Carpet making in Hetian, Xinjiang Photo by our client Ms. Lynn Hurst

Day One: Entry Beijing
TCG guide will hold a welcome sign to meet you outside the baggage claim area at the Beijing Capital Airport according to your international (internal) flight schedule. Transfer you to the 4-star hotel for 3 nights stay and please 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 outside the baggage claim area 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-eye'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 Great Mosque and the landmark of this city - Big Wild Goose Pagoda. 
 
Specials: A la carte lunch, Dumpling Banquet and Tang Dynasty Music and Dances Show
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Yarkant King Mausoleum, Hetian

Day Six: Xian - Dunhuang
Proceed to the next stop after visiting the Shaanxi History Museum and the Great Mosque. Fly to the 'Pearl on the Silk Road’ - Dunhuang. TCG guide will wait for you outside the baggage claim area at the airport ahead of the flight schedule and transfer you to the 4-star hotel for 1 night stay.

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 2 nights 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
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to visit the Gaochang Ruins standing in the desolate Gebi desert, the Baizikeli Thousand Buddha Cave, the Flaming Mountain and see the local bazaar. 

Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch

Local people on the way to the bazaar, Xinjiang

Day Ten: Turpan - Korla
Take car to Korla. You will have a chance to see the Gobi scenery on the way. 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 Eleven: Korla - Minfeng
After the breakfast, drive to Minfeng along the longest sand road in the world through the Taklamakan Desert and enjoy the scenery of sand dune. Stay for 1 night at the local best hotel.

Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Ni Ya Hotel (3 star)


Day Twelve: Minfeng - Hetian
Continue driving to Hetian, on the way, you will also have a chance to see a local bazaar in Yutian city. Proceed to visit the Silk Village, hundred years' old walnut tree and see the Paper Making.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Hetian Hotel ( 2 star) 


Day Thirteen: Hetian - Kashgar
This is another driving day to Kashagar. On the way visit the Yarkant King Mausoleum and the Yingisar Uigur Knife Making. Stay in Kashgar at the local hotel for 2 nights.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: the local best hotel

Day Fourteen: Kashgar - Karakuri Lake - Kashgar
Take car 191 kilometers from Kashgar to have a visit to the Karakuri Lake. Return to Kashgar to stay overnight.  

Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch

Karakuri Lake, Kashgar

Day Fifteen: Kashgar - Urumqi
Take a change to experience the local lively and flourishing Sunday Market. Visit the biggest Mosque in China, ld Kah Mosque and the Abakh Khoja Tomb known as the Tomb of Xiang Fei in China. Fly back to Urumqi and be transferred to the 4-star hotel for 1 night stay.

Meals:  Breakfast, Lunch
Hotel: Ramada Tunhe Hotel Urumqi (4 star) 
    

Day Sixteen: Urumqi - Shanghai
Fly to the prosperous Shanghai to feel the fashionable atmosphere. 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. The rest day excursion covers the wonderful Yuyuan Garden, a stroll along the famous Bund area and a local family visit.

Specials: Portman Acrobatic Show and a farewell dinner at Wangbaohe restaurant
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 
Hotel:  Holiday Inn Downtown Shanghai   (4 star) 
   

Day Seventeen: Shanghai Exit
Private transfer takes you to the airport and your pleasant China tour ends here.

Meals: Breakfast