The
year 2010; Let's go to China! To the highest place -- Tibet!
The best travel time to Tibet is April to October.
Itinerary for reference:
Arrival in Beijing
Arrive in Beijing, the capital city of
China; Your guide meets you at capital airport,
transfer to check in your hotel and relax.
Enjoy Beijing Roast Duck as welcome dinner. Accommodation: Beijing downtown
Great Wall / Summer Palace
Start your day at the most famous part
of the Great Wall, the Badaling Great Wall. Leave
the city for the Great Wall at 08:30 am. Since it
is a long drive to the Great Wall (about 2hrs) have
a break at the Jade Museum on the way. Lunch will
be arranged in a local restaurant. In the early
afternoon come back to the city and have a leisure
sightseeing tour of the Summer Palace.
Optional Evening Activity: Beijing Opera Show (Liyuan
Theater, Show time 19:30-- 21:10, cost excluded) Accommodation:Beijing downtown
Beijing city sightseeing &
Local experience
Your guide meets you at the hotel lobby
at the dated time, set out for today's visiting.
Today's highlights:
Tian'anmen Square: A must-see in Beijing, symbol
of the capital;
The Forbidden City: The most splendid royal palace
architecture well preserved in the world.
After visiting the two sites, have a break and get
ready for lunch.
Hutong pedicab visit: the hutong refers to the lanes
and alleys that once dominated the residential districts
of the city before 1949, a very special scenery
in Beijing.
Visit a local family, make dumplings together with
them, experience the common daily life. Accommodation:Beijing
Beijing Olympic sites -- Fly to Xi'an
<2-hour-fly)
Morning visit the Olympic sites: Bird's
Nest, Water Cube and Olympic Park, witnessing the
fast developing modern China.
Enjoy some free time after visiting the sites.
After lunch, take a flight to Xi'an, capital city
of Shaanxi province.
Xi'an local guide meets you at Xianyang airport,
50km from Xi'an city. On the way you can see the
city walls, stop to visit the South City Wall; Check
in and relax at your own leisure.
Dumpling (Jiaozi) Banquet served as welcome dinner.
At the same time you can appcreiate the Tang Dynasty
Song & Dance Performance.
Tang Dynasty was once the most precious and strong
dynansty in Chinese history. Accommodation: Xi'an city
Highlights of Xi'an
Terracotta Warriors Musuem: A must
see in Xi'an, an embodiment of the great army of
ancient Qin Dynasty.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda: A symbol of Xi'an city,
originally established from Tang Dynasty.
Shaanxi Provincial Museum: The most biggest and
modern historic museum in China, best place for
you to discover the history of Shaanxi, visit for
two hours.
In the evening, you can take a walk at North City
Music Plaza, the local people relax here with their
family after a whole day's work. Accommodation: Xi'an city
Xi'an -- Chengdu by plane <1-hour-fly>
Take a moring flight to Chengdu,
Xi'an local guide say goodbye at Xianyang airport.
Chengdu local guide meets you at Chengdu Shuangliu
airport.
Drive directly to Dujiangyan, a city fast rebuilt
after being damaged in the 5.12 earthquake. The
Dujiangyan Irrigation system, with a history of
2300 years, a great Min River project, stands still
during the huge earthquake. The irrigation made
Sichuan the most productive agricultural place in
China and turned Chengdu into A Land of Abundance.
Taste the authentic Sichuan cuisine as dinner. Accommodation: Chengdu city
Chengdu Panda Base / Sanxingdui Museum
In the morning visit
the cute pandas at Chengdu Panda Breeding Base which
is 30-min-drive from chengdu downtown. Visit for
1.5 hours.
Then drive 1 hour ahead to Sanxingdui Museum, which
is recognized as one of the most important ancient
remains in the world for its vast size, lengthy
period and enriched cultural contents.
Recommend: In the evening, you can
appreciate the Sichuan Opera Show which is with
unique local culture features. Show time 20:00-21:30.
Accommodation: Chengdu
Chengdu -- Lhasa <about
1.5 hours fly>
Take a morning flight to Lhasa, the capital city
of Tibet, the leisure small city with the most beautiful
sky and sunshine;
Your guide meets you at Gongga Airport, welcome
with Hada, drive for about 1.5 hours to Lhasa city,
along you can see the beautiful scenery of Lhasa
River.
For the rest of the day, we advice you to relax
and rest at your hotel, apply to the high altitude.
If you feel good, you can have a walk at the Potala
Square and see the night view of the Palace. Accommodation:Lhasa downtown
Lhasa city sightseeing
Potala Palace—the highest palace architecture
in the world, on the way climbing to the entrance gate,
you can take an overlook of the whole Lhasa city in sunshine,
really nice! Get the knowledge of Tibet history and religion.
Visit for about 2 hours. Enjoy lunch and have a rest.
Visit Jokhang Temple, the real "Lhasa"
in the eyes of the old Tibetans; Then take a stroll around
Barkhor street, here you can experience the local lifestyle; In the evening, if you wish, you can
join in the Tibetan Banquet with Song & Dance Performance,
experience a tibetan style entertainment. Accommodation:Lhasa downtown
Lhasa-110km-Yamdrok Yongtso-
Gyangtse -- Shigatse
Set out from Lhasa,
came over the 4990m hight Gangbala Snow Montain,
drive ahead to Yamdrok Yongtso Lake, on an altitude
of 4441m, with the prettiest water, as clear as
suet, and the water is drinkable. Blue water, snow
mountain, unique Tibetan villages, flocks and herds
all the way; Then back to Chushui Bridge, along
Yalungtsangpo River, pass Gyangtse old town, visit
Palkor Chode Monastery, get to the second city of
Tibet—Shigatse. Accommodation: Shigatse
city
Shigatse Lhasa-- 280km the new road
(Local family visit ).
Morning visit Tushilunpo Monastery,
the most important temple in Shigatse, built in
the year of 1447, center of the Banchen Lamas.
On the way back to Lhasa, visit a local Tibetan
family, chat with them, taste homely food and tea.
Accommodation: Lhasa downtown
Your guide and driver
meet you at your hotel lobby. Set out in the morning,driving
through the northern plateau of Changtang Plain. Stop
by Yangpachen hotspring zone, visit the power station;
Drive ahead to Namtso Lake, over the 5150m high Nagenla
mountain pass, you can get a faw view of the lake;
Hike about 1 hour around Namtso Lake.
Drive to Damxong town and have lunch. Back to Lhasa
Accommodation: Lhasa
downtown
Lhasa city exprience
In the
morning visit Norbulinka, which is
reputed as the Summer Palace in the Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau;
Sera Monastery at 2:30p.m.,
visit Sera Monastery, here you can watch
the young lamas debating Buddhism scripture
in their special way, they get together
in the yard, debating about what they learn
and understand about the buddhism.
The rest of the day is free at your own
leisure. Accommodation: Lhasa
Lhasa -- Beijing
Airport or train
station transfer according to your flight
or train schedule.
Lhasa city—Gongga airport 100km, 1.5 hour-drive
Lhasa city—Train station, 40km, half an hour
drive
Tour ends.
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