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18 Day Tour to Beijing- Xi'an- Chengdu- Tibet- Beijing |
HOTEL |
B+L+D |
| D1 |
Arrival in Beijing |
   
Novotel Peace Hotel or similar |
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| Our guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the capital city of China. |
| D2 |
the Tiananmen Square- the Forbidden City- the Temple of Heaven |
   
Novotel Peace Hotel or similar |
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| Today's delightful highlights cover the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. You will be suggested to have Beijing Roasted Duck for dinner at a famous restaurant, followed by a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre. |
| D3 |
the Badaling Great Wall- the Sacred Way- the Ming Tomb- Olympic Stadium |
   
Novotel Peace Hotel or similar |
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| There is an old saying: " He who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man", so today we will visit the Badaling Great Wall. After lunch visit the Sacred Way and the Ming Tomb. On the way back, we can overlook both the National Stadium - the " bird Nest" and National Aquatics Center - the Water Cube. |
| D4 |
Beijing- Xi'an |
   
Bell Tower Hotel or similar |
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| Take a flight from Beijing to Xi'an and transfer to hotel. Visit the City Wall. |
| D5 |
the Terra Cotta Warriors- Big Goose Pagoda- Banpo Village Museum |
   
Bell Tower Hotel or similar |
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| After breakfast, we will visit the Eighth Wonder of the World -the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Afeter lunch, visit the Big Goose Pagoda and Banpo Neolithic Village Museum. In the evening, you can choose to enjoy the Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show. |
| D6 |
Xi'an- Jiuzhaigou |
   
Xingyu Hotel or similar |
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Take a flight from Xi'an to Jiuzhaigou and then transfer to Jiuzhaigou. Check in your hotel.
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| D7 |
Jiuzhaigou one day tour |
   
Xingyu Hotel or similar |
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| After breakfast, head to the Jiuzhaigou portal and transfer to Jiuzhaigou non-pollution bus, visit Shuzheng and Zezawa Valley; Pearl Sands and Shuzheng Waterfall; Shuzheng, Panda, Chang, Rainbow, Tiger, Rhinoceros Lake and the Tibetan mills. A Tibetan Dancing and Singing Show is available in the evening. |
| D8 |
Jiuzhaigou- Huanglong- Chengdu |
   
Tianfu Sunshine Hotel or similar |
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| After breakfast, bus riding to Huanglong ,(about 2-3 hours riding), visit Huanglong valley, the whole sightseeing in huanglong takes about 3-4 hours,the average altitude of Huanglong is 3200M,so do not push youself in order to avoid the altitude sickness. And to Jiuzhaigou airport, take a flight to Chengdu. |
| D9 |
Giant Panda Breeding Base- Sanxingdui Museum |
   
Tianfu Sunshine Hotel or similar |
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| In the morning visit Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base. And Sanxingdui Museum in the afernoon. Back to Chengdu. |
| D10 |
Chengdu- Lhasa |
   
Xinding Hotel or similar |
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| Take a flight to Lhasa. Arriving at Lhasa Gongar Airport, meet local guide and transferred to Lhasa city, Check in and have a good rest. |
| D11 |
Sightseeing in Lhasa city |
   
Xinding Hotel or similar |
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After breakfast, drive to visit the wonder of the world - Potala Palace.After lunch , visit Jokhang Temple and Barkhore Street.
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| D12 |
Lhasa- Namtso Lake- Yangbache hot-spring- Lhasa |
   
Xinding Hotel or similar |
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| Day tour to Namtso Lake via Yangpachen hot-spring. On the way you will see Nyenchen Thanglha snow mountain ranges, and also you will pass the Nagela Pass. Namtso Lake is the sky lake which is one of the three holy lakes, and also the highest salt lake. You can do a bit trekking at the lake side . On the way back , you will have a chance to have hot-spring at Yangbachen. |
| D13 |
Lhasa- Yamdrok lake- Gyanstse- Shigatse |
  
Manasarovar Hotel or similar
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| Pass Gangbala Pass which is over 5000m, from there you will see Lake Yamdrok which is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. Then drive back to Qushui, along Nepal friendship way to Gyantse, visit the famous Kumpum stupa in Gyantse. |
| D14 |
Shigatse- Lhatse- New Tinggri (Shegar)- Rongbuk Monastery- E.B.C |
Rongbuk Guesthouse |
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| Early morning start driving to Rongbuk via Shegar. The road is a bit rough, on the way you will cross over Gyatsola Pass at 5,220 m, which is the highest enroute.Rongbuk is the highest monastery in Tibet, still a good point to see Mt.Everst. Afternoon start trekking from Rongbuk to E.B.C , it takes about 2 hours. Or take a sightseeing bus to E.B.C. |
| D15 |
Mt. Everest Base Camp- Rongbuk- Shigatse |
  
Manasarovar Hotel or similar |
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If you are lucky enough, you will see sunrise at E.B.C. , then go back to rongbuk and start driving back to Shigatse. Overnight at Shigatse.
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| D16 |
Shigatse- Lhasa |
   
Xinding Hotel or similar |
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| Morning visit the Bachen Lama Set - Tashilunpo Monastery , which was Built in1447 by the first Dalai Lama . Afternoon drive back to Lhasa along Yarlong Tsangpo river by the Nepal friendship road. |
| D17 |
Lhasa- Beijing |
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Transferred to the airport, flight to Beijing. End the trip.
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