16-Day Silk Road Adventure

Day 1 Arrival in Beijing (D)

Flight on your own arrangement

On your arrival at the Beijing Capital International Airport, our local guide will meet you there by holding your name sign (with CFT on) then you are picked up to the hotels selected. The remainder of the day is your free time.

Day 2 Beijing (B L D)

In the morning your guide will take you to explore the Forbidden City (the Imperial Palace), the Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. In the evening you will enjoy the Beijing Duck Dinner and the Kongfu Show in the Red Theater.

Day 3 Beijing (B, L)

After breakfast, take your special bus (about 40 minutes drive) to visit Bdaling Great Wall. After lunch at a local popular Sichuan food restaurant, you will be driven to visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tombs.

Day 4 Beijing/Urumqi (B, L,)

Go on a visit to the Summer Palace; after lunch transfer to Urumqi by flight, met by the local guide with your name sign at the airport, and then you will be collected to the hotel.

Day 5 Urumqi/Kashgar (B, L)

Take a morning flight to Kashgar, on your arrival at the airport you will be met by the local guide with your name sign, then be transferred to the hotel, and then visit the famous Sunday Market.

Day 6 Kashgar/ Urumqi/ Turpan (B, L, D)

Today you will visit the Id Kah Mosque, the Abakh Khoja Tomb and the Old Street. Then take a flight to Urumqi and transfer to Turpan by flight. Finally, met by the local guide at the airport and be picked up to check in at the hotel.

Day 7 Turpan (B, L)

Today your Turpan tour will include the exploration of the Jiaohe Ruins, the Karez Well and the Sugong Pagoda.

Day 8 Turpan/Dunhuang (B, L, D)

After breakfast you will discover the Gaochang Ruins, the Baizikeli Thousand Buddha Cave and the Flaming Hill, then take an overnight soft sleeper train to Dunhuang.

Day 9 Dunhuang (L)

Upon your arrival at the Liuyuan Railway Station, the local guide will meet you by holding your name sign and drive you to the hotel, then you enjoy your breakfast (on your own arrangement). After a short break, you will go on to visit the Mogao Grottoes and the Dunhuang Museum.

Day 10 Dunhuang/Xian (B, L, D)

After breakfast you will experience a short camel-riding along the Echoing-Sand Dune to get to the Crescent Lake. After the exploration, you will be escorted to the airport for taking a flight to Xi'an. Picked up by the local guide and be driven to the hotel. After that, you end your day dining in a restaurant that serves Cantonese cuisine.

Day 11 Xian (B, L, D)

Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horse Museum then drive back to downtown of Xi'an to have lunch at a local famous restaurant. In the afternoon, go on visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Great Mosque. In the evening, enjoy the Dumpling Banquet and the marvelous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show.

Day 12 Xi'an/Shanghai (B, L)

Today, first visit the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, then have lunch at a local famous restaurant and then transfer to see the Ancient City Wall. After that, be accompanied to the airport for flight to Shanghai. Upon you arrive at airport you will be collected to the hotel.

Day 13 Shanghai (B, L, D)

Today you will visit the Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden (Yuyuan Garden) and the Jade Buddha Temple. After having dinner in a famous restaurant, enjoy the breathtaking Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.

Day 14 Shanghai/Zhouzhuang/Suzhou (B, D)

First visit the water town Zhouzhuang, and then drive to Suzhou to register at the hotel. After dinner, have a cruise on the Grand Canal to enjoy beautiful night scene of the city.

Day 15 Suzhou (B, L)

Have a full day Sightseeing to the Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Tiger Hill Park, and the No.1 Silk Factory.

Day 16 Suzhou/Shanghai

After breakfast you will be driven back to Shanghai for flight to your next destination, the guide will see you off at airport.

Service End

·Hotel Accomodation-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 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.)

·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.