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9 Days China Highlight
Tours
Destinations: Beijing,
Hohhot,
Datong
Tour Code: GA_06
Departure: Daily
Tour Itinerary
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Entry
Beijing
Upon your arrival in Beijing,
you will be met by our guide and escorted
to your hotel. |
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02 |
Beijing
(BL)
Take an excursion to the Badaling Great
Wall and the Ming Tombs.
Badaling
Great Wall: The
best preserved part of the Ming dynasty
(1368 - 1644) Great Wall.
Ming
Tombs: The mausoleums
of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
The mausoleums have been perfectly preserved.
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Beijing
- Hohhot (BL)
Visit the Summer
Palace this morning. After lunch, transfer
to the airport for flight to Hohhot.
Summer
Palace: A magnificent
imperial garden, the largest ancient
preserved garden in China and a former
summer resort for emperors.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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: Used to
be the imperial palace of the Ming
(1368 - 1644) and Qing (1616-1911)
dynasties.
Tiananmen
Square: Tian'anmen
was the front gate of the Imperial
Palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
In front of the gate is the world's
largest open ground in the city -
the Tian'anmen Square.
Temple
of Heaven: An
outstanding representative of Chinese
traditional architecture for its clever
design and harmoneous colors. During
the Ming and Qing dynasties, the emperor
came to pray and thank gods for the
harvests every year.
Beijing
Duck Dinner: The most delicious
food Beijing has to offer.
Peking
Opera: The most influential and
representaive of all operas in China
and has a history of about 200 years.
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Exit
(B)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport
for your departure, end of service.
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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.
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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. |
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 Quotation Inclusions:
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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
Excellent tour Guiding. 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.
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Quotation Exclusions:
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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.
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: USD12 to tour guide
per day, USD 8 to driver per day, but
depending on their service, it's up
to you. |
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