Colorful Yunnan - Beijing, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shanghai (12days)

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Tour name: Colorful Yunnan (12 days)
Tour Code: PT-CY
Departure: Daily
Minimum Number of Persons in Group: 2
Tour Type: Private
Destinations: Beijing/Kunming/Dali/Lijiang/Shanghai

Itinerary

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The tour we will provide is a private tour, which means you will visit China's best only with private car, driver and your professional private tour guide who will serve only for your group.There is no other person in your private group.

Itinerary

Day 1:	Arrive Beijing You'll be met on arrival in Beijing. On the way to the Hotel, your guide will explain tomorrow's arrangements. Spend the rest of the day exploring the nearby streets, or resting and catching up on your jetlag. Beijing is a city of amazing con trasts - an ancient capital with some incredible historical sites, and a bustling modern metropolis getting ready to host the 2008 Olympics.
Day 2:	Beijing (B, L) One day tour including the Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven. The day begins at Tiananmen Square, the largest City Square in the world. From there you will enter the Forbidden City, a powerful maze of ancient palaces and courtyards from which the emperor ruled the land for 500 years. After lunch we will take you to The Temple of Heaven a Ming Temple where the Emperors performed annual rites essential for the well being of their land.
Day 3:	Beijing (B, L) Today's excursion to the Great Wall (Juyong Guan section) of China promise to be a highlight of our travels. We¡¯ll have a chance to take a hike along one of the most beautiful sections and learn of its construction 2000 years ago, and examine first-hand one of the most scenic portions of its 3700 miles length. After lunch, you will be taken to The Summer Palace, a vast and beautiful landscape of elegant garden, lakes and pavilions. We'll admire the famous Marble Boat during the visit.
Day 4:	Beijing air Kunming (B, L) This morning you will take trishaw into Hutong, which is an ancient city alley, to experience the life of the local people. Visit the old quadrangles inhabited by Beijing residents. Tour in the Prince Gong's Palace and have a cup of tea. You also have an opportunity to visit a local family and chat with local people. Take afternoon flight to Kunming. Arrive Kunming, meet and transfer to the hotel.
Day 5:	Kunming (B, L) In the morning we will visit Flower and Bird Market to see the flower market and experience how the farmers there sell their flowers in the biggest flower market in Kunming. Next we will travel to the Stone Forest Scenic Area. The Stone Forest is called the "No.1 Wonder Under Heaven". The area is a deeply eroded limestone Karst area, and is the highest karst terrain in the world. The unique natural sights and Sani folklore are characteristics of the Stone Forest Scenic Area.
Day 6:	Kunming air Lijiang (B, L) Take the morning flight to Lijiang. Arrive Lijiang, transfer to hotel. Visit the Black Dragon Pool Park and enjoy beautiful views of 18,000-foot-high Yulong Shan (Jade Dragon Mountain) reflected in the waters of Black Dragon Pool. Visit Black Dragon Park, explore Lijiang Old Town and the Square Market. As you walk through the old town, you will immediately get An unique feeling by small bridges, swift streams, cobbled streets and gray tiled roofs of the Residential Houses. It is an ancient legacy of Naxi people.
Day 7:	Lijiang (B, L) Visit the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, take big cable car up to the peak of the mountain, hike in the mountain, enjoy the breath-taking view of the main peak (5596m high), and then drive to visit the outlying village of Baisha, the old capital of the Naxi, where you can admire the frescoes on one of its ancient temples. The Naxi Ancient Music performance is arranged in the evening. The Naxi are the last people in China to play Song Dynasty tunes derived from Taoist scriptures.
Day 8:	Lijiang/ Dali (B, L) Drive to Dali after breakfast. Arrive Dali, you will take a leisurely two-hour boat ride on Erhai Lake, with a chance to see the fishing junks that play this vast, shallow lake. The smaller junks often use captive cormorants to do the work of fishing, a practice that has been used in China for centuries. After lunch visit the Dali Old Town, a historically and culturally famous city of China, is renowned for her historical interest, and an important pass of the ancient "Silk Route of the South".
Day 9:	Dali air Kuming (B, L) Visit the landmark of Dali---Three Pagodas and then take the flight back to Kunming. Arrive Kunming, transfer to hotel.
Day 10:	Kunming air Shanghai (B, L) Take the flight to Shanghai. Arrive Shanghai. Tour to Bund, The water front of Shanghai, on either side you will find the Shanghai's today, yesterday and tomorrow, meanwhile you have a chance to enjoy the Exhibition of World Architectures at spot. And then go to famous Nanjing Shopping Road for shopping.
Day 11:	Shanghai (B, L) Today you will visit Shanghai Museum, which is one of the four most famous Museums in China, is famous for its Porcelain and Bronze wares collections. If you are lucky enough, you will find some International exhibitions for your own interests. Jade Buddha Temple, one of the famous Buddhism Temples in Shanghai with over 100 years, is followed, inside the temple you may find many vivid jade or marble status. Then Yu Garden, a Chinese classic garden with over 400 years old, is situated at old town area of Shanghai, you may have glimpse of ancient Shanghai
Day 12:	Shanghai Exit (B) Enjoy free till transfer to the airport for flight onward.

Tour Price for 2-5 persons in the party

Hotel

Tourist Hotel***

Comfortable Hotel****

Deluxe Hotel*****

Low/S.S

$1773 / 217

$1914 / 356

$2025 / 470

Flat/S.S

$1793 / 237

$1960 / 404

$2134 / 579

High/S.S

$1801 / 246

$2000 / 445

$2168 / 613

Note:

--You will have special discount for the group over 5 persons.
--The price for single traveler, without accommodation or domestic airfare is on
the request.
--The price is valid from March, 2008 to February, 2009
--The price for Olympic season is on request.

Olympic --
Low --
Flat --
High --
S.S --

Olympic season: 15 to 31 July, August, 1 to 8 September
Low travel season: December, January, February
Flat travel season: March, June, July
High travel season: April, May, 9 to 30 September, October, November
Single room supplement

Hotels will be used:

City

Tourist Hotel***

Comfortable Hotel****

Deluxe Hotel*****

Beijing

Harmony Hotel

Jianguo Garden Hotel

New Otani Hotel

Kunming

Haitang Hotel

Uchoice Hotel

Kai Wah Plaza Hotel

Dali

Lanlinge Hotel

Feng Hua Xue Yue Hotel

Lijiang

Guchengyuan Hotel

Shiner Hotel

Guanfang Hotel

Shanghai

Zhongya Hotel

Jianguo Hotel

Mayfair Hotel

Note:

All hotels are subject to confirm. We will change to other hotels with the
same category if the featured hotels are not available.

Price includes:

1. Return airport and sightseeing sports listed transfer.
2. Domestic flights or trains as listed in the itinerary.
3. Entrance fees to sightseeing spots listed.
4. Twin sharing or triple sharing hotel accommodations, with breakfast.
5. Regular or vegetarian Chinese lunch and dinner at local Chinese restaurant as specified.
6. English speaking tour guide, private car with air-conditional and driver.

Price excludes:

1. International Airfare & airport tax
2. Visa fees.
3. Gratuities, tips to guide or driver.
4. Personal expense & anything unmentioned above.

Please click "Service Item" for the detail of inclusions and exclusions

* This is a sample itinerary. It can be customized to meet your interest and schedule.

Would you like to see more about China? Please check our relative extension tour to enrich this itinerary.

1. Kunming-Zhongdian (Shangri-La)-Tiger Leaping Gorge-Lijiang

2. Dali-Xishuangbanna-Kunming-Shanghai