15 Days Train Tour to Beijing Xian Chengdu Guilin and Hong Kong

Welcome to China. Welcome to Beijing, the iconic city and capital of China! Upon your arrival, you will be greeted by CCT’s private guide and driver with a sunny smile, who will escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is your own to relax. If you want to explore nearby areas, feel free to get some practical suggestions from your tour guide.

Meals: No meal, advice freely available

• Hotels: Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, Regent Beijing, Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing, Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel

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After a good night rest in the hotel, you will first explore the center of Beijing and the largest urban open square in the world, the Tian’anmen Square. It is like the time tunnel, connecting the present and the past, the Forbidden City. It was home for 24 Emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasty, hosting numerous precious collections and relics. After Forbidden City exploration and lunch in the local restaurant, take a short visit to Jingshan Park where you can get a nice shot of one watchtower of Forbidden City and take a panorama of Forbidden City.

After visiting the emperor’s home, you will visit common people’s home. Walk around the Hutongs and have a real touch and connection of the local life of Bejingers. 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch in Jindingxuan Dim Sum Restaurant with a la carte menu

Feature Dinner option: Peking Roast Duck (Dadong Peking Duck, Qianmen Quanjude Peking Duck), Fangshan Restaurant, Mei Family Restaurant, Bai Family Restaurant)

Optional evening activity: Kungfu Show or Peking Opera

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, Regent Beijing, Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing, Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel

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If you get up early enough, you are welcomed to join in the morning exercises in Temple of Heaven. It used to be a place for emperors offering sacrifices to the gods of Heaven. Your China tour is not completed if you do not visit the Great Wall in Beijing. There are several parts of Great Wall in Beijing. The one you will visit today is the Mutianyu, a less crowded yet well-preserved segment of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty. Cable car, chairlift and toboggan are available here, both for fun or energy-saving. I strongly suggest you to try the toboggan if you want to experience something exciting.

After the tour, your guide and driver will transfer you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Hilton Beijing Wangfujing, Regent Beijing, Park Plaza Beijing Wangfujing, Beijing Double Happiness Courtyard Hotel

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The imperial garden is another attraction that you should not miss, Summer Palace. It is the largest and best-preserved royal garden in China. With the introduction of the guide, as if you could feel that the royalty used to rest in the shade on the Long Corridor. Here you will also enjoy a big boat cruise in Kunming Lake like the royalty used to do. After lunch, you will be transferred to the Beijing West Railway Station to take the bullet train to Xi’an. You will be picked up by your Xi’an local guide at Xian North Railway Station and escorted to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Dayali Restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Sofitel Legend Peoples Grand Hotel Xian, Wyndham Grand Xian South

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Terracotta Army may be another reason for you to come to China. Your dream will come true today after 40 minutes’ drive. You will be amazed by these fabulous artistic skills of ancient Chinese artisans as the facial expressions of each figure are quite different.

You will later be transferred back to the city area to wander leisurely around the bustling and lively Muslim Quarter, a place where you can try different local snacks and experience Muslim culture. What you should not miss is the Great Mosque. It is a fusion of Chinese culture and Islamic culture, a sacred religious site with huge ancient architectural complex, also a surprisingly quiet land away from the bustling Muslim streets.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch in the local restaurant near the Terra-Cotta Warriors with a la carte menu

Feature Dinner option: Defachang Dumpling Restaurant, Lao Sun Jia Muslim Restaurant, First Noodle under the Sun

Optional evening activity: Tang Dynasty Show and Dumpling Banquet

Note: There are souvenir shops at the exit of Terracotta Warriors. Remember this is a non-shopping tour. Just say no if you do not want to buy.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Sofitel Legend Peoples Grand Hotel Xian, Wyndham Grand Xian South

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After breakfast, your guide will meet you at the hotel lobby. You will step your feet on where the ancients stood in the past, the ancient City Wall. It's the most completed city wall that has survived in China, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world. You can explore this ancient wall in different ways, biking, golf car or a leisure walk based on your preference. Later, you will get close to the local people by taking a dumpling making lesson in a local family. You will enjoy the dumplings made by yourself after the lesson. After lunch, you will be transferred to one of the city's most distinctive and outstanding landmarks, Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Be ready to say goodbye to your Xi’an guide and driver. You will arrive at Chengdu by the 3.5 hours bullet train, where you will be escorted to the hotel by our Chengdu guide and driver.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch in the local family

Notes: For the local temple protection, a temple guide will show you in this site. After the sightseeing, the guide will show you the donation or shop area inside the temple. You may decline if you do not like donation or shopping.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: The Ritz-Carlton, Chengdu, Chengdu Xijinge All Suites Apartment

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After a good night sleep, today you will get up earlier to head to Dujiangyan Panda Base, where you will take a whole-day panda keeper program. As a Panda keeper, your tasks include feeding the pandas with bamboo and apple and making panda breads with the teachers. You might have to do some cleaning duties in the enclosure, or collect and weigh the panda poop.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch in the panda base

Feature Dinner option: Lao Ma Tou Hotpot, Huang Cheng Lao Ma

Optional evening activity: face changing show and taste the local tea in Shufengyayun Theater

Note: You may need to get up earlier than before as the pandas are more active in the morning. The guide will confirm the time with you the night before.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: The Ritz-Carlton, Chengdu, Chengdu Xijinge All Suites Apartment

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Still basking in the joy of the panda experience? Wake up; today you will get close to local Chengdu people’s life. People’s Park is an important entertainment place for Chengdu citizens. Locals occupy this park with dancing, Tai Chi and many other activities, among which the most popular one is playing Mah-Jong during the weekend. Mah-Jong is a favorite pastime in Chengdu and an important social activity for all ages. Here you will also visit a local teahouse to have a taste of the local tea.

Then you will pay a visit to Jinli Old Street, an ancient pedestrian street that blend well into the modern city with most of its buildings can be dated back to Qing dynasty. You can find many local snacks here, also Sichuan opera in some tea shops. The Wuhou Ancestral Hall (The Temple of Marquis Wu) in Chengdu's south suburb is the most famous and influential of the temples dedicated to Zhuge Liang who lived from 181 until 234 AD.

The last stop is Jinsha Site Museum. Covering a total area of about 38,000 square meters (9 acres), Jinsha Site Museum mainly consists of Relics Hall, Exhibition Hall, Cultural Heritage Protection Center and Ecological Garden.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch in the local hot pot restaurant with a la carte menu

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: The Ritz-Carlton, Chengdu, Chengdu Xijinge All Suites Apartment

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Today, wave your hands to your guide and driver in Chengdu. Say hello to your Guilin guide and driver after a 2-hour flight. Are you ready to explore the beauty of Guilin with them for the rest of the 4 days?

Meals: Breakfast

• Meals: Breakfast,
• Hotels: Guilin Shangri La Hotel, Jolie Vue Boutique Hotel Guilin, Aroma Tea House

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Be ready to savor the natural beauty of this small city by starting the tour to Folded Brocade Hill, where you can get a good view of the Li River, the Duxiu Peak (Solitary Beauty Peak), Fubo Hill (Rippling-Wave Hill), and downtown Guilin. Getting down from the hill top, you will head to Guilin’s largest and most impressive cave, Reed Flute Cave. It is cool in summer and warm in winter.

After lunch, you will visit one of the four most famous ancient towns in Guangxi, Daxu Ancient Town. As you stroll around this town, you will have a real touch of its time-honored history as well as the local life. There are many vendors selling local snacks.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch at Mc Found Restaurant with a la carte menu

Feature Dinner option: Xiaonan Guo, Gold Dragon Village Restaurant, Yilu Restaurant, The Taste-Made Restaurant

Optional evening activity: Night cruise in Two Rivers and Four Lakes Scenic Area

Note:

• Wear antiskid shoe when climbing the hill and visit the cave as the ground can be slippery in the cave.
• Sedan chair is available at the entrance if there are senior having difficulty in moving in the cave with many steps.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Guilin Shangri La Hotel, Jolie Vue Boutique Hotel Guilin, Aroma Tea House

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Today, be ready to get up earlier as you will enjoy the most quintessential scenery in Guilin, the Li River by taking a relaxing big boat cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo. It is said that Guilin landscape tops those elsewhere, and Yangshuo landscape tops that of Guilin.

Head directly to West Street after disembark. It has a history of more than 1,400 years and is considered the oldest street in Yangshuo, full of restaurants that are Chinese and Western style, handcraft and souvenir stores, snack stalls, Western bars, cafes, hotels with different styles, and so on.

Meals: Breakfast, Buffet Lunch on the cruise boat

Feature Dinner option: Local Beer Fish Restaurant

Optional evening activity: Impression Show of Sanjie Liu

Note: Meet the guide at the hotel lobby on time as there is no delay and change for the departure time of the cruise ship.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Yangshuo Banyan Tree Hotel, Yangshuo Mountain Retreat

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Food is a useful card for a city. Tasting may make you feel good, but the memories of making with your own hands will last long. Begin the cooking class with the search of the base ingredients in the local market. Bargaining with the vendors is interesting and having a sense of accomplishment. Learn to cook some local dishes, like beer fish with the teacher and enjoy your own work after the lesson.

Get close to the nature by riding a bike along the Yulong River and Yangshuo countryside. Stop on the road from time to time to immerse yourself into this charming county.

Board a bamboo raft for a peaceful rafting tour in Yulong River. It is a great chance to play water and enjoy the scenery in such a relaxing way.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch in the cooking school with the food cooked on your own

Note: There is age restriction for the bamboo rafting in Yulong River from 10 to 70 years old.

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,
• Hotels: Yangshuo Banyan Tree Hotel, Yangshuo Mountain Retreat

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I know you hate to leave, but it is time to say goodbye. Today, you will head to a metropolis, Hong Kong, by the bullet train. It is totally different from Guilin. Here your guide will wait for you at the exit with your name board and help you do the check-in at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast

• Meals: Breakfast,
• Hotels: The Peninsula Hong Kong, Harbour Grand Kowloon, Metropark Hotel Kowloon

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Whether this is your first visit to Hong Kong or you are here to refresh your memories, this comprehensive half day tour is quite enough for you to know the Hong Kong Island. This tour will cover the Highlights of Hong Kong Island - Victoria Peak with one-way Peak Tram, Repulse Bay, and Aberdeen with sampan ride or Stanley Market. Go atop to the Victoria Peak by a tram, set your feet on the soft beach of Repulse Bay, floating on Aberdeen with a sampan ride and do some shopping in the Stanley Market. There are lots of interesting things to do during this half day tour. After that, the guide and driver will transfer you back to the hotel. Rest of the day is on your own arrangement.

Meals: Breakfast

Feature meal option: Ming Court Cantonese Restaurant, Lei Garden Cantonese Dim Sum, Tim Ho Wan, Dim-Sum Specialists

• Meals: Breakfast,
• Hotels: The Peninsula Hong Kong, Harbour Grand Kowloon, Metropark Hotel Kowloon

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Today is the end of your China tour. Your guide will escort you to the airport and help you do the check-in. Farewell. Hope to see you next time in China.

Meals: Breakfast

• Meals: Breakfast,

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