China Exploration, 15 days- 14 nights
This tour offers a thorough exploration of the most popular tourist attractions in China.
Day 1: Guangzhou
Arrival in Guangzhou, airport pick-up, hotel check-in.
Afternoon: City tour visit Shang Xia Jiu Lu, Wu Yang Hill.
Day 2: Guang zhou – Yangshou (B)
Transfer by road from Guangzhou to Yangshou, a small lovely town enclosed by amazing limestone peaks.
Day 3: Yangshou (B)
Morning enjoy a wonderful cycling trip through rice paddies, limestone peaks, rivers and villages. Evening enjoy the fantastic musical show directed by Zhang Yi Mou
Day 4: Yangshou - Lijiang (B)
Bus drive to Guilin, then take a flight to Lijiang, a delightful old town of Yunnan, a World Cultural Heritage site, hotel check-in, lunch.
Afternoon nice walk around the old town of cobbled streets, criss-crossed canals, and from A to Z souvenir shops, enjoy lively dancing performance by Naxi ladies at the market square
Day 5: Lijiang – Tiger Leaping Gorge – Sangrila (B-L-D)
Bus ride to the gorgeous Tiger Leaping Gorge (16km long and 3,900m deep), one of the deepest gorges in the world, enjoy a rather tough but very impressive 3 - hour- hike
Afternoon bus transfer to Sangrila, an interesting town with some Tibetan features
Day 6: Sangrila – Chengdu (B)
Morning flight to Chengdu, excursion to the Giant Panda breeding research center, hotel check-in, lunch
Afternoon city tour: nice walks at the People Park and walking street area
Day 7: Chengdu – Jiuzhaigou by plane (B-L-D)
Morning take a flight to Jiuzhaigou
Explore Jiuzhaigou Park, a uniquely beautiful world natural and biological park, offering lot of time for walking, admiring the gorgeous sceneries and relaxing in the park.
O/N in the park
Day 8: Jiuzhaigou (B-L-D)
Explore Jiuzhaigou Park, a uniquely beautiful world natural and biological park, offering lot of time for walking, admiring the gorgeous sceneries and relaxing in the park.
O/N in the park
Day 9: Jiuzhaigou - Chengdu – Xian (B)
Morning flight to Chengdu, then take evening train to Xian
Day 10: Xian
Arrival in Xian, a significant historic city of China, then excursion to the Army of terracotta warriors after arrival
Back to Xian in the afternoon, hotel check-in, at leisure to relax or explore the old city center on your own.
Day 11: Xian – Beijing (B)
Morning city walk along the wall, Drum and Bell towers, Muslim square. Visit the splendid Taoist temple of Eight Immortals.
After lunch, take afternoon train to Beijing. Overnight on the train
Day 12: Beijing (B)
After early arrival, hotel check-in.
City walk starts at the huge Tiananmen Square, well-preserved Forbidden City, walk to lunch place, then enjoy Hutong tour on pedicabs through centuries-old streets and communities, passing by the bell and drum towers, end at the colourful Lama temple. Visit the Lama temple and the Confucian temple nearby.
Back to hotel
Day 13: Great Wall – Temple of Heaven (B)
Morning excursion to Juyonguan Great Wall, conquer the truly great wall, admiring the great work and views, have picnic lunch on the wall.
Afternoon drive back to Beijing, visit the temple of Heaven, the symbol of Beijing
Day 14: Summer palace (B)
Spend more than half day for this pleasant and beautiful place and some free time for shopping in Beijing city center.
Dinner: Enjoy Special Beijing duck
Day 15: Departure (B)
Transfer to the airport for departure flight
End of service
Inclusions:
- Hotel accommodation with breakfast (based on twin sharing)
- All meals indicated in the program (B=breakfast, L= lunch, D=dinner)
- All ground transport on tour with A/C vehicles , boats, trains, domestic flights
- All entrance fees
- Local English speaking guides (other languages upon request)
Exclusions:
- International flight tickets to and from China
- Single entry Visa for China
- Personal Insurance
- Personal expenses such as other meals, drinks, camera fees
- All other accounts not mentioned in the above inclusions.