• Beijing: city tours (3 night)
• The Great Wall
• Forbidden City
• Bird's Nest Stadium
• Xian: city tour (1 night)
• Terracotta Warriors
• Chengdu: (1 night)
• Panda Breeding research centre
• Leshan: Gaint Budda Statue (1 night)
• Mount Ermei: tour the sacred Mountain (1 night)
• Lhasa: (3 night)

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the Great Wall

Tian an men Square

Terracotta Warriors

Tibet

Day 1
Depart from Heathrow or your preferred airport for a scheduled flight to Beijing. Meals on board.

Day 2 Beijing
Upon arrival in Beijing, you are greeted at the airport by our English speaking guide and transferred to hotel by private transport. The rest of the day is at your leisure to recover from jetlag and get ready for the adventure to come! (China is 8 hours ahead of UK)

Day 3 Beijing
A full day city tour to soak up the atmosphere of Beijing. This includes visiting historical sites such as Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City. A Hutong tour to visit old residential area and local people's life on Rickshaw ride. (includes: Breakfast)

Day 4 Beijing
The highlights of today's tour include a visit to the Great Wall, the only man-made wonder on earth visible from the moon. Visit the Temple of Heaven. Board the train to Xian. (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 5 Xian
As an ancient capital of China for many dynasties, Xian has a lot historical sites to offer. We will take a city tour including Xian's well preserved Ancient City Walls, built in the early Ming Dynasty (about 600 years ago) and the historic Bell Tower where you can overlook the entire city. You will also visit the luxury underground palace of Emperor Qinshihuang, The Archaeological Museum of 6,000 life-size Terracotta Warriors and their horses. The warriors were the after life protectors the first emperor who united China (221BC-206BC). Following this we will visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, built as a Buddhist Monastery during the Tang Dynasty. (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 6 Xian to Chengdu
Transfer to airport for flight to Chengdu. Visit the Chengdu Giant Panda Research and Breeding Base. (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 7 Chengdu to Leshan
Car travel to Leshan and visit the Giant Buddha statue. Then take a cruise along the river. (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 8 Leshan to Mt Ermei
We travel to Mount Emei and tour the sacred Mountain by taking a cable car up the mountain. Enjoy a vegetarian lunch with the monks and take a short hike down a forest trail. (Includes: Breakfast, Lunch)

Day 9 Chengdu
Travel back to Chengdu. Free day. (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 10 Chengdu to Lhasa
Transfer to airport for morning flight to Lhasa. Upon arrival, transfer to hotel (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 11 Lhasa
Visit Jokhang Temple on the Barkhor circuit and visit the Potala Palace. (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 12 Lhasa
Visit the Sera and Drepung monasteries. Visit Lhasa 's Tibetan Quarter and treasures of the Museum before taking in the views over Lhasa Valley from a hilltop in Pawang Ka. (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 13 Lhasa to Beijing
Transfer to airport for flight to Beijing. Free time at your own leisure. (Includes: Breakfast)

Day 14 Beijing to UK
Our Guide will meet you at the hotel and see you depart at the airport. You will arrive UK the same day. (Includes: Breakfast)

Group Departure Dates & Price 2010 (£)

Price Includes (The prices shown above are 'per person' and subject to confirmation and availability )

• All flights including airport tax. We can also arrange your local airport departure from £60. Please enquire at the time of your booking.
• All airport/train station/hotel transfers.
• Sightseeing tours (including entrance fee) by professional English-speaking tour guide.
• Selections of superior/deluxe hotel accommodation (3 and 4 star) in well furnished rooms with private facilities.
• Meals as specified in the itinerary.

Price Does Not Include

• Visa fee (please go to Our Visa Service for details).
• Travel Insurance.

Flights As agent of many airline consolidators, we can obtain flights in various class, with reputable airlines such as BA, Air China, Virgin, Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, Finnair etc. Depends on the availability we will choose airline for you and will try to arrange direct flight when possible. We can also provide land-only tours if you prefer to organise your own flights and save airmiles.

Other fact of our tour arrangement Small group travel with like minded people. Suitable for all age travellers. Please note there are train journey involved in this package. We use soft-sleeper for our travellers.

The itinerary is designed according to the most updated information of flights and cruises sailing schedules available, although occasionally the sequence in which cities are visited, duration of time spent and upstream/downstream cruise route can change due to local conditions which are out of our control. The above itinerary highlights the main attractions that are to be visited each day. Further places of interest may be visited during your stay, which will provide unique ethnic and cultural handcraft shopping opportunities. We reserve the right to change, amend or alter the itinerary, although we will act in your best interests to handle any amendments. Please refer to the booking form for detailed terms & conditions.