Day 1. Entry Beijing
Arrive in Beijing. Your tour guide from Chinatravelkey.com will pick you up at Beijing capital airport and transfer to your hotel for check in.
Day 2. Beijing Bus Tour to Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and Summer Palace (B,L)
Our tour guide will pick you up from hotel between 7:00am and 8:30am.
Our first stop is at Tiananmen Square. After short stroll along the square, we walk into the Forbidden City, the largest imperial palace complex in the world.
-Visit the Forbidden City along the central axis from south to north for around 2 hours.
-On the way to the Temple of Heaven, we will pay a short visit to the Chinese traditional medicine hall.
-Then visit the Temple of Heaven where the ancient Emperors prayed for peace and harvest. Spend time sightseeing the temple for 1 hour.
-Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant and have a short rest.
-After lunch, stop by a free pearl market where we will see lots of beautiful handicrafts made of pearls.
-Drive around 30 minutes to Summer Palace. Listed as world heritage, the summer palace perfectly combines the natural landscape of hills and open water with humankind works such as pavilions, halls, palaces and bridges. Explore the garden for around 1 hour and 20 minutes.
We will transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch)
Day 3. Beijing Bus Tour to Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs(B,L)
Our tour guide will pick you up from hotel between 7:00am and 8:30am and then drive to the Ming Tombs (50 miles away from downtown and about one hour driving).
-Visit the Ming Tombs, the best preserved Chinese imperial tombs with over 500-years history. Spend around 1 hour exploring Changling, the largest one, Emperor Yongle's Tomb.
-Before lunch, we will stop by a Jade Carving Factory. The Jade Factory is more like a showcase, exhibiting history and making process of jade, as well as all kinds of beautiful jades. Here you could not only learn something about Chinese jade, but also buy some souvenirs for your beloved ones.
-Enjoy typical Chinese lunch at a local restaurant.
-Drive to Badaling Great Wall after lunch and a short rest.
-Sightseeing on the most famous part of the Great Wall, Badaling section, for 2 hours. Cable car is a good choice if one wants to get to the highest point and enjoy beautiful bird's eye view.
-Drive back to Beijing city. On the way to your hotels, we will drive by the Bird's Nest and Water Cube for you to enjoy some wonderful views from the bus. Afterwards, we will have a chance to enjoy the Chinese traditional silk arts at a gallery.
We will transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch)
Day 4: Beijing Bus Tour to Hutongs, Lama Temple, Beijing Zoo, Bird's Nest and Water Cube (B,L)
Our tour guide will pick you up from hotel between 7:00am and 8:30am and then drive to Beijing Zoo to see lovely Giant Pandas.
-About 40 minutes later, proceed to the Lama Temple. Spend around 1 hour in the temple for sightseeing.
-We will have an opportunity to have lunch with locals in a typical Beijinger's house.
-After lunch, visit the old Beijing lanes by rickshaw. The Hutong tour will take around 2 hours. Then stop by a porcelain factory to see all kinds of handicrafts.
-Then drive to the Bird's Nest and Water Cube to enjoy an outside visit. Anyone interested in the inner visit could ask the tour guide to assist you in buying the entrance tickets.
-Afterwards, we will visit a Chinese Tea House where you could enjoy Chinese tea and watch tea ceremony.
We will transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour. (Lunch)
Day 5: Beijing – Guilin(B)
Beijing guide and driver will take you to the airport to connect the flight to Guilin. Guilin tour guide will pick you up from airport and transfer to the hotel. Have a rest in the hotel.
Day 6:Hotel, Li River Cruise (L)
Our tour guide will pick you up at about 8:00am at the lobby of your hotel in Guilin. Then you will board on the tour bus to go to the Zhujiang Pier. Li River cruises start in the morning from Guilin and arrive at Yangshuo which is a fascinating little town after lunch. The section between Guilin and Yangshuo is the essence and the most beautiful part. The entire Li River cruise tour lasts about four hours. The flow velocity decides the exact arrival time in Yangshuo. Li River is one of the most popular and picturesque scenic spots in China. Gorgeous Karst peaks give you surprises at each bend of the limpid river under the blue sky. Water buffalo patrol the fields, peasants reap rice paddies, school kids and fisherman float by on bamboo rafts. With its breathtaking scenery, the scenery along the Li River become one of China's top tourist destinations. Moreover, it is listed as one of the world's top ten watery wonders by American's National Geographic Magazine. Stay in Yangshuo. (Lunch included, Chinese style)
Day 7: Hotel, Longji Rice Terraces, Hot Spring, Hotel (D)
Pick you up from your hotel at about 8:00 am, take about 2 hours' drive to Dragon Back Rice Terrace. The first stop will be Huangluo Yao Village, which is at the hillside of Longji Rice Terraces. The Huangluo Yao Village is the only one of Yao ethnic group among all the thirteen villages in Longji. You will find that all the women in the village enjoy wearing red clothes. But the extremely important characteristic of the village is that it's known as the Long-hair Village. According to local tradition, women cut their hair only once in their lives - at about 16 to 18 years old when they are considered ready for adulthood and marriage.After lunch, you will go to Ping'an village and enjoy the beautiful terrace rice fields after getting to the summit of Longji. The terraces look like great chains or ribbons as they wind from the foot to the top of the hill, imposing and towering like the back of a dragon. They were built from the Yuan dynasty to the beginning of Qing dynasty by the minority peoples of the area. The rice terraces at Ping'an Village is a renowned place for rice culture of China.You will leave Longji at about 15:30 and go to the Longsheng Hot Spring National Park. and stay in Longsheng Hot Spring Resort. There, relax in the hotspring at night. (Dinner)
Day 8: Back to Guilin--Departure
You will be free in the morning. Go back to Guilin for departure.
Price
Cost /person (US$) |
No.of person |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Single supplement |
4 star |
High |
1427 |
1091 |
1069 |
1046 |
1030 |
1020 |
1041 |
1034 |
1026 |
977 |
220 |
Shoulder |
1394 |
1075 |
1052 |
1030 |
1014 |
1004 |
1025 |
1018 |
1010 |
944 |
203 |
Low |
1362 |
1059 |
1036 |
1014 |
998 |
988 |
1009 |
1002 |
994 |
912 |
186 |
|
3 star |
High |
1225 |
980 |
957 |
935 |
919 |
909 |
930 |
923 |
915 |
914 |
125 |
Shoulder |
1225 |
980 |
957 |
935 |
919 |
909 |
930 |
923 |
915 |
894 |
125 |
Low |
1206 |
970 |
948 |
925 |
909 |
899 |
920 |
913 |
905 |
869 |
115 |
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Hotel
for This Tour:
Hotel
name |
Class |
Location |
Standard |
Holiday Inn Beijing Temple of Heaven |
4
star |
Downtown, near Temple of Heaven |
4 star hotel in Guilin and Yanshuo |
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Comfort |
Red Wall Hotel Beijing |
3
star standard |
Downtown, near Wangfujing Street |
3 star hotel in Guilin and Yangshuo |
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Please contact us for more persons group. |
Notes: Hotel
accommodation is based on two persons sharing one standard room.
Package
Price Includes
-Domestic flight;
-Entrance tickets The main entrance tickets for the sights mentioned
-Meals Listed in the Tour Itinerary. B--Breakfast, L--Lunch, D--Dinner.
-Accommodations
-Air-conditioned bus or van Transfer service include hotel pick up to the parks and transfer back to your hotel
-English-speaking guide service
Package Price Excludes
-Visa Fees Charge of obtaining your visa to enter China
-Charge of arrival and departure The international or domestic air / train charge of arrival and departure
-Personal Expenses nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities or sightseeing, overweight
-Baggage charges or meals not indicated, ect.
-Optional Programs which are not specified in the above itinerary
-Tips to guides and drivers is given by your judge on guide and driver's performance, entirely voluntary.
-Insurance:China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance
Payment:
ChinaTravelKey accept payment via 5 methods:
-Pay our tour guide in cash (Except the hotel or airlines needs deposit).
-Credit card at least one week before tour date.
-Pay us via Paypal
-Western Union at least 1 week before tour date.
-Transfer payment to bank account at least 3 weeks before tour date
Seasons
-High: April, May, September,Ocotober, November
-Shoulder: March, June,
July, August
-Low: December, January, February |