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Tour Code: S-606
- 26 Days Standard of Beijing - Xian - Dunhuang - Turpan - Urumqi - Korla - Kuqa - Aksu - Kashgar - Tashkurgan - Khunjerab Pass - Hunza - Gilgit - Chilas - Swat - Peshawar - Knyber - Islamabad - Lahore
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Departure: Daily
Day One: Entry Beijing
TCG guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you at the Beijing Capital Airport according to your international (internal) flight schedule. Transfer to the 4-star hotel for 3 nights stay and relax for the rest of the day.
Meals: None
Hotel: Holiday Inn Central Plaza (4 star )- the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing
Day Two: Beijing
Stroll along the famous Tiananmen Square - the largest square in the world, and reach the Forbidden City. This afternoon, transfer to visit the Temple of Heaven.
Specials: Peking Roast Duck Banquet & Peking Opera Performance
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day Three: Beijing
Morning excursion transfers you to climb the China Great Wall - Badaling section. A spicy Sichuan cuisine lunch is served at a notable restaurant to recruit your physical energy. This afternoon, stroll across the Sacred Path and reach the Ming Tomb.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day Four: Beijing - Xian
Bid farewell to the city after having a stay at the Summer Palace. Fly to Xian to appreciate China’s long history. TCG guide will wait for you at the airport ahead of the flight schedule and transfer you to the 4-star hotel for 2 nights stay. Take a visit to the City Wall afterwards and have a bird’s view of this city.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Grand New World Hotel (4 star)
Day Five: Xian
Highlight morning excursion transfers you to visit the amazing Terracotta Soldiers Museum. This afternoon, visit the landmark of this city - Big Wild Goose Pagoda and tour around the best-preserved Islamic Great Mosque as the end of the day.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Crescent Lake, Dunhuang
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Proceed to the next stop after visiting the Shaanxi History Museum. Fly to the 'Pearl on the Silk Road’ - Dunhuang. TCG guide will wait for you at the airport ahead of the flight schedule and transfer you to the 4-star hotel for 1 night stay.
Specials: A la carte lunch
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Building No. 8 of Dunhuang Hotel ( 4 star)
Day Seven: Dunhuang - Turpan
Experience a short unforgettable camel-riding along the Echoing-Sand Dune to the Crescent Lake, which is a nature wonder coexist with the desert for thousand of years. Visit the shrine of Buddhist art treasures Mogao Grottoes. After dinner, ride a soft sleeper train to Turpan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: an overnight soft sleeper train
Day Eight: Turpan
TCG guide will wait for you at the railway station ahead of the train schedule and transfer you to the 3-star hotel for 1 night stay. After the breakfast at hotel, visiting the Jiaohe Ruins witnessed the long history of Turpan, the notable ‘underground Great Wall' Karez System and the largest extant Islamic tower Sugong Pagoda (Emin Minaret).
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Oasis Hotel (3 star)
Day Nine: Turpan - Urumqi
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to visit the Gaochang Ruins standing in the desolate Gebi desert, the Baizikeli Thousand Buddha Cave and the Flaming Mountain. Stay at the local 4-star hotel for 2 nights.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Xinjiang Grand Hotel ( 4 star) - former Holiday Inn Hotel
Day Ten: Urumqi
Take one hour driving to the Southern Pastures (West White Poplar Gully) to enjoy the beautiful pasture - the pastoral Kazakh inhabit and graze. Return to Urumqi to see the Shaanxi Mosque.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day Eleven: Urumqi - Korla
Your in-depth Silk Road trip commence by driving to Korla. Visit the Tiemen Pass (Iron Gate) as part of an arduous section of the Silk Road. Stay overnight at the local 4-star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Loulan Hotel ( 4 star)
Day Twelve: Korla - Kuqa
Drive to Kuqa. See the Subashi Ruins located 23 kilometers (about 14 miles) northwest of Kuqa. Stay overnight at the local 3-star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Kuqa Hotel ( 3 star)
Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Turpan
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Visit the Kizil Thousand-Buddha Caves, the earliest Buddhist art treasure trove in China, even one century earlier than the famous Mogao Grottoes. Proceed to Aksu and stay overnight at local 3-star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Hongfu Jinlan Hotel ( 3 star)
Day Fourteen: Aksu - Kashgar
Private transfer take you to Kashgar and check in the local best hotel for 2 nights stay.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: the local best hotel
Day Fifteen: Kashgar
Take a full day tour which covers the highlights of Kashgar: the Id Kah Mosque, the Abakh Khoja Tomb and take a change to experience the local lively and flourishing bazaar.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day Sixteen: Kashgar - Karakuri Lake - Tashkurgan
Take car 191 kilometers from Kashgar to have a visit to the Karakuri Lake and visit the ruins of Stone City there. Continue driving to Tashkurgan. Have an overnight stay at the local 2-star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Tashkorgan Hotel ( 2 star)
Day Seventeen: Tashkurgan - Khunjerab Pass - Pakistan
Drive to the Khunjerab Pass to Pakistan. Our Pakistan guide will meet you at Sost (Pakistan border). Drive to Gulmit upper valley of Hunza. Enjoy the views of the Karakorums, the Borit Lake and the take a walk in the village if time permits. Stay at the local 3-star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Marcopolo Hotel ( 3 star)
Day Eighteen: Hunza
Drive to Hunza (Center), then continue to Hopper Glacier. After ciasta, visit Altit, Baltit Forts and the local Bazaar. Stay overnight at the 5-star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Hunza View Hotel ( 3 star)
Day Nineteen: Gilgit - Chilas
Take car to Chilas and stay overnight at the 3-star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Shangri-La Hotel ( 3 star)
Day Twenty: Swat
Have an morning transfer to Swat via the Shangla pass 2350 m, enjoy the spectacular view of Himalayan and monkial ranges. Stay overnight at the local 4 star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Swat Continental Hotel ( 4 star)
Day Twentry-one: Peshawar
Visit Butkara Stupa, the Swat Museum and take a walk in Mingora bazaar. You may search for the best shawls and handicrafts of the region there. Drive to Peshawar via Malakand Pass. Visit Takht-Bhai Bhuddhist Monastery. Today have a rest at the local 3-star hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hote: Peshawar Grand Hotel ( 3 star)
Day Twenty-two: Khyber
Beginning the day with a visit to the historical Khyber Pass tribal areas and Pak/ Afghan border. In the afternoon see the old bazaar of Peshawar. Stay at the local 3-star hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Peshawar Grand Hotel ( 3 star)
Day Twenty-three: Islamabad
Take car to Islamabad. On the way, stop at Kund park, which is the junction of two famous rivers: Kabul River and Indus River. Get the best view of Attock fort built by the Mughals from the Attock Bridge. Stay at the local 4-star hotel. .
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Rawalpindi Shalimar ( 4 star)
Day Twenty-four: Islamabad - Lahore
Take a sightseeing tours of twin city Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Drive to Lahore stay the local 3 star hotel for 2 nights.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Leaders Inn ( 4 star)
Day Twenty-five: Lahore
After the breakfast at your hotel, begin a full day excursion in Lahore including Badshahi mosque Lahore and monuments of Mughal shrines.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day Twenty-six: Lahore exit
Private transfer takes you to the airport and your pleasant China tour ends here.
Meals: Breakfast
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I took a trip to Shapotou in Zhongwei, Ningxia, a BEAUTIFUL tourist area where Yellow River meets Tangeer Desert!
It's a place I highly recommend those seeking unconventional adventure to visit, because on the whole not a lot of foreign visitors choose Shapotou as a stop in China (though I did bump into quite a number of them).
Some of the activities are too touristy, but one thing I think you should consider doing (that I didn't have the time to do) is to take that 5-6 hour camel ride all the way across Tangeer Desert and reach the lake, it looked like an absolutely unique experience.
Another thing (with the exception of Shapotou itself) to consider is that Ningxia is very cheap compared to Beijing and other places, taxi rides within the city is within 5rmb, food (lamb) is great, people are friendly though they haven't really seen any foreigners ever.
On the way to Shapotou (when I was inside the bus) I saw some pretty interesting irrigation channels inviting the water from the Yellow River to farmlands, I read somewhere later that this unique invention was invented thousands of years ago and was still being used today.
Hope this inspires you to go!!