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Itinerary:

Day 1
Arrival in Beijing
Upon Arriving in Beijing, be met and transferred to your hotel with your private car and English speaking tour guide.

Day 2(B, )
Beijing
Leisure by yourself.

Day 3(B, L, )
Beijing
City tour to Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City,Temple of Heaven,Summer Palace. Evening Peking Opera Performance.

- The Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
- The Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
- The Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.

Day 4(B, L, )
Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall and Ding Tomb and Sacred road.Have a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.

- The Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- The Ding Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.
- The Sacred Road: The way guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors.

Day 5(B, L, )
Beijing
A full day to experience the typical life style of the local Bejingness with spent on touring around the 'old section' on rickshaws. Your pragrammes also include the Zoo.

- Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Tea House, the lake, House of Gong Infante and local people's houses among them.

Day 6 (B, L, )
Beijing To Xi'an Transfer via: am flight
Be transferred to Beijing airport and Flight to Xi'an, ancient capital for 11 centuries,and the ancient gateway to the Silk Road full of Chinese legendary. In the afternoon, you are arranged to visit the Provincial Museum and the City Wall. In the evening, go to visit the Tang Dynasty Show.

- The Provincial Museum: One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.
- The City Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
-Tang Dynasty Show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.

Day 7(B, L, )
Xi'an
Xi'an's rich history comes alive on a visit to the greatest archaeological finding of the century: the army of terra cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb. Other monuments on your tour include Banpo Neolithic Village Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Bell Tower.

- The Banpo Neolithic Village Museum: Banpo Site is a comparatively integrated commune village site rather typical of the matriarchy in the Yellow River Valley about 6000 years ago.
- The Big Wild Goose Pagoda: The pagoda where widely renowned Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his classics brought from India.
- The Bell Tower: The emblem of Xian city.

Day 8(B, L, )
Xi'an To Guilin Transfer via: pm flight
Be transferred to the airport for your Flight to Guilin, a romantic scenic beauty that inspired poets and artists for centuries. In the afternoon tour the Elephant Trunk Hill, Fubo Hill, Reed Flute Cave.

- Elephant Trunk Hill: Located at the conjunction of the Li River & the Peach Blossom River, the whole hill looks very much like a giant elephant with a long trunk, it is the symbol of Guilin city.
- Fubo Hill: You can see lots of rock stone carvings & Buddha statues since Tang Dynasty.Have a wonderful bird's-eye view of Guilin city if you climb to the summit.
- Reed Flute Cave: Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts" where you can see beautiful stalactites & stalagmites, learn how they are formed.

Day 9(B, L, )
Guilin
Li River Cruise
Morning drive to Zhujiang Dock (varies in low water season) from hotel for about 1 hour before embarking your ship, cruise down stream to Yangshuo for about 4 to 5 hours (time varies in different season). Enjoy the cruise on the mirrored waters of the Li River striking you with its poetic scenery of misty pinnacles, gentle green riverbanks and quiet river activities, Lunch will be onboard. Disembark the ship upon arrival to Yangshuo. Walk through the local "hello" market before taking 1 hour and 30 minutes drive back to Guilin.

Day 10(B, )
Guilin To Chengdu Transfer via: pm flight
Be transferred to the airport for your flight to Chengdu, once arrived in Chengdu, be met and be transferred to the airport hotel.

Day 11(B, L, )
Chengdu To Lhasa Transfer via: am flight
Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure to acclimatize yourself to the high latitude. In Lhasa city tour covers Potala Place and Jorkhang Temple, Barkhore Street.

- The Potala Palace: Perched upon the Marpo Ri Hill, 130 meters above the Lhasa valley, it is the greatest monumental structure in Tibet.
- The Jokhang Temple: It is the spiritual center of Tibet.
- The Barkhor Street: The Barkhor is the oldest street in Lhasa as well as the center of old Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble.

Day 12(B, L, )
Lhasa
In Lhasa Morning sight sightseeing at Drepung Monastery, in the afternoon, visiting Norbulingka and Sera Monastery.

- The Norbulingka Park: Norbulingka means "Jeweled Garden". It was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama and later served as the whole governmental administration.
- The Sera Monastery: It is known as one of the 3 great monasteries in Tibet.
- The Tsepung Monastery: It is one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet.

Day 13(B, L, )
Lhasa
lhasa/Gyantse Driver 286km to Gyantse via Yomdrok Lake, visit Baiju Monastery.

- Yomdrok Lake: It is within Langkamu county, with an area of 638 square km and a coastal line of 250 km.
- Baiju Monastery: Ten-Thousand Buddha Pagoda,the world famous 9-storey 10,000-Buddha Pagoda

Day 14(B, L, )
Lhasa
Gyantse/Shigatse Drive 95km to Shigatse, Tibetan family visiting, sightseeing in Shigatse covers Tashilunbu Monastery.

- Tashilunbu Monastery: Painted in red and white, the buildings in the monastery stand closely together in terraced rows, offering a grand and majestic view.

Day 15 (B, L, )
Lhasa
Go back to Lhasa along the Yaluzanbu River.

Day 16(B, )
Lhasa To Kathmandu-Bankok
Be transferred to the airport.
The tour ends.

Quotation: $2950 USD per person(Minimun Passenger 2)

Including:
1) All accommodation,
2)The meals, indicated in the above itinerary,
3)All China's domestic Airfares with tax,
5)Your private English-Speaking Guide,
6)Your private transportations,
7)Tibet Travel Special Permit,
8)Your China Travel Insurance,

Excluding:
1) Your International airfare,
2) Your Chinese Visa Fee,
3) Your personal expenses,
4) Meals not indicated in the above itinerary,

What we need to do the Tibet Special Permit are as follows:
*Full name shown in your passport;
*Sex;
*Date of Birth;
*Passport Number;
*Your Occupation;

PLease also fax us or email us the photo page of your passport and the copy of your Chinese Visa. Our fax number is 86-28-86661975.