I posted this thread last week asking for advice to shorten my itinerary, and I just wanted to post again to ask where I should add more slack to the trip. People commented that it was rushed, and I agree, so I've left 2 days free where I could add more time to my current destinations, I'm just unsure of where to add these.
Day 1: Flight from Kathmandu to Guangzhou landing in the late evening
Day 2-3: Yangshuo (2 full days)
Day 4-5: Bus to Longsheng (Dazhai) to get there around 1pm and then leave the next day at 1pm. Probably will be doing short hikes to the viewpoints after taking the cable car up early in the morning. When I leave the next day, I’ll be taking a bus to Guilin, another to Liuzhou and then catching the overnight train to ZJJ
Day 6-8: ZJJ national park, arriving at 8am and spending 3 full days, 1 for the park, 1 for tianmen mt and 1 for the canyon and glass bridge
Day 9-10: Fenghuang, back to ZJJ in the late afternoon of the 10th day
Day 11: ZJJ to Lijiang flight, probably going to walk around the old town area here at night
Day 12: Jade dragon snow mt. day trip
Day 13-14: Tiger leaping gorge
Day 15-16: empty
Day 17: Lijiang to Beijing flight
Day 18-20: Beijing (Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and the Summer Palace, as well as walking around the hutongs and markets)
Day 21: Flight
Regarding domestic flights, when looking at prices for this month and the next, they're reasonable (~£100) but when booking far in advance, they're much more expensive (~£300). Is this the norm? My itinerary does depend on being able to book two flights (ZJJ > Lijiang and Lijiang > Beijing) so I don't want to risk it, but are they generally cheaper closer to the time? If they do remain expensive I'll probably have to use the extra days as travel days via train and/or bus.
Finally, would there be any chance of me catching the cherry blossoms at some point in this trip? Initially I had put Beijing at the start to see them there but it looks like I'll be missing it unfortunately.
Thanks in advance!
Submitted September 11, 2019 at 08:29PM by evenstar139 https://ift.tt/2LtoG2U
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