Destinations: Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Guilin, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
This two weeks tour covers the China of yesterday, today and tomorrow. We will take you to the most important historical and modern cities in China. You will visit the major tour sites, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City in Beijing, Terra-cotta Warriors in Xian & the Oriental TV Tower in Shanghai. You will have chances to visit many beautiful classical gardens in Suzhou & Hangzhou, the beautiful natural scenery in Guilin and the "city of active" -Hong Kong.
Tour Type: This is an Independent Private China Package which includes personal Guide & Driver + Private car / van + domestic flights & hotels + entrance fees & meals for your own party of 1, 2 or more people that you know. You are also welcome to join our Organized Group Tours & City Package Tours.
Itinerary:
Day 1 ( )
Arrival / Beijing
Transfer via: International flight to Beijing-On your own arrangement
Arrive at Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 2 (B, L, )
Beijing
Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Peking Opera Show in the evening.
- The Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
Day 3 (B, L, D )
Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.
- The Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- The Ding Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.
- The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.
Day 4 (B, L, )
beijing/ Xi'an
Transfer via: PM flight
Visit Hutongs by rickshaw. Take afternoon flight to Xi'an.Once upon you get to Xi'an, be met & transferred to your hotel in Xi'an.
- Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the BellTower, the DrumTower, the Tea House, and the lake, House of Gong Infant and local people's houses among them.
Day 5 (B, L, )
Xi'an
Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, the BellTower and the Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy the Tang Dynasty show in the evening.
- The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses: The greatest archaeological findings of the century: the army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.
- The BellTower: The emblem of Xian city.
- The AncientCity Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
- The Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India.
- The Tang Dynasty show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.
Day 6 (B, L, )
Xi'an / Shanghai
Transfer via: PM flight
Visit the ProvincialMuseum, the Ancient City Wall and the Hanyang Tomb. Take afternoon flight to Shanghai Hongqiao airport. Arrive at Shanghai. Be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
- The ProvincialMuseum: One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.
- The Hanyang Tomb: The Jing Emperor's tomb in Han Dynasty which was opened in 2001 and is famous for its rich collections of different kinds of tombs.
Day 7 (B, L, )
Shanghai
Tour to the Bund, Nanjing Road, Yu Garden,Yu Market & JadeBuddhaTemple.
-The Bund: the former foreign settlement, ranged along with imposing buildings of the colonial period.
-Nanjing Road: the busiest shopping street in Shanghai.
-YuGarden: It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years' history. In front of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market.
- JadeBuddhaTemple: It is one of the main tourist highlights of Shanghai and it's also the most famous active temples in China. if you're lucky, you can watch the monks serving a ceremony in a side room.
Day 8 (B, L, )
Shanghai
Tour to Shanghai Museum, Jade carving factory, Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Lunch will be Tiemuzhen Mongolian BBQ, Oriental Pearl TV Tower.
-ShanghaiMuseum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.
-Jade carving factory: Where tourists can see the whole process of jade carving.
-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Standing by the HuangpuRiver with 468 meters high, Oriental Pearl TV Tower is the highest TV Tower in Asia.
Day 9 (B, L, )
Shanghai / Suzhou / Shanghai
Transfer via: AM Train (shanghai/Suzhou)(about 1 hour)
PM train (suzhou/Shanghai)(about 1 hour)
Take am train with soft seats to Suzhou from Shanghai. Cruise on the Grand Canal. In the afternoon, visit the Humble Administrator's Garden & LingeringGarden. In the evening, take pm train with soft seats back to Shanghai.
-Grand Canal:The Grand Canal ranks alongside the Great Wall of China as the country's greatest engineering achievement and it is the longest man-made waterway in world. Cruising on the Canal,you can see the local people' life.
-Humble Ministrator's Garden: The garden is the best representative of Chinese classical gardens,constructed in the Ming dynasty. Focused on a central pond with pavilions, terraces, chambers, and towers located nearby, the garden is divided into three parts: the eastern, middle and western parts.-
-Lingering Garden: Suzhou is famous for its the Gardens. Lingering Garden is an elaborate succession of small gardens. Lingering in the garden you would marvel at this unique architecture art.
Day 10 (B, L, )
Shanghai / Hangzhou
Transfer via: AM Train (about 2hrs)
Take morning train with soft seats to Hangzhou. Be met & have city tours to WestLake, LingyinTemple, FeilaiPeak, Six Harmonies Pagoda & Tea Plantation Farm .
-WestLake:Lying on the west edge of Hangzhou city, West Lake is the symbol of Hangzhou as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China.
-FeilaiPeak: situated in front of LingyinTemple, is famous for its more than 470 stone carvings of Buddhist figures, which dated back from the 10th to 14th centuries.
-LingyinTemple: LingyinTemple is one of the ten most famous ancient Buddhist temples in China. It also houses various Buddhist literature and treasures.
-Six Harmony Pagoda:Highly erected by the QiantangRiver and to the south of the WestLake, it is a perfect symbol of brick-and-wood structure built in the ancient China. It was first built in 970 AD in the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). The name "six harmonies" comes from the six Buddhist ordinances, meaning "harmonies of the heaven, earth, east, west, south and north".
Day 11 (B, L, )
Hangzhou / Guilin
Transfer via: PM flight
Enjoy free time until be picking up to the airport for your flight to Guilin. Once upon get to Guilin, be met & transferred to your hotel.
Day 12 (B, L, )
Guilin
Full day Li River Cruise to Yangshuo with lunch aboard and return to Guilin late in the afternoon.
- Li River Cruise: Depart from your hotel in the morning. Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier(about 1 hour drive)for a 4.5 hours wonderful cruise.You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields ,farms and villages with water buffalos,cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Disembark at the one-thousand-year-old town Yangshuo in the afternoon. Have a short exploration to the old town before to be transferred back to Guilin city.
Day 13 (B, L, )
Guilin
Full day tours to the Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill,ReedFluteCave and SevenStarPark with lunch.
-Elephant Trunk Hill: Located at the conjunction of the Li River & the Peach Blossom River, the whole hill looks very much like a giant elephant with a long trunk, it is the symbol of Guilin city.
-Fubo Hill: You can see lots of rock stone carvings & Buddha statues since Tang Dynasty.Have a wonderful bird's-eye view of Guilin city if you climb to the summit.
-ReedFluteCave: Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts" where you can see beautiful stalactites & stalagmites,learn how they are formed.
-SevenStarPark: The biggest park in Guilin, where you can see a giant Panda Meimei, the Camel Hill, BonsaiGarden and more sites if you are energetic enough to climb some hills.
Day 14 (B, L, )
Guilin / guangzhou/Hong Kong
Transfer via: AM flight(guilin/Guangzhou);
hovercraft(guangzhou/Hong Kong)
Take AM flight to Guangzhou. Be met & transferred to take a half day trip to Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, ChenFamilyTemple,the Temple of Six Banyan Trees, Take afternoon take hovercraft to Hong Kong.
-Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall:A Chinese style building which was sponsored by Chinese to commemorate Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great forerunner of Chinese revolution.
- The Chen Family Temple:It is also known as Guangdong Folk Art Museum, was used to be the study house of Chen family in 1890s, also the best decorated ancient architecture in Guangdong province.
- The Temple of Six Banyan Trees: A world famous ancient Buddhist temple,built in 1460 years ago, It has since been known as Temple of the Six Banyan Trees.
Day 15 (B, )
Hong Kong
HONG KONG ISLAND HALF DAY TOUR to VictoriaPeak, Aberdeen, RepulseBay;then enjoy your free time at leisure for the rest of the day.
-VictoriaPeak: The Peak is Hong kong's number one tourist destination. It features the city's of oldest mode transport, the 112-year old Peak Tram and Hong Kong's most unusual building and icon, The Peak Tower. It combine shopping, restaurants, and entertainment.
-Aberdeen: AberdeenHarbor is home of hundreds of people living on fishing junks. Take sampan ride to get a close-up look at this unusual way of life.
-RepulseBay. Primarily an exclusive residential area, RepulseBay has a relaxed, resort-like atmosphere. The wide beach is popular with residents and great for sandy strolls. It features statues of Kwun Yum and Tin Hau, both protectors of fishermen.
Day 16 (B, )
Hong Kong / Departure
Transfer via: International flight to Beijing-On your own arrangement
Be picked up to the airport for your flight to the next destination.
Service Ends.
Price Details for this tour (per person in US$): currency converter
Travel in party of |
Deluxe Hotel |
Comfortable Hotel |
Budget Hotel |
Inquire about the tour |
1 person |
$4,531 |
$3,885 |
$3,331 |
2-5 persons |
$2,834 |
$2,463 |
$2,131 |
6-9 persons |
$2,440 |
$2,067 |
$1,797 |
Single room Supplement |
$1,009 |
$703 |
$421 |
