33 Days All China Around Exploration Highlights ：The Forbidden City / The Great Wall / Xian Terra cotta Museum / Dunhuang: Mogao Cave / Desert / Turpan old town / Kashgar Big Bazaar and Mosque/ Chengdu Giant Panda / Tibet / Shangri-la / Lijiang Old Town/ Kunming Stone Forest / Guilin Li River Cruise / Yangtze Cruise / Suzhou Gardening / Shanghai Bund Itinerary: D1 Arrive in Beijing Today we will arrive in Beijing, the ancient capital of China with over thousand years history. Receive a welcome from our guide then transfer to hotel, and you also learn your first Chinese “ Nin Hao “ for greeting. D2 Beijing City Excursion ( The Great Wall / Ming Tomb / Beijing Roast Duck ) ( B,L, D) The Great Wall will be our first destination. We will walk on this ancient stone stage on feet, and trace ancient history of China through the old wall and mountains. In the afternoon, a visit to the Ming Tomb will be an interesting adventure for us, where we will see how the emperors desired for immortal. In the evening we will enjoy a delicious Chinese banquet with the well-known Beijing Roast Duck. D3 Beijing City Excursion ( The Forbidden City / The Summer Palace/ The Heaven Temple ) ( B,L ) Today we will explore the mysterious palace of Chinese emperors, the Forbidden City, which boasts having 9999 rooms and could be the biggest palace in the world. In the afternoon we will have a leisure walk in the emperors royal garden, the Summer Palace. And we will also walk around in the quiet and wide Heaven Temple, which is used to worship emperors ancestors and pray for a harvest season. We will board night train to Xian . Night in the soft berth of the train. D4 Xian City Tours (The Terra cotta Museum / Sanxi Province Museum ) ( B,L ) Arrive in Xian in the morning. After a short times break in hotel, we will begin our trip in Xian, which had been the most prosperous capitals for over 1000 years. Surely the Terra cotta museum is the most important spot. It will be amazing experience to visit these old warriors and horses under earth for over 2000 years. Then we will visit the Sanxi Province Museum. It will unfold the long history of China. D5 Xian City Tour ( The Old Town / The Wild Goose Tower / Calligraphy Museum) ( B,L, D) The Wild Goose Pagoda will tell us how the Chinese traveled over ten thousands miles to probe Buddhism. And we will also have a short times hike on the Old City Wall, and then we will learn about the ancient Chinese arts, the Calligraphy in the Calligraphy Forest Museum. Enjoy a Jiaozi Dinner , and watch Tang dancing show in the evening. D6 Xian / Dunhuang ( Mogao Cave Visit ) ( B,L ) In the morning fly to Dunhuang, which had long been the transportation hub and culture center in the Silk Road. Firstly we will explore the Mogao Caves. The vivid frescoes and sculptures seem to bring us back to the prosperous Silk Road 1000 years ago. D7 Dunhuang / Turpan ( Mingshashan Hill / Crescent Lake ) ( B,L ) In the morning we will relax us completely in the desert hill, Mingshashan. A short times Camel riding will bring us exotic experience of caravan. The nature also created the wonder of Lake and desert co-existing. In the afternoon we will take the night train to another silk road town, Turpan. Night in train. D8 Turpan City Tours ( Gaochang Ruins / Kaner Well / Grape Gully ) ( B,L, D) Arrive in Turpan in the morning, then we will head for the ruins of Gaochang old town. It is a witness of the prosperity of Silk Road. And we will also visit the magic irrigation project, Kaner Well. It is compared to the Great Wall under the earth. What a happy life it will be to watch the Urgar dancing at the fruit banquet! D9 Turpan / Kashgar (Flame Mountain) ( B,L ) Natures power is boundless, so it created Flame Mountain ( Hoyanshan Mountain ) in Turpan. We will experience the extremely hot in this devil like place, and then we will drive to Urumqi, and transfer the night flight to Kashgar. D10 Kashgar City Tours (Big Mosque / Fragrant Concubine Tomb) ( B,L ) As the joint of South and North Silk Road , a lot of historical ruins are left here. You can find the mixture of oriental and western culture in many places. Aitikaer Mosque is the largest in oriental world. We will know the culture of Muslim here. And we will enjoy the pretty building of fragrant concubine tomb, where we will listen the romantic tale of local Fragrant girl and Chinese emperors. D11 Kashgar / Chengdu ( The Sunday Bazaar Bargaining ) ( B,L ) Kashgar Sunday Bazaar is world famous. Merchants from China , Pakistan and other neighbor countries will throng here and exchange various goods. Foods, closing, handcrafts, and anything life needed! You can also make a small bargain with them. Fly back to Chengdu in the afternoon. D12 Chengdu City Tour ( Panda Garden / Jinshan Museum / Kuanxiangzi ) ( B,L )
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