Day 01Arrival in Xian

Upon your arrival, our guide will welcome you outside the arrival hall of the airport and transfer you to downtown Xian to check in the hotel. If time is available, the tour will take you to the ancient City Wall. Standing on it, you may see a modern developing Xian blossoming outside the wall while an ancient city inside. 

Meals: No meals

Terracotta warriors, Xian

Day 02Xian

The tour today begins with the visit to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Here, you will appreciate a picture of the vivid and lifelike warriors and horses arranged in the battle formation, seems ready to set out anytime, just like how the Qin soldiers united China over 2,000 years ago. Then to avoid the low-quality tourist food near the site, you will enjoy an a la carte lunch at the best local restaurant. In the afternoon, explore the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Shaanxi History Museum. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is a seven-story-high brick building in square pyramid. Standing there for more than 1,300 years, it has been considered as the landmark and symbol of Xian. Shaanxi History Museum is the most comprehensive national museum displaying numerous historical and cultural relics. Tonight, we will arrange a Tang Dynasty Dinner Show at the Tang Dynasty Palace (Addr: No.75, Chang'an Road, Xian) for luxury series clients and the local specialty Dumpling Dinner and Tang Dynasty Dance and Music Show at Shaanxi Opera Theater (Addr: No. 165, Wenyi Road, Xian) for standard series clients. 

Meals for Luxury series: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch, Tang Dynasty dinner show
              Standard series: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch, Dumpling dinner

Binglingsi Grottoes, Lanzhou

Day 03Xian - Lanzhou

This morning, you will visit the Great Mosque, a large traditional palatial architecture. It is a crystallization of Muslim culture and Chinese culture, appearing in a combination style of traditional Chinese and Muslim. Afterwards, pay a visit to a local Chinese family to learn about how the common Chinese people lead their daily lives. After enjoying an a la carte lunch at a famous local restaurant, you will take a flight to Lanzhou, where our guide will greet you at Lanzhou Airport and transfer you to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch

Day 04Lanzhou

The whole day will be devoted to the Binglingsi Grottoes by boat. Due to the relatively good natural conditions and little man-made damage, the grottoes have been preserved comparatively complete. Now there are still 776 Buddha statues, over 1,076 square yards murals and 6 stones sculptures being kept here after a long history of 1,600 years.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Day 05Lanzhou - Xiahe

Today, you will journey to Xiahe and check in the hotel upon arrival. After a short break in the hotel, you will travel to Sangke Prairie, typical plateau grassland. Covering a vast area of 27 square miles and being encircled by mountains, Sangke Prairie is a great place to appreciate the magnificent pastoral scenery while the river is slipping slowly northwards and sheep and cattle are freely wandering about on it. Then, you will have a visit to a local Tibetan family to experience the nomadic life.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Labrang Monastery, Xiahe

Day 06Xiahe - Lanzhou

The first travel destination today is the Labrang Monastery, one of the six most noted monasteries as well as the largest Buddhist Institute of Tibetan Buddhism. This monastery boasts tens of thousands of statues of Buddha made of various materials. You will also watch the morning devotion there. Then, you will travel back to Lanzhou and check in the hotel again. The tour will continue to Gansu Provincial Museum, the largest comprehensive museum in Gansu Province which houses about 350,000 pieces of ancient cultural relics, contemporary and modern cultural relics, ethnic cultural relics and fossil specimens.

Meals: Chinese breakfast, Lunch

Day 07Lanzhou - Dunhuang

Today, the tour will extend to the Waterwheel Garden. The highlight of this garden is the waterwheel, which was invented in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to irrigate crops. The tour in Lanzhou ends here and you will reach Dunhuang by flight. Upon your arrival, our guide will meet you at Dunhuang Airport and transfer you to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Camel ride along the Echoing-sand Dune, Dunhuang

Day 08Dunhuang - Turpan

Today's tour starts with a visit to the Mogao Grottoes, one of China's four most renowned grottoes. The grottoes here are scattered in a cliff of the Mingsha Mountain at five different levels. The frescoes in the grottoes are the gems of classical Chinese culture, reflecting the particular styles of different ages. Then you will experience a short camel-ride along the Echoing-Sand Dune to reach the Crescent Lake. The Echoing-Sand Dune is named so because one can hear clarion and thunder from the inner of the dunes, intermittent, rising or falling. The Crescent Lake is a crescent-shaped lake encircled by sand dunes. Lying there for thousands of years and survived from countless sandstorms, the lake has been reputed as the 'No. 1 Lake on Desert'. Tonight you will take an overnight soft-sleeper train to Turpan.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Our clients visiting Jiaohe Ruins, Turpan

Day 09Turpan

Upon your arrival, our guide will meet you at Turpan Railway Station and transfer you to the hotel. Breakfast is served at the hotel. Your trip today includes the Ancient City of Jiaohe, the Karez System and the Sugong Pagoda. The Ancient City of Jiaohe is the world's largest, oldest and best-preserved earth-constructed city and reputed as the 'Most Perfect Ruins in the World'. The Karez (well in Uyghur language) System is the crystallization of ancient people's diligence and intelligence. By making full use of the local special landform as well as taking the weather conditions into consideration, Turpan people created this distinctive canal to bring in water for irrigation and living. Sugong Pagoda appears to be a pale yellow brick pagoda in a shape of cylinder, which gradually decreases upwards.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Karez Well irrigation system, Turpan

Day 10Turpan - Urumqi

The tour toady will take you to explore the Ancient City of Gaochang, the Baizikeli Thousand Buddha Caves and the Flaming Mountain. Initially built in the first century BC and used for over 1,300 years, the outline of the city can still be seen clearly nowadays. The Baizikeli Thousand Buddha Caves has been seriously damaged in the religious conflicts. But you can still see a magnificent, delicate, colorful and large cultural and art treasure house on the site. The Flaming Mountain is reputed as the hottest place in China. All over the bold and rough hill, there is no sign of life and it is mainly covered by weathered sand. The luminous red sand stones look like the burning flame, hence the name Flaming Mountain. After the full day tour，you will head to Urumqi by car and check in the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Day 11Departure from Urumqi

Bid farewell to Urumqi. Our guide will transfer you to the airport for your homebound flight. We wish you a pleasant journey! As also, you are welcome to look over our City Package to plan a subsequent China visit.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Accommodation

Grade	Luxury	Standard
Xian	Sheraton Xian Hotel	Grand New World Hotel
Lanzhou	Sunshine Plaza	Legend Hotel
Xiahe	Xiahe Wangfu Hotel	Xiahe Wangfu Hotel
Dunhuang	Dunhuang Hotel Building No. 8	Dunhuang Hotel Building No. 8
Turpan	Huozhou Hotel	Huozhou Hotel
Urumqi	Hoi Tak Hotel	Mirage Hotel B Tower

• ◆ 2012 Price
• ◆ 2011 Price

Based on per person and in U.S. dollars, valid from Mar. 1st, 2012 to Feb. 28th, 2013

Grade	Luxury				Standard
	High season (Mar 1st-Nov 30th)		Shoulder season (Dec 1st-Feb 28th)		High season (Mar 1st-Nov 30th)		Shoulder season (Dec 1st-Feb 28th)
	Double	Single	Double	Single	Double	Single	Double	Single
2-5 persons	$2339	$2819	$2239	$2609	$2209	$2579	$2139	$2449
6-9 persons	$1849	$2319	$1739	$2119	$1709	$2079	$1639	$1949
10 & above	$1609	$2039	$1489	$1789	$1489	$1819	$1409	$1659

Note: This tour does not apply to our Early Bird Promotion.

Based on per person and in U.S. dollars, valid from Mar. 1st, 2011 to Feb. 29th, 2012

Grade	Luxury				Standard
	High season (Mar 1st-Nov 30th)		Shoulder season (Dec 1st-Feb 29th)		High season (Mar 1st-Nov 30th)		Shoulder season (Dec 1st-Feb 29th)
	Double	Single	Double	Single	Double	Single	Double	Single
2-5 persons	$2189	$2669	$2109	$2509	$2019	$2349	$1969	$2259
6-9 persons	$1749	$2219	$1659	$2059	$1569	$1899	$1529	$1819
10 & above	$1539	$1949	$1439	$1759	$1389	$1689	$1319	$1569

Note: This tour does not apply to our Early Bird Promotion.

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