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Private Impression Tour: Beijing, Xian, Lhasa, Chengdu, Zhangjiajie and Shanghai 14 Days

Private Impression Tour: Beijing, Xian, Lhasa, Chengdu, Zhangjiajie and Shanghai 14 Days

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Private Impression Tour: Beijing, Xian, Lhasa, Chengdu, Zhangjiajie and Shanghai 14 Days

14 Days Starting in Beijing, China and ending in Shanghai, China

Visiting: Beijing, Xi'an, Lhasa, Chengdu, Fenghuang, Zhangjiajie, Shanghai

Tour operator:

Silk Road Trips

Tour code:

336976

Group Type:

Private

Guide Type:

Fully Guided

Physical rating:

EASY

Age range:

0-85

Special diets catered:

Vegetarians

Tour operated in:

English

Interests:

Cultural, History, Wildlife Tours

Activities:

Rail Excursion, Sightseeing, Walking

Private Available:

From: $5999 $5714 Travel Club discount: -$285

NB: Prices correct on 21-Nov-2024 but subject to change.

Tour Overview

Embark on a captivating 14-day private adventure through China's most iconic destinations, from the bustling streets of Beijing to the modern skyline of Shanghai. Begin your journey with a visit to the Great Wall at Mutianyu and the serene Summer Palace. Explore the historic Forbidden City before taking a bullet train to Xi'an to marvel at the Terra Cotta Warriors. Experience the spiritual heart of Tibet in Lhasa, visiting the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. In Chengdu, meet the adorable pandas and savor a traditional hot-pot dinner. Discover the enchanting old town of Fenghuang and the breathtaking landscapes of Zhangjiajie, including the Avatar-inspired mountains. Conclude your tour in Shanghai, exploring the Bund, Yu Garden, and the Jade Buddha Temple. This immersive tour offers a perfect blend of history, culture, and natural beauty, all while traveling in comfort with private vehicles and expert local guides.

Highlights

Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace in Beijing
The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square in Beijing
Terra Cotta Warriors and Muslim Quarter in Xi'an
Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and Barkhor Street in Lhasa
Chengdu Panda Base and Kuai & Zhai Alleys in Chengdu
Huangshizhai and Golden Whip Brook in Zhangjiajie
Tianmen Mountain and the glass walkway in Zhangjiajie
The Bund, Yu Garden, and Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai

Itinerary

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Day 1 : Arrival Beijing

Location: Beijing

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Welcome to China! Today is arrival day, upon arrival, our guide will meet you at arrival exit and transfer you hotel in Beijing. Enjoy your free time for the rest of the day.

Day 2 : Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall And Summer Palace

Location: Beijing

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Today you will take 2-hour ride to Mutianyu Great Wall, a section of the Great Wall built in Ming Dynasty 600 years ago. You can walk up or take cable car up to the Wall, and walk from tower to tower. It is amazing to view the ancient military construction that is well preserved on the giant mountains.

Head to Summer Palace this afternoon to view the amazing Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill this afternoon, where it used to be a summer resort for the royal families during Qing Dynasty.

Later you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Day 3 : Beijing To Xi'an By Bullet Train After The Forbidden City Tour

Location: Beijing

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

You will visit the biggest city square in the world, the Tiananmen Square. Then walk to The Forbidden City, the biggest palace in the world. Explore the main buildings with a local guide in the palace. Then you will catch 5-hour bullet train to Xian after included lunch. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to hotel.

Day 4 : Xi'an: Terra Cotta Warriors, Muslim Quarter And Grand Mosque

Location: Xi'an

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Today you will take one-hour car ride to The Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum that is one of the highlights of the Silk Road. Discovered and excavated in 1974, the museum was built on the original site, and each of the warriors is unique one with its own uniform. You will learn the history and story about this site with your local guide.

In the afternoon, your will visit Muslim Quarter, particularly the Grand Mosque that is a traditional Chinese architectural style mosque.

Day 5 : Xian To Lhasa By Air

Location: Lhasa

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Take morning flight to Lhasa from Xian. Welcome to Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your Lhasa hotel. You can take a rest for the rest of today for acclimatization the high altitude 3600 meter in Lhasa.

Day 6 : Lhasa City Tour For Potala, Jakhang And Barkhor Street

Location: Lhasa

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Today you will visit the famous Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street. Potala Palace was first built in the 7th century by the famous Tibetan king—Songtsen Gampo. The current one was built by the 5th Dalai Lama in the 17th century. The Potala is divided into Red Palace and White Palace. The red palace was for religious use and the white one for political use. It takes the whole morning to visit Potala Palace.

Then you will have lunch at the local restaurant.

Afterwards you will walk to visit Jokhang Monastery that is situated in the old section of Lhasa, which was built in the 7th century AD by king Songtsen Gampo. It is the most sacred place in Tibet as it houses the sculpture of 12-year-old Sakyamuni that was brought by Wencheng Princess in the7th century.

Barkhor street is a big free market around Jokhang Monastery where you can purchase all sorts of Tibetan souvenirs. Barkhor Streets is also an essential pilgrim route.

Day 7 : Visit Drepung And Sera Monastery, Then Fly To Chengdu

Location: Lhasa

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Today you will visit Drepung Monastery, and Sera Monastery.“Drepung” in Tibetan means "the hill of rice". The white Monastery looks like a big hill of rice which is situated halfway up Mt Ganpoi Uze in the western suburbs of Lhasa. It was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Choje, a Disciple of Trongkhaba, founder of the Yellow Hat sect. The monastery, occupying an area of 250,000 square meters with 7700 lamas in the past, is the largest monastery in Asia.

Sera in Tibetan means "Haistone", legend tells that it hailed during the foundation of this famous monastery. It is situated at the foot of Mt. Peibuqie in the northern suburb of Lhasa. Sera monastery was founded in 1419 by Jamchen Choje, another disciple of Tsongkaba. It used to accommodate 5500 lamas in its golden age, and is proud of its glorious history during the Ming Dynasty.

Later, you will fly to Chengdu. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to hotel.

Day 8 : Chengdu Sightseeing

Location: Chengdu

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Visit Chengdu Panda Base in the morning to see the cute panda feeding the bamboo. Then you will explore the well-known Kuai & Zhai Alleys, and Wenshu Temple in Chengdu with local guide to learn the history about here. Taste the yummy hot-pot dinner, which is renowned in the world.

Overnight in Chengdu

Day 9 : Chengdu To Huaihua By Bullet Train, Then To Fenghuang By Vehicle

Location: Fenghuang

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Take 6-hour bullet train to Huaihua, then take 1 hour car ride to Fenghuang old town. It is amazing to view the lights on in the evening along the Tuo River in the old town.

Day 10 : Fenghuang To Zhangjiajie: Huangshizhai, Golden Whip Brook

Location: Zhangjiajie

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Today you will take a 3-hour car ride to Huangshizhai, where you will take a cable car up to the mountain where you will see the rocks standing one by one. There are many monkeys in Huangshizhai, and keep some distance from them.

Golden Whip Brook is in the center of the national park. The path along the 5.7km brook in the valley is a wonderful hiking route to view the mountains, or you can walk a short route to view the highest summit in Zhangjiajie, Jingguang Summit (380m).

Later, you will check in the hotel.

Day 11 : Zhangjiajie

Location: Zhangjiajie

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Today you will take one-hour ride to Zhangjiajie National Park where you will overlook the wonderful views by super elevator. The elevator takes 1.58 seconds to transport tourists from the bottom to the Yuanjiajie top exhibiting unbelievable and fantastic views. Enjoy the heaven and earth pillar unpredictable prototype mountain of the movie AVATAR directed by Jame Cameron on the Summit Sightseeing platform.

Afterwards you will move to visit Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve that offers a perfect location to have a panoramic picture. Known as 'the Monarch of the Peak Forest', Tianzi Mountain has four wonders the Sea of Clouds, the Radiance of the Moonlight, the Rays of Sunshine and the Snow in winter.

Later you will head to Shilihualang (10-Mile-Gallery) to explore. (One way by electric train; other way on foot for about 30 Minutes.)

Day 12 : Zhangjiajie Fly To Shanghai After Visit Mt Tianmen

Location: Zhangjiajie

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

Drive to Tianmen Mountain, then walk along the road leading to Gateway of Heaven. The glass walkway makes it so distinctive. You will take Tianmen Mountain Cableway to explore Tongtian Avenue (a way to Heaven), Tianmen Cave (Heaven Gateway), Tianmen Temple, Tianmen glass walkway, Ghost-valley plank road, and Yunmeng Fairy Summit. You will take a small cable to the main cable, then take the world's longest cableway, with a length of 7455 meters and elevation of 1518 meters to go down. (The round-way of the main cable and upper way for the small cable are included. If you take round-way small cable car, you will miss some sights.)

Afterwards, you will be transferred to Zhangjiajie Airport to catch your flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your Shanghai hotel.

Day 13 : Shanghai

Location: Shanghai

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

City explore in Shanghai today with a local guide, you will visit the Bund that is riverfront of the Huangpu River, Yu Garden that is an old pretty garden, Xintiandi that is former French Colony, and Jade Buddha Temple etc.

Day 14 : Departing Shanghai

Location: Shanghai

Meals Included: Breakfast

Today is departure day, you will be transferred to Shanghai Airport to catch your flight back home, where the wonderful tour concludes.

What's Included

Accommodation

Accommodation for 12 nights in 5-star hotels and 1 night in a 4-star hotel in Fenghuang is included.
Local Guide

An English-speaking local guide is included throughout the tour.
Private Vehicle

Private vehicle transportation is included for all transfers and tours.
Meals

The tour includes 13 breakfasts, 11 lunches, and 2 dinners.
Entrance Fees

Entrance fees to all included attractions are covered.
Bullet Train

First-class bullet train tickets from Beijing to Xian and Chengdu to Fenghuang are included.
Flights

Economy class flights from Xian to Lhasa, Lhasa to Chengdu, and Zhangjiajie to Shanghai are included.
Tibet Permit

A Tibet Permit is included for the Lhasa portion of the tour.

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Gratuities for guides, drivers, and other service providers are not included.
Visa and Passport

China Visa and passport information are required and not included in the tour package.

Requirements

Passport

Please Note

China Visa and passport information required

Mode of Transport

Travel in style with private vehicles, first-class bullet trains, and economy flights, ensuring a seamless and comfortable journey across Beijing, Xi'an, Lhasa, Chengdu, Zhangjiajie, and Shanghai.

Accommodation

Enjoy 12 nights in luxurious 5-star hotels and one night in a 4-star hotel in Fenghuang, ensuring comfort and relaxation throughout your journey across China.

Check out our Q&As

What is the main mode of transportation during the tour?

The main modes of transportation during the tour include private vehicles, bullet trains, and flights. Bullet trains are used for travel between Beijing and Xi'an, and Chengdu to Huaihua, while flights are used for travel from Xi'an to Lhasa, Lhasa to Chengdu, and Zhangjiajie to Shanghai.
Are meals included in the tour package?

Yes, the tour package includes 13 breakfasts, 11 lunches, and 2 dinners.
What kind of accommodation is provided during the tour?

The tour provides accommodation for 12 nights in 5-star hotels and 1 night in a 4-star hotel in Fenghuang.
Is there a local guide available during the tour?

Yes, a local English-speaking guide is available during the tour.
What are some of the key attractions visited in Lhasa?

In Lhasa, key attractions include the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Drepung Monastery, and Sera Monastery.

What unique experience does the Zhangjiajie National Park offer?

Zhangjiajie National Park offers a unique experience with its super elevator that provides fantastic views, and the park is known for its heaven and earth pillar, which inspired the movie Avatar. Visitors can also explore Tianzi Mountain and the 10-Mile-Gallery.
What is special about the visit to the Chengdu Panda Base?

The visit to the Chengdu Panda Base is special because it allows you to see pandas being fed bamboo and learn about their conservation.
What is the significance of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa?

Jokhang Temple is the most sacred place in Tibet as it houses the sculpture of 12-year-old Sakyamuni, which was brought by Wencheng Princess in the 7th century.
Tipping in China

If you're happy with the services provided then a tip - though not compulsory - is appropriate. Tipping is of great significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry across China and other Asian countries. We recommend that any tips are given to the intended recipient by a member of your group, rather than collected and passed on by the group leader. The following amounts are based on local considerations and feedback from our past travellers: Restaurants: Tipping is not common practice at restaurants in China or Tibet. Tour guides: Throughout your tour you may at times have local guides or national guide. We suggest CNY20-50 per person per day for guides. Porters: In some hotels a porter may offer to carry your bag to your room. We suggest CNY10 per bag for porters. Drivers: You may have a range of drivers on your trip. Some may be with you for a short journey while others may be with you for several days. We would suggest that you tip only those more involved with the group (for example those that help you with your bags etc). CNY10-30 per person per day is generally appropriate.
Can I travel to China without a visa?

US/UK/Australia/New Zealand/Canada citizens(actually most western country citizens) planning to visit China's mainland must apply for an entry visa through the Chinese Embassy or Consulate General. ... WithUS/UK/Australia/New Zealand/Canadapassport, citizens do not need a visa to enter Hong Kong, but travelers who plan to visit China's mainland while in the region will need a visa to travel from Hong Kong to China. However, some cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xian, Chengdu, Chongqing etc. that allow 24-hour/72-hour direct transit in China, also called the 24-hour/72-hour transit without visa, regulates that visa is not required for air, train, and ship passengers transiting in mainland China for a stay of no more than 24 hours/72 hours before heading for a third country or region formost western country citizens.
Do you operate a “single share” option and how does it work?

All of our tours are planned and operated on a twin-share basis, meaning that the standard cost is based either on individual travellers sharing accommodation with another group member of the same sex, or people who book together sharing accommodation. Silkroadtrips are pleased to offer travellers the option of pre-booking a guaranteed single room. Kindly note our single supplement do not include sharing cabins on the overnight trains or cruises.
Trains

Aboard the overnight sleeper train, berths are usually in 1st class ‘soft sleeper’ lockable compartments for 4 which have 2 sets of bunks with clean bedding provided. WC and washbasins are provided for shared use at the end of each carriage. Hot meals and snacks are sold to your berth on all overnight journeys. In times of large demand we may have to travel in 2nd class ‘hard sleeper’ which consists of sectioned off compartments for 6,leading off an open plan carriage. Bullet trains are getting popular, it is very modern with a high velocity of 300km per hour. There are western toilets, dinning car on the bullet trains, and normally for short distance running 1—8 hours.

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