B-106 16 days from $1469

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Tour Code: B-106

16 Days Budget of Beijing - Xian - Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin - Kunming - Lijiang - Shanghai: Starting from $1499 per person; Luxury| Standard| Budget

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Tour Features
This 16-Day private tour covers the capital city of China - Beijing, also you can experience the different beauties of all kinds of mountains, rivers, enjoy the antiquity Xian, the mystical minority wonders in Yunnan. The suggested sightseeing spots in Shanghai are also offered to the clients - you are challenged to adventure there on your own!

Day by Day Itinerary

Departure: Daily

Chinese people
An elder woman in her traditional house

Day 01: Arrival in Beijing
Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Beijing Airport and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.

Accommodation: Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel

Day 02: Beijing
Visit the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. (B+L)

Accommodation: Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel

Day 03: Beijing
Visit the Badaling Great Wall, the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb. (B+L)

Accommodation: Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel

Day 04: Beijing
We intend to leave the day free for you to absorb something of the vibrant atmosphere of Beijing. (B)

Accommodation: Golden Palace Silver Street Hotel

Day 05: Beijing - Xian
Visit the Summer Palace, the Lama Temple and the lovely pandas in Beijing Zoo. See off at the Beijing railway station to take an overnight soft sleeper train to Xian. (B+L+D)

Accommodation: an overnight soft sleeper train

Terracotta soldiers
Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Xian

Day 06: Xian
Pick you up at the railway station. After having breakfast at the hotel, you will visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Provincial History Museum. (B+L)

Accommodation: City Hotel

Day 07: Xian
The day is arranged by yourselves, you are suggested to visit the City Wall, the Great Mosque and have some free time to explore the Bazaar near the Mosque by yourselves. (B)

Accommodation: City Hotel

Day 08: Xian - Guilin
You are suggested to take a shuttle bus to the airport and the bus stop is very near to your hotel. Board the flight to Guilin by yourselves. Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Guilin airport and transfer you to the hotel. (B)

Accommodation: Hotel Universal

Day 09: Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin
Transfer you to the pier to board the cruise ship. Then the activities along the Li River and in Yangshuo will be handled by yourselves. Enduring memories are created today as you cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo. Upon arrival in Yangshuo, you may have a short bicycle trip to the countryside. Alternatively, you can take an electric car instead of taking bicycles. Go back to Guilin by yourselves. The shuttle bus ticket from Yangshuo to Guilin can be purchased easily at the bus stop. (Tips: Since the lunch on the Li River cruise can not meet your expectation, TCG suggests that you have enough breakfast at the hotel today). (B+L)

Accommodation: Hotel Universal

Lijiang Old Town
Street of Lijiang Ancient Town

Day 10: Guilin - Kunming
You are suggested to visit the Reed Flute Cave, the Seven Star Park and the Elephant Trunk Hill by yourselves. Take a taxi to the airport by yourselves to board the flight to Kunming. Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Kunming airport and transfer you to the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: King World International Hotel

Day 11: Kunming - Lijiang
Visit the Stone Forest. Take a flight to Lijiang and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

Accommodation: Sanhe Hotel

Day 12: Lijiang
Visit the Baisha Village and a local Naxi family, the Baisha Murals, the Rock Joseph's Former Residence in Yuhu Village. The afternoon is free for you to explore the Old Town by yourselves. (B+L)

Accommodation: Sanhe Hotel


Day 13: Lijiang - Shanghai
The morning is free. Take a flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, please go to the hotel we have booked for you by yourselves. (B)

Accommodation: Zhongya Hotel

Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai

Day 14: Shanghai
The hotel accommodation with breakfast is provided today. You are suggested to visit the Shanghai Museum, the Yuyuan Garden and the Bund on your own. (B)

Accommodation: Zhongya Hotel

Day 15: Shanghai
The hotel accommodation with breakfast is provided today. The full day's activities are arranged by yourselves. (B)

Accommodation: Zhongya Hotel

Day 16: Departure from Shanghai
You will get to the airport to board your homeward flight by yourselves. (B)

B-- BreakfastL-- LunchD-- Dinner

Important note:

In Shanghai we only book the comfortable hotel for you. Our listed itinerary is just for your reference, which is not included in our package tour price. Shanghai is an international metropolis with modern transportations to be easily accessed, and English is widely used, so it is quite convenient to find the way to your destinations, there's no need to have a guide and private car according to our experiences. Thus, to save the cost for you, we, TravelChinaGuide, would like to leave this part on your own. Particularly, we have made a sketch map for the suggested itinerary. Hope it helps. Alternatively, if you want to avoid being a little bit adventurous and enjoy your stay in Shanghai in a sit-back manner, we are also glad to make arrangements for you. Your tour specialists will quote you the price for this part upon your requirements.

Differences can be only made by comparison. Our Making a Difference page for all private tours will let you know extra benefits we offer over and above those on tours available from other operators. We welcome suggestions and comparison as to ways in which we can further improve our tours. Thank you for considering Travel China Guide and we warmly invite you to join us for a truly unforgettable experience!

Prices (based on per person and shown in US dollars)

Prices (Valid from Mar. 1st, 2008 to Feb. 28th, 2009)

Group size

Season

2-5 travelers

6-9 travelers

10 travelers & above

High season

Double Occupancy

$2129

$1869

$1609

Sole Occupancy

$2589

$2319

$2039

Low season

Double Occupancy

$2039

$1769

$1499

Sole Occupancy

$2389

$2119

$1799

Remark : Quotations listed are valid excluding the periods of Olympic Games staying in Beijing; May 01 to May 07, Oct 01 to Oct 07, Jan 26 to Feb 01, 2009 staying in Xian and Guilin; Oct 01 to Oct 07 and Jan 25 to Feb 01, 2009 staying in Lijiang; F1 Grand Prix staying in Shanghai.

Inclusions

Internal flights & taxes and train tickets;
Hotels with daily western breakfasts;
Daily lunches as specified;
Professional individual guide & driver;

Private air-conditioned car or van;
Entrance fees to the tourist sites;
Two bottles of mineral water per day;
Government taxes.

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The above private guided tour is tailored for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other participants will be in your group. In other words, others will not join in your tour and you will not take part into any tours of others on our land services.

Get up early and inquire where the locals do their shopping for meal supplies. Going to a food market (each city has one) is incredibly enriching and gives you appreciation for how hard working these people are. First the farmers who tote their goods on their shoulders (we saw women who looked to be in their 80's doing this) and, for the woman who has to choose and usually clean her purchase. Stick around, buy some fruit (China is filled with incredibly delicious fruits). Buy some fresh Din Sum from a street vendor and make it part of your day before heading to more frequented tourist sights. Some of the most fun was the stares we would get wondering about the back streets. We've been told they are not used to seeing Westerners in places we wondered into. Our favorite markets were in Xian and Guilin.

Client's information:: Mr.Homand 2008-2-14 15:05

Train is the main transportation meals in China. Our guide told us the railway station is one busiest place in China. We visited China this May and just came across the May Day Holiday - Golden Week Holiday in China. Usually the travel agency always arrange the guide to enter the station to pick up the visitors. But during the periods of May Day Holiday, National Day Holiday and Spring Festival Holiday, station platform tickets are not sold and the guide cannot enter the station to pick up or see off the clients. All the visitors must manage it by ourselves. China is really a large population country. I believe not only at the train station, anywhere must be flooded with people during the holidays. Traveling becomes a kind of suffering instead of enjoyment.

Client's information:: Ms.Ivy Bertney , Australia , 2007-11-13 17:28

I heard that peaboat is quite interesting in Zhouzhuang, Wuzhen or any other water town in China. I was curious to take a chance to enjoy that peaboat. But when I was about to have a try (in Zhouzhuang), I saw a boat stuffed with 20 people (seens the boat could have no more than 15) waving trembly along the river. I was scared. They did not wear the life jacket (as no life jacket is provided). (sweating...)
I gave up trying that pea boat as I did not wish to take a risk to swim in that river.

Client's information:: Mr.Allen Lee , Australia , 2007-10-15 16:16

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