Copenhagen → Shanghai → ... → Hong Kong → Copenhagen

• Shanghai — Days 1–4 (4 days)
• Huangshan — Days 5–7 (3 days)
• Chongqing — Days 8–12 (5 days)
• Zhangjiajie — Days 13–16 (4 days)
• Taiwan — Days 17–25 (9 days)
• Japan — Days 26–35 (10 days)
• Hong Kong — Days 36–39 (4 days)

• The Bund promenade & the Pudong skyline at night
• Yu Garden and the Old Town bazaar — try xiaolongbao at Nanxiang Mantou Dian
• French Concession — Tianzifang laneways, Wukang Road architecture
• Cherry blossoms at Century Park (central, easy metro) or Gucun Park (biggest)

6–20°C across the stay · rain builds through April · blossoms peak ~22 Mar

• Summit hike — Bright Top (Guangming Ding), Lotus Peak, Xihai Grand Canyon loop
• Sea of clouds at sunrise / sunset — stay overnight on the mountain for this
• Cable car or a 3–4h hike up the eastern steps
• Hongcun & Xidi — UNESCO Hui-style ancient villages at the base

Summit ~5–12°C, snow possible in March · azaleas bloom mid-Apr–May

• Hongya Cave lit up at night — the stilted riverside complex
• Ciqikou Old Town — Ming/Qing-era streets, tea houses
• Liziba monorail station — the train that runs through a building
• Dazu Rock Carvings — UNESCO Buddhist/Taoist/Confucian carvings (day trip)

11–24°C across the stay · basin city, often hazy · rain builds toward Qingming

• Golden Whip Stream — easy valley walk, good warm-up day
• Yuanjiajie ridge — the famous pillar-forest scenery
• Grand Canyon Glass Bridge — glass-bottomed, genuinely vertigo-inducing
• Tianzi Mountain cable car & pillar-forest views from another angle

7–20°C · frequent mist and rain · pack a proper rain shell

• Taipei & Jiufen's lantern-lit hillside streets
• Taroko Gorge — marble canyon, Shakadang Trail & Swallow Grotto
• Alishan — cypress groves, the (crowded but classic) sunrise train
• Sun Moon Lake — shoreline cycling, cable car to the culture village

16–26°C · humid, ~15–20 rainy days/month · Alishan blossoms hold into early April

• Tokyo — Shinjuku Gyoen, Asakusa, a Hakone day trip (Fuji views, onsen)
• Kyoto — Fushimi Inari torii hike, Philosopher's Path, Arashiyama bamboo grove
• Osaka — Dotonbori, Osaka Castle Park
• Nara half-day trip from Kyoto — deer park & Todai-ji

5–20°C · cool mornings, mild afternoons · classic light-jacket weather

• Victoria Peak & the Central skyline at sunset
• Dragon's Back — ridge hike above Shek O, ~2–3h
• Kowloon — Star Ferry, Temple Street Night Market, Symphony of Lights
• Lantau — Big Buddha cable car & Tai O fishing village

17–25°C · humid, gets muggier by April · HK Sevens 9–11 Apr