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Have you thought of driving into China with your own vehicle? It could be the most fantastic and amazing travel experience for overland tours in China, but it is a bit expensive for a single car to make such a trip. China Exploration pushed the join-in self driving tours for the overland tourist in order to cut down the budget as well as add more fun to the trip.
In this project, we will apply all of the government documents and apply Chinese driving license and plate for you. You just arrive at China boarder on time! And you can also fly to the boarder city and rent a Chinese car to join us! Come on!
China Exploration has long been expert in the overland tour: we know how to make self-drive overland in China ,how to enter china with a car,how to drive into china with permits, as well as how to get china driving license for foreigners.We will bring tourist to the remote and original reserved places and show you the authentic country side of this land.
Departure Date:
D1 July 14th , 2014 Turgart / Kashgar( Paved road, 101kms )
Cross the boarder today, meet with your guide, after complete the boarder works, you can driver to Kashgar.
D2 July 15th , 2014 Kashgar
Get your Chinese temporal driving license and plate, and then you can make city tours in Kashgar, such as the old town, Aitigar Mosque, Bazaar, etc.
D3 July 16th , 2014 Kashgar / Aksu （ Express way 462kms ）
Start your overland tours today. It is a long driving today along the north Silk Road, and we can enjoy the Takelimakan Desert en route as well as the villages of Urgar ethnic minorities.
D4 July 17th , 2014 Aksu / Kuche / Kurle （ Express way 545kms ）
Continue your overland tours today along the north Silk Road, and we can enjoy the Takelimakan Desert en route as well as the villages of Urgar ethnic minorities.
D5 July 18th , 2014 Kurle / Turpan （ Express way 392kms ）
Continue your overland tours today along the north edge of Takelimakan desert, enjoy the great view of desert and oasis en routes.
D6 July 19th , 2014 Turpan / Hami （ Express way, 412kms ）
Visit the ruin of Gaochang in Turpan in the morning. And in the afternoon drive to Hami, and enjoy the Gebi desert en route.
D7 July 20th , 2014 Hami / Dunhuang （ Express way, 415kms ）
Drive to Dunhuang in the morning, and visit the Minshashan Hill in the afternoon. If you like, you can ride camel here, and enjoy the Sunset of the desert.
D8 July 21th , 2014 Dunhuang / Jiayuguan （ Express way, 365kms ）
Visit Mogao cave in the morning, enjoy the amazing painting 1000 years ago. And in the afternoon head for Jiayuguan overland.
D9 July 22th , 2014 Jiayuguan / Gulang （ Express way, 526 kms ）
It is a long driving day today again, and we will drive along the Hexi Corridor, enjoy the villages and towns en route. If time permit, we will drop a visit to the Giant Buddha temple in Zhangye.
D10 July 23th , 2014 Gulang / Pingliang （ Express way, 540 kms ）
Driving day, enjoy the villages and towns en route.
D11 July 24th , 2014 Pingliang / Xi'an （ Express way, 360 kms ）
Driving day, enjoy the mountain and wide plateau of Loess en route. Arrive in Xi’an in at noon.
D12 July 26th , 2014 Xi’an Leisure Tour
Surely we will visit Terra Cotta Museum at first, and then make tour to other historical sites in Xi’an city, such as the Old City Wall, Wide Goose tower, Historical Museum, etc.
D13 July 27th , 2014 Xi’an / Chengdu （ Express way 715kms ）
We will start our long overland tours again today, enjoy the huge mountain of Qingling today and the great work of （ Express way bridges en route. Arrive in Chengdu in the afternoon.
D14 July 27th , 2014 Chengdu Leisure Tour
Leisure Tour today. It is amazing experience to visit lovely Pandas by self driving, and if you donate certain money to the panda, you can even hold it in your arm and take photo together! Of course, today is also a good chance to enjoy delicious Sichuan food, hot pot or family banquet, all for your choice!
D15July 28th , 2014 Leshan / Ya’an （ Express way 189 kms ）
Drive to Leshan in the morning, and then we will visit the giant Buddha today, you can both hiking or make river cruise of the giant Buddha, and then drive to Ya’an in the late afternoon.
D16 July 29th , 2014 Ya’an / Yanyuan Half （ Express way, half paved way 425kms ）
Again a long overland tour by self drive through the （ Express way. But you will travel through the residency of a new ethnic minority of Yi people today. Enjoy the big mountain and unique villages en route today.
D17 July 30th , 2014 Yanyuan / Luguhu Lake ( Paved road 137km ）
It is a long overland tour of self driving today, enjoy the beautiful mountain en route.
D18 July 31st , 2014 Luguhu Lake / Lijiang ( Paved road 285km )
Free to explore the beautiful lake around in the morning, and in the afternoon we will make 3 hours’ driving to Lijiang.
D19 August 1st , 2014 Lijiang / Dali （ Express way 206kms ）
Free to explore the old town of Lijiang. And then head for Dali by overland tours in the afternoon.
D20 August 2nd , 2014 Kunming / Dali （ Express way 318kms ）
In the morning we visit the Erhai lake, and the Dali old town. Dali could be one of the most beautiful tour cities in China. And then start the self drive overland tour again in the afternoon, and drive to Kunming.
D21 August 3rd , 2014 Kunming / Jianshui （ Express way 209kms ）
Head for Jianshui by self drive, and we will drop a visit in the Stone Forest en route.
D22 August 4th , 2014 Jianshui / Mojiang （Paved way 210kms ）
In the morning we will explore the Zhu Family garden and Confucius temple, and then start our overland tours to Jinghong in the afternoon.
D23 August 5th , 2014 Mojiang / Mengla Half （ Express way, half paved way 380 kms ）、
It is long driving tour today, and we will try to reach Mohan boarder.
D24 August 6th , 2014 Spare day in case of any delay.
D25 August 7th , 2014 Cross boarder to Laos
Cross China boarder to Laos and our China overland tours is complete. End.
Price: US $ 4450. 00 per car
Note:
It is based on one car with two passengers, and only one driving license provided. If there are more passengers in the car, extra US $ 250.00/ per person will be charged.
Price included service :
1. All of the government paper works, such as tourism, military, police, transportation, China Custom, etc.
2. One English speaking guide. He will seat in one of the car, so there must leave one seat for him. And he pay for his meals and accommodation himself.
3. Traveler accident injury insurance with the highest refund of RMB 100,000.00.
4. The travel permits for the traveller.
5. The temporal driving license and driving plate of the car in China. Each car we provided only one free temporal driving licenses, and US $ 150 per person will be charged for the extra driving license.
6. Provide free visa invitation letter.
7. Traveler’s travel injury insurance.
8. Obliged vehicle insurance with the highest refund of RMB 2000.00 for property and RMB 100,000.00 for the third people killing.
Price not included:
1. Your vehicle. You can drive your vehicle into China, or rent a Chinese vehicle.
2. Your oil, vehicle maintenance, parking fee, toll gate fees.
3. Your meals, accommodation and tour site tickets. You can stay in motor home or camping when the condition is suitable. And you can also stay in hotel if you like and pay for it in cash yourselves.
4. China visa or China visa extension fees.
5. Any of the medicinal cost due to your own health .
6. Any other cost we have not mentioned.
7. The deposit required by China Custom.
The files we require from you:
1. The information of your organization or travel agency or name, including your name, nationality, address, contact, the purpose of the travel.
2. The vehicle’s files: The clear pictures of them in front, side, back. Each of them should be 2 pieces. The copies of vehicle's registration paper in your country. You also need to state clearly about the vehicle, including their brands, place of production, engine numbers, chassis numbers, their value, their driving plate in your country, the name of their owner.
3. The drivers’ files : their names, nationalities, gender, occupation, passport numbers. They should be accord with your passport. The copy of their driving license in their country or their international driving license, which should be qualified in driving your car. Their ID photo , which we will use to obtain driving license. 8 pieces.
4. The information of passengers, including their names, nationalities, gender, occupation, passport numbers and copy of passport.
5. The annual vehicle Test certificate.
Note:
1. All of the files you can send us through mail scanning copies.
2. The driver should obey China traffic laws.
3. The overland travel we provided is only for sightseeing tours friendly, any activity disobeys China law should be handed up to police department. Any activities of taking film for the military base, trucks are absolutely dangerous and will cause problem.
4. The obtaining work is a very complex procedure with strong government facilities, so we suggest early work on it in order to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Special Attention:
1. Because it is group tours, all of the vehicles and travelers are bounded together, so you must enter and exit China together at the same boarder at the same time.
2. The route is permit by the government strictly, so you can not deviate it.
3. Because it is overland land tours, there are many unexpected facilities, so the might be flexibility in entering and leaving days, please leave certain margin for it when you apply files of other countries.
