12-Day Chinese Ethnic Facts Exploration

Day1 Arrival/Guilin

Be met at the airport and picked up to the hotel.

Day 2 Guilin /Yangshuo/Guilin (B,L)

After breakfast, you will have a Li River Cruise to Yangshuo. It will take you 3-4rs to enjoy the most beautiful karst landscape in the world. After paying a short visit to the West Street in Yangshuo, you will be driven back Guilin.

Day 3 Guilin/Longsheng/Guilin (B,L)

This morning, you will transfer to Longshen to see the stunning Dragon’s Backbone (Longji)--the terraced fields wind from the foot to the top of the mountains. It will take you 40 minutes to walk up the stone covered paths and steps. Visit the Yao minority village and Ping'an village, the different minority customs and local people's dressing style are specially delicate and beautiful. Drive back to Guilin.

Day 4 Guilin/Kunming (B,L)

Visit the Symbol of Guilin—Elephant Trunk Hill and the most fantastic cave in south China—Reed Flute Cave. Transfer to Kunming by plane.

Day 5 Kunming (B,L)

Drive about 90km to see the popeyed world natural wonder--The Stone Forest. After that, visit the Sani Minority Villages-- These ancient ideologically isolated villages are famous for their beautiful ethnic garments, mystical ancient traditions and beliefs.

Day 6 Kunming/Dali (B,L)

Take morning flight to Dali. Check in the hotel then visit the Butterfly Spring, Houses of Bai People in Xizhou and the Ancient City of Dali.

Day 7 Dali/Lijiang (B,L)

In the morning, transfer to Lijiang by bus. Explore the Ancient City of Lijiang—the hometown of Naxi people. Visit the beautiful Black Dragon Pool, where you can have a distant admiration of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

Day 8 Lijiang(B,L)

Have a full day sightseeing includes the Yak Meadow--one of the part of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, living the Yi and Zang Minorities. It has many attractions, such as the Snowy Valley, the special Yak Glacier, the colorful Meadow and primitive Pine Tree Forest; the Mural in Baisha Village--its characteristic artistic style and precious historic content of the murals look smashing, but few people know of its existence; the Yufengsi Lamasery--built in the Qing Dynasty and famous for camellias in the temple.

Day 9 Lijiang/Kunming/Beijing (B)

Today you will be picked up to the airport for the flight to Beijing (The plane may stop over at Kunming for a moment). The free time is on your own arrangement today.

Day 10 Beijing (B, L, D)

After breakfast, you will be driven around the Olympic Green and stop for two views, the National Stadium (Bird's Nest) and the National Swim Center (Water Cube). While you are not allowed inside you can view them from outside and take photographs. Then visit the Mutianyu Great Wall—one of famous sections of the Great Wall of China, about 1 hours drive from Beijing downtown, this section is less touristy than Badaling Great Wall. It includes cable car tickets up and down; in the afternoon, visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tombs—a great project of ancient China. You first walk the Sacred Way then visit the underground Ding Ling Tomb and the Chang Ling Tomb (above ground).

In the evening, enjoy the Beijing Roast Duck Dinner—a delicious time-honored brand food in China, which can be dated back to more than 100 years ago.

Day 11 Beijing (B,L)

In the morning, explore the mysterious Imperial Palace--aka the Forbidden City, which is home to 24 Emperors between 1420 and 1911; admire the Tiananmen Square—the largest city square in the world, which is surrounded by many imposing buildings, such as the Heavenly Gate, Museums, government buildings and Chairman Mao's Mausoleum etc. In the afternoon, visit the Temple of Heaven—one of the most famous ancient buildings in Beijing. In the evening, experience local culture at the Beijing Opera including a behind-the-scenes look at the colorful make-up being applied to the performers.

Day 12 Beijing/Departure (B)

Be picked up to the airport for your homebound flight (your own arrangement).

Services End

• The hotel accommodation is based on two persons sharing one twin room with private facilities.
• All transportation, transfers and tours with private guide and car or van in each destination.
• All the admission tickets, English speaking guide service.
• Daily breakfast at the hotel, Chinese lunch and dinner with one cup of soft drink are offered outside the hotel or in the hotel as specified in the itinerary.
• The government tax.
• Travel Agencies' Liability Insurance with the tour inside China. (Include China Life Tourist Accident Insurance/Casualty Insurance. We highly recommend that you purchase full coverage travel insurance from you country of origin.)
• Bus from Dali to Lijiang

• Charge of obtaining your visa to enter China.
• In/out flight, domestic airport fee and departure tax is not included. (We can help you book the cheap tickets!)
• Gratitude to guide and driver is not included.
• Expenses of a personal nature such as laundry, drinks, telex, optional activities or sightseeing, telephone calls or overweight baggage charges or meals not indicated etc.
• The airport construction tax.

·The hotel, guide and transfer are all based on double occupancy. If the visitor travels alone, he or she must pay for the other person. This additional charge is called single supplement.

· If the traveler number is odd (such as 3, 5, 7...), the odd number person who stays in one single room has to pay the single room supplement. Since the hotel is on the double occupancy.

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