13 Days China Silk Road Tour from Beijing


Tour Name: 13 Days China Silk Road Tour from Beijing

Tour Code: ZH-SRT-02

Tour Type: Private Tour

Summary: The 13 Days China Silk Road Tour starts from Beijing, and you will visit Xian, take train from Dunhuang to Turpan, and visit Kashgar Lake by two ways flight from Urumqi

Tour Cost: From $0

13 Days China Silk Road Tour from Beijing

Day 1: Arrive in Beijing
Arrival in Beijing, met and transferred to your hotel in Beijing. In the afternoon, visit Temple of Heaven, the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest. You are at your leisure to take a good rest or explore the city for the remainer of the day. 
Meals: No                                               Accommodation: In Beijing

Day 2: Beijing
Your day starts after a nice Breakfast, meet your tour guide at confirmed time (Guide will call your hotel room to confirm hotel pickup time the evening before). The first stop is Dingling Mausoleum, one of the 13 Ming Tombs in Beijing. This mausoleum is a shared burial area of the 13th Emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yijun and his wife and concubine. The mausoleum is also one of the three largest mausoleums in scale. Next, you will pay a 45 minutes’ visit to Jade Carving Factory and have lunch in a local restaurant. Then continue to visitMutianyu Great Wall. This part of the Great Wall famed of its magnificent landscape. It is also less crowded and touristy. On the way back to downtown city you will visit a Silk Market to appreciate traditional Chinese Silk arts. Ending the tour here and you will be escorted back to hotel
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                          Accommodation : In Beijing


Day 3: Beijing-Xian by flight
After breakfast, our guide will meet you at hotel lobby at confirmed time. The first stop is Tian’anmen Square, the largest downtown city square in the world. And the square held the founding ceremony of new China in Oct 1st, 1949. Continue walking you will arrive at entry of Forbidden City which used to be the imperial palace of the Ming and the Qing Dynasties. 24 emperors used to live in here. As the world’s largest and best-preserved wooden structured palace complex, Forbidden City is listed among the top five palaces in the world. Then pay a short visit to Silk Market and head to Temple of Heaven. It’s a place where emperors went each year at fixed day to worship for heaven and pray for agricultural harvest. Surrounding Temple of Heaven there are a few other buildings built in the past to prepare item needing for worshiping and prayer. Then you will enjoy lunch and pay a short visit to a Pearl Market. After that, continue the tour to Summer Palace. It is the largest existed imperial garden in China. Ending the tour here and you will be escorted to airport for night flight to Xian. Upon arrival in Xian, local driver will be waiting you at terminal by holding a board with your name and transfer you to hotel.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                                Accommodation : In Xian

Day 4: Xian City Tour
In the morning our guide will meet you at hotel lobby at confirmed time and start the group tour to Terracotta Warriors Factory and Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Being renowned as the eighth world wonder, Terracotta Warriors will surprise you will thousands of real-sized soldiers, generals, and horses figures. After lunch, you will head to the Banpo Museum. It is a tribal residential ruin from 6000 years ago. Here you will witness the housing ruins, daily-use articles, production tools, burial system and art facts of the primary tribe. After the whole day’s tour you will be escorted back to hotel.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                              Accommodation : In Xian

Day 5: Xian
In the morning, our tour guide will meet you at hotel lobby at confirmed time. First you will be escorted to Small Wild Goose Pagoda Scenic Area. The whole scenic area looks like an ancient Chinese garden and you will also have an opportunity to visit the Xian Museum beside the Pagoda. Then we will drive to visit North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Strolling along the square, you will find all buildings are built with Tang Dynasty architecture style. After lunch, we head to 600 years old City Wall. It was built in the Ming Dynasty as the military defensive system. Now it become a necklace circled the inner city of Xian. Optional Activity of the City Wall can be renting a bike and cycling along the Wall. The last stop is Bell Tower and Drum Tower Square& Muslim Quarter where you will have a outlook view of the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower and try many local snacks.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                                  Accommodation : In Xian
Day 6: Xian-Dunhuang by flight
Morning flight for Dunhuang. Met and transferred your Hotel in Dunhuang. 
The afternoon tour in Dunhuang includes: 
1.Echoing-Sand Dune - Located 6 kilometers south of Dunhuang city, Singing Sand Hill which is also known as the sand dunes of Mingsha, offers fantastic desert scenery. The dune, surrounded by rolling ridges and precipitous cliffs, reaches a relative height of 250 meters. 
2.Crescent Lake - Or called Yueyaquan in Chinese, is a crescent-shaped lake in the oasis, 5 km southwest of the city Dunhuang. It was named Yueyaquan since Qing Dynasty. The lake and the surrounding deserts are very popular with tourists, who are offered camel and 4x4 rides.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                                        Accommodation : In Dunhuang
Day 7: Dunhuang-Turpan by train
Day tour in Dunhuang: 
1.Mogao Grottoes - Mogao Grottoes oe he Mogao Caves are a group of 492 temples 25 km southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis strategically located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road. The caves house some of the finest examples of Buddhist art with a span of 1,000 years. 
2.Dunhuang Museum - It is a local museum for housing the cultural relics that were excavated in the Dunhuang area. Now there are over 4000 historical items contained in the museum. The museum is divided into four exhibition halls. 
After lunch, drive 130km to Liuyuan Railway Station to connect the train No.197 ( 22:11 - next day 05:27) to Turpan. Stay Over
night train.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                     Accommodation : On the Train
Day 8: Turpan
Arrival in Turpan early in the morning. Transferred to your hotel with breakfast. Full day tour in Dunhuang: 
1. Jiaohe Ruins - The Jiaohe Ruins is the place of ancient Chinese ruins found in the Yarnaz Valley, 10 km west of the city of Turpan. The city of Jiaohe was the capital of the Anterior Jushi Kingdom, concurrent with the Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and Southern and Northern Dynasties in China. It was finally abandoned after its destruction during an invasion by the Mongols led by Genghis Khan in the 13th century. 
2.Karez Well - It is a loacal Turfan water system, called karez well in Turfan. It is a qanat system that has been regarded as one of the three greatest water projects of ancient China together with the Du Jiang Yan Irrigation System, and the Grand Canal. 
3.Flaming Mountains - The Flaming Mountains are barren, eroded, red sandstone hills in the east of the city of Turfan. The mountain climate is harsh and the temperature is extremely hot in the summer, the hottest site in China. 
4. Grape Valley - Situated in the Flaming Mountain 13 km east of Turpan, the Grape Valley is 8km long from north to south and 0.5km wide. This green paradise of 400 hektares is covered with layer upon layer of grapes.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                     Accommodation : In Turpan

Day 9: Turpan-Urumqi
After breakfast, drive 300km to Tian Chi - Tianchi Lake. Tian Chi - The name literally means "Heaven Lake" or "Heavenly Lake. This Tianchi lies on the north side of Bogda Peak of Tianshan Mountains, about 110 km east of Urumqi. It is an alpine drift lake shaped in the Quaternary Glacier period. Back to the city, take a city tour and visit Xinjiang Regional Museum - The Xinjiang Regional Museum is a large integrated museum and centre for the collection and study of cultural relics in Xinjiang. It is divided into 2 sections - one for archeological treasures from the Silk Road and the other for the province' minority cultures.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                      Accommodation : In Urumqi
Day 10: Urumqi-Kashgar by flight
Take morning flight (8:35am/10:15am) for Kashi. Met and transferred to your hotel in Kashgar. First visit Id Kah Mosque - The Id Kah mosque is the largest mosque in China. Every Friday, it accommodates nearly 10,000 worshippers and may hold up to 20,000. The mosque was built by Saqsiz Mirza in ca. 1442. After lunch, then move on to Abakh Khoja Tomb - Abakh Khoja Tomb is the 17th Century family cemetery of the Kashgar area Islamic leader. Abakh Khoja Tomb is famous as a well-preserved Islamic architectural complex not only in Xinjiang, but throughout Central Asia. Continue to visit Sunday Bazaar - On Sunday the whole city of Kashgar becomes a big market. Of the many markets in Kashagr, some are comprehensive ones, and some are specialized markets selling local produce, arts and crafts, garments, knives, timber, coal or animals.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                     Accommodation : In Kashgar
Day 11: Kashgar
Full day round trip to the visit Lake Karakuli. Karakuri Lake - Karakuri Lake is at the foot of Mount Muztagata, about 190 kilometers from Kashgar. The lake is circled by a series of high mountains, such as Mount Muztagata and Kongur Shan. The snow-covered mountain, green grass and livestock form reflections in the mirror-like water, creating a charming picture of Karakuri Lake.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                    Accommodation : In Kashgar
Day 12: Kashgar-Urumqi
After breakfast, transferred to the airport for your flight to Urumchi. Stay at your hotel and free for rest of the day.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch                   Accommodation : In Urumqi
Day 13: Urumqi/Beijing/Departure
After breakfast, take the flight for Beijing. Met and transferred to your hotel in Beijing or connect your flight for your next destination.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch      

 Hotels for this tour                  
City Luxury Hotel Standard Hotel
Beijing Crowne Plaza Beijing or same class Sunworld Hotel Beijing or same class
Xian Sheraton Xian Hotel or same class Tangcheng Hotel or same class
Dunhuang Dunhuang Grand Hotel Building No.08 Dunhuang Grand Hotel Building No.08
Turpan Huozhou Hotel or same class Turpan Hotel or same class
Kashgar Kashi Tianyuan International Hotel Seman Hotel or same class
 

Price : Use in USD/P.P

Group Size Using ★★★ Hotel Using ★★★★Hotel Using ★★★★★Hotel
1 Person 0 USD/P.P 0 USD/P.P 0 USD/P.P
2-5 Persons 0 USD/P.P 0 USD/P.P 0 USD/P.P
6-9 Persons 0 USD/P.P 0 USD/P.P 0 USD/P.P
≥10 persons 0 USD/P.P 0 USD/P.P 0 USD/P.P

Price Includes:

Private transfers between airports/railway stations, hotels and sightseeing spots.
Driver and English-speaking guide service on normal sightseeing activities noted in the itinerary.
Two perosns share one twins or double room at hotel with daily breakfast
Entrance fees to attractions or activities listed in the itinerary
Meals as itinerary specifies
China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance
Government & service taxes
China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance

Price Excludes:

Round way International and domestic airfare, unless otherwise noted.
Visa fee, passport application or renewal fee.
Tips for guides, escort, drives, bellman, etc.
Personal expenses
Optional tours, meals, activities and services
Any extra cost caused by changes of natural disasters, fires, weather, governmental and local authority orders, political change, strikes, war, riots, quarantine, custom regulations,damages injury caused by accident beyond the control of visitarounchina.com and that has incurred due to the tourist action voilating the laws.

Remarks:

※ Prices are valid from Mar 1 this year to Feb 28 next year, except Chinese public holidays, local fairs or events.
※ ZhangjiajieHoliday reserves the right to adjust the price caused by exchange rate
※ No guide on the flight and Yangtze River cruise.
※ Recommended hotels are subject to change in actual booking
※ Special requirements should be advised to ZhangjiajieHoliday in advance.
※ ZhangjiajieHoliday reserves the right of final explanation for any change due to the reasons beyond our control

Price includes:

1. Bus service for your own use.

2. English-speaking guide service.

3. Entrance fees as mentioned.

4. The prices above are based two persons sharing one standard room with daily breakfast.

5. The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group.

6. Luggage Transfers: Between airports/railway stations/hotels.

7. Service Charge & Government Taxes.

8. Insurance: The insurance is China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance.

9. Arrangements: The tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges.

10. All credit card processing fees.


Price excludes:

1. Tips for your tour guide and driver.

2. The prices above are based two persons sharing one standard room. If one person prefers to stay in one room, the single room supplement must be paid.

3. The price shall increase at the duration of super high season,such as 1May-3 May, 1 Oct-7 Oct and Chinese New Spring Festival.

4. In order to give our guests more choices, the meals are not included in the quotation.

5. Early check in or late check out.

6. Any other changes caused by the acts of God, natural disasters, fires, weather, governmental and local authority orders, political change, strikes, war, riots, quarantine, custom regulations, damages or injury caused by accident beyond the control of China Travel Club and that has incurred due to the tourist action violating the laws.

1. All rates are subject to reconfirmation from our trip advisors when an actual booking is being made.

2. All tours & transfers are all based in English Speaking local guides. For other languages, please contact our trip advisors for new quotations.

3. Child definition: From Age 3 to 11 Years (usually enjoying 10%-40% discount. Contact our trip advisors for the actual discount for your case). 12 Years old and above will be charged as Adult Price.

4. Wear casually with comfortable sports shoes and please pay attention to the local climate of Zhangjiajie.

5. Prices are based on current exchange rate and are subject to change without prior notice. For the most up to date prices, please contact with the sales.

6. As your traveling places are in mountainous area, please pack leisure clothing and shoes.

7. The weather in mountainous area is changeable. It is better to bring your umbrella.

8. All the hotels(except 5 star hotel) in Zhangjiajie do not offer complimentary toilet articles, such as shampoo, shower gel, soap, disposable teeth brush, slippers, ect for environmental protection.

9. Tour Standard:
Economic: You will enjoy the most beautiful places in Zhangjiajie at low costs, we provide good hotels for you, and you will even have a chance to live in the family style hotels in the park. The routes is designed especially for hiking and can save you a lot of money.
Standard: We will provide tourism van with professional driver, the hotels you will stay are all 4 star and have good locations to the different science spots; A map of Zhangjiajie for everyone and one bottle of water each day.
Deluxe: The Buick Business Purpose Vehicle (or Mercedes-Benz car if our guests require )will serve you during your whole trip, 5 star hotel is your choice when you are traveling, most routes are designed to assure that you will have a leisure and unforgettable trip in Zhangjiajie; A map of Zhangjiajie and one bottle of water each day.