11 Days Memorable Picturesque Guilin Tour from $2069
Half Day Tour to Kowloon, Half Day Tour to Hongkong Island, Terraced Fields at Pingan Village, Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo Begins at 9:30 AM (about 4.30 hours), Reed Flute Cave, Music Fountain At Big Pagoda Square, Terra Cotta Warriors Museum , Forest of Stone Steles, Xian City Wall, Tang Dynasty Imperial Performance with Dinner, Hutong Tour, Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip), Peking Duck, Chinese Kungfu Show, Ding Tomb, Tian‘anmen Square, Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches), Temple of Heaven…
Tour Code: GLT-B Commencement Date: At your discretion Tour Type: Private & Customizable
Day 1 Arrive at Hongkong Flight: TBA BY YOURSELF
Today’s Tour: Transfer Accommodation: Salisbury YMCA Hotel
Detailed Description- Salisbury YMCA Hotel:
301 rooms & 62 suites are attractively decorated and are installed with wireless broadband internet and private fax line, fitted with individually controlled air-conditioning, remote control colour TV with satellite & cable TV linkage, IDD telephone with voice mail, room safe card key security, refrigerator and in-room tea/coffee facilities. Each suite has its own living room and private king size bed room and can accommodate up to 3 adults or a family of 2 adults and 2 small children. Facilities include indoor swimming pool, fitness centre, indoor sports climbing walls, squash courts, hair salon, restaurants, meeting and banquet rooms, secretarial service, tour counter and the "Y" gift shop, etc.
- Transfer :
When arriving at Hongkong airport/train station, you will be met and escorted to your hotel by our local guide and van.
- Salisbury YMCA Hotel:
Day 2 Hongkong (B)
Today’s Tour: Half Day Tour to Kowloon Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel
Detailed Description- Half Day Tour to Kowloon:
Half day tour to Wong Tai Sin Temple, Nan Lian Garden, Kowloon Walled City Park or Jade Market or Bird Bird Garden or Avenue of Stars. Private guide and transfer service,meals are exclusive.
- Half Day Tour to Kowloon:
Day 3 Hongkong - Guilin (B) Flight:Hongkong-Guilin
Today’s Tour: Half Day Tour to Hongkong Island Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel
Detailed Description- Half Day Tour to Hongkong Island:
Half day about 5 hours tour to Victoria Peak, Aberdeen(sampan ride not included) and Repulse Bay with private guide and transfer service. Meals are exclusive.
- Half Day Tour to Hongkong Island:
Day 4 Guilin - Longji Terraced Fields - Guilin (B,L)
Today’s Tour: Terraced Fields at Pingan Village(about 2.30 hours from downtown, about 40 minutes upward stone steps excursion) Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Accommodation: Gulin Bravo Hotel
Detailed Description- Gulin Bravo Hotel:
The Guilin Bravo Hotel (form erly Holiday lnn Guilin) is located along the lake area in the city center. At night, the colorful lights lying along the lake like strings of pearls create a fairyland effect. As for shopping convenience, the Guilin Bravo Hotel is only ten minutes from the night market and the city center on the BanyanLake Park(Ronghu).
- Terraced Fields at Pingan Village(about 2.30 hours from downtown, about 40 minutes upward stone steps excursion):
One Day Longsheng tour for Ethnic Tribes Culture expedition. Depart from the hotel in the morning, after 2.5 hours driving; you will get to the Minority village Pingan near Longsheng. Hundreds upwards steps to walk. Visit Zhuang and Yao Minority tribes’ villages, local residents. You will enjoy the beautiful terraced rice fields after getting to the summit of Longji (Dragon's backbone).The terraced rice fields were first built in the Yuan Dynasty ( about 800 years ago) and completed in the Qing dynasty as the crystallization of the wisdom and labor of the Zhuang people. The terraced fields are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountaintop, with the highest place of an elevation of 885m and the lowest 380m. The coiling line spirals up from the mountain foot to the top, making the mountain looks like huge snail seen afar.
- Gulin Bravo Hotel:
Day 5 Guilin - Yangshuo (B,L)
Today’s Tour: Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo Begins at 9:30 AM (about 4.30 hours) Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Accommodation: Yangshuo Aiyuan Hotel
Detailed Description- Yangshuo Aiyuan Hotel:
Aiyuan Hotel is located at the foot of the Green Lotus Hill in the prosperous center of town, facing the West Street Center Garden Square.
- Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo Begins at 9:30 AM (about 4.30 hours):
A picturesque Li River Cruise from Zhujiang Dock Guilin to dock Xingping(ancient town) which takes about 4.30 hours. Disembark and visit Fishing village that former US president Clinton visited in 1998 and enjoy a short walking in the ancient streets in Xingping town. You will be escorted to Fuli, another ancient town along Li River where you could see how world famous fans made, and then back to Yangshuo in the afternoon.
- Yangshuo Aiyuan Hotel:
Day 6 Yangshuo - Guilin - Xian (B,L) Flight:Guilin-Xian
Today’s Tour: Reed Flute Cave, Music Fountain At Big Pagoda Square Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Accommodation: Xian Belltower Hotel
Detailed Description- Xian Belltower Hotel:
Bell Tower Hotel Xian is a hang four star hotel Xian according to five star hotel standard, which is sponsored by mainland China & Hong Kong. It opened in 1983 and refurbished in 2003. Bell Tower Hotel Xian is enjoys a very advantageous location. It is only 100 meters from Airport Shuttle Start Station. Bell Tower Hotel Xian is located in the booming downtown area of Xian, belonging to the hot center of Xian. Staying in Bell Tower Hotel Xian , you can overlook the beauty of Bell Tower Square interweaving history and modern and famous Bell Tower, a building of Ming Dynasty only within 100 meters' distance.
- Reed Flute Cave:
Reed Flute Cave (Lu Di Yan) is Guilin’s largest and most impressive cave. It is an AAAA (the highest is 5A) scenic spot. The whole cave is just like a magnificent and splendid underground palace engraved by precious stones, corals and jades. It is known as a “Palace of Natural Art”. Previous or present presidents of many countries all over the world have come to visit Reed Flute Cave.
- Music Fountain At Big Pagoda Square:
We recommend you take a night lingering to the Music Fountain At Big Pagoda Square at night. It is a nice time to enjoy the night of Xi'an.
- Xian Belltower Hotel:
Day 7 Xian (B,L,D)
Today’s Tour: Terra Cotta Warriors Museum , Forest of Stone Steles, Xian City Wall Night Activity: Tang Dynasty Show With Dinner Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at well-selected local restaurants
Detailed Description- Tang Dynasty Show With Dinner:
The restaurant inside Tang Le Gong boasts lists of court dishes. You will also enjoy the Tang music while dining. Tang Le Gong can house 600 hundred guests at a time to watch the Tang Dynasty dancing shows and enjoy the court dishes at the same time. Its wonderful performances, delicious court food, and superior service have attracted many dignities and celebrities inside and outside China. It is not to be missed if you pay a visit to Xi’an.
- Terra Cotta Warriors Museum :
The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qinshihuang (the First Emperor of China of the Qin Dynasty) can be traced back to 210 BC. The pits of them were discovered in 1974 by local farmers near Xi’an City. They are close to the Qinshihuang Mausoleum. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are funerary clay figures buried with the First Qinshihuang, the purpose of which was to help rule another empire with Qinshihuang after his death.
- Forest of Stone Steles:
The biggest collection of stone books in China, the Stele Museum was set up in 1090AD to protect the scriptures of Tang Dynasty. More than 2,300 pieces of art works from 8 dynasties are displayed here. As there are so many stone tablets standing together, Chinese call it Stone Tablet Forest or Stele Forest. It is also the earliest museum of its kind in China.
- Xian City Wall :
Xian City Wall is the best-preserved ancient city wall in China and also the largest and most complete military facility in the world. You can hire a bike and bike on it. But we do not recommend that as it damages the wall.
- Tang Dynasty Show With Dinner:
Day 8 Xian - Beijing (B,L) Flight: TBA BY US
Today’s Tour: Hutong Tour Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Accommodation: Sunworld Hotel Beijing
Detailed Description- Sunworld Hotel Beijing:
With 308 luxuriant rooms and suites of various kinds Superior Rooms, which feature tasteful decor, enhanced by elegant furnishings, including one double bed or twin beds. Amenities include coffee/tea maker, international direct phone calls, voicemail, cable TV, hairdryer, and refrigerator.
- Hutong Tour:
You will travel by taking a rickshaw or called pedicab, visit a local famliy in a traditional courtyard, talk to the host and hostess, perhaps on your are interested in topics such as a beijinger's daily life, etc. Finally we will climp up the Drum Tower where you can have a bird's eye view of the old Beijing city.
- Sunworld Hotel Beijing:
Day 9 Beijing (B,L,D)
Today’s Tour: Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip), Mutianyu Great Wall(less crownded, about 2.5 hours drive, comfort for seniors by taking cable car up and down), Ding Tomb(about 1 hour drive, be careful of the slippery steps) Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch, Dinner at Peking Duck
Detailed Description-
Peking Duck: Have a your dinner at Hepingmen Peking Duck Restaurant. Peking Roast Duck (Beijing kao ya) is considered to be one of the most delicious dishes all over China. It is famous for its brown color, tender meat, mellow taste, and agreeable fatness. It’d be a great loss for visitors to Beijing if they miss to taste it.
- Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip):
You can take cable car up and down to experience a birdview of the less untouched Great Wall at Mutianyu section.
- Mutianyu Great Wall(less crownded, about 2.5 hours drive, comfort for seniors by taking cable car up and down):
Located in Huairou County 70km northeast of Beijing, Mutianyu section of Great Wall is connected with Juyongguan Pass in the west and Gubeikou Gateway in the east. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, Mutianyu section of Great Wall used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs. First built in the mid-6th during the Northern Qi dynasty, Mutianyu Great Wall is older, less crowded, more original than Badaling Great Wall.
- Ding Tomb(about 1 hour drive, be careful of the slippery steps):
Also known as the “13 Tombs”, this is the burial site of 13 Emperors of the Ming Dynasty. The tombs are located at the Tianshou Mountain of Changping District. From 1409, the first tomb called “Changling Tomb” was built and the last tomb called “Siling Tomb” was constructed in 1644. Altogether, there are now 13 tombs of Emperors, 23 of Empresses, 2 of Princes, about 30 concubines, and eunuch.
- Cable Car at Mutianyu Great Wall (Round Trip):
Day 10 Beijing (B,L)
Today’s Tour: Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches), Temple of Heaven Night Activity: Kungfu Show At Red Theater Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel, Chinese Lunch,
Detailed Description- Kungfu Show At Red Theater:
The Red Theater in Beijing is where you can see the world-famous performance of Chinese martial arts or Kungfu. Within 2 hours, you will be fully intoxicated by the fantastic Chinese Kungfu. From the state-of-the-art set of stage scene to the exquisite performance of Kungfu, the whole show will certainly take your breath away.
- Tian'anmen Square:
The heart of urban Beijing and large enough to accommodate an assembly of one million people. It stands in front of the Forbidden City, at its north the Tiananmen Rostrum, from which imperial decrees were promulgated.
- Forbidden City (With Treasure House & Hall of Clocks and Watches):
Built between 1406 and 1420, the Forbidden City was the palace of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties, a period extending over 500 years. The atmosphere created by the many temples, halls and courtyards - not to mention the colors of the tiles, roofs and painted wood - is unique, leaving you with a lasting impression of imperial China. The palace has over 9000 rooms. Treasure Houses takes up about 220 square metres. There are more than 440 treasures on display belonged to Qing dynasty royalty,most of which have not never been on display in the past time. Hall of Clocks and Wathches: It is located in the east of the Inner Court outside the Gate of Respect Movement (Jing Yun Men). This exhibition hall houses about 200 clocks and watches from the imperial collection. Those watches and clocks are mostly made in Switzerland, England, France, the U.S and Japan, with some Chinese made timepieces on display as well.
- Temple of Heaven :
a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations, and had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries. You can see lots of Beijingers practicing Taichi in the morning and you can join them.
- Kungfu Show At Red Theater:
Day 11 Departure Beijing (B) Flight: TBA BY YOURSELF
Today’s Tour: Airport/train Station To Hotel Transfer Today’s Meals: Breakfast at your hotel
Detailed Description- Airport/train Station To Hotel Transfer:
You will be met by your English-speaking guide and escorted to your hotel. Have a welcome dinner and get to know your guide and the city, check your itinerary with the guide, and begin your wonderful journey!
- Airport/train Station To Hotel Transfer:
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| Your Group Size | Half Twin Price ( Low Seson) | Half Twin Price ( High Season) | Inquiry/Customize |
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| 1 Person | $ 2716 | $ 3273 | |
| 2 - 5 Persons | $ 2069 | $ 2348 | |
| 6 - 9 Persons | $ 1740 | $ 2019 | |
| 10 Up Persons | $ 1586 | $ 1850 | |
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