st ring, Dispelling Cloud Pavilion, Lion Peak( the Dawn Pavilion, Stone Monkey Watching the Sea), Beginning-to-Believe Peak, Yungu Cable Way

Tour Style：Reaching Huangshan from Hangzhou is easy by high-speed train, which makes this 3-day tour a good match for first-time visitors, children, and older travelers. A local guide who climbs Huangshan more than 200 times a year sets the hiking route to your pace, with time for Hongcun Village, the peaks of the Yellow Mountain, and the villages of the Huizhou area. Weather permitting, you can see the mountain at sunrise and sunset. The tour covers the day-to-day transfers and the train tickets between Hangzhou and Huangshan.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Night

Attractions(Cities)：Mt.Huangshan, Huangling Village

Tour Style：A two-day private tour of Mount Huangshan and Huangling village, met at Huangshan Train Station and ended back there, built around the high-speed train from Shanghai. Your own guide and driver take you up the Yungu cable car to Beginning-to-Believe Peak and Bright Summit on the first day, with a night at the base town, then on to Huangling, the cliff-side Hui village in Wuyuan, on the second. It is a weekend-length escape into granite peaks and an old mountain village, paced for travellers who want to see the core of Huangshan without driving between the sights themselves.

Duration：5 Days, 4 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Hongcun Village, Mt.Huangshan, Shexian County, Xin'an River

Tour Style：This five-day trip links Shanghai and Huangshan by high-speed train and puts the best of the region in one route. The heart of it is a full day on Mount Huangshan, where you walk to the Greeting-guests Pine and Lotus Peak and look down into the West Sea Grand Canyon from the Dispelling Cloud Pavilion. Around the mountain you visit old Hui villages, including Hongcun on the World Heritage list and the archways and riverside towns of Shexian, with their whitewashed walls and black-tiled roofs. Between the sights, your guide brings you the local plates, from stinky mandarin fish to huangshan shaobing. A local English-speaking guide leads each day and an experienced private driver runs the road, so you travel with company and ease. The tour opens and closes at your hotel in Shanghai.

Duration：1 Day

Attractions(Cities)：Mt.Huangshan

Tour Style：A private day trip from your hotel in Shanghai to Mount Huangshan and back by high-speed train. Your driver takes you to the station, your guide meets you at Huangshan and a car brings you to the Yungu Cableway, which lifts you to the summit area. You walk among the granite peaks and wind-shaped pines to Begin-to-Believe Peak and Bright Summit, where the views over the ranges and the sea of cloud are at their widest, then ride the cableway down and return by train to your Shanghai hotel. Your guide paces the walk to your group, explains the geology and the legends and helps with photographs.

Duration：4 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Tangmo Village, Xieyuda Tea plantation, Ling mountain

Tour Style：Beyond the mountain scenery, Huangshan is home to well-preserved Huizhou villages and some of the best-known green tea gardens in China. On this half-day tour from Huangshan, you visit Tangmo Village, an old village of Ming and Qing houses with white walls, black tiled roofs, and carved details. You then walk the terraced rows of the Xieyuda Tea Plantation, where Huangshan Maofeng tea is grown, and in the picking season you can try plucking the leaves yourself. A short walk on Ling Mountain adds stone steps, old trees, and open views over the surrounding fields. Your guide meets you at your hotel or the train station in Huangshan and returns you at the end of about four hours.

Duration：3 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Hukaiwen Ink Factory (Tunxi)

Tour Style：This three hour private experience takes you from your hotel in Huangshan downtown to the Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory in Tunxi, a working workshop with more than two centuries of history. You will watch the making of Hui ink sticks and traditional writing brushes, two of the four treasures of Chinese study, with a guide who explains and translates each step. Your driver uses a private car and returns you to your hotel when the visit ends.

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Qiyun Mountain, Huizhou Ancient Town

Tour Style：Huangshan is known for more than its mountain scenery. The surrounding Tunxi area sits at the heart of the old Huizhou region, with Taoist temples, ancient towns, and traditional villages. This 6 to 8 hour day tour starts with a morning tai chi practice session led by a local teacher, then continues to Qiyun Mountain, one of the four sacred Taoist mountains of China, with cliff inscriptions and stone paths on its red sandstone ridges. The afternoon stop is the Wanan Compass Museum in Huizhou Ancient Town, which covers the history of the compass and its role in feng shui and Hui architecture. Your guide meets you at your hotel in Huangshan downtown at 7:00 in the morning and returns you there at the end of the day. Meals are not part of this tour; your guide can recommend local restaurants along the way.

Duration：4 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Lingshan Village

Tour Style：This half day private tour takes you from your hotel in Huangshan downtown to Lingshan Village, a community ringed by bamboo forest close to the city. You watch and then try bamboo weaving at a villager home, guided by a local master who shows the material, the tools, and the pattern, and you keep the piece you wove. A simple lunch at a local farmhouse and a return drive to your hotel complete the visit.

Duration：5 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Xin'an River

Tour Style：This half day private hiking tour follows the Xinan River, which rises in the hills around Huangshan and feeds the farmland on both banks. Your guide meets you at your hotel in Huangshan downtown and drives you to the river bank. The route is about seven kilometers and takes roughly five hours at an easy pace, and the best months to walk it are April through October, when the rapeseed fields are in flower.

Duration：3 Days 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Huangshan (Golf Playing, Hot Spring Experience, Tunxi Old Street)

Tour Style：Golf has become popular around Huangshan, roughly twenty years after the first courses opened in China. This 3-day business trip is built around the game, with rounds at the Huangshan Pine Golf and Country Club, evenings in the hot springs of the Huangshan Resort and Spa Hotel, and a walk through Tunxi Old Street. Transfers meet you at Huangshan train station or the airport.

Duration：7 Days, 6 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Beijing, Huangshan

Tour Style：7 Days Beijing and Huangshan Tour by Train. Highlights: Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, Mutianyu Great Wall, and the Ming Tombs in Beijing, then Yellow Mountain, Tunxi Old Street, and Xidi Village in Huangshan. The trip links two very different landscapes in a week, pairing the imperial sights of Beijing with a climb of Yellow Mountain, reached by a direct high-speed train from the capital.

Duration：10 Days, 9 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Beijing, Shanghai, Huangshan

Tour Style：10 Days Beijing Shanghai Huangshan Tour by Train. Highlights: the Forbidden City, the Mutianyu Great Wall, and the Summer Palace in Beijing; the Bund, Yuyuan Garden, and Zhujiajiao Water Town in Shanghai; and Huangshan and Hongcun Village in Anhui. The trip pairs imperial Beijing, the skyline of Shanghai, and a climb of Yellow Mountain with a summit night, joining the cities by train.

Duration：7 Days, 6 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Shanghai, Huangshan

Tour Style：7 Days Shanghai Yellow Mountain Tour by High Speed Train. Highlights: Yuyuan Garden, The Bund, Zhujiajiao Water Town, Tunxi Old Street, Huangshan Scenic Area, and Xidi Village. The trip links two Jiangnan destinations, starting in Shanghai and finishing at Huangshan by high-speed train, and suits travelers who want city sights and a mountain climb with one summit night in a single week.

Duration：6 Days, 5 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Hangzhou, Huangshan

Tour Style：This six-day vacation links Hangzhou and Huangshan, two of the best-known destinations in east China, by high-speed train. You spend two days in Hangzhou at West Lake, Lingyin Temple, and the Longjing tea villages, then take the train to Huangshan for a day on the mountain and a visit to the world heritage village of Hongcun. Each day is led by a local guide with a private driver, and the bullet trains between the two cities make the journey smooth. The tour starts at the Hangzhou train station or airport and ends with a transfer at the Huangshan train station or airport.

Duration：10 Days, 9 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huangshan

Tour Style：This 10-day private tour covers eastern China by high-speed train and private car, from Shanghai to Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Huangshan. In Shanghai you see Yuyuan Garden, the Jade Buddha Temple, the Old French Concession, the Bund, and the city museums. A day trip takes you to the classical gardens and canals of Suzhou. In Hangzhou you cruise West Lake and visit Lingyin Temple, Meijiawu tea village, and the Six Harmonies Pagoda. The tour ends at Huangshan, where you ride the cable car to the granite peaks, spend a night on the summit, and visit the old villages of Tunxi and Hongcun. A personal guide and driver accompany you throughout, and the route and hotel grade can be adjusted to your needs.

Duration：6 Days 5 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Zhangjiajie, Huangshan

Tour Style：This six-day trip joins two of the best-known mountain regions in China, Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) and Zhangjiajie. You walk the granite ridges and peaks of Huangshan, visit the world heritage village of Hongcun and the bamboo forest at Mukeng, then cross to Zhangjiajie for the sandstone pillars of Tianzi Mountain, Yuanjiajie, Huangshi Village, and Golden Whip Stream Canyon. Along the way you pass scenes that featured in the films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Avatar. The tour starts with pickup at the Huangshan train station or airport and ends with a transfer to the Zhangjiajie train station or airport.

Duration：7-8 hours

Attractions(Cities)：Qiyun Mountain

Tour Style：A private day tour from Huangshan to Qiyun Mountain, one of the four great Taoist mountains of China. Your guide meets you at your hotel, the airport or the station and drives you to the mountain, about an hour away. Over seven to eight hours you follow the old route past Wangxian Tower and Dongtian Fudi, see the Shouzi longevity cliff and the three Gates of Heaven, and walk the stone lane of Moonlight Sky Street to Taisu Palace and the Xiaohutian grotto. You can walk up or take an optional cable car, and your guide paces the day to your group before driving you back to Huangshan.

Duration：3 Days 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Wuyuan, Mount Sanqingshan

Tour Style：A three-day private trip from Huangshan into two of the most scenic corners of northeast Jiangxi. You are picked up at your hotel in Huangshan and driven to Wuyuan, the county of white-walled Huizhou villages, to walk Wangkou and Likeng and their Ming and Qing wood carving. Day two climbs Mount Sanqingshan, a Taoist granite massif and a UNESCO World Heritage site, up by cableway and along the cliff walkway, with the night spent on the summit. Day three takes the sunrise, drops back to Wuyuan for the Jiangling rapeseed terraces and the tea village of Xiaoqi, and returns to your hotel in Huangshan. An English-speaking guide and a private car stay with you throughout, and the meals shown in each day plan are booked for you, so you eat local Huizhou cooking rather than at a tourist hall.

Duration：6-8 Hours

Attractions(Cities)：Jixi County (Longchuan Village)

Tour Style：This one-day private tour from Huangshan visits Jixi County, one of the historic counties of the Huizhou region in Anhui. With a local guide, you travel to Longchuan Village, a 1600-year-old settlement that keeps its rows of Hui-style houses along narrow lanes. You enter the Ancestral Temple of the Hu Family, built in the mid-Ming period and known for its wood carvings, and the Official Residence of Hu Zongxian, a Ming military officer who cleared pirates from the coast of China and who first marked the Diaoyu Islands as Chinese territory. The last stop is the Former Residence of Hushi. Pickup and drop-off are at your hotel, the train station, or the airport in Huangshan, and lunch is at your own cost.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Nights

Attractions(Cities)：Wuyuan

Tour Style：A two-day private tour from Huangshan into Wuyuan, the valley that Chinese National Geographic calls the most beautiful countryside in China. Your guide meets you at your hotel or at Huangshan Train Station and takes you to the Hui-style villages of Wangkou and Likeng on the first day, with an overnight in Wuyuan, then to the Huangling terraces and the tea village of Xiaoqi on the second before returning to Huangshan. The route suits travellers who like old villages, terraced fields and easy walking, and the pace is relaxed rather than busy.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Night

Attractions(Cities)：Gu Yao Folklore Exhibition Area, Sanbao Village, Jingdezhen Old Street, Hutian Ancient Kiln Site, Sculpture Porcelain Factory

Tour Style：A two-day private porcelain tour from Huangshan to Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China, with your own guide and car. You meet at your hotel or at Huangshan Train Station, take the high-speed train together to Jingdezhen, and spend the first day at the Gu Yao Folklore Exhibition Area, Sanbao artist village and Jingdezhen Old Street before an overnight in the city. The second day covers the Hutian Ancient Kiln Site and a sculpture porcelain factory, and the tour ends in Jingdezhen at your hotel or the train station. The route suits travellers interested in craft, museums and hands-on workshops rather than a return to Huangshan.

Duration：2 Days, 1 Night

Attractions(Cities)：Jiuhuashan

Tour Style：A two-day Buddhist pilgrimage to Jiuhuashan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism, with a private guide and hotel pickup in Huangshan (Tunxi). You spend a night on the mountain and use the cable car to reach the Longevity Palace, the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats, the Incarnation Grand Hall on Jiuhua Street, Huacheng Temple and the Tiantai Peak ridge on the second morning. The pace suits travellers interested in temple culture and quiet mountain walks, and the guide explains the monks, statues and local legends as you go.