22 days China tour
travel Beijing + Guilin + Xi'an + Tibet + Chengdu + cruise 3 Gorges + Shanghai/Tongli
to be private tour
Day01: --------------------------------Home to Beijing
Meals service: no
Accommodation: 4* Yuyang hotel or same level
Flight arriving at Beijing, the exciting capital of the Oriental empire, guide will meet you and transfer you to the booked hotel.
Day02: --------------------------------Beijing sightseeing
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Yuyang hotel or same level
Beginning you exploration of the ancient capital with the visit to Tian'anmen Square, then visit the imposing Forbidden City and the Summer palace.
Day03: --------------------------------Beijing sightseeing
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Yuyang hotel or same level
Today we go and have a stroll on the top of the greatest man - work of the ancient - the Badaling Great Wall which winds its way 3000 miles towards the west, in the afternoon, you will visit Ding Ling - one of the 13 tombs of the passed Ming dynasty emperors.
Day04: --------------------------------Beijing to Guilin by air
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Guilin Bravo hotel
Fly to Guilin by morning flight, in the afternoon, guided to visit Fubo Hills and Reed Flute Caves.
Day05: --------------------------------Guilin to Yangshuo overnight at Yangshuo
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Paradise hotel
Have a cruise tour on Li River. Arrive in Yangshuo around 1300PM. Visit local market. You may rent a bicycle and visit Yangshuo by bike.
Day06: --------------------------------Guilin to Xi'an by air
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Jianguo hotel
You are free in the morning, take flight to Xi'an in the afternoon, visit the Giant goose pagoda and the Ancient City Wall.
Day07: --------------------------------Xi'an sightseeing
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Jianguo hotel
In the morning, the guide will leads you to visit Terra cotta warriors, and Huaqingchi. At night, enjoy the Tang dynasty style performance. (self pay)
Day08: --------------------------------Xi'an to Lhasa by air
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Tibet hotel
Take morning plane to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet autonomous region, with an average elevation of over 4000m, Lhasa is just located at the very centre if the snow highland with its elevation of 3650m. On the way to Lhasa city, you will have a dream like feeling of enjoying the wonderful highland view along the YaluZangbu, the biggest river on this Tibet highland. In the afternoon, you are free to get accilimized to the high elevation.
Day09: -------------------------------Lhasa sightseeing
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Tibet hotel
In the morning, visit Potala palace (winter palace for Dalailama), Jhokang temple, Parkor street, Jokhang temple is the most sacred place for all Tibet pilgrims, for inside a gold gilded Syakamuni Bhudda statue is worshiped, in the temple, you will surely be impressed by the pilgrims action and their behaviors, for they are so devote and so pious to Buddhism. After here you are free to walk around in the city, enjoy the local folklore and its tradition.
Day10: --------------------------------Lhasa sightseeing
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Tibet hotel
Visit Tsepung monastery which is the most famous one in Lhasa city, and it is one among the 6 most well known monasteries for Gelupa in Tibetan area. In the afternoon, visit the imposing Tibet museum, it is a place worth to see, inside exhibits a lot of historical collections of thing about Tibet arts, arctecture, religion, politics, and so on, and visit the Sera monastery, there is a good site to learn how lhamas in Tibet monasteries study, and debate.
Day11: --------------------------------Lhasa to Gyantse to Shigatse
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 3* Shigatse Hotel or Shandong hotel
Today we will go to Gyangtse by the old road, visit Perkhor monastery, on the way, you will pass two high passes, the first is over 4850m, the second is over 5160m, by the second pass is a giant glacier, the peak of Nyengingangsang is 7192m; and see the beautiful Yangdrok lake (4441 meters above sea level).
Day12: --------------------------------Shigatse to Lhasa
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Tibet hotel
Shigatse is the second biggest city in Tibet, and the permanent residence to Phanchan Lhama (top living bhudda in Tibet Bhuddism) where you can see the Pagoda tombs for succissive Phanchan Lhamas, and a giant bronze cast Bhudda stature of Maitreya (wisdom Bhudda). Visit Tashilunpo monastery here. In the afternoon, drive back to Lhasa, visit Tibetan Carpet Factory.
Day13: -----------------------------Lhasa to Chengdu by air
Meals service: B
Accommodation: 4* Tianfu Sunshine hotel
You are free in the morning, take flight to Chengdu in the afternoon, you will arrive at Chengdu around 1800PM. Guide meet you at airport and transfer you to hotel. At night, if you like, you may go and see the wonderful Sichuan opera - highlights on Face changing, which is a masterpiece of the Sichuan opera, the actor will peel off his air thin mask just before your eyes, but you can not find the secrets of it. (self pay)
Day14 -------------------------------Leshan Big Buddha
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Tianfu Sunshine hotel
In the morning, take car to Leshan for visiting Leshan Big Buddha (160KM, around 2.5 hours drive). First, we visit it by boat. On the river, you can have a view for the buddha's Panoramic, Then go to the mountain, visit temples and the big buddha. In the afternoon, drive back to Chengdu, visit Taoist temple - Qingyang Palace; at night, enjoy Chengdu "face change" show (self pay).
Day15-------------------------------- Chengdu sightseeing
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* Tianfu Sunshine hotel
In the morning, take car to Mt. Qingchengshan (65KM, around 1.5 hours drive). Mt. Qingcheng (or Mt. Qingchengshan) is one of the most attractive mountains close to Chengdu city, and is thought to be the holy mountain to Taoists pilgrims; in history of China, Qingchengshan is the origin of the birth of Taoism; in afternoon, go to Dujiangyan for visit to Er-wang Miao temple and the famous Dujiangyan Water Project, which has been over 2250 years and still been in functioning to irrigate thounsands of hecters of farmlands; it is because of this water project that makes Chengdu Plain to be one of the most fertile farming areas in China
Day16 --------------------------------- Chengdu to Chongqing by train
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: Boarding 4* cruise Yangtze ship
Today, have the exciting tour to see the world treasure animal - Pandas in the Panda research centre for breeding in the morning. After lunch, take train to Chongqing (around 4.5 hours) to board the cruise ship for the down - stream voyage on Yangtse river. On the ship, you will enjoy the beauty of three gorges.
Day17 ------------------------------------On Yangtse river
Meals service: B/L/D
Accommodation: 4* cruiser ship
Enjoy the marvelous beauty of the three gorges and visit the scenic spots along the river.
Day18 -----------------------------------On Yangtse river
Meals service: B/L/D
Accommodation: 4* cruiser ship
Enjoy the marvelous beauty of the three gorges and visit the scenic spots along the river.
Day19 -----------------------------------Yichang to Shanghai by air
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* New century hotel
Today you arrive at Yichang in the morning or noon, guide meet you at the dock, after lunch, take flight to Shanghai.
Day20: -------------------------Shanghai sightseeing
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* New century hotel
When in Shanghai, enjoy the beauty of the Chinese - style garden with strong tradition - Yu yuan garden and Jade Buddha temple , in the late afternoon, visit Oriental Pearl TV Tower. In the evening, you can stroll along the Huangpu river which flows through the city, beside it are a lot of Europe style building of the 19th century.
Day21 (Optional): ----------Shanghai city to Suzhou to Tongli to Shanghai
Meals service: B/L
Accommodation: 4* New century hotel
Shanghai is a cosmopolitan city, it is the landmark of present China mainland with a skyward speed of economic development; in this city area, scenic spots are few (see above); all interesting visits are close to Shanghai city; today, it is an optional day, you can decide to do this tour or you decide to leave Shanghai. Because there are many international flight leaving Shanghai, therefore, when you send me your tour quest, please tell me when your international flights will leave China; if your time allowed, today's sightseeing is worth.
Suggest visits: Drive about 150 kilometers to Suzhou "Venice of Orient", to visit local famous Chinese traditional and historic old Gardens, such as Zhouzhen Yuan (The Humble Admisttrator's Garden), Wangshi Yuan (the Master - of - Nets Garden), Liu Yuan (Lingering Garden), Hu qiu (Hill of Tiger), Changlang Pavillions (Fish watching spot) Tongli is famous for its waters and local traditional villages with strong features of Chinese buildings.
Today we only book and pay the hotel charge for you, for the excursion to Suzhou, Tongli, zhouzhuang,..., you need to pay additional fee..
Day22: ------------------------------------Shanghai to Home
Meals service: B
Accommodation: no
Send to airport, take flight back to your home.
End of this 22 days travel in China
Quotation (Per Person)
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Quotation
(Per Person)
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2 tourists
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4 tourists
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May 1st - October 31st
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USD3950.00 (covers Day21)
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USD3154.00 (covers Day21)
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USD3985.00 (not cover Day21)
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USD3050.00 (not cover Day21)
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November 1st - April 30th
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USD3618.00 (covers Day21)
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USD3126.00 (covers Day21)
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USD3498.00 (not cover Day21)
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USD3024.00 (not cover Day21)
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Noting:
If your tour spans China May Day (from May 1st to May 7th), China National Day (from Oct. 1st to Oct. 7th), Tibet Shoton Festival (from Aug. 12th to Aug. 18th) and Tibet Nakchu Horse Race Festival (from Aug. 10th to Aug. 16th), the tour charge will be different.
Price includes:
1. Hotel service as listed in the itinerary.
2. Meals service stated in the tour. (All breakfast will be served in hotel; all lunches are to be served outside hotel in tourist restaurants)
4. Traffic service specified in the tour
5. English speaking guide service in the tour
6. Scenic visit charges listed in the itinerary
7. Land surface insurance
8. All air tickets and air taxes (5 Flights) Beijing to Guilin, Guilin to Xi'an, Xi'an to Lhasa, Lhasa to Chengdu, Yichang to Shanghai
9. Travel permit to Tibet
Price excludes:
1. Air travel insurance
2. All personal expenses beyond the tour
3. Expenses and charges caused by natural reasons and elements beyond the control of us (such as flight delay, flight cancellation, street protesting, war, mudslides, low water level affecting ship access, porter service charge if there is, hotel charges beyond the tour above, lose because of air delay or air cancellation…)
4. Tips to your guide and driver through the tour.
5. Exra RMB20.00 per person in Potala palace
