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 and 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 Olympics Stadium (Bird's Nest & Water Cube)(exterior) / Beijing Roast Duck ) （B,L,D）
The Great Wall will be our first destination. As Chairman Mao has said: “Walk on the Great Wall, and to be arealman”. We will walk on this ancient stone stage on feet, and trace the 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. En route back to downtown we will make a short stop to the Beijing Olympics Stadium (Bird's Nest & Water Cube)(exterior) for picture opportunities. In the evening we will enjoy a delicious Chinese banquet with the well-known Beijing Roast Duck, and you will see how Chinese treat their food as arts.

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 boasting have 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. They tried to move all the best in the country to their private garden. And we will also walk around in the quiet and wide Heaven Temple, which is used to worship emperor's ancestors and pray for a harvest season.

D4 Beijing/ Lhasa （B）
Fly to Lhasa in the early morning. Landing on the Gongka airport, you will feel the difference of plateau immediately both physically and psychologically. Standing at over 12,000 feet above sea level, Tibet, you arrive! Receive a warm welcome from local Tibetan guide; we will drive to Lhasa city. The Yalongzangbo river, villages, Buddhism inscription en route, all will show you a different land. Just try to find your experience in this beautiful land. Free in the afternoon to be acclimated.

D5 Lhasa City Tours ( Potala Palace /Sera Monastery /Tibetan Family Visit ) （B,L）
As winter palace of Dalai Lama, the Potala Palace worked as a political and religious centre in Tibet. It also shows the wonder of architecture to the world. Standing on the top of Red mountain, it overlooked all over Tibet. We will explore in its maze. In the afternoon we will explore Grand Sera Monastery. If you are lucky enough, you can watch interesting Buddhism scripture debating by the monks. And we will also be guest in a local Tibetan family in the late afternoon

D6 Lhasa City Tours ( Jorkang Temple / Barkor Street / Drepung Monastery /Tibetan Carpet Factory/ Tibetan Dancing shows   )   （B,L,D）
The wonders of Tibet continue to unfold today. We begin with the holiest temple in Tibet, the 1,300 year old Jokhang Temple. Then we will have a leisure walk in famous Barkhor Street. This market has been providing all necessaries for the Himalayas for 1,000 years. It is also a good chance for your shopping! Drive outside the city to Drepung Monastery, which was the largest monastery in the world with 10,000 resident monks in its peak. In the late afternoon drop a visit in the Lhasa Tibetan Carpet factory. A Tibetan style dinner in Crazy Yak Restaurant and watching Tibetan dancing show in the evening will be the highlight of our trip!

D7 Lhasa /Gyantse / Shygatse (Yamdok Lake / Palgor Chorten) （B,L ）
Drive across the Ganbala Pass ( 4200m ) will be a challenge to our physical ability, but we will be rewarded by the overview of beautiful Yamdok Lake immediately. After enjoyed the grassland and yaks en route, we will arrive in Gyantse at noon, then we will visit the extremely beautiful Palgor Chorten (Kumbu Monastery). In the late afternoon drive to Sygatse.

D8 Shigatse / Lhasa (Tashilunpo Monastery) （B,L ）
As the base of Panchen Lama, Shygatse was regarded as the business and political centre of back Tibet. The Grand Tashilunpo Monastery will show us again about the wealth and power of Tibetan Buddhism. We will drive back Lhasa along wide Yalongzangbu river in the afternoon via the new road. Then you will be free to explore the city.

D9-10 Lhasa Train Tour
In the morning we will board the train to Chengdu. Enjoy the endless North Tibetan plateau and Snow Mountains in the first day's riding. We will pass by Mountain Pass of Tangkula ( 5600m) and Kunlun ( 5200m ) . In the second day we will enjoy the Leoss plateau of West China. Night in train.

D11 Chengdu ( Giant Pandas / Green Goat Temple) （B,L ）
Arrive in Chengdu in the morning, and then we will head for Panda Garden firstly, which feed over 30 pandas all over the year. It will be an amazing experience to make friends with so many lovely pandas! If you offer certain donation, you can even take a picture with them in your arms! In the afternoon you will visit the Daoism temple, Green Goat Temple in the city.

D12 Chengdu / Leshan / Emeishan ( Giant Buddha Statue ) （B,L）
We will drive to Leshan to visit the Giant Buddha statue. Out cultivated in the deep cliff 1000 years ago, theGiant Buddha is playing the important role of depressing the surging rivers. We will take a cruise to adore its over view, then hike on the beautiful mountain to enjoy the Buddha closely. In the late afternoon we will head for the sacred Buddhism mountain, Emei Mountain. We will visit the ancient Baoguo Temple.

D13 Emeishan / Chengdu ( Emeish Mountain / Mask Changing Show ) （B,L,D）
We will ascend the summit of Mt Emeishan in the morning. The cloud sea, giant golden Buddha all will be wonder of our trip. And Emei Mountain is also a kingdom of moneys. Be careful, some mischievous monkey may stop you for foods. Back Chengdu in the afternoon. We will enjoy a delicious banquet of traditional Chinese Medicine Herbal. It will be an amazing experience to watch Sichuan Opera in the old style Tea house in the evening. And mask changing will bring the night to peak.

D14 Chengdu / HK （B）
Fly to HK in the morning. End of service.

Our prices included:

1.All of the accommodation. For tourist class, hotels will be around 3 star level, and 4 star level for superior class, and 5 star level for deluxe class. We will arrange them according to their location and facilities. Each 2 people share one room. 

2.The meals as schedule listed. Breakfasts in the hotel, Chinese lunches at local restaurant, and part of special flavor dinners. 
3.Tour site tickets. 
4.English speaking guide service. 
5.Domestic flights Xi’an / Guilin, Guilin/ Shanghai. 
6.Trains from Beijing to Xi’an, soft sleeper, every 4 people share one compartment. 
7.All of the private transportation in the airport / hotel, tour site between. 
8.Travel personal accident insurance with the highest refund of RMB 300000.00/ per people

Our prices not included :

1.Your international flight arriving and leaving Beijing.
2.The tip to guides and drivers. It will be shared according to the number of travelers. 
3.Your medicinal cost due to your own health condition. 
4.The cost of China visa, but we can provide China visa invitation letter free. 
5.Shopping. 
6.Any of other service we have not included.

1. Better discount is available when travel in low season from Nov. to March or when travel in a large group. Please contact us for more details.
2. Price of Tibet may rise in July and August, please double check with us before your booking.

If you require, we can book hotels in Chengdu, and make private airport and city tour necessary.

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