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A proposed six-day family journey through robotics, science and Jiangnan culture. Explore hands-on learning in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with time for tea culture, city scenery and independent discovery.

A proposed six-day family journey through robotics, science and Jiangnan culture. Explore hands-on learning in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with time for tea culture, city scenery and independent discovery.

Shanghai and Hangzhou, China

Families

6D5N

Highlights

  • Observe sensors, human–machine interaction and smart manufacturing at the robotics venue.

  • Follow the path from chips and robots to large language models and City Brain; assemble, debug and programme a robot dog, compete and take it home.

  • Learn from a traditional craft inheritor through material selection, shaping and making a Jiangnan souvenir.

  • Discover Longjing tea in Meijiawu through identification, tasting and traditional hand-roasting.

  • Connect science and city culture through interactive museum exploration and a Bund walk.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Shanghai

Arrive at Shanghai Pudong and settle into the hotel. Enjoy free time before a welcome dinner and programme briefing. Arrival and transfer arrangements will be confirmed with the selected package. Overnight: Shanghai. Welcome dinner included.

Day 2: Robotics and Jiangnan crafts

Morning at Shanghai Whale Robot: shake hands and converse with H7, explore flying robots, sensors, the space-station core module and robot dance, and visit smart manufacturing. Experiences include robot football, off-road challenges, brain-controlled racing and large-space VR. In the afternoon, a craft inheritor explains and demonstrates material selection and shaping before participants complete a take-home Jiangnan souvenir. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included; overnight in Shanghai.

Day 3: Hangzhou: robot dogs and tea

Morning: take high-speed rail to Hangzhou AI City for an introduction and group photo. Follow chips → robots → large language models → City Brain, then assemble, debug and programme a robot dog for the PK challenge, with one robot dog per person to take home. Afternoon: identify and taste Longjing tea and learn hand-roasting in Meijiawu; picking is seasonal. A Junior Tea Artisan Completion Certificate is issued by the tea-garden master. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included; overnight in Hangzhou.

Day 4: Science and the Bund

Morning: explore themes such as ecology, aerospace, AI, quantum science and life sciences at the science museum. Afternoon: outlet shopping with dinner at your own expense; evening: Bund night views before returning to the hotel. Return from Hangzhou to Shanghai on D4; the return mode is to be confirmed. Breakfast and lunch included; dinner at own expense. Overnight in Shanghai.

Day 5: Shanghai at your own pace

Enjoy breakfast and a day at leisure, with the option to explore local markets independently. A fifth overnight stay in Shanghai is included in the itinerary. Free-time activities and meals other than breakfast are not listed as included. Overnight: Shanghai. Breakfast included.

Day 6: Free time and departure

Enjoy breakfast and any available free time before the planned airport transfer for the return journey to Singapore. The amount of free time and transfer arrangements depend on the confirmed flight schedule. Breakfast included. No further overnight stay.

Robotics and Jiangnan crafts

Morning at Shanghai Whale Robot: shake hands and converse with H7, explore flying robots, sensors, the space-station core module and robot dance, and visit smart manufacturing. Experiences include robot football, off-road challenges, brain-controlled racing and large-space VR. In the afternoon, a craft inheritor explains and demonstrates material selection and shaping before participants complete a take-home Jiangnan souvenir. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included; overnight in Shanghai.

Build a robot dog and discover Longjing tea

Morning: take high-speed rail to Hangzhou AI City for an introduction and group photo. Follow chips → robots → large language models → City Brain, then assemble, debug and programme a robot dog for the PK challenge, with one robot dog per person to take home. Afternoon: identify and taste Longjing tea and learn hand-roasting in Meijiawu; picking is seasonal. A Junior Tea Artisan Completion Certificate is issued by the tea-garden master. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included; overnight in Hangzhou.

Promotional illustration of robot-dog assembly, programming and competition. The programme includes one take-home robot dog per person; the pictured model and participant are illustrative.

Guides, craft inheritors and tea masters

Educational guides support the activities. A traditional craft inheritor explains and demonstrates handicrafts, and a tea master guides the Meijiawu tea experience.

Junior Tea Artisan Completion Certificate

A Junior Tea Artisan Completion Certificate is issued by the tea-garden master.

Inclusions

  • Five nights in shared twin rooms; hotel and category to be confirmed.

  • Five breakfasts and six lunches/dinners.

  • Itinerary transport, chartered road transport and D6 airport transfer; rail class, station connections and the Hangzhou–Shanghai return mode must be specified.

  • Driver, educational-guide and support-staff service fees.

  • Robotics, traditional crafts, robot-dog making and competition (one take-home robot dog per person), tea culture and the science-museum activities.

  • Listed admissions unless otherwise stated, course materials and activity props.

Exclusions

  • Unlisted meals, alcohol, additional drinks and extra dining service charges.

  • Personal expenses and unlisted items; personally caused property damage is addressed under the applicable terms.

  • Travel insurance is excluded.

  • Flight and airport taxes, where applicable, are excluded; tax inclusion in a flight-inclusive package must be confirmed for the selected package.

  • The land programme from SGD899 excludes flights; flight-inclusive dates and prices are not established.

Flights excluded

Learning outcomes

  • Observe sensors, human–machine interaction and smart manufacturing at the robotics venue.

  • Follow the path from chips and robots to large language models and City Brain; assemble, debug and programme a robot dog, compete and take it home.

  • Learn from a traditional craft inheritor through material selection, shaping and making a Jiangnan souvenir.

  • Discover Longjing tea in Meijiawu through identification, tasting and traditional hand-roasting.

  • Connect science and city culture through interactive museum exploration and a Bund walk.

Learning themes

  • Robotics and AI

  • Traditional crafts

  • Tea culture

  • Science and city life

Conditions and alternatives

Tea-artisan completion certificate

Subject to confirmation

A Junior Tea Artisan Completion Certificate is issued by the tea-garden master.

Return travel and tea picking

Subject to confirmation

Return to Shanghai on D4; the return mode, station transfers and rail class are to be confirmed. Tea picking is seasonal and subject to the tea garden’s arrangements; activities include identification, tasting and learning hand-roasting.

Five nights in shared twin rooms: Shanghai on D1, D2, D4 and D5, and Hangzhou on D3. Hotels and categories are to be confirmed. One adult with one child uses one twin room; two adults with two children use two twin rooms. Existing-bed, extra-bed or additional-room arrangements and supplements for three-person families require hotel confirmation.

Five breakfasts and six main meals: welcome dinner on D1; breakfast/lunch/dinner on D2 and D3; breakfast/lunch on D4 with dinner at own expense; breakfast on D5 and D6 with other meals at own expense. Local Shanghai and Hangzhou cuisines are featured; menus follow the daily arrangements.

Educational guides support the activities. A traditional craft inheritor explains and demonstrates handicrafts, and a tea master guides the Meijiawu tea experience.

If circumstances affect the planned itinerary, protecting our guests’ interests will remain our priority. We will discuss appropriate arrangements with guests and adjust the order of activities or reschedule by agreement. Any changes will follow the final arrangements confirmed by both parties.

Published guide price

From SGD 899.00 / per person

Land programme from SGD 899 per person, excluding flights. Adults and children share the same base price. Flight-inclusive school-holiday package dates and prices have not been confirmed. Flights and airport taxes, where applicable, are excluded from the land price; any tax inclusion in a separate flight-inclusive package must be confirmed for that package. Final dates, arrangements and availability require confirmation; this is a guide price, not a confirmed booking price.

Guide price only; subject to quotation and confirmed terms.

Program documents

Shanghai & Hangzhou Future Makers · English · 22 Oct 2026

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