Winter Pearl River Delta

Winter Pearl River Delta · December 27, 2027 – January 8, 2028 · every stop verified

Dates: the winter Pearl River Delta trip runs December 27, 2027 – January 8, 2028 (owner-set). The day-by-day below is our fully verified route template — the final calendar is re-choreographed around the 2027/28 holiday and museum-closure schedule. Join the waitlist for dates and priority pricing first.

Day 1 — Arrive Hong Kong

Payments-and-apps onboarding, Peak Tram at dusk, welcome dinner. (D)

Day 2 — Hong Kong’s tech day, then cross by night

Cyberport’s Digital Tech Centre, dim sum at Maxim’s Palace, HKUST’s coastal campus, evening high-speed rail into Shenzhen — immigration inside the station. (B, L)

Day 3 — Hardware capital

Huaqiangbei insider tour with a veteran fixer; EHang’s UAM Exhibition Center — the world’s first automated eVTOL vertiport site; evening at the Huawei/Xiaomi/NIO flagship cluster. (B)

Day 4 — BYD day

BYD global HQ: Blade Battery nail test, patent wall, SkyRail ride; Huawei Bantian exhibition-hall attempt; evening at the Robot 6S store — a dealership where the inventory walks. (B, L)

Day 5 — The Huawei attempt + New Year’s Eve

Ox Horn campus attempt in Dongguan with DJI’s flagship + outdoor flight arena as the committed fallback; Insta360’s global flagship; NYE dinner and the Talent Park drone light show. (B, D)

Day 6 — New Year’s Day in the future city

The new Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum; lunch by drone at Shenzhen Bay Park; robotaxi rides in waves — no Chinese phone number needed. (B, L)

Day 7 — To Guangzhou

HSR south; WeRide’s autonomous district — robobuses and robotaxis in the 24/7 zone; Canton Tower + Pearl River night cruise. (B)

Day 8 — Cantonese morning

Dim sum banquet, old-town stroll, Guangdong Science Center. (B, L)

Day 9 — XPeng factory day

XPeng’s official AI Tech Smart Manufacturing Tour: HQ exploration center, AeroHT flying-car hall, live factory lines; GAC Aion attempt; HSR to Zhuhai; waterfront evening across from Macau’s lights. (B)

Day 10 — Zhuhai space day

Zhuhai Aerospace Land — launch vehicles and spaceflight halls at the airshow campus; optional Chimelong Spaceship add-on; sunset on Lovers’ Road. (B)

Day 11 — Across two borders

Dawn crossing at Gongbei — the world’s busiest land border; Macau’s historic centre; 40 minutes over the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge in daylight. (B)

Day 12 — Hong Kong, second window

Science Park circuit and our second-chance window for late-landing company visits; West Kowloon and the Star Ferry at golden hour. (B)

Day 13 — Choose your adventure

Big Buddha, Dragon’s Back hike, or Sham Shui Po’s electronics streets; farewell dinner. (B, D)

Day 14 — Home

Breakfast, Airport Express, done. (B)

Included / not included

Included: 13 nights verified international-chain hotels (breakfast daily) · all scheduled transport (high-speed rail, ferries, the bridge) · 7 group meals · listed admissions and experiences · bilingual guides · US trip leader · Octopus card + eSIM data pack + payments onboarding. Not included: international airfare · travel insurance (required) · most dinners · single supplement $795 · optional add-ons.

All site visits are subject to confirmation and availability. Named companies indicate planned and attempted visits, not guarantees.

Departure morning: If flight time permits, take a Victoria Harbour promenade walk near the hotel on Saturday morning before your airport transfer.

Photo: Benh Lieu Song · CC BY-SA 4.0

The day-by-day (tentative)

Tentative plan for December 27, 2027 – January 8, 2028 — order and site visits subject to confirmation and availability; final choreography follows the 2027/28 holiday calendar.

Day 1: Monday, December 27, 2027

• AM: Land Hong Kong; airport pickup windows
• PM: Check-in Causeway Bay; onboarding
• Evening: Victoria Peak at dusk + welcome dinner (included)

Day 2: Tuesday, December 28, 2027

• AM: Hong Kong tech morning — DJI flagship, quant-district walk
• PM: Vibrant Express from West Kowloon — mainland immigration inside the station [240-hour visa-free entry]
• Evening: Arrive Shenzhen Futian; dinner free

Day 3: Wednesday, December 29, 2027

• AM: Huaqiangbei insider tour with our fixer
• PM: Hardware-capital deep dive continues
• Evening: Free — Futian at night

Day 4: Thursday, December 30, 2027

• AM: BYD HQ exhibition hall + Yun Ba SkyRail
• PM: Bantian corridor — Robot 6S store
• Evening: Free

Day 5: Friday, December 31, 2027

• AM: Huawei Ox Horn campus attempt
• PM: Camera tech — Insta360 global flagship
• Evening: New Year’s Eve drone show + countdown

Day 6: Saturday, January 1, 2028

• AM: New Year’s morning — Talent Park bay loop
• PM: Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum + robotaxi waves
• Evening: Free

Day 7: Sunday, January 2, 2028

• AM: HSR to Guangzhou
• PM: Guangdong Science Center
• Evening: Canton Tower + Pearl River night cruise (included)

Day 8: Monday, January 3, 2028

• AM: Cantonese dim sum morning (included)
• PM: XPeng Global HQ + AeroHT flying-car program
• Evening: HSR down the delta to Zhuhai

Day 9: Tuesday, January 4, 2028

• AM: Zhuhai Aerospace Land, Jinwan — open Tuesdays
• PM: Launch vehicles, space-station exhibits, simulators
• Evening: Gongbei waterfront; optional Chimelong Spaceship add-on

Day 10: Wednesday, January 5, 2028

• AM: Cross to Macau at dawn
• PM: Half-day Macau — Ruins of St. Paul’s, Macao Science Center
• Evening: The 55-km Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau bridge back to Hong Kong

Day 11: Thursday, January 6, 2028

• AM: Hong Kong second-window tech day (MTR-based)
• PM: Flex for late-landing visits; M+ / Museum of History options
• Evening: Free

Day 12: Friday, January 7, 2028

• AM: Choose-your-adventure Hong Kong — Lantau, hikes, or shopping
• PM: Regroup
• Evening: Farewell dinner (included)

Day 13: Saturday, January 8, 2028

• AM: If flight time permits — Victoria Harbour promenade walk near the hotel
• PM: Depart HKG
• Evening: —

Per person, double occupancy; single-room supplement $795. Most travelers enter visa-free under the 240-hour transit policy — the trip is engineered for it.