China & SEA Tour Advice

* reposting coz it got removed

Hi, me and my friend (both 22F and from New Zealand) are considering travelling on a tour to either China, Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. I was wondering if anyone has been on a tour that was really good value/cheap in any of these countries. Also open to doing any of these countries independently if that’s better value than tours!

We're interested in food, arts, history, culture, and we don't particularly mind about beaches, but we do like action type stuff e.g. water activities, and don't really care about the party/drinking scene.

We prefer having some free time (not fully scheduled the whole time), and are open to paying a bit more if it’s actually worth it. Planning to go around August.

Specifically for China:
We're interested in doing the 11 day Unbeatable China tour by AVG Travels (AUD$999).

If anyone has been on it previously, is it possible to get more information regarding the time stamps for the itinerary so I can see how long we spend on each activity?

How many hours are actually spent at attractions vs buses/factories?

I looked on the website's itinerary but I'm seeing a lot of reviews saying that a lot of the time was spent in the factories?

If anyone has any good tour recommendations (or ones to avoid) would be really helpful!