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9 Days China Highlight Tours
Destinations: Beijing, Hohhot, Datong
Tour Code: GA_06
Departure: Daily

Tour Itinerary

Day 01 Entry Beijing
Upon your arrival in
Beijing, you will be met by our guide and escorted to your hotel.
Day 02 Beijing (BL)
Take an excursion to the Badaling Great Wall and the Ming Tombs.

Badaling Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symble of China. The Great Wall extends to more than 5,000 kilometers.
Ming Tombs: Located 60 Kilometers north of Beijing, Ming Tombs consist of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors.
Day 03 Beijing - Hohhot (BL)
Visit the Summer Palace this morning. After lunch, transfer to the airport for flight to Hohhot.

Summer Palace: The largest imperial garden of Ming and Qing dynasty. The whole Summer Palace covers an area of over 290 hectares including more than 3,000 buildings, such as halls, pavilions, towers, etc.
Day 04 Hohhot - Gegentala Grassland (BL)
Drive to
the Gegentala Grassland. Gegentala means "a place for spending summer" in Mongolian, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the grassland. Visit the herdsmen's tent and enjoy the Singing and Dances of Mongolian people.
Stay tonight in the tent of Mongolian people.
Day 05 Gegentala Grassland - Hohhot (BL)
Drive back to Hohhot in the morning. Visit the Tomb of Wang Zhaojun, the Five Pagoda Temple and the Dazhao Temple.

Tomb of Wang Zhaojun: Wang Zhaojun was a maid of honor in an imperial palace of the Han Dynasty. In 33 B.C. Huhanxie Chanyu, chief of the Xiongnus, proposed ties of amity with the Han court through marriage. When Zhaojun married Huhanxie, she brought with her the rich culture of the Central China Plain to the Xiongnu people in the north.
Five Pagoda Temple: The Pagoda is 16.5 meters high and looks like a Buddha's Warrior Attendant's seat, with a base under it and five exquisite pagodas on the base. As more than 1560 relief sculptures of Buddhas are engraved on the five pagodas, the temple enjoys the reputation of being "a 10000-Buddha Tower".
Dazhao Temple: Built in 1580 and expanded in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the temple consists of a number of halls and a nine-room building; it contains many precious relics, including silver Buddhist statues and lions cast in iron.
Day 06 Hohhot - Datong (BL)
Take soft seat train to Datong. Visit the Huayan Monasteryand the Nine Dragon Screen.

Huayan Monastery: The Monastery is located in the southwestern part of Datong. These splendid ancient buildings were constructed of wood during the Liao Dynast more than nine hundred years ago.
Nine Dragon Screen: This glazed-brick structure has nine dragons sculptured in relief in five colors, the screen is 45.5 meters long, 8 meters high, and 2 meters thick. It was built more than six hundred years ago.
Day 07 Datong - Beijing (BL)
Visit the Yungang Grottoes and Shanhua Monastery. Take the overnight soft berth train to Beijing.

Yungang Grottoes: China's largest grottoes and world-famous treasure-house of arts and culture with 53 caves, with 51,000 carved statues and bas-reliefs.
Shanhua Monastery: First built in A.D. 713-741 during the Tang Dynasty. The entire monastery is a well-proportioned, well-preserved complex. It contains more than thirty Buddhist statues sculptured during the Liao and Kin dynasties, the most noteworthy being covered in gold leaf.
Day 08 Beijing (BLD)
Visit the Forbidden City, the Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Beijing Duck Dinner and the Peking Opera in the evening.

Forbidden City: Also called Palace Museum and is located at the center of Beijing. It was the imperial palace during the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties.
Tiananmen Square: The biggest downtown Square of the world, it is located in the heart of urban Beijing and large enough to accommodate an assembly of one million people.
Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
Beijing Duck Dinner: Beijing Roasted duck is renowned as the most delicious food of Beijing.
Peking Opera: Beijing Opera is deemed the national opera of China. The accompanying music, singing and costumes are full of Chinese cultural facts.

Day 09 Exit (B)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your departure, end of service.

Quotation and Hotel Accommodation
Tour quotations are only applied for 2-5 peaple as a group, further discount availible for group number more than 5 people. The private guided tour is tailored for you exclusively. No other participants will be in your group and you will not take part into any tours of others on land services.

Hotel Luxury Standard
City Beijing JiangXi Grand Hotel
Jianshe Hotel
Hohhot Zhaojun Hotel
Zhaojun Hotel
Datong Datong Hotel
Datong Hotel
Quotation high season US$ 1156 p.p. US$ 1076 p.p.
low season US$ 1072 p.p.
US$ 1042 p.p.
single room suppl US$ 370 US$ 320
High Seasons: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
Low Seasons: December, January, Febuary, March
Note: The above price is not valid during the public holidays: 1-7th May, 1-7th October and during the first week of Chinese Lunar New Year which takes place in late January or early February.
 

Quotation Inclusions:

 
1. Hotel accommodation
The hotel is based on two persons sharing one twin or double standard room with private facilities.
2. Meals
Daily American or Chinese breakfast at the hotel, Chinese lunch and dinner in local Chinese restaurant as specified in the itinerary. B - Breakfast, L - Lunch, D - Dinner.
3. Private Transport
Private transport between airport or railway station and hotel and all the sights by air-conditioned vehicle.
4. Transportation between Cities
The economic class air tickets of the domestic flight or soft berth/seat train tickets between cities as specified in the itinerary.
5. Entrance tickets
The main entrance tickets for the sights mentioned.
6. Guiding service
All normal sightseeing tours in each city with English-speaking guide and admission fees where applicable. Our guide will not fly with you from one city to another. Upon your arrival at each city, a new local guide and driver will pick you up, be with you for local tour and see you off after you finish the itinerary of each city. The cruise shore excursion is in-group assigned by the cruise company.
7. Insurance
China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance. We highly recommend that you purchase full coverage travel insurance from you country of origin.

8. Tibet Travel Permit application fee
The Tibet Travel Permit application fee if your tour covers Tibet.
 

Quotation Exclusions:

 
1. Visa Fees
Charge of obtaining your visa to enter China.
2. Charge of arrival and departure
The international or domestic air / train charge of arrival and departure.
3. Single Room Supplement
Should a twin room is needed by a single guest, supplement of the twin room will be charged.
What is single supplement?
The hotel is based on double occupancy. If the visitor travels alone or the number of the travelers is odd (such as 3,5, 7...), who stays in one single room has to pay the single room supplement. As the hotel is on double occupancy.
4. Personal Expenses
Expenses of a personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities or sightseeing, overweight baggage charges or meals not indicated, ect.
5. Optional Programs
Optional programs which are not specified in the above itinerary.
6. Tips to guides and drivers
Suggested tips: USD10-14 to tour guide per day, USD 8-10 to driver per day, but depending on their service, it's up to you, entirely voluntary.
 
 
 

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