Our clients at the Temple of Heaven, Beijing

Day 01Arrive in Beijing

Welcome to China! Your professional TCG guide will meet you with private transfer at Beijing Airport. We have reserved you 4 nights at the 3-star Days Inn Forbidden City Beijing with daily breakfast (Address: 1 Nanwanzi Alley Nanheyan Street, Dongcheng District Beijing, 100006; Telephone: 86-10-6512 7788). If you arrive early, you're advised to stroll along the Wangfujing Avenue not far from your hotel and have some snacks there as your dinner by yourself.

Meals: No meals

Day 02Beijing

Beijing has many highlights to admire for travellers and we will start from the downtown visit today. After breakfast, your guide will lead you to the Tiananmen Square, the largest squre of this kind in the world, marvel at the Forbidden City, the imperial palace complex  in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Temple of Heaven.

Meals: Breakfast

Summer Palace, Beijing

Day 03Beijing

Beijing tour  will be not complete until you visit the winding Badaling Great Wall this morning. Then you will be taken to the Ming Tomb through the Sacred Way.  If you'd like to take other sections of the Great Wall, we're also glad to revise the itinerary accordingly. Evening is free for your individual activities.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 04Beijing

The fourth day keeps free while hotel with breakfast is reserved for you. You're advised to take the following route. Start off at 08:30 am and head to Wanshou Temple (Beijing art museum) in the urban area of Beijing city. Take bus No. 4 on the west side of Dongdan Road and get off onthe east side of Gongzhufen (9 stops). Then bus No. 704 can take you to the Wanshou Temple direct (6 stops). Having undergone three reconstructions, Wanshou Temple forms a large scale ancient architectural complex composed by the temple, Xanadu and a garden. After 1.5 hours visit, take bus No. 8 to see the China Central Television Tower (CCTV address: 11 The Middle of West 3rd Ring Road, Haidian District, Beijing), not far from the temple (only 3 stops). You will have a bird's eye view of the city from this,the tallest building in Beijing.The Summer Palace is to your north. The tower is open from 08:30 am to 22:00pm and the entrance fee is RMB50 per person. In the afternoon, spend some happy hours at the Pacific Sea World at the foot of the Tower and then go to the famous Hongqiao market for some souvenirs, time permitting.Please click for more Beijing free day suggestions.

Meals: Breakfast

Our clients in Xian

Day 05Beijing - Xian

For your last day (the fifth day) in Beijing, the guide will lead you to explore the Summer Palace, Yonghe Lamasery and see the lovely pandas in Beijing Zoo. In the evening, bid farewell to the guide by boarding an overnight soft sleeper train to Xian.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 06Xian

Arrival in Xian on the sixth day morning, our local guide will pick you up at the railway station and transfer you to  the 3-star City Hotel (Address: No. 70 Nandajie, Beilin District, Xi'an, 710002 China, Telephone: 86-29-8721 9988) After breakfast, you will be led to visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the Bid Wild Goose Pagoda and the City Wall to fulfil the day.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 07Xian

The seventh day is a free day while the hotel with breakfast is reserved for you. Try taking tourist bus No. 2 at the south square of railway station to Qian County. The journey lasts about 2 hours (120 kilometers from Xian). Sites of particular interest here include the Qian Mausoleum (CNY45) and the Yongtai Princess Tomb (CNY26). A 2-hour visit is enough to take in the delicate murals, the emperor's tomb and all of the precious culture relics on display. Have a meal at the nearby restaurant if you like and then proceed to Famen Temple in the afternoon. We recommend about 3 hours to see the sights here. Then take tourist bus No. 2 (CNY25) back to Xian. The last bus departs from Qian County at 5:00 p.m. Please click for Xian  free day suggestions. for your reference.

Meals: Breakfast

Tibetan people

Day 08Xian - Lhasa

Leave Xian on the eighth day, and take a shuttle bus or taxi to the airport and board a flight to Lhasa by yourself. Our local guide will pick you up at Lhasa airport and transfer you to the 3-star ShangBaLa Hotel staying 3 nights (Address: No. 1 Danjielin Road, Lhasa, Tibet, 850001 China; Telephone: 86-891-6323888). Take the rest of the day to adapt to the high altitude upon arrival and you could ask for the oxygen supply if you get headache. Take care that a free stroll by yourself without the guide escort is not permitted in this land. You may have dinner to recruit the energy at the hotel by yourself.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 09Lhasa

On the ninth day, visit the the Tibet Museum, which is a house store exhibiting the tibet culture and history of this holy bethel. Then proceed to the Carpet Factory with distinguished characteristics. In the afternoon, visit the Sera Monastery and the Norbulingka Park.

Meals: Breakfast

Sera Monastery, Lhasa

Day 10Lhasa

On the tenth day, the mysterious Lhasa tour is launched by the magnificent Potala Palace. Then continue to visit the spiritual center of Tibet - Jokhang Temple. Everyday pilgrims from every corner of Tibet trek a long distance to this temple. Some of them even progress prostrate by body length to the threshold of the temple. Pilgrims fuel myriad of flickering butter lamps with yak butter, or honor their deities with white scarves (Kha-btags or Hada) while murmuring sacred mantras to show their pieties to the Buddha. After a devotional temple visit, you will be guided to the thriving bazaar of the Barkhor Street to search for some souvenirs. In the late afternoon, visit to the Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital at the end of the day.

Meals: Breakfast

Our clients at the Norbulingka Park, Lhasa

Day 11Lhasa - Gyangtse

On the eleventh day, you will have a guided tour to explore in the depth area of this magic land. From Lhasa to Gyangtse, the altitude will rise higher  while the temperature gets lower. You'd better take proper clothes to avoid suffering from cold. The local lodge condition may disappoint you comparing with previous stops of China, while such a great nature view and culture relics are worthy of a tough journey. Stop off at Yamdrok Yumtso Lake beholding its great view. Upon arrival in Gyangtse, transfer to the 3-star Gyangtse Hotel (Address: No. 8 Yingxiong Road, Gyangtse, Tibet, China; Telephone: 6-892-8172 222) for overnight.Then have a guided tour to the Palkhor Monastery and the Gyangtse Old Street. You must be exhausted after a full day's tour, so please have a good rest in the hotel to lessen the tiredness.

Meals: Breakfast

Local Tibetans

Day 12Gyangtse - Shigatse

On the twelfth day, you will undergo a long way transfer from Gyangtse to Shigatse while you could catch much great view all the way. The road  (90 kilometers)all runs smoothly in the two hours transfer. Upon arrival, take you to the 3-star Wutse Hotel (Address:Sichuan South Road, Shigatse, China)staying overnight. Visit the Tashilunpo Monastery and the New Palace of Panchen.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 13Shigatse - Dingri

On the thirteenth day, head towards southwest to Dingri. Visit the Sakya Monastery and Lhatse city on the way. Upon arrival, transfer tothe 1-star Everest Hotel (Address: Baiba Town, Dingri County, Tibet, China; Telephone: 86-891-6829313) staying 2 nights.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 14Dingri - Everest Base Camp - Dingri

You may get excited with the today's schedule. Transfer you to the foot of the Mt. Everest and take a carriage to visit the Everest Base Camp and Rongbuk Monastery. Then you will be transferred back to Dingri and accommodated in the same hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

Our clients at the Everest Base Camp, Tibet Photo by our client Ms. Kay Elaine Sarris

Day 15Dingri - Shigatse

You will have a tough transfer in the following two days and please keep your physical energy. Catch the last minute chance to view on the way.  It will take 6 hours from Dingri to Shigatse. Upon arrival, transfer you to the 3-star Wutse Hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 16Shigatse - Lhasa

Continue the transfer back to Lhasa and check into the 3-star ShangBaLa Hotel in the late afternoon.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 17Lhasa - Shanghai

On the seventeenth day, bid farewell to this holy land after visit a Tibetan Family. Then see you off to board a flight to Shanghai.  Upon arrival at the airport, take a taxi to the reserved 3-star Holiday Inn Express Zhabei Shanghai staying 3 nights (Address: No.1738 Zhongxing Road, Shanghai 200070, China)and handle the check-in procedure on your own. The balance day is free.

Meals: Breakfast

Shanghai Pudong area

Day 18Shanghai

Full day is free while only the hotel with breakfast is reserved for you.You might go to some high lights by yourself. It is certain that the Shanghai Museum is a must see place. The museum style and presentation surround visitors with artifacts demonstrating ancient wisdom and philosophy. If you want to get a comprehensive view of Shanghai city, you will not miss the Bund Area. The Bund, also called the Zhongshan Road, is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. On the one side, one by one unique buildings in distinguished architecture style array along, and you will be taken back to the old 1960s or 1970s to associate the passed events of that time. The skyscrapers as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the Jinmao Tower will draw you to the reality. The huge changes just exhibit at the front of your eyes. You might also go to the Yuyuan Garden, which is a famous classical garden located in Anren Street, Shanghai.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 19Shanghai

A free day is left  for you and only the hotel with breakfast is provided by us.  Please click for detailed Shanghai free day suggestions.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 20Departure from Shanghai

On the twentieth day, check out of the hotel and board your homeward flight by yourself. Your adventurous China tour ends.

Meals: Breakfast

 
 Note: We are also glad to make arrangements for you in Shanghai if you want to avoid being a little bit adventurous and enjoy your stay in a sit-back manner. Your travel specialists will quote you the price for this part upon your requirements.