10-Day Private Tour to Beijing,Lhasa,Xi'an and Guilin

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Beijing. O/N Beijing
5 stops
1
Beijing
Today,your tour guide can meet you at your Beijing hotel lobby at 8:00am.Then, you will be escorted to the Tiananmen Square first.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
2
Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang)
At Tiananmen Square, you can take great photos of the Tiananmen Tower, Monument to People's Heroes, and Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao. The Tiananmen Square is seated in the center of Beijing City. During the past hundreds of years, it has witnessed numerous historical events and assemblies. Nowadays, it becomes a holding place for grand celebrations, military parades, and welcoming ceremonies for foreign leaders. Besides, visitors can admire the towering Monument to People's Heroes and the solemn Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao on the square. Traditional Tiananmen Tower, Zhengyang Gate and Qianmen Arrow Tower can also be found there.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum
Then, you will be led to go across the Tiananmen Tower to visit the Forbidden City, where 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368 - 1911) lived and handled national affairs. Served as the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City is the largest and the best-preserved old wooden complex in the world. The whole palace is divided into Inner Court and Outer Court by the Palace of Heavenly Purity with the outer one for emperors to handle affairs and the inner one as the living place for the imperial family. The complex is also a giant museum with more than one million national treasures exhibited there.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
4
Mutianyu Great Wall
Upon arrival in the parking lot of the scenic area, you will first take an electric car to the entry, and then take the chairlift up to the 14th watchtower. Have a leisurely hike on the wall for about 2 hours, at the end take the toboggan town. The Great Wall at Mutianyu was built and restored in the early Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) and is one of the most famous sections of the Wall. Mutianyu enjoys the great reputation of "Out of all the Great Walls, Mutianyu stands apart". Roam the ancient structure and learn the history and facts that make its so famous. Your professional guide will be able to answer any questions and offer exclusive stories and facts about the Mutianyu Great Wall.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
5
Beijing
At the end, you will escort you to your Beijing hotel.
18 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Beijing. O/N Beijing.
6 stops
6
Beijing
In the morning, your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel and continue your Beijing tour.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
7
Temple of Heaven
You will firstly visit the Temple of Heaven. It is the largest royal ceremonial building groups in China. Emperors in the past used to hold the annual sacrificial activities here to worship the heaven and pray for a good harvest. Now it has developed into a large park where you can also see local people doing exercises and more recreational activities.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
8
Back Lakes (Hou Hai)
Next you will continue our visit to Beijing Hutong. There you will take a rickshaw to go through the old alleys and pay a visit to a Hutong family to see how the old Beijingers live. There are many popular restaurants, cafes and local food stores in the area, so we may have a lunch there. It should be a good chance to taste the local food there. Your guide will offer you suggestions. After lunch, you could stroll around Houhai Lake and explore more of the Hutong area.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
9
Lama Temple (Yonghegong)
After the Hutong visit, we will drive you to the Lama Temple, which is regarded as the largest Buddhist temple in Beijing. It combines the various architectural styles of different groups, including Han, Manchu, Mongol and Tibet. Opened to tourists from 1981, there are hundreds of thousands of people coming here for praying and visiting every year.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
10
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)
An about 30-minute drive will take you to the Summer Palace, which is reputed as the museum of ancient royal gardens. Your expert guide will show you around. The whole garden mainly consists of the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. The Long Corridor, seven hundred twenty-eight meters (796.2 yards) in length, boasts as the longest corridor in Chinese gardens. Beginning from the Yaoyue (Inviting-Moon) Gate and ending up with Shizhang Pavilion, the corridor ingeniously links Longevity Hill with Kunming Lake. You might appreciate the exquisite murals and enjoy the melodious music while walking along there.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
11
Beijing
Finally,your guide and driver will escort you back to the hotel.
18 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Beijing - Lhasa by flight. O/N Lhasa.
2 stops
12
Today, there is no activities, just take a flight to Lhasa You may take the CA3922 14:55-19:10 and the flight takes around 4 hours.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
13
Upon arrival at Lhasa, you will be picked up on time and transferred to Lhasa hotel.Your guide will help you check in the hotel and you can acclimatize the high altitude in the hotel.
20 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Lhasa. O/N Lhasa.
4 stops
14
Potala Palace
Your impressive excursion to the splendid Potala Palace is scheduled in the morning. Originally built in the 7th century as an imperial palace, the Potala Palace has experienced a 600-year's queasy time until to the reconstruction in the 17th century. From then on, it has been the political, religion, cultural and economic center of Tibet. Currently, it is the largest treasure house of this mysterious land and t's a 13-story high building that contains over 1,000 rooms, various statues, stupas, murals and artifacts. attracting a great number of travelers and pilgrims everyday.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
15
Jokhang Temple
After lunch, you will come to the Jokhang Temple, which is located in the city center. Constructed in the 7th century, the peak time of Tubo Kingdom, this temple is the best architectural combination of Tibet, Han, Nepal and India. It is also a holy Buddhist temple of worshiping the rare life-size statue of Sakyamuni at age twelve.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
16
Barkhor Street
Next to the temple there is Bakhor Street, filled with pilgrims and street vendors, selling traditional Tibetan items such as prayer wheels and jewelry.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
17
At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.
18 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Lhasa. O/N Lhasa.
4 stops
18
Drepung Monastery (Zhebang Si)
After breakfast, you are going to visit the Drepung Monastery, located in the west suburb of the city. It is one of the 'Three Great Monasteries' and the largest one in Tibetan Buddhism. Looking at a distance, the monastery is like a heap of rice, consisting of a group of white buildings layer upon layer.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
19
Sera Monastery
In the afternoon, visit the Sera Monastery, the second largest monastery in Tibet which is well-known for the excellent debating of Buddhist doctrines among lamas.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
20
Norbulingka (Precious Stone Garden)
After that, turn to visit the nearby Norbulingka Park, the most beautiful and largest man-made park in Tibet. This park has been built for 200 years and used to be the Summer Palace of religious leaders of the region.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
21
At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.
18 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Lhasa - Xi'an by flight. O/N Xi'an.
2 stops
22
Today, your guide and driver will transfer you to the airport and flight to Xi'an. You may take the MU2334 12:25--15:20, the flight takes around 3hrs.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
23
Upon arrival at Xi'an, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the hotel.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Xi'an. O/N Xi'an.
6 stops
24
Xi'an
In the morning,your tour guide can meet you at your Xi'an hotel lobby at 9:00am then transfer to Terracotta Warriors Museum, need 80 minutes driving,45km.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
25
The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses
Your guide will reserve tickets for you online in advance and your guide will help you skip the line at the entrance of the Museum. Following your guide, you will explore the Terracotta Warriors Museum by visiting the three excavated pits, as well as the Bronze Chariots and Horses Exhibition Hall. Although the clay warriors and horses have been buried for more than 2,200 years, they are still vivid with distinct appearances. You will spend at least two and a half hours to see this amazing site.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
26
Small Goose Pagoda
Next, you will Transfer to Small Wild Goose Pagoda which is located inside Jianfu Temple, about one kilometer south of Xi'an city proper. It is one of the two famous and important Buddhist pagodas erected in the Tang Dynasty about 1300 years ago. Small Wild Goose Pagoda and its large neighbor, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, are two important Buddhist sites, dating back to the Tang Dynasty, 1300 years ago. The two pagodas were a symbol of Chang'an (Constant Peace) city. Xi'an (West Peace) was called Chang'an until the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), when Beijing became the capital of China. Chang'an had served as the capital for ten dynasties.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
27
Xi'an City Wall (Chengqiang)
After lunch, you will Transfer to city wall.You can walking or cycling around the wall, the bike fees you pay locally if you do that. The first landmark visitors will encounter in Xian is the ancient City Wall, which stretches round the old city. It is also one of the most famous attractions in Xian. Today, this wall represents one of the oldest and best preserved Chinese city walls, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
28
Muslim Quarter
Your last stop will be the Muslim Bazaar, the most thriving area of the city. If you are interested, you can explore the bazaar at your own pace and then return to the hotel by yourself. Your guide will give you directions for returning to your hotel. The Great Mosque and the Bell and Drum Tower Square are within walking distance of the Bazaar. There are many boutique stores at fair prices in Bazaar and also a number of excellent choices of food for dinner.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
29
Xi'an
At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.
18 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 8
Xi'an - Guilin by flight.O/N Guilin.
5 stops
30
Xi'an
In the morning,your tour guide will meet you at your Xi'an hotel lobby at 8:30am then transfer to Hanyanglin, need 30 minutes driving,15km.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
31
Tomb of Emperor Jingdi (Hanyangling)
The Hanyangling Mausoleum, which is on the site of the Mausoleum of Western Han Emperor Liu Qi built in 153 AD. In the company of the guide, you will have a close look at the thousand-year-old tombs through the glass floors and the glass walls in the tomb pits. Besides, the advanced Spectra Vision program will reproduce the real life of the Western Han Dynasty about 2,000 years ago.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
32
Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta)
Instead of entering the temple to visit the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, you will have a photo stop here for half an hour. With suggestions from our former guests, it is enough to see the pagoda and the statue of Monk Xuanzang at the south square outside the temple. As a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists, the pagoda built during the Tang Dynasty was once the site for Xuanzang to translate the Buddhist sutras. Nowadays the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda Area has become the most popular area for both tourists and locals in Xi'an. It is truly a wonderful place to enjoy the charming night scenes and get relaxed. Around the pagoda, there is south square leading to the Great Tang All Day Mall, where you can appreciate many unique sculptures of Tang Dynasty styles and enjoy some classical music performances in public; also there is north square with the biggest musical fountain in Asia. It is free but with show time schedules.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
33
After the tour, will drive you to Xianyang international airport where a airplane to Guilin is waiting for you. You may take the CA122518:40-20:50.The flight takes around 2 hours.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
34
Upon arrival at Guilin,you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Guilin hotel(driver only, no guide).
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 9
Guilin. O/N Guilin.
5 stops
35
Guilin
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 08:30 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Reed Flute Cave in around 30 minutes ride.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
36
Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)
Upon arrival in the cave, you will into the underground karst cave and marvel at the amazing formations of stalagmites and stalactites. The Reed Flute Cave is a renowned karst cave with a great number of stalagmites and stalactites in shapes of bamboo shoots, pillars, curtains and flowers, which turns it into a splendid underground palace. Inside the cave, you could discover more astonishing sights, such as stone lions, miniature forest, pagodas and crystal chambers. Each one has a romantic or interesting story associated with it. The vivid interpretation of our guide along with the lighting add mystery to the scene. The trip to the cave lasts about 40 minutes.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
37
Longji Rice Terraces
After a two-hour drive you will reach the entrance for the Longji Terraces where you will buy the entrance tickets for the rice terraces in Ping'an Village, This village has the most famous and beautiful rice terraces in Longji and need about a 30-minute drive again. The Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces is a splendid agricultural spectacle with a history of more than 650 years. The most eye-catching part of the terrace cluster is the Ping'an Village Rice Terrace, which was the earliest one discovered by tourists and photographers. Numerous narrow rice fields dug along the hill slopes form terraces connected by winding flagstone trails. There are viewing platforms for visitors to view the entire terrace fields built tier upon tier. While you are there you can also experience the minority Zhuang people's traditional way of life. It is quite interesting to help them in the fields, try on their bright-colored ethnical costumes, and visit their unique stilted houses.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
38
Ping'an Village
Upon arrival, Then you will take a moderate trek along steps to Ping'an Zhuang Village. The walk up takes about 40 minutes. Your guide will take you on a stroll around the village where you can glimpse the local Zhuang peoples' unique wooden stilted houses and we can have a lunch in the village. After a short lunch break, continue your terrace exploration to the No.2 Viewing Platform(Seven star with the moon), a 15-minute walk, which is a fantastic spot for a bird's-eye view of the Longji Terraces beneath your feet. You will have enough time to take pictures and enjoy the fresh air at the platform. And then, we will head to No.1 Viewing Platform(Nine Dragons and Five Tigers) and need 30 minutes via the flat path.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
39
Guilin
Afterwards, take the private car to your Guilin hotel around 18:00pm and is free time for you.
18 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 10
Guilin - Yangshuo. The tour end.
4 stops
40
Guilin
In the morning, your guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel at around 07:45, and then escort you to the Zhujiang pier, where you will start the Guilin Li River cruise to Yangshuo(4 star boat with the buffet lunch).
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
41
Li River
The boarding time is scheduled at 9:20am, and the whole journey takes about 4 hours. With your guide's company and interpretation, you could immerse yourself in the stunning karst landscape made up of rolling hills, verdant forests, odd caves and tranquil villages along the Li River. A buffet Chinese lunch will be offered on board before you reach Yangshuo at 2:00pm.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
42
Xianggong Mountain
After disembarkation,will drive you to see the Yangshuo Xianggong hill. You will climb for 15 minutes along a moderately sloped staircase to reach the top of Xianggong Hill. Please inform our guide in advance if you need a walking stick. Lying between the famous Yellow Cloth Shoal and the Mural Hill, Xianggong Hill is one of the greatest viewing platforms in Guilin to take in the glamour of the Li River. The supreme view of the meandering Li River making a 180-degree bend, attracts countless visitors and photographers annually.
40 minutes • Admission ticket included
43
Guilin
At the end, your guide will escort you to your Yangshuo hotel or Guilin hotel/airport/train station. End of the tour services.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Wheelchair accessible

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