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11-Day Splendid China & Shaolin Temple (Kungfu)
   
         
 

Tour Package No.18: 11-Day Splendid China & Shaolin Temple (Kungfu) (from US$1743 per person)
Shanghai/Zhengzhou/Shaolin Temple/Luoyang/Xian/Beijing 11 days / 10 nights
Tour Code: SZLXB

All inclusive;
5-star hotel in Beijing, Zhengzhou and Luoyang and 4-star hotels in XiĄŻan and Shanghai;
Complimentary Accidental Travel Insurance in China;

     
The BUND
Shaolin Temple
Terra-cotta Army
Great Wall

Package Features:

This tour will take you to the modern city of Shanghai where you will see the fast development of the city and the uniquely beautiful water town near Shanghai, Shaolin Temple, the cradle of the Chinese Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin Martial Arts such as Shaolin Cudgel, the imperial cities of Beijing and XiĄŻan where you will visit the world renowned Great Wall, Forbidden City and Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum etc. and see how the emperors were living, working, worshiping and entertaining in the ancient time,. Besides, you will have the chance to taste the famous Peking Roast Duck and Dumplings and watch the fantastic Acrobatic or Kungfu Show and Tang Dynasty Singing and Dancing Show.

Hotels:

Shanghai (2 nights): 4-star hotel
Galaxy Hotel or similar

Zhengzhou (1 night): 5-star hotel
Crowne Plaza Hotel or similar

Luoyang (2 nights): 5-star hotel
Huayang International Hotel or similar

XiĄŻan (2 nights): 4-star hotel
King Dynasty Hotel or similar

Beijing (3 nights): 5-star hotel
Oriental Bay International Hotel or similar

Guaranteed Departures and Pricing (all inclusive):

 
 
Guaranteed Departures
PackagePrice per person
Single Supplement
Extra Night Per Room in Beijing
Extra Night Per Room in Shanghai
4, 18 & 25 Apr., 2008
US$1758
US$426
US$146
US$139
2, 9 & 23 May, 2008
US$1758
US$426
US$146
US$139
6, 20 & 27 Jun., 2008
US$1743
US$418
US$146
US$134
12 & 19 Sep., 2008
US$1829
US$472
US$146
US$139
3, 10, 17 & 24 Oct. 2008
US$1829
US$472
US$146
US$139
7 & 14 Nov., 2008
US$1743
US$438
US$134
US$128
 
 

 

Land service includes:

-- 10 ights of hotel accommodation with buffet breakfast in hotel;
-- all transfers and transportation within the tour by luxury A/C coach;
-- all meals as listed in the itinerary (9lunches and 9 dinners in local restaurant or on board);
-- all entrance fee to the scenic spots indicated in the itinerary;
-- quality English speaking tour guide service
-- domestic airfare Shanghai/Zhengzhou & XiĄŻan/Beijing with tax and the fuel surcharges
-- train tickets Luoyang/XiĄŻan.

Land service does NOT include:

-- roundtrip International airfare with tax;
-- extra personal expenses;
-- tips to tour guide, driver & porters

Remark:

--Date for F-1 Race in Shanghai is unknown yet, one or two departures would be cancelled when the date for F-1 Race is confirmed. .
-- Please indicate Tour CODE Ą°SZLXBĄ± or Ą°Tour Package No.18Ą± at time of booking
--There is no FOC and further discount for children under 12.
-- Please provide passport names and passport numbers at time of booking.
-- The above prices are based on the exchange rate of 1:7 between Chinese Yuan and US Dollar. If any further devaluation of US Dollar at time of booking, we have to charge the balance.

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1 (Fri) to Shanghai (No meals)
Arriver in Shanghai, met and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Shanghai.

Day 2 (Sat) Shanghai (B L D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to the Bund, which is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years and Yu Garden, a representative of the classical architectural style acknowledged as an architectural miracle in the region southeast of the Yangtze River.
Lunch.
Afternoon visit the Shanghai Museum, a large museum of ancient Chinese art.
Dinner.
Acrobatic Show in the evening.
Overnight in Shanghai

Day 3 (Sun) Shanghai / Zhengzhou (B, L, D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning airport transfer for your flight for Zhengzhou. About 1.5 hoursĄŻ flight.
Arrive in Zhengzhou, met and transferred to your hotel.
Lunch.
Afternoon tour to Henan Museum, one of fourth major museums in China, where you may enjoy Ancient Music Performance by Bronze Bells & Jade Chimes, and Yellow River Museum, where you will learn how the Yellow River was controlled and developed in the past.
Local Cuisine Welcome Banquet
Overnight in Zhengzhou.

Day 4 (Mon) Zhengzhou / Shaolin Temple / Luoyang (B, L, D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning transfer to visit Shaolin Temple, around 160km away, where you will enjoy Martial Art Performance and see the Pagoda Forest and the School for Shaolin Martial Art Training.
Special Temple Vegetarian Lunch at Temple
Afternoon tour to the famous Ancient Middle KingdomĄŻs Observatory Center of Magic.
Transfer to Luoyang, about 160km away.
Dinner.
Overnight in Luoyang.

Day 5 (Tue) Luoyang (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Dragon Gate Grottos, along with Yungang Grottos and Mogao Grottos, regarded as the three most famous treasure houses of stone inscriptions in China, White Horse Temple, the memorial of the first transit Buddhism to China,
Lunch.
Afternoon tour to Local Ethnic Museum and Peony Park for beautiful peony,
If time available visit Ancient Ceremony & Tombs Collections
Dinner.
Overnight in Luoyang.

Day 6 (Wed) Luoyang / Xian (B, L, D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Underground People Living Courtyard and countryside community.
Lunc.
Afternoon railway station transfer for your Express Train for XiĄŻan by Soft Seats.
Arrive in XiĄŻan, met and transferred to your hotel.
Dinner.
Overnight in XiĄŻan.

Day 7 (Thu) XiĄŻan (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Terracotta Army Museum, a vast Terracotta Army - 7000 life sized figures individually crafted and complete with chariots and horses (around 38km away from the city)
Lunch in local restaurant.
Afternoon tour to Huaqing Hot Spring, famed for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong and his concubine Yangguifei in the Tang Dynasty and Big Goose Pagoda, which was built to store sutras and statues brought from India by Xuan Zang in Tang Dynasty
Dumpling Dinner & Tang Dynasty Singing and Dancing Show.
Overnight in XiĄŻan.

Day 8 (Fri) XiĄŻan/Beijing (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning airport transfer for your flight for Beijing. About 2 hoursĄŻ flight.
Arrive in Beijing, met and transferred to your hotel.
Lunch.
Afternoon tour to Summer Palace, where the Emperors went to escape the heat of the city in summer.
Dinner in local restaurant.
Overnight in Beijing

Day 9 (Sat) Beijing (B.L.D)
Morning tour to Temple of Heaven, an exquisite example of Ming architecture served as an exclusive altar for Chinese emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Lunch in local restaurant.
Afternoon tour to TianĄŻanmen Square, the biggest square in the world, and Forbidden City, the complex of Imperial Palaces which were home to the Emperors for over 500 years.
Dinner in local restaurant.
Overnight in Beijing.

Day10 (Sun). Beijing (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Great Wall at Badaling, the best preserved part of the Great Wall which is a magnificent construction project in ancient china and one of the great wonders in the history of human civilization (around 65km away from the city centre and about 1.5 hoursĄŻ drive). Usually people climb up to the top of the Great Wall. Cable car fee is on your own if you need it.
Lunch in local restaurant.
Afternoon tour to Sacred Way, part of the Ming Tombs complex and guarded on both sides with stone statues by which the ancient emperors went to hold a memorial ceremony for the ancestors and Changling of Ming Tombs, the biggest wood-made and best preserved palace of the 13 Ming Tombs
Farewell Peking Roast Duck Dinner in local restaurant with Kungfu Show.
Overnight in Beijing.

Day11 (Mon) Beijing/departure (B)
Breakfast in hotel.
Airport transfer for your flight home or extending your stay.

 

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