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23-Day Culture and Landscape Private Tour to South China and Tibet

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23 Days 9 Cities: Hong Kong,Guilin,Kunming,Lijiang,Shangri-La,Lhasa,Yangtze Cruises,Huangshan,Shanghai 12 pics
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Day 1: Meet you at Hong Kong Airport and transfer you to your hotel.

Program:
You’ll be picked up by our tour guide in Hong Kong Airport, transferred to your hotel in Mongkok, which is the hot area for visitors to Hong Kong. Leisure for the rest of the day.
Meals: N/A
Accommodation: Metropark Hotel Mongkok**** or Similar

Day 2: All day Hong Kong culture tour to Victoria Peak, Aberdeen Harbor, Wong Tai Sin Temple and Kowloon Walled City Park.

Program:

Today we will discover the culture of Hong Kong: visiting Aberdeen Harbor for fisherman culture, Wong Tai Sin Temple for local religious belief, Kowloon Walled City Park for old Hong Kong life style. Beside,enjoy a bird's view of Victoria Harbour.

--Victoria Peak: High above Hong Kong Island on the "back of the Dragon", Victoria Peak is Hong Kong s premier visitor attraction, providing magnificent harbour and city views.

--Aberdeen Harbour: it is home to hundreds of people living on fishing junks. Their traditional lifestyle is dramatically juxtaposed against a modern high-rise community that spreads up the nearby hillsides. In the evenings, the thousands of twinkling lights reflected on the water are a magical sight.
To get a close-up look at the Aberdeen way of life, many visitors take a sampan ride.

--Wong Tai Sin Temple: which gives the district its name, is nowadays one of Hong Kong s best known cultural landmarks, probably the most well-known and busiest temple in the city, although it is only within the last century, that the name has come to prominence.

--Kowloon Walled City Park: A Few areas of Hong Kong have a richer historical background than the Kowloon Walled City Park, originally the site of a walled fort.A senior mandarin commanded the garrison with his own administrative headquarters in an official "Yamen".

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Metropark Hotel Mongkok**** or Similar

Day 3: Leisure in the morning, then transfer to West Kowloon Train Station, Hong Kong for the speed train to Guilin. Guilin pick-up and transfer to hotel.

Program:

Leisure until being met and transferred to the train station. Take a high-speed train from Hong Kong to Guilin. Then be met at Guilinxi Railway Station and transferred to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Guilin Hotel**** or Similar

Day 4: All day Guilin downtown highlights: Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill and Seven Star Park.

Program:
Today is a leisure Guilin city tour, we will visit the representative Karst Cave of "China South Karst" - Reed Flute Cave, the largest park in downtown Guilin - Seven Star Park and the symbol of Guilin - Elephant Trunk Hill.
-Reed Flute: The Cave is Guilin′s largest and most impressive cave.This cave is 790 feet deep. A visitor will walk for some 550 yards through a zigzagging way of stalactites and stalagmites in dazzling colors.
-Elephant Trunk Hill: As symbol of Guilin, it has become one of the most popular natural monuments. It resembles an elephant drinking from the Li River.
-Severn Star Park:  It is the largest comprehensive park with the longest history in Guilin. It is located in the urban area of Guilin City and on the east bank of Li River.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Guilin Hotel**** or Similar

Day 5: Take Li River Cruise downstream to Yangshuo County, visit West Street. and leisure to discover this pretty town for the rest of the day.

Program:

Take Li River Cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo (about 4.5 hours on the cruise ship), you will have a really simple lunch on cruise. After arrive Yangshuo, you will visit West Street and check-in to your hotel. Leisure in pretty Yangshuo County for the rest of the day.

--The Li River cruise: from Guilin to Yangshuo is the centerpiece of any trip to "South China Karst". The eye-feasting landscape and country scenery will never disappoint you.
--West Street: It is the oldest street in Yangshuo County with a history of more than 1,400 years. West Street has become, since the 1980′s, a window of eastern and western culture in China. The most prosperous district in Yangshuo.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Yangshuo New Century Hotel**** or Similar

Day 6: Yangshuo tour to Moon Hill & The Big Banyan Tree, transfer to train station for high-speed train to Kunming. Pick-up to hotel.

Program:

In the morning, we will enjoy Yangshuo country landscape by visiting Big Banyan Tree and Moon Hill. After the program, you will be transferred to Guilinxi/Guilinbei Railway Staion and take a high-speed train to Kunming. Your Kunming tour guide will meet you at the train station and transfer you to Kunming hotel.

-Big Banyan Tree: The 1,300-odd-year-old Banyan Tree is located 7 kilometers south of the Yangshou County.  Under the tree there is an aged ferry, called Aged Ferry under the Shade of the Aged Banyan.
-Moon Hill: Moon Hill has a natural round cave at the peak and from a distance, the cave (a hole in the peak) resembles the moon, hence the name.It′s one of Yangshuo′s most visited sights.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Kunming Southwest Hoteo**** or similar

Day 7: Kunming program: Dragon Gate in West Hills, Grand View Pavilion, and Flower Market. Transfer to Kunming Railway Station for high-speed train to Lijiang

Program:

In the morning visit Kunming highlights: Dragon Gate in West Hills by Dian Lake, Grand View Pavilion, and local flower market. Afterward, transfer to Kunming Railway Station for high-speed train C458 (17:30–22:20) to Lijiang. Your guide will meet you at Lijiang Station and transfer to your hotel.

-Dragon Gate in West Hills: It was said, "Once on the Dragon Gate, your fortune will be made." However, the tourists who are attracted to Dragon Gate is not just for this reason. It is famous for its spectacular view. Climbing up the winding old stone stairs leading to the natural cliff-top platform, passing through an archway on which is inscribed "Longmen" (Dragon's Gate), many inscriptions and steles are found here and there.
-Grand View Pavilion: Decorated with flying eaves and splendid paintings, the present-day pavilion is a square, three-storied pavilion established in 1883. It provides a spectacular view across sparkling Dianchi Lake to the distant Western Hills.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Guanshan Meiju Boutique Hotel**** or similar

Day 8: Today is a relax day in Lijiang, we will visit Black Dragon Pool and Lijiang Ancient Town. You will have lots of leisure time today.

Program:
We will tour around Lijinag Old Town and Black Dragon Pool. You could keep on discover the old town by yourself.
-The Black Dragon Pool: The park holds the Black Dragon Pool and got it′s name because of it. The pool is listed in the Collections of Famous Pools in China because of its beauty.
-Ancient Lijiang City: With a history of more than 800 years, covering an area of 3.8 square kilometers, Lijiang ancient town, also named Dayan (Big Ink Slab) Town, is a well-preserved old city. In 1997, this old town was put on the list of the world cultural heritages.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Guanshan Meiju Boutique Hotel**** or similar

Day 9: We will enjoy highlights of Lijiang today by visiting Yak Meadow, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Naxi Ancient Music, and Baisha Murals.

Program:

Today we will go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Scenic Area, visit breatiful Yak Plateau, learn culture of Naxi Minority by visiting Naxi Ancient Music and Baisha Murals.

-The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain: The mountain consists of 13 peaks. Among of them, the highest peak is 18000 feet above sea level. It is a treasure of wild plants and rare animals.

-The Yak Meadow: It is the largest highland pasture in the region of the Yulong Snow Mountain with an altitude of 3600 meters. The blue sky, the white clouds, the flowers and the snow peaks in the close distance combined a picture of the highland. 

-Naxi Ancient Music: It is a beautiful,elegant, fresh and old melody with rich colour of the Naxi people.People of Lijiang, both young and old,like it very much.And it plays and important part in their cultural life.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Guanshan Meiju Boutique Hotel**** or similar

Day 10: Today private vehicle will drive from Lijiang to Shangri-La, on the way, we will visit Tiger Leaping Gorge and the 1st Bend of the Yangtze River.

Program:

Today your private vehicle will drive you from Lijiang to Shangri-la (179 km, about 3.5-hour drive). On the way, we will visit the First Bend of the Yangtze River and Tiger Leaping Gorge.

-First Bend of the Yangtze River: The Yangtze River to make a sudden V-shaped bend and flow to the northeast. This extraordinary turn, nearly 180-degrees, creates beautiful and marvelous views that startle the imagination. This bend is called the First Bend of the Yangtze River.
-Tiger Leaping Gorge: It is a canyon on the Yangtze River located 60 km north of Lijiang City, Yunnan in southwestern China. It is a contender for the world′s deepest river canyon.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Songtsam Shangri-la (Lugu) Hotel**** or Similar

Day 11: All day discover Shangri-la: Bita Lake and Napa Lake, Songzanlin Monastery, Tibetan Family Visiting.

Program:

Today we will visit Beautiful Pota tso National Park to Bita Lake and Napa Lake; and then visit the important monastry named Songzanlin Monastery; before we go back to the hotel, we will have a local Tibetan Family Visiting.

-Bita Lake: it is situated about 32 kilometers (about 19.9 miles) away from Shangri-La County (zhongdian) and covers an area of 166 hectares. It is an intact natural attraction with various species of flora and fauna and picturesque landscapes.

-Napa Lake: Napa Lake is a lake in the depths of the Yila Grassland. The mirror-like lake lies peacefully in the vast grassland.Here you can sometimes spot birds (including the endangered Black Necked Crane) from November to April.

-The Songzanlin Lamasery: Don't miss the most important Lamasery of Tibetan Buddhism in Yunnan province.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Songtsam Shangri-la (Lugu) Hotel**** or Similar

Day 12: Be picked up and transferred to Shangri-la Airport for the flight to Lhasa. Be met at Lhasa Airport and transferred to your hotel.

Program:

Be transferred to Shangri-la Airport for the flight to Lhasa (departing between 10:00–13:00, schedules vary daily). Be picked up at Lhasa Airport and then transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure to acclimatize yourself to the high altitude for the rest of the day.

Meals: Breakfast,
Accommodation: InterContinental Lhasa Paradise**** or Similar

Day 13: All day Lhasa program to Potala Palace, Jokhang Monastery and Barkhor Streets.

Program:

Today we will visit the famous Potala Palace on the Marpo Ri Hill, and then the spiritual center of Tibet - Jokhang Monastery. After that, walk around the circumambulation & shopping area around Jokhang Monastery - Barkhor Street.

-Potala Palace:  It was built in the seventh century by King Songtsan Gambo and rebuilt by the Fifth Dalai Lama in 1645. The complex is built on the Red Mountain in the center of the Lhasa valley, at an altitude of 3,700 M. It comprising the White and the Red Palaces with their ancillary buildings, the Red Palace in the center, used for religious functions and the White Palace on both side, used as the living quarters of Dalai Lama.
-Jokhang Monastery: Jokhang Monastery is an exceptional Buddhist religious complex. It is a four-storey timber complex with a golden top. It adopted the architectural styles of the Tang Dynasty, as well as those of Tibet and Nepal. The monastery contains a sacred Buddha image that draws thousands of pilgrims every day.
-Barkhor Streets: Located in the old area of Lhasa City, Tibet, Barkhor Street also called Bajiao Street is an old and traditional circumambulation and shopping street in the center of Lhasa.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: InterContinental Lhasa Paradise**** or Similar

Day 14: Today we will have further discovery of Lhasa by visiting Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Norbulingka and Carpet Factory.

Program:

Today we will have more monasteries tour include Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery. After that, we will visit the largest Lingka (Garden) in Lhasa -Norbulingka. At last, we will look over Tibetan Carpet Factory.

-Drepung Monastery: it was established in 1416 as an institute of higher Buddhist education by Khenpo Lekden, a direct disciple of Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the founder of the eclectic Geluk School.
-Sera Monastery: it was founded in 1419 by Tsongkapa’s disciple Jamchen Choeje. The most attractive is that Monks debiting is held there in the courtyard at around 15:30 in the afternoon section most of the time except Saturday and Sunday.
-Norbulingka: means "Jeweled Garden". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama and later served as the whole governmental administration.
-Carpet Factory: The highland of Tibet is the actual home of the oriental carpets. By visiting Carpet Factory you will have a general idea how carpets are produced.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: InterContinental Lhasa Paradise**** or Similar

Day 15: Today we will depart Lhasa downtown for Yangpachen, and discover the landscape of Northern Lhasa also Tibetan Herders' lifestyle.

Program:

Today we will drive 100 km to Yangpachen (about 2-hour drive) which is located in the northwest of Lhasa and famous for its hot spring. And we will have a chance to get a close look at the Tibetan Herders (drokpa) and their semi-nomadic lifestyle. After the program, we will drive back to Lhasa.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: InterContinental Lhasa Paradise**** or Similar

Day 16: Be picked up and transferred to Lhasa Airport for the flight to Chongqing. After arrive Chongqing, be transferred to Chaotianmen Dock for the Yangtze River Cruise.

Program:

Be drived to Lhasa Airport for the flight to Chongqing (CA4419 10:10 - 12:30, or another flight at a similar time). After arrive Chongqing, have your lunch and be transferred to Chaotianmen Dock to check-in Yangtze River Cruise. In the next 4 days, your will enjoy a leisure Yangtze River Cruise.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: President Cruise**** or Similar

Day 17: Yangtze River Cruise

Program:
On Yangtze River Cruise enjoy beautiful scenery along Three Gorges
Shore excursion to the cities along Yangtze River. Because different cruise ships have different land tour program, your tour consultant will send you the program detail when you book this package.
Meals: (on Cruise) Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: President Cruise**** or Similar

Day 18: Yangtze River Cruise

Program:
On Yangtze River Cruise enjoy beautiful scenery along Three Gorges
Shore excursion to the cities along Yangtze River. Because different cruise ships have different land tour program, your tour consultant will send you the program detail when you book this package.
Meals: (on Cruise) Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: President Cruise**** or Similar

Day 19: Visit Three Gorges Grand Dam and get-off the cruise in Yichang; be transfer to Yichang Airport for flight to Shanghai.

Program:

In the morning, visit Three Gorges Dam at Sandouping which is the largest river dam all over the world. When arrive Yichang, get off the cruise to Yichang Airport for your flight to Shanghai (Yichang - Shanghai MU2675 16:45 - 18:35, or another flight at a similar time). Be picked up at Shanghai Airport and transferred to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Howard Johnson Plaza Shanghai**** or Similar

Day 20: Visit Shanghai in the morning: Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market and the Bund. Then take a high-speed train to Huangshan; visit Tunxi Old Street.

Program:

Shanghai city tour in the morning: Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market and the Bund. And then transfer to Shanghai Airport to take a high-speed train to Huangshan City. After check-in the hotel in Huangshan city, visit Tunxi Old Street.

-Yu Garden: It is characteristic of the architectural style of the Ming Dynasty and it used to be a private garden with 400 years′ history. Infront of the garden, there is a market called Yu Market.
-Yuyuan Market: Yuyuan Market found beside Yuyuan Garden is a bazaar of stores that sells traditional Chinese arts and crafts and souvenirs.
-The Bund: Walking along the Bund, which is at the west shore of the Huangpu River, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower can be seen on the opposite side and also the Jin Mao Tower. Being one of the Top Ten Shanghai Attractions. Banks, trading houses, residences, hotels and clubs all had a view of bustling Huangpu River traffic as they shared in the city′s rising and falling fortunes.
-Tunxi Old Street: a well-preserved mercantile street with the architectural styles of the Song , Ming and Qing dynasties. Nowadays it is the right place to shop while immersed in ancient times.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Huangshan Yucheng**** or Similar

Day 21: We will drive to Mt. Huangshan Scenic Area in the morning, begin our two-day tour on the mountain.

Program:

After breakfast, you will take the tour bus to the entrance of the Yellow Mountain Scenic Area. Once arriving, you will take the Yuping cable car up to the mountain. You will have chance to check many magnificent sightseeing attractions in the Yuping Scenic Area such as the Guest-greeting Pines, the Lotus Flower Peak.

In the afternoon, you will have the opportunity to take cable car to visit the Xihai Grand Canyon, a newly-developed scenic area just opened to public recently (cable car 160 CNY per person, fee not included in this package). Known for its bizarre rock formations, Xihai Grand Canyon offers the most breathtaking natural views in the entire scenic area.

-Mt. Huangshan (Yellow Mountain): "The loveliest mountain in China" with legendary places of inspiration for ancient poets and painters. Sightseeing (Shixin Peak, Lin Peak, Bright Summit ) on the mountain.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: West Sea Hotel**** or Similar (stay on Mt. Huangshan)

Day 22: We will have a chance to enjoy sunrise on Mt. Huangshan. Keep on visiting Mt. Huangshan. After going down the Mountain, take high-speed train to Shanghai.

Program:

We will enjoy sunrise if weather permits. After breakfast, continue visiting Mt. Huangshan, including the Bright Mountain Top (the second highest peak), Xihai Scenic Area (Flying Stone, Cloud-dispersing Pavilion), and Beihai Scenic Area (Lion Peak, Beginning-to-Believe Peak). Then take the Yungu Cable Car down the mountain. Tour bus will transfer you to Huangshan Railway Station for the high-speed train to Shanghai (for reference: G-train in the evening). Be met at Shanghai Railway Station and transferred to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Howard Johnson Plaza Shanghai**** or Similar

Day 23: Leisure until be transferred to Shanghai Airport for your next destination. End of Service.

Program:
Free for yourself until your flight time. Be transferred to Shanghai Hongqiao/Pudong International Airport for your next destination.
Meals: Breakfast

Service includes:

*Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (but hotels are subject to change to the same category before finally confirmed).

*All meals as specified in the itinerary.

*Transportations between cities specified above in the itinerary.

*Transfers among airports & hotels as specified in the itinerary by private car or coach with driver & English-speaking guide.

*Entrance fees for sightseeing as outlined in the itinerary with English speaking guide.

*Travel insurance in mainland China during the above travel period.

*Arrangements for the planning, handling, operational and communication charges.


** Please book this program at least 1 month in advance.

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Day 1:
Hong Kong

`Airport Transfer

Day 2:
Hong Kong

`Victoria Peak
`Aberdeen Harbor
`Wong Tai Sin Temple
`Kowloon Walled City Park

Day 3:
Hong Kong, Guilin

`Airport Transfer

Day 4:
Guilin

`Reed Flute Cave
`Elephant Trunk Hill
`Seven Star Park

Day 5:
Guilin, Yangshuo

`Li River
`West Street

Day 6:
Yangshuo, Kunming

`Moon Hill
`The Big Banyan Tree

Day 7:
Kunming,Lijiang

`Dragon Gate in the Western Hills
`Grand View Pavilion
`Flower market

Day 8:
Lijiang

`Black Dragon Pool
`Lijiang Ancient Town

Day 9:
Lijiang

`Yak Plateau
`Naxi Ancient Music
`Jade Dragon Snow Mountain

Day 10:
Lijiang, Shangri-la

`Tiger Leaping Gorge
`The First Bend of the Yangtze River

Day 11:
Shangri-la

`Bita Lake
`Napa Lake
`Songzanlin Monastery

Day 12:
Shangri-la, Lhasa

`Airport Transfer

Day 13:
Lhasa

`Potala Palace
`Jokhang Monastery
`Barkhor Street

Day 14:
Lhasa

`Drepung Monastery
`Sera Monastery
`Norbulingka
`Carpet Factory

Day 15:
Lhasa

`Yangpachen
`Northern Tibetan Landscape

Day 16:
Lhasa, Chongqing

`Airport Transfer
`Three Gorges

Day 17:
Yangtze River

`Three Gorges

Day 18:
Yangtze River

`Three Gorges

Day 19:
Yichang, Shanghai

`Three Gorges Dam

Day 20:
Shanghai, Huangshan

`Yu Garden
`Yuyuan Market
`The Bund
`Tunxi Old Street

Day 21:
Huangshan

`Mt. Huangshan

Day 22:
Huangshan, Shanghai

`Mt. Huangshan

Day 23:
Shanghai

`Airport Transfer

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