
Yellow Mountains & Ancient Villages Photography
Private and flexible itinerary, guided by local experienced photo guides.
This 5 days Huangshan tour itinerary includes almost all the best Huangshan photography locations; rocky mountains, ancient villages and birds, sunrise and sunset.
Itinerary Details
Huangshan arrival.
Huangshan is close to Shanghai, easy to reach from Shanghai or Hangzhou. Of course, there are direct flights and high speed trains from many other cities.
Trip Notes
- Photography guide
- Transportation in private van
- All entrance fees to photography locations
- Airport/railway station pick up and transfer
- Flight/train to Huangshan
- Travel insurance
- Accommodation
- Meals
- Tips for guide and driver if satisfied
It's a private photo tour. You are the only leading role.
There are 9 hotels on mountain top, price is around $150-$300 per room/night from 3 star to 5 star.
Food and water are also expensive. Around $20 per person/meal. Breakfast is normally included.
Telling us your requirements, such as adding one more day or making it shorter, or focus on landscapes more. We can easily design a new itinerary by your interests.
Two cameras will be very helpful, it will save your time to change the lenses. Better to have one full frame body with regular lens, and one half frame for zoom lens.
For sunrise, 24-70 and 70-200 are needed; at sunset, 70-200 is more useful.
Besides, if would be great if you have a primary lens with big aperture (1.4 or 1.8) for low light indoor photography.
Tripod is very necessary of course. We prepare at least 2 tripods for backup, you can bring your ball head only and use it on our tripod if concerning about the weight of your luggages.
- Deposit: a USD 300 non refundable deposit is required to reserve your spot.
- Full Payment: is required 40 days prior to the tour starts and is accepted by PayPal, Alipay and Wechat.
- Refund Policy:
- a full refund if you could find a replacement.
- there will be a 50% refund of balance payment on cancellations made less than 30 days prior to the scheduled date of departure
- a 25% refund between 30 and 15 days prior date of departure
- a 10% refund on cancellations made less than 15 days of departure
- Initial deposit will be retained.

Mercier Zeng designed the itinerary based on years experience, he will guide the workshop by himself.
Mercier guided 300+ photographers from all over the world, and got over 100 excellent reviews on Trip Advisor. Some photographers traveled with him 3 even 5 times in Guilin. He helped beginners and pros to get the portfolio shots since 2014.
Mercier traveled many photography destinations overseas, like Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, New Zealand to get to know more about photographers' needs.