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14 Days Elite Tibet Tour II

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Destinations: Beijing, Xining, Lhasa, Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou
Duration: 14 Days
Tour Type: Private Tour
Accommodation: 12 nights in well selected hotels
Highlight: Starts from Beijing, this 12 days tour will lead you to explore the real charm of China by seeing the world famous historical sites, the holy land of Buddhism, the national treasure animal and the most beautiful natural scenery.

 

Day 01: Arrive in Beijing    
Activities: Upon arrival in Beijing, greeted by your private guide in Beijing and transferred to hotel in Beijing.
Free for the rest of the day.

Meals: NIL     
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Beijing Minzuyuan or similar
 
Day 02: Beijing    Beijing
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and firstly transfer to have outside look at the National Grand Theater and walk around on Tiananmen Square. 880 meters from north to south, and 500 meters from east to west, Tiananmen Square is the largest public square in the world and the heart zone of Beijing.
2. Then start the exploration to the Imperial Palaces Museum - Forbidden City. Forbidden City served as the home of 24 emperors and his family (14 in the Ming Dynasty and 10 in the Qing Dynasty). Visit the Forbidden City is to review the history of China's Feudal Society.
3. After lunch, transfer you to visit the Temple of Heaven. Temple of Heaven was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped the heaven and prayed for good harvests. It will fascinate you with the unique architecture like Hall of Prayer of Good Harvest and Echo Wall.
4. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Beijing Minzuyuan
 
Highlights:
Day 03: Beijing    Beijing
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to the famous world's heritage - Badaling Great Wall. Standing on the solid wall, you can see the great wall winding its way over the rolling mountains like a huge dragon, as well as the gorgeous landscape.
2. After lunch, transfer you to visit the Summer Palace. As a representative of traditional Chinese garden, it merges natural scenery borrowed from the surrounding landscape into the magnificent architecture of imperial gardens, perfectly reflecting the Chinese gardening principle, 'the Works of Man Should Match the Works of Heaven'.
3. On the way, drive by the Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium), where you can have a outside view of the huge nest and take some photos.
4. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Beijing Minzuyuan
 
Highlights:
Day 04: Beijing    Xining
Activities: 1. After breakfast, pick up from the hotel and transfer to the airport to take the flight for Xining.
2. Upon arrival in Xining, greeted by your private guide and transferred to hotel in Xining. Free for the rest of the day.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Qinghai Jianyin Hotel
 
Day 05: Xining    Xining
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and then transfer you to enjoy a full day tour to Qinghai Lake. Qinghai Lake is the largest salt water lake in China. Since ancient times, it gained a high reputation as "green lake", "blue sea" and "fairyland".
2. Cruise in the lake and visit Bird Island. Bird Island is renowned as the kingdom and paradise of birds. You can see flocks of wild birds spreading their wings over the broad lake.
3. On the way, you will have a stop to see the Mt. Sun and Moon, where the princess Wenchen threw the mirror down and married into the Tibetan area among the Tang Dynasty.
4. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Qinghai Jianyin Hotel
 
Highlights:
Day 06: Xining    Lhasa
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to visit the Ta'er Monastery (Kumbum Monastery) in the town of Huangzhong 26km south of Xining. It is the birthplace of the founder of the Gelugpa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism - Tsongkhapa. The temple was later built in 1577.
2. Then move on to visit the North Hill Temple to have a bird's eye view of the city.
3. After that, visit Qinghai Provincial Museum with a few silk road exhibitions and some amazing Stone Age artifacts.
4. Then transfer you to the railway station to take the overnight train to Lhasa.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: on the train
 
Highlights:
Day 07: Lhasa    Lhasa
Activities: 1. You are in the daytime during the journey from Golmud to Lhasa. Golmud-Lhasa section of the railway is above 4000m above sea level, reaching the highest point at 5,072m above sea level. Highlights of the trip includes snow-capped mountain peaks and the beautiful Conag Lake. There are long stretches of barren land. There are also rivers (the largest was Tuo Tuo River, which is the upper reaches of Yangtze River).
2. Arrive at Lhasa in the afternoon, greeted by your private guide and transferred to hotel in Lhasa. Free for the rest of the day to acclimate to the climate and altitude.

Meals: NIL
Accommodation: Lhasa Thangka Hotel
 
Day 08: Lhasa    Lhasa
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to visit the Potala Palace. Potala Palace is the landmark and the heart of Lhasa City, which is perched on the 130 meters high Marpo Ri (Red Hill) with 13 storeys and more than 1000 roms in the middle of Beijing Road.
2. Then transfer you to visit the Jokhang Temple. The 1300-year-old Jokhang Temple is now the spiritual center of Tibet. From earliest dawn to last light, daily worshippers and once-in-a-lifetime pilgrims make the inner circumambulation (kora) of the Jokhang to earn religious merit.
3. After that, move on to visit the Barkhor Street. Barkhor Street is the oldest street in Lhasa as well as the center of old Lhasa and remains very traditional.
4. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Lhasa Thangka Hotel
 
Highlights:
Day 09: Lhasa    Lhasa
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to visit the Norbulingka. Norbulingka is known as the Summer Palace in Lhasa. It once served as the summer palace for dalai lamas from 7th Dalai Lama who first built the palace.
2. Then move on to visit the Tibet Museum. Tibet Museum has three exhibition floors. It has abundant historical relics and treasures including prehistoric culture, united culture, culture and art, customs.
3. The last destination is the Sera Monastery. Located 5km north of Lhasa, this monastery was the first Gelugpa monastery in Lhasa and has remained the main seat of this major Buddhist order ever since.
4. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Lhasa Thangka Hotel
 
Highlights:
Day 10: Lhasa    Chengdu
Activities: 1. After breakfast, pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to Lhasa airport to take the flight for Chengdu.
2. Upon arrival in Chengdu, greeted by your private guide and transferred to hotel in Chengdu.
3. After lunch, have a stroll around People's Park. People's Park is the most popular park in Chengdu.
4. Then continue to visit Temple of Marquis. Temple of Marquis is dedicated to Zhuge Liang, a famous military counsellor of Kingdom of Shu in the Three Kingdoms Period (220 - 280). Now it is actually the museum to learn the history of the Three Kingdoms Period.
5. Finally have a walk along Jinli Street. The Jinli Old Street is located just next door to Wuhou Shrine. It has become a major tourist attraction in Chengdu, which boasts of ancient buildings, traditional cultures, local food and customs.
6. Transfer you back to the hotel

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Chengdu Wuhou
 
Highlights:
Day 11: Chengdu    Chengdu
Activities: 1. Pick up from the hotel and transfer to Chengdu Panda Base directly. Chengdu Panda Base was founded in 1987, with six giant pandas rescued from the wild. By 2010 the number of pandas has increased to 97. Now the Panda Base has already become the hometown of giant pandas all over the world.
2. After lunch, transfer you to Leshan city to visit Leshan Giant Buddha. Leshan Giant Buddha is a 233 foot high stone statue, built in the Tang Dynasty. As the largest stone Buddha in the world, the stone statue was carved out of a cliff and and facing Mount Emeiwith the rivers flowing in front of it. It has been listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1996 together with The Mount Emei.
3. You will board a boat cruising to the Buddha from Leshan port. There are some good spots for you to take good pictures of the Giant Buddha. And then take cruise back to the port.
4. Transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Express Chengdu Wuhou
 
Highlights:
Day 12: Chengdu    Jiuzhaigou
Activities: 1. Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to the airport to take the early morning flight for Jiuzhaigou.
2. Upon arriving at Jiuzhai Huanglong Airport, greeted by your private guide and take 2-hour drive to Huanglong Scenic Area. Situated in Songpan County in the northwest of Sichuan, Huanglong is famous for its colorful lakes, snow-capped peaks, glaciers, mountain landscape, diverse forest ecosystems, waterfall and hot springs. The Multi-colored Ponds of different sizes and shapes show various dreamlike colors of yellow, blue, green and brown, just like the fairyland.
3. After the tour in Huanglong Scenic Area, transfer you to the hotel in Jiuzhaigou

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Jiuzhai Soluxe Hotel
 
Highlights:
Day 13: Jiuzhaigou    Jiuzhaigou
Activities: 1. Today is a full day exploration in Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area. The well-known Jiuzhaigou is famous as "Fairyland on the Earth" for its well-protected virgin forests, 108 clear lakes, verdant mountains, crystal lakes and gorgeous waterfalls.
2. Head to the Jiuzhaigou portal and transfer to Jiuzhaigou non-pollution bus, visit Shuzheng and Zezawa Valley, Pearl Sands, Shuzheng,Waterfall, Shuzheng, Panda, Chang, Rainbow, Tiger, Rhinoceros Lake and the Tibetan mills.
3. After the whole day tour, transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Accommodation: Jiuzhai Soluxe Hotel
 
Highlights:
Day 14: Jiuzhaigou    Chengdu
Activities: Pick up from hotel and transfer to Jiuzhaigou Huanglong airport to take the flight back to Chengdu. Tour end.

Meals: Breakfast