Guide

Private English-speaking guide.

Meals

12 buffet breakfasts at the hotels and 5 lunches. Other meals are not included to give you maximum flexibility in deciding where, what and with whom to eat.

Others

Entrance Fees.

Flights

Domestic airfares & train fares

Transport

Private drivers & air-conditioned vehicles

Accommodation

12 nights accommodation at the following hotels: Beijing New World Centre Tongpai Hotel (4 stars) Holiday Inn Xian Big Goose Pagoda (4 stars) Dunhuang Hotel Building No. 8 (4 stars) Mercure Hotel Turpan Downtown (4 stars) Excemon Xinjiang Yilite Hotel (4 stars) Sunrise On The Bund (4 stars)

Not included:

Others

International airfares Entry Visa fees Personal expenses Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers Single supplement (Mandatory)

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Day 1 Arrival In Beijing
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrival In Beijing

Welcome to take our China private tour with daily departure, which can be tailored to meet your individual interests. You will enjoy a more personalized experience as the trip is only for your private party, with no other people.

Upon your arrival at Beijing airport, you will be met outside the customs and then be transferred to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free for you to have a good rest.

Accommodation: Beijing New World Centre Tongpai Hotel (4 stars)
Day 2 Beijing
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Beijing

After the buffet breakfast in the hotel, you will start your trip from Tiananmen Square, the world’s largest city square. Then follow your guide to the Forbidden City, which used to be the imperial palace of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. Lunch is an a la carte meal at a decent restaurant.

Your trip continues on to the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon. As a royal altar where emperors worshiped the god of heaven during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Temple of Heaven is even larger than the Forbidden City.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Day 3 Beijing
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Beijing

Today’s highlight is to visit Mutianyu Great Wall. The round-trip cable car is included. The restaurants nearby the site are of low standard, so we do not arrange the lunch today. It may be the best that you have a big breakfast at the hotel and have some fast food for lunch by yourself. Your guide will show you some restaurants.

In the afternoon, we will drive you back to downtown and stopover at the Bird’s Nest (Olympic National Stadium) so that you can appreciate this amazing building at close quarters. To conclude the tour, your guide will take you to visit a local market.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Day 4 Beijing - Xian
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Beijing - Xian

Visit the Summer Palace and then you will take a rickshaw tour to explore the original Hutong alleys. After that, you will take a high speed train to Xian. Your local guide and driver will meet you at the railway station and transfer you to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Accommodation: Holiday Inn Xian Big Goose Pagoda (4 stars)
Day 5 Xian
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Xian

Your first stop in Xi’an will be the ’eighth world wonder’, the Terracotta Army. Located at the eastern suburb of the city, it definitely deserves the one-hour transfer as the clay soldiers and horses are so vivid with distinct expressions and the bronze chariots and horses were so smartly designed and perfectly made, even compared with modern technology. In the afternoon, we will visit the Provincial History Museum.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Day 6 Xian
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Xian

After breakfast, you will come to the City Wall, a landmark site of the city. A bike riding is suggested on the wall and the bike rental fee is at your expense. It is quite a wonderful experience. Then visit the Small Wild Goose Pagoda and Xi’an Museum. The pagoda was built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) to keep the Buddhist scriptures and statues brought from India. Continue to visit the Great Mosque, which is located at the bustling Muslim Street. After visiting the mosque, you will have some free time to explore the bazaar and have a taste of the delicious local snacks.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Day 7 Xian - Dunhuang
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Xian - Dunhuang

After breakfast, you will be taken to the airport for a noon flight to Dunhuang, a bright pearl along the ancient Silk Road. Your local guide will pick you up and escort you to the hotel. After a short rest, you will ride a camel on the desert to visit the Echoing-Sand Dune and the beautiful Crescent Lake. The Echoing-Sand Dune is so named because the sand echoes in wind, and the Crescent Lake got its name from its crescent shape. It will also be an everlasting memory to enjoy the gorgeous sunset on the desert.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Accommodation: Dunhuang Hotel Building No. 8 (4 stars)
Day 8 Dunhuang - Turpan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Dunhuang - Turpan

In the morning, you will visit the Mogao Grottoes. Located 25 km southeast of Dunhuang City, Mogao Grottoes are carved on the cliffs that stretch for 1,600 meters. The hive-like grottoes house numerous delicate murals and Buddhist statues made during the one thousand years from the Five Hus and Sixteen States (304-439 AD) to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).

After that, your guide will transfer you to Liuyuan Railway Station for a 3.5-hour high speed train to Turpan. Upon arrival, your guide in Turpan will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Mercure Hotel Turpan Downtown (4 stars)
Day 9 Turpan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Turpan

Your trip in Turpan starts from the famous Ancient City of Jiaohe, the world’s largest, oldest and best preserved city that built of raw soil. Then continue to visit Karez Well, one of the three greatest projects of ancient China. Today’s final destination will be conical Sugong Pagoda, which has a peculiar inside structure that does not use wooden columns for support. Instead, you can see 72 brick stairs spiraling up to the top to support the body of the pagoda.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch
Day 10 Turpan - Urumqi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Turpan - Urumqi

This morning you will pay a visit to another ancient ruin, Ancient City of Gaochang. Originally constructed in the 1st century BC, Gaochang was once the capital of Gaochang Kingdom, but most buildings there were destroyed in wars at the end of 13th century. According to some archaeologists, Gaochang city is like another Chang’an in its heyday (Chang’an, old name for Xi’an, the ancient capital city in northwest region). We will then drive to visit the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves and the Flaming Hill. Tonight, your guide will transfer you to Urumqi to check in at the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Excemon Xinjiang Yilite Hotel (4 stars)
Day 11 Urumqi - Shanghai
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Urumqi - Shanghai

After breakfast, take a morning flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, you will be met at the airport by your local guide and transferred to the hotel. The remainder of the day is left for you to have a good rest and a chance to relax.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Accommodation: Sunrise On The Bund (4 stars)
Day 12 Shanghai
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Shanghai

The morning excursion will take you to visit Shanghai Museum and Yu Garden. Yu Garden is an elaborately designed, delicately constructed inimitable garden of the Ming Dynasty. After that, you will spend some leisure time at the nearby bazaar, where you can find some interesting souvenirs at fair prices. Lunch will be an a la carte meal at a popular restaurant.

In the afternoon, drive you to the Bund area, where you will take a one-hour cruise tour on the Huangpu River. Enjoy some free time to explore the Bund. Before returning to the hotel, we will show you an old street.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte lunch
Day 13 Departure From Shanghai
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Departure From Shanghai

Today your guide and driver will transfer you to the airport for your homebound flight. We wish you a pleasant journey!

Our professional travel consultant is very happy to customize this private tour to your needs. Don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you!

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

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Beijing - Xian

Xian

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Dunhuang - Turpan

Turpan

Turpan - Urumqi

Urumqi - Shanghai

Shanghai

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