With children · Three generations · With parents
The Great Wall, a panda morning and time to rest. Start with the people travelling, then choose the places and pace that suit them.
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Before choosing the route
Route planning examples, ready to adapt to your dates and your family’s pace.
For seven days including arrival and departure, begin with one region. Ten days can support Beijing and Chengdu with a dedicated travel day; fourteen days can add a region or keep the same route slower. Count packing, check-in and hotel changes before adding another city.
Describe the shortest comfortable walking time in the family, usual nap or meal times, and any difficulty with stairs. Choose one main outing, with an afternoon that can stay free. If the group splits, agree who accompanies each group; one guide cannot be in two places at once.
If the Great Wall and pandas are the priorities, test the two-city plan first. A third region uses rest time as well as a transfer. Cooking, crafts and other optional activities should fit the children’s ages and be confirmed with the provider.
Why families go private
A private journey starts with your family’s priorities. We discuss the vehicle, meals, walking and rest before fixing the route, and leave room to adjust where reservations and local conditions allow.
Concept visualChengdu · pandas, done right
Plan a selected part of one base rather than racing around every enclosure. Discuss the reserved entry period, walking loop and seated breaks, then leave the afternoon lighter. Animal viewing varies with care arrangements and weather; no individual panda appearance is promised.
Concept visualThree generations · one pace
Three generations rarely walk at the same speed. Discuss shorter loops, seated breaks and an easy return to the hotel. Check vehicle access and cable-car or lift arrangements for each chosen stop; historic sites may still involve thresholds, steps or uneven surfaces.
Hands-on days
Children don’t remember viewpoints. They remember doing things with their hands.
Concept visualA dumpling lesson, a Sichuan cooking session or a short calligraphy activity can give a day a hands-on focus. Choose one that interests the children, then confirm the provider, language, minimum age, length and dietary needs before adding it to the written plan.
These are possible requests, not activities automatically included in every trip. A simple park visit and time to play may be the better choice after a tiring morning.
Before arrangements are confirmed
Tell us what your family needs. Availability and the agreed scope should be clear in the written plan.
Two shapes to start from
Beijing · Chengdu
Two bases for families whose priorities are the Great Wall and pandas. The ten days include arrival, one intercity move and departure, with lighter city days rather than a third-region squeeze.
One landscape region
Start with Guilin and Yangshuo if river scenery is the priority, rather than combining distant mountain and lake regions. Use the extra time for shorter outings and rest, after accounting for international connections.
These are shapes, not packages — there is no fixed itinerary to buy. Your version starts from the ages at the table, your dates and your pace.
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Plan with a clear brief
Choose cities around ages, walking comfort and time together.
Beijing and Chengdu, with pandas, the Great Wall and arrival, transfer and rest days counted.
Choose a manageable palace visit, a Great Wall day and practical alternatives for tired legs or rain.
Good to know
A family trip works best when the route leaves room for meals, naps and travel days. Start with one region for a short stay or two bases for around ten days, then choose short visits around the children’s interests. Private transport can help between places, but distances, queues and steps still need to be planned for.
Tell us the foods to avoid, how strict the restriction is and a few familiar meals the children enjoy. We can discuss restaurant requests and a translated allergy card, and check what selected suppliers can confirm. A written request does not guarantee an allergen-free kitchen; the meal plan and alternatives need agreement before booking.
Tell us their comfortable walking time, whether they need seated breaks, and what steps or vehicle boarding are difficult. We can then shorten a visit, choose another stop or leave a rest day. Cable cars reduce some climbing but do not make every site step-free. Specific routes, facilities and access need confirmation for your dates.
Our suggested ten-day route uses Beijing and Chengdu, counting arrival on Day 1, the intercity move on Day 5 and departure on Day 10. It leaves lighter days rather than adding a third region. Actual flight times and each person’s pace decide whether this version fits. See the day-by-day family itinerary.
Start with your travel month, total days, number of adults, children’s ages and one or two must-see experiences. Add arrival and departure cities if known, walking or step limitations, and any room or dietary requests. We can discuss a free initial route direction; no payment is needed at this stage. Detailed arrangements are confirmed separately in the written plan.
Children follow the same entry rules as adults, and each needs their own passport. Citizens of fifty countries — including the UK, almost all of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada — currently enter China visa-free for up to 30 days, which covers most family trips. If your country isn’t on the list, the visa is a routine application and we send a plain walkthrough. The current list is on our visa-free China page.
Your brief
Send your travel month, total days and children’s ages. We can suggest a free initial route direction and explain what needs checking. No payment is needed at this stage.
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