TP 12 - Chinese Impressions

Arrival Beijing transfer to hotel  
Lunch at local restaurant  

Visit Temple of Heaven, a praying and sacrificial place of the Ming and Qing Emperors and followed by a “Flea Market”   

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: L

Breakfast at hotel  

Full day tour includes Great Wall (Badaling Section), which was built in 770-475 B.C., climbing on top of 2484 miles long Great Wall is really amazing.  Summer Palace, the summer-residence of the former emperors with one of the biggest and best preserved gardens in China.  Visit a pearl factory en route and experience 45 mins of Foot Massage afterwards

Lunch at local restaurant   

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  

Visit Tiananmen Square, where the Mao’s Mausoleum and the Congress Hall are located; and  followed by Forbidden City, with the emperors palace in the heart of Beijing (So called because it was off limits for 500 years, covering an area of 250 acres, protected by an 10.7m high wall, marked off by towers at each corner)  

Lunch at local restaurant  

Visit Hutongs, lanes or Alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound of houses around a courtyard) where old Beijing residents live, witness the vicissitude of the city by a trishaw  

Peking Duck Dinner at local restaurant  

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L/D

Breakfast at hotel  
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Xian  

Arrival Xian and followed by lunch at local restaurant 
Visit Ancient City Wall and Grand Mosque. If time permits, we can visit a big free market of Chinese medicinal herbs and there are thousands of herbs/ leaves/ plant roots/ tree Corsica.  

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  

Full Day visit Terracotta Warriors with more than 6000 life-sized terracotta figures of soldiers and horses in perfect battle array are showing the superb sculptural art of that time.  Lunch at local restaurant and then visit Wild Goose Pagoda en route

Evening Tang Dynasty Show with dancers who are dressed in tradition costumes and performing dances of the Tang Dynasty. 

Hotel accommodation
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  
Transfer to airport for flight to Kunming 
Arrival Kunming and transfer to hotel 

Visit West Hill and Golden Pagoda with lunch at local restaurant  

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  

Transfer from hotel  to airport for flight to Dali 
Arrival Dali and transfer to visit Three Pagodas and villages with lunch at local restaurant  

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  

Take the ropeway up to Cangshan Mountain and go down either by cable car or on foot  (about 1.5 hours) 

Lunch at local restaurant  
Visit the old town  

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  
Driving 3 hours to Lijiang and visit the villages of Bai Minority en route  

Lunch at local restaurant  
Arrival Lijiang and visit in the old town  

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  

Transfer to cable car station and go up by ropeway to visit Maoniuping (Yak Meadow) of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.  Afterwards, visit the village of  Baisha Naxi Minority 
Lunch at local restaurant  

Visit Black Dragon Pond and Dongba Research institute for listening to the ancient music of Naxi Minority  

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  

Excursion coach tour from Lijiang to Zhongdian (Shangri-La) –– a town with a very Tibetan atmosphere. It is situated 198km north of Lijiang at 3200m altitudes and very close to the Tibetan border, known as little Tibet. Drive about 70km to the first stop / Shigu (Stone Drum Village) where you can see the geographically significant first Bend of the Yangtze River, then after 70km, we can see the Tiger Leaping Gorge en route. 

Lunch at local restaurant  

Arrival Zhongdian (Shangri-La) and transfer to hotel
Free for rest of the day for acclimatization.  We suggest strolling around in the old city centre during night time to experience a very authentic Tibetan atmosphere. 

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  

Full day excursion with lunch at local restaurant which includes Songtzanlin Temple,  “Ni Ru Village”,  also known as Pottery Village and with Tibetan family workshops of marking  pottery vessels , Tibetan Family visit and the old town 

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  
Transfer to airport for flight to Kunming and afterwards, transfer to flight for Shanghai  
Arrival Shanghai and transfer to hotel  
Hotel accommodation
Meal: B

Breakfast at hotel  

Arrival Shanghai and followed by visit to Jade Buddha Temple, which houses a 2M high sitting white Jade Buddha., and Yuyuan Garden, with history of more than 400 years and decorated with masterpieces of architecture. 

Lunch at local restaurant 
Evening Acrobatic Show

Hotel accommodation  
Meal: B/L

Breakfast at hotel  
Day free for leisure  
Hotel accommodation
Meal: B

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Remarks:

Program included :
01> Accommodation with breakfast and meals as mentioned in the above tour program.
02> Private transfers and tours conducted by German-speaking guide as mentioned in the above itinerary (English-speaking guide will be provided in Dali, Lijiang and Zhongdian)
03> Admission ticket for sightseeing points as specified in the itinerary.
04> Domestic airfare (economy class) inclusive of tax for Beijing/Xian/Kunming/Dali and Zhongdian/Shanghai

Program NOT included :
01> Other than the above itinerary
02> Application of visa for China
03> International airfare enter and exit China
04> Personal expenses
05> Service during free time
06> Gratitude for tour guides, drivers and porters

Remarks:
01> Blackout dates: 12-21 Feb 2010 (Chinese New Year), 30 Apr-03 May 2010 (Labour Day Holiday), 28 Sep - 08 Oct 2010 (National Day Holiday) & Shanghai Formula 1 (exact date has to be confirmed)
02> There are only English-speaking guides available in Lijiang, Dali and Zhongdian.  They are marginally reached the standard of other cities in China.
03> Yunnan cuisine is an amalgam of Chinese and ethnic minorities cuisines.  Somehow, it is not the right appetite to western tourists.