Ages 6–9
Play, make, discoverShorter story blocks, visual missions and more movement.
Signature family journey · 12 Days / 11 Nights
China, Made for Families: Great Wall, Warriors & Pandas
For children, China becomes a story they can enter. For parents, it becomes a journey they do not have to manage.
FromUS$6,880per person · based on 4 guests travelling privately
Why choose this journey
What makes this journey different.
The Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors, giant pandas and Shanghai become a family story through private, age-aware experiences and protected downtime.
- 01Junior Curator Mission in the Forbidden City
- 02Great Wall family challenge and photographer
- 03Terracotta Army and private clay studio
What you will actually experience
The moments that make the journey yours.
Three concrete chapters, designed around the way you want to travel.
Family
History children can enter
A Junior Curator Mission in the Forbidden City, a family challenge on the Great Wall and a clay-warrior studio after the Terracotta Army turn major landmarks into stories with a role for every age.
Nature
Pandas, understood rather than collected
An early, carefully routed panda-base visit focuses on behavior, habitat and conservation, with age-aware interpretation and a quiet afternoon once the animals and children are ready to slow down.
Luxury
A family story worth keeping
A half-day family photographer, food made together in private kitchens and a final Shanghai memory-book session create a record of what your family noticed, made and laughed about together.
How we handle the details
Clear planning. Accountable delivery.
Ages 10–13
Decode and competeClues, design challenges and deeper choices.
Ages 14–17
Debate and createPhotography, architecture, food and contemporary China.
See the service details
Before confirmation, we learn each child's age, interests, food preferences and energy pattern. We then adjust the stories, challenge level, start times, room setup and backup plan around your family.
Parents: Logistics handled — Rooms, tickets, transfers, meals and daily pivots are coordinated.
Connecting rooms and family-room configurations are requested and verified hotel by hotel; they are never represented as confirmed until the property accepts the exact room setup in writing.
Journey at a glance
Beijing, Xi'an, Chengdu & Shanghai, privately.
12 Days / 11 Nights with private guiding, considered pacing and premium five-star family hotels.
01BeijingDays 1–4 · 4 nights
02Xi'anDays 5–6 · 2 nights
03ChengduDays 7–9 · 3 nights
04ShanghaiDays 10–12 · 2 nights
- Ideal for
- Family, Luxury, Culture travellers
- Pace
- Age-aware and private
- Travel style
- Private guides · private transfers
- Hotels
- Premium five-star family hotels
Licensed China operator since 2018. No forced shopping. Personal replies within 24 hours.Licensed · Since 2018 · No shopping · 24h reply
Day by day
Your day-by-day itinerary.
Open a day to see the experience, transfers, meals and hotel plan.
Journey gallery
The journey, in photographs.
22 photographs
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Parents, children and local hosts making dumplings together in a Beijing courtyard
Private service and price
What you are paying for.
A privately managed journey, selected stays and one China-based team responsible for the details from arrival to departure.
Your hotels
Premium five-star family hotels
Beijing · Xi'an · Chengdu · Shanghai
- Private throughout. Guides and transfers are arranged for your party.
- Named before booking. Every hotel and room category is listed in your written proposal before you confirm.
- Support inside China. One accountable team coordinates every confirmed service.
Private journey from
US$6,880per person
Price shown per person · based on four guests travelling privately
Most privately designed versions fall between US$7,500 and US$9,200 per person, depending on dates, children's ages, hotel and connecting-room selection, confirmed specialists and personal interests.
Share your dates and group size. Personal reply normally within 24 hours; no booking or payment obligation.
Itinerary and published price basis reviewed 19 August 2026.
Price basis and included services
Indicative starting price per person, based on a family of four: two adults and two children aged 6–11 sharing two rooms outside Chinese public holidays, school-holiday pressure dates and other peak periods, equivalent to a family total from US$27,520.
Includes 11 nights in selected premium five-star hotels, two rooms, private family-ready guides and vehicles, listed entrance tickets, two first-class rail sectors, a nonstop Chengdu–Shanghai economy flight, selected meals, the listed hands-on private experiences and China-based family journey support.
Your written proposal confirms the exact services and total before you book.
What's included
- 11 nights in selected premium five-star hotels, based on two adults and two children aged 6–11 sharing two rooms
- Daily hotel breakfast, selected lunches and the farewell dinner stated in the final proposal
- Private English-speaking, family-ready guides and private vehicles on confirmed touring days
- Private airport and railway-station transfers with luggage and handover support
- Beijing–Xi'an and Xi'an–Chengdu first-class high-speed rail tickets
- Chengdu–Shanghai nonstop economy-class domestic flight
- Confirmed entrance tickets and listed cable-car or site transport arrangements
- Private tai chi, Beijing courtyard lunch, half-day family photographer, clay-warrior studio, selected Chengdu experience and Shanghai private-kitchen session
- Age-aware travel passports, activity materials and the family journey keepsake concept
- AVIORA family itinerary design, restaurant planning and China-based journey support
- No compulsory shopping stops
What's not included
- International flights to Beijing and from Shanghai
- Travel insurance, visas and personal medical expenses
- Meals, drinks and room-service charges not stated as included
- Hotel spa treatments, laundry, babysitting and personal purchases
- Business-class rail, premium flight cabins, suites and exclusive venue access unless quoted
- Panda holding, keeper access or any unconfirmed direct animal interaction
- Tips and gratuities unless specifically included in the written proposal
Booking with confidence
Clear before you commit.
Your contract, payment schedule and cancellation terms are confirmed in writing.
Written confirmation
Your hotels, services, total and booking terms are confirmed before payment.
Payment schedule
Currency, initial payment and balance date are shown in your proposal.
Changes and cancellation
The applicable change and cancellation schedule is provided in writing.
Questions
Before you plan.
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