21 Days Wonderful China Tour

Welcome your arrival anytime at the Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) or Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), your driver will greet you at the arrival hall and you will be transferred to the hotel for check-in. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.  
Meals Includes: - -  
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Temple of Heaven Beijing **** / or similar 

Morning breakfast at the hotel, after breakfast please be at the hotel lobby at 08:00 to meet your tour guide. the tour guide will give a short briefing where you can get to know the rest of the participant and to know more about the trip, then we start the tour and transfer to the Great Wall (section Mutianyu), a spectacular architectural work of the world. Its history covers more than 2000 years. will include a cable car ride up and down to one of the most scenic areas. Afternoon returning to Beijing and have the opportunity to take photos at the exteriors of the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium (Beijing National Stadium) . Then drive to the “Summer Palace”, the Imperial House (summer resort) of the Qing Dynasty with its beautiful gardens and lakes. After transfer to “Wangfujing Street”, which is a pedestrian and commercial street full of life with many shops and restaurants. You can take a leisurely stroll here to shop, buy your favorite gifts, and taste all kinds of delicious snacks in Beijing. After transfer back to the hotel.
Meals Includes: Breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Temple of Heaven Beijing **** /or similar

Admission includes: Great Wall with cable car, Summer Palace
Optional activities: Beijing Acrobatics show 

After breakfast at the hotel, we will discover the world’s largest public square “Tiananmen Square” and visit the world’s largest palace complex The Great Chinese Imperial Palace, better known as "The Forbidden City", the most majestic architectural complex in China from where 24 emperors ruled for almost 500 years. With more than 8,728 rooms, the Forbidden City are mainly based on the palace collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the afternoon, visit “Nanluoguxiang Hutong” which is one of the most famous hutong areas in Beijing, integrating history, fashion and souvenirs, and to explore ordinary local life and enjoy a relaxing time. We will also visit the “Temple of Heaven”, one of the country’s largest sacred complexes and a World Heritage Site. After an exciting day, you will be transferred back to the hotel. In the evening our special arrangements to offer local delicacies, you can taste Beijing's famous specialty “Beijing roasted duck dinner” included.
Meals Includes: Breakfast, Roasted duck dinner  
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Temple of Heaven Beijing **** / or similar 

Admission includes: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven
*Note: For reasons of heritage protection and increased visitor safety, the governing body of the Imperial Palace or Forbidden city has reduced the daily capacity of visitors for an indeterminate period of time. For this reason, we cannot guarantee that such a visit will take place. If it cannot be carried out, it would be replaced by a visit to Ming Tombs instead. 

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Beijing train station to board the high-speed train to Xian. The train from Beijing to Xian takes about 5 hours with highest speed at 300kmh (186mph). On arrival at Xian your local tour guide/driver will meet and greet you at the train station and transferred to your hotel. free at leisure for the rest of the day.  
Meals Includes: Breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Xi'an Ancient Town West **** / or similar
*Note: Will be without tour guide on train)   

After breakfast at the hotel, drive about 40 km to discover one of the greatest man-made wonders in the world and which is one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20th century - the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, built by the first emperor of China Qin Shihuang. Over 8,000 life-size warriors, horses and chariots, buried in 3 pits for more than 2,000 years until uncovered by a local farmer in 1974, continue to visit Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, one of two iconic Buddhist pagodas in Xian. You may have a chance to explore the top of the pagoda and look out over Xian’s 1,400 years of history, before enjoying a contemplative walk through the temple and gardens. The pagoda, rising to a height of 64.5 meters, was built by the famous Buddhist master Xuanzang to preserve classic scriptures he bought back from India during the early Tang Dynasty.
Meals Includes: Breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Xi'an Ancient Town West **** / or similar  

Admission includes: Terracotta Warriors
Optional activities: Tang Dynasty show and dumpling banquet, enjoy the music and dance performance from the Tang Dynasty, a unique way to get a close-up look at the rich culture and history of the Tang dynasty, the golden age of China. To top off your evening, treat your senses to a delicious dumpling feast  

After breakfast at the hotel, start our day with a bike ride or a leisurely walk along the Xi'an City Wall, one of the oldest and best-preserved Chinese city walls. This remarkable structure offers stunning panoramic views over the city, blending ancient and modern architecture. Afterwards visit the Great Mosque, located in the middle of the city’s old block. Built mid seventh century, the Great Mosque is the oldest and largest Islamic Mosque in China. Around noon, we will visit Muslim Quarter, the quarter, or rather a bazaar, is the liveliest snack street of its genre in China where you can pick up souvenirs and taste local cuisine. Here you will find various local snacks or flavors, It is indeed a heaven for foodies. Today’s final destination is Xi’an’s famous Bell Tower and Drum Tower Square.   
Meals Includes: Breakfast, Local flavor lunch  
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Xi'an Ancient Town West **** / or similar

Admission includes: Xian city wall with cycling, Great Mosque    

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Xian train station to board the high-speed train for Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. This dynamic city is famous for being the home of China's beloved pandas and a hotspot for spicy cuisine. A morning train will take you from Xi'an to Chengdu in about 4 hours. Your tour guide/driver in Chengdu will pick you up from the station and transfer to hotel for check in. Have a short rest and then we move on to visit Jinli Ancient Street, where you will have chance to taste many local snacks, as you know, Chengdu is famous for Sichuan food.
Meals Includes: Breakfast
Accommodation: Park Inn by Radisson Chengdu Wuhou Shrine **** / or similar    

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer directly to the Panda Base Center, home to the iconic and elusive giant pandas, one of the most endangered animals in the world. Here, you may be lucky enough to watch the pandas in the huge outdoor enclosures. after getting up close to these beautiful creatures, head to the Panda Museum to learn about these endangered animals. Afternoon visit the Jinsha Site Museum, then enjoy leisure time at Renmin Park, taste local Gai Wan tea and see the Chinese matchmaking (dating) corner and watch “bian lian” mean “face-changing” is an Chinese dramatic art that is part of the Sichuan opera.
Meals Includes: Breakfast, Authentic Sichuan style dinner
Accommodation: Park Inn by Radisson Chengdu Wuhou Shrine **** / or smilar  

Admission includes: Base of Giant Panda, Jinsha site Museum, Sichuan Face change drama
*Note: For reasons of heritage protection and increased visitor safety, the governing body of the Jinsha site museum has reduced the daily capacity of visitors for an indeterminate period of time. For this reason, we cannot guarantee that such a visit will take place. If it cannot be carried out, it would be replaced by a visit to Wuhou temple and Wenshu Yuan Monastery instead.  

After breakfast at the hotel, boarding the high-speed train from Chengdu to Chongqing. Upon arrival, your local guide will meet you and take you through the Ciqikou ancient town (area), one of the oldest central streets in Chongqing with a history dating more than 1000 years, was a center of commerce and porcelain in Chongqing’s heart. The name Ciqikou literally means “Porcelain Port”, a name given to the city during the Ming and Qing dynasties because of the production of porcelain.
Meals Includes: Breakfast
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Chongqing Guanyinqiao **** / or smilar  

Admission includes: Ciqikou ancient town
*Note: Will be without tour guide on train 

After breakfast at the hotel, let’s explore this magical “maze” city, the municipality cover a large geographical area roughly the size of Austria, the largest city proper in the world by area with a resident population over 30 million. Chongqing proper built on mountains and partially surrounded by the Yangtze River; it’s known as a “mountain city”. Visit of local famous sites, the Hongya Cave, where you can appreciate the unique stilted houses along the riverside. The Jiefangbei CBD in the city center is where you can feel the stylish side of Chongqing, to know more about local people and food. In the evening you can enjoy the splendid neon lights shining to beautify the night view of the Chongqing city.
Meals Includes: Breakfast, Chongqing famous hot pot dinner  
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Chongqing Guanyinqiao**** / or smilar  

Admission includes: Yangtze river cableway  

Free time in the morning to explore this fantastic 8D city. At noon transfer to the high-speed railway station to take the high-speed railway to Guiyang. from Chongqing to Guiyang in about 2 hours. Upon arrival in Chengdu, your local guide/driver will meet you at the train station and transfer you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at leisure. Guizhou is a province with extremely rich tourism resources. Its diverse geographical environments, natural scenery, rich cultural customs, and fantastic and beautiful landscapes attract countless people. In addition to the Han nationality, there are nearly 50 other ethnic groups in Guizhou, including the Miao and Buyi. The large-scale coexistence of multiple ethnic groups makes this land particularly rich and colorful.

Meals Includes : Breakfast, 

Accommodation: t.b.a. **** / or similar

Morning breakfast at the hotel, after breakfast please be at the hotel lobby at 08:00 to meet your tour guide. the tour guide will give a short briefing to know more about the trip, Then we started our tour and headed to the " Shili Gallery " with its beautiful rural scenery, profound ethnic cultural heritage, and pleasant climatic conditions, it is a great place for leisure, cycling, vacation, summer escape, and recuperation. The Shili Gallery gets its name from its "gentle river channel and vast and boundless" landscape gallery. The mountains here are undulating, the vegetation is lush, and it is full of various trees and shrubs. It looks like a giant landscape painting from a distance or nearby. It consists of more than 10 natural villages along the Qinglong River. The tranquil and peaceful rural scenery, the profound Shuidong Tusi culture, and the rich Bouyei and Miao villages are the charm of the Shili Hualang Rural Tourism Area. The Buyi and Miao people who have lived in the Qinglong River basin for generations still retain many traditional crafts and lifestyles, such as winemaking, glutinous rice cake making, tofu making, rice milling, and oil pressing. After lunch, take a 4-hour drive to your accommodation near Mount Fanjing. Check-in hotel upon arrival..
Meals Includes: Breakfast
Accommodation: t.b.a. **** /or similar 

After breakfast, head to climb Mount Fanjing. Come test your physical strength and willpower today! First, take the cable car up the mountain and enter the core area of ​​the landscape. Mount Fanjing is famous for its primitive and wild landscape and magnificent views above the clouds. It is world-famous for its unique natural beauty, rich biodiversity and culture, and well-preserved ecosystem. Mount Fanjing is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the New Jinding Temple is built on the top of an isolated and majestic mountain, towering into the clouds. Standing on the top of the peak, you can have a panoramic view of the smoke and wind for thousands of miles; in the early morning, there are often clouds and mist here, waterfalls cascading down, the place is unpredictable and looks like a fairyland. From a distance, it looks like a "castle in the clouds" standing between heaven and earth. After an exciting and energetic journey, we headed to Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village and rested on the tour bus. Stay at Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village at night. In the evening, you can personally participate in and experience the wonderful cultural characteristics of Guizhou. The Miao village is dotted with stars at night. The whole village is twinkling with stars and brightly lit. The scenery is dazzling, and the buildings are like a fairy tale, like a paradise on earth.

Meals Includes: Breakfast, Dinner (Local flavor Guizhou specialty: sour soup fish)
Accommodation: t.b.a. **** / or similar 

Today you will visit the Xijian Qianhu Miao Village, the largest Miao village in the world. This is a land full of mystery and unique style. Rows of wooden stilt houses are built against the mountain. The Miao people dressed in gorgeous costumes, sang and danced, and passed on their ancient culture. This is a place where natural beauty blends with traditional culture. Here, ancient stories are told with a living cultural basis. The terraces extend from the foot of the mountain to the top, layer upon layer, and look spectacular from a distance. The Miao people are known as "a world of song and an ocean of dance." There are singing and dancing performances here every day: Lusheng Dance, Red Chicken Dance and other performances with strong ethnic characteristics. You can experience the rich and colorful Miao song and dance culture in an all-round and multi-sensory way. We arrived in Libo County around 3 pm and took a short rest on the tour bus. It takes about two and a half hours to drive to Libo County and check into the hotel.

Meals Includes: Breakfast 

Accommodation: t.b.a.****/ or similar

Today you will visit the Xijian Qianhu Miao Village, the largest Miao village in the world. This is a land full of mystery and unique style. Rows of wooden stilt houses are built against the mountain. The Miao people dressed in gorgeous costumes, sang and danced, and passed on their ancient culture. This is a place where natural beauty blends with traditional culture. Here, ancient stories are told with a living cultural basis. The terraces extend from the foot of the mountain to the top, layer upon layer, and look spectacular from a distance. The Miao people are known as "a world of song and an ocean of dance." There are singing and dancing performances here every day: Lusheng Dance, Red Chicken Dance and other performances with strong ethnic characteristics. You can experience the rich and colorful Miao song and dance culture in an all-round and multi-sensory way. We arrived in Libo County around 3 pm and took a short rest on the tour bus. It takes about two and a half hours to drive to Libo County and check into the hotel.

Meals Includes: Breakfast 

Accommodation: t.b.a.****/ or similar

Today we will visit the world's largest single-aperture radio telescope. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is known as the "China Sky Eye". It was completed in 2016 and is currently the world's largest full-aperture (that is, the entire aperture has a reflecting surface) radio telescope. Its reflecting surface is equivalent to a radio telescope the size of 30 football fields. Used to explore the origin and evolution of the universe. To date, FAST has discovered more than 1,000 pulsars, which is more than the total number of pulsars discovered by other telescopes around the world during the same period. Explore the mysteries of the universe through interactive exhibits and science activities. Overlooking the Tianyan Observatory, overlooking this great scientific project, after finishing, go to Xingyi to check in to the hotel.
Meals Includes: Breakfast  
Accommodation: t.b.a. **** / or similar 

Today we will visit the world's largest single-aperture radio telescope. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) is known as the "China Sky Eye". It was completed in 2016 and is currently the world's largest full-aperture (that is, the entire aperture has a reflecting surface) radio telescope. Its reflecting surface is equivalent to a radio telescope the size of 30 football fields. Used to explore the origin and evolution of the universe. To date, FAST has discovered more than 1,000 pulsars, which is more than the total number of pulsars discovered by other telescopes around the world during the same period. Explore the mysteries of the universe through interactive exhibits and science activities. Overlooking the Tianyan Observatory, overlooking this great scientific project, after finishing, go to Xingyi to check in to the hotel.
Meals Includes: Breakfast  
Accommodation: t.b.a. **** / or similar 

In the morning, we will take a two-hour drive to Huangguoshu Waterfall, which is known as "the largest waterfall in Asia". It is famous both at home and abroad for its majestic first-level main waterfall and densely packed waterfall groups. The waterfall is 30 meters wide (up to 40 meters in summer), with a drop of 66 meters and a flow rate of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second. Very spectacular. It enjoys the reputation of "the first waterfall in China". The waterfall group includes 18 large and small waterfalls, forming a huge waterfall "family". Then visit the Tianxing Bridge Scenic Area, which is a water and stone forest landscape. After the waterfall gushes out from the dark stream, the river water separates from above the stone forest, circulates to both sides, and then gathers at the bottom, surrounding a stone forest in the water. The area has winding rivers and scattered stone forests. It makes people feel as if they are in a fairyland in the sky, or in an underground maze. 

Meals Includes: Breakfast 

Accommodation: t.b.a. / or similar

In the morning we drove for an hour and a half to reach Qingyan Ancient Town: Qingyan Ancient Town is one of the ten most beautiful ancient towns in China. It has a history of more than 600 years. The houses and streets of the ancient town are all paved with stones. The layout of the ancient town follows the pattern of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the streets and alleys are dotted with historical relics such as buildings, platforms, pavilions, chambers, temples, halls, ancestral halls, towers, and courtyards. Qingyan Town is a provincial historical and cultural town. There are historical culture, architectural culture, religious culture, farming culture, food culture, and revolutionary traditional culture. This is a multi-ethnic culture. Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Christianity and other religions coexist in the town. In addition to many temples, Qingyan Ancient Town also preserves a Christian church and a Catholic church. Various religions coexist harmoniously, forming unique styles. Arrive in Guiyang in the evening and check into the hotel.

Meals Includes: Breakfast, Local flavor Lunch (Huaxi beef noodle soup) 

Accommodation: t.b.a./ or similar  

*Optional program : In the evening, you can enjoy the "Colorful Guizhou Style" performance at your own expense. It is a large-scale ethnic song and dance performance of Guizhou, the world's top ethnic stage epic, performed by 17 indigenous ethnic groups in Guizhou. Visitors can appreciate the harmonious life of Guizhou's ethnic family and the colorful ethnic culture. It has been listed in the National Key Cultural Tourism Project List and is praised as "one of the most ecological song and dance performances in the world."

 Day 20 : Guiyang

 *Jiaxiu Tower * Qianling Mountain Park 

Today is the last day of our Guizhou experience. In the morning, visit Jiaxiu Tower, which was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1598). Its structure and construction are unique in the history of ancient Chinese architecture. Jiaxiu Tower is a witness to Guiyang’s history and a symbol of its cultural development. Then head to Qianling Mountain Park, which is a comprehensive tourist park. Qianling Park is not only a famous scenic spot in my country but also has a complex geological structure and a wide variety of flora and fauna. The park zoo is a place to raise and study wild animals and explore the mysteries of nature. There are more than 50 first-class rare and protected animals. Visitors can fully appreciate the natural beauty where people and animals live in harmony. Check into hotel after the tour. At night, you can go to Jiaxiu Tower on your own to enjoy the unique night view of lights. The light show at Jiaxiu Tower was so cool that it amazed the whole city. This is the end of this wonderful trip to Guizhou..

Meals Includes: Breakfast 

Accommodation: t.b.a./ or similar

Day 11 : Departure from Guiyang

 *Airport transfer *Goodbye and have a nice journey home !

 After breakfast at the hotel, please check out before 12:00, Today's transfer from hotel to airport is included, please let us know your flight time and we will arrange the transfer service for free. Goodbye and have a nice journey home!
Meals includes: Breakfast  

*Remark: Whilst every effort is made to operate this tour as itinerary, on occasion it may be necessary to make changes to the sightseeing routing or order of an attraction.