HT10 - China Best Cities plus Mount Wuyi Tour 13 days
The following itinerary and quotation is still available in 2010. Destinations:Hong Kong - Guilin - Xian - Fuzhou - Wuyishan - Shanghai
Itinerary
Day 1: Hong Kong Arrival
Welcome to China. Upon arrival, our local guide will take you to your downtown hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.
Day 2: Hong Kong (B)
Sightseeing: Victoria Peak / Aberdeen / Repulse Bay
You will spend half day touring around the city, including visits to Victoria Peak, Aberdeen and Repulse Bay. For lunch time, you will be transferred back to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city.
Day 3: Hong Kong – Guilin by air (B)
The morning is at your leisure before boarding your flight to Guilin. Upon arrival in Guilin, you will be welcome and picked up at the airport and transferred to the downtown hotel.
Day 4: Guilin – Yangshuo – Guilin (B+L)
Sightseeing: Li River / Western Street
Get up early in the morning and drive about 40 minutes to Zhujiang pier to take the Li River cruise, which is considered as one of China's top tourist destinations. It is the river of poems and paintings. The region covers 83-km karst area with clear, exotic, ingenious and changing characteristics. After nearly 4.5 hours' Li River Cruise, you will arrive at Yangshuo County, a dream place for many tourists who want to see the real natural landscape and touch the countryside life.
After taking a short walk along the famous foreigner street- Western Street, drive back to Guilin city.
Day 5: Guilin - Xian by air (B+L)
Sightseeing: Reed Flute Cave / Wave-subduing Hill
Today you will experience the "Art Palace of the Nature" - Reed Flute Cave. This splendid karst cave with a myriad of stalactites and stalagmites formulates various bizarre scenes including "Primitive Forest", "Crystal Palace", and "Flower and Fruit Mountain".
You will also pay a visit to Wave-subduing Hill (Fubo Hill). The Pearl-Returning Cave, the Thousand-Buddha Cave, the Sword-Testing Rock, the Wave Listening Pavilion, all of them have a strong appeal to the tourists.
Then head for the airport for Xian. Upon arrival in Xian, you will be met at the airport and transferred to the hotel.
Day 6: Xian (B+L)
Sightseeing: Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum / Big Wild Goose Pagoda / Bell Tower
Today you will visit what has been called the 8th Wonder of the World the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. It is one of the most important archaeological excavations and culture findings in the 20th century. After lunch, you will drive back to downtown city to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is one of symbols in Xian and a remarkable milestone of the Chinese architecture. Afterward, you will head to visit Bell Tower. Originally built in 1348, the Bell Tower in Xian is situated in the very heart of the city and is the most well-preserved and best-known one in China.
Day 7: Xian (B+L)
Sightseeing: Shaanxi Provincial Museum / Great Mosque / Xian City Wall
After checking out at the hotel, your first stop in this pleasant city is Shaanxi Provincial Museum. Covering an area of over 70,000 square meters, the museum contains more than 370,000 relics including Bronze wares, terra cotta figures, gold and silver wares and murals, 3 thousand years ago.
Then you'll head to the Great Mosque. One of five Muslim sanctuaries in China, the Great Mosque in Xian is the only one open to visitors.
Then you'll head to Xian City Wall. It is the most integrated city wall in China and one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world as well.
Day 8: Xian – Fuzhou – Wuyishan by air (B+L)
You will all meet at the lobby of the hotel in the morning and drive to the airport to Fuzhou. Upon arrival, you will change flight to Wuyishan city directly. Upon arrival in the late afternoon, you will be welcomed warmly by our tour guide and transferred to the hotel.
The evening is free for you to explore the city.
Day 9: Wuyishan (B+L)
Sightseeing: Mount Wuyi Scenic Area /Cable car
Get up early and take a short drive to Mount Wuyi. Mount Wuyi is famous for its natural conservation of a large number of ancient plant species, wild animals and reptiles, many of which are peculiar to China. In 1999, Mount Wuyi entered the lists of world cultural and natural heritage.
Day 10: Wiyishan - Shanghai by air (B+L)
Sightseeing: Mount Wuyi Scenic Area / Jiuqu Stream
Continue to sightseeing of Mount Wuyi Scenic Area in the morning. Its vast green waves of row upon row of verdant mountains attract a constant stream of visitors both from home and abroad.
For lunch, you'll sample simple some delicious cuisine in a local restaurant.
Then you will take bamboo raft cruising on the Jiuqu Stream (Nine Bends Brook). There are over 30 attractions can be admired along the drifting route, which will be amazing.
When the night falls, you will be transferred to the airport to Shanghai, the largest and most prosperous metropolis in China and known as the "Paris of the East". Upon arrival, we are greeted and warmly welcomed by our guide and transferred to the hotel.
The rest of the day is free your for to explore the city.
Day 11: Shanghai (B+L)
Sightseeing: Shanghai Museum / Old French Concession / Jade Buddha Temple / Shanghai Xin Tian Di
Your morning tour features Shanghai Museum, a museum of ancient Chinese art, accommodates 120,000 precious relics, including Bronzes, pottery, paintings and calligraphies, and so on.
After lunch, you will take a walking tour of the Old French Concession, the area of Shanghai once occupied by French in the mid-19th century. It offers unparalleled examples of old lane houses, apartments, garden houses and villas which remain untouched in mid-19th and early 20th century European styles.
Then you will also pay a visit to the Jade Buddha Temple, one of the most famous Buddhist temples to be found in Shanghai and one of Shanghai's top tourist destinations.
You will also stroll along Shanghai Xin Tian Di, which has become an urban tourist attraction that holds the historical and cultural legacies of the city.
Day 12: Shanghai (B+L)
Sightseeing: Yu Garden / Oriental Pearl TV Tower / Bund / Nanjing Road
Today you will start the day with a trip to the elegant classic Chinese garden: Yu Garden. Yu Garden has quite a few scenic courtyards dotted with baroque rockery, pools and flora, all connected by corridors and passageways and cultural relics.
You then head for Oriental Pearl TV Tower, with an astonishing height of 468 meters, ranks as the world's third tallest TV tower, after the 553-meter CN Tower in Toronto and the 535-meter Moscow TV Tower.
After lunch, you will visit the Bund, where the great foreign commercial houses and banks built their imposing office buildings before 1930s.
Then you will stroll along the Nanjing Road, which is considered as one of the World's Seven Great Roads in the 1930s and always mentioned in travel guides as a must see of China tour.
Day 13: Shanghai – Next Destination (B)
The tour guide will transfer you to the airport and help you board the plane to your next destination.
Price
| Person | 1 | 2-5 | 6-9 | |
| Price per person( USD $ ) | 5 Star | 4506 | 3022 | 2658 |
| 4 Star | 3830 | 2684 | 2318 | |
| 3 Star | 3690 | 2614 | 2248 | |
Price list
Price Includes:
a. Entrance fees to all the scenic spots as listed above in the itinerary
b. Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (If there is no Western breakfast available, we have to arrange Chinese one instead)
c. All meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Western or Chinese breakfast, L=Chinese lunch in a local restaurant, D=Chinese dinner in a local restaurant
d. Internal flights including taxes and fuel fee or train/bus tickets as listed in the itinerary
e. Professional local guides and drivers in each destination city
f. Private Transfers between airports, docks, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in each destination city by the private air conditioned car or van
g. Luggage Transfers between airports/docks and hotels
h. Arrangements for the planning, handling, operational and communication charges
i. Government taxes.
Price excludes:
a. International air and train tickets for coming to and leaving from mainland China
b. Visa fee
c. Excess Baggage Charges
d. Meals which are not specified with "B", "L" or "D".
e. Personal expenses such as drinks, laundry, tips to guides or drivers, FAX, telephone, excess baggage charges
f. Gratuities, tips to guides and drivers
g. Personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip
Remark : Quotations listed are valid excluding the periods of Chinese holidays and special events.
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