China Absolute Tours - The Friendliest And Trustworthy China Travel Agency

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1 China Absolute Tours - The Friendliest And Trustworthy China Travel Agency Highlights of this package Price Quotation: USD 5091 per adult Single Room Supplement: USD 2285 Daily Itinerary And Summary Day 1 - Beijing -> Hohhot (L) Activities : Transportation This morning, you will be transferred to the airport and take flight to Hohhot. This afternoon, you will be free on your own to explore Huhhot. Flight:CA1111( )

2 Day 2 - Hohhot (B, L) Activities : Attraction: Xilamuren Great Glassland - 1, Attraction: Xilamuren Great Glassland - 1 This morning then take van to Xilamuren Great Glassland (90km, 1.5 hours), Upon arrivial, take the most ceremonious welcome ceremony -Down Horse Wine. Have the tranditional Mongolia food for lunch - Hand served mutton. Meanwhile Mongolia girl will propose a toast to you and present Hada,a long white silk cloth to you. In the afternoon, Enjoy the Mongolia style rassle and Horseracing performance. Then you can visit Mongolia herdsman home, to know what the local life is. Day 3 - Hohhot (B, L) Activities : Attraction: the Site of Dayao Culture - 1, Attraction: Inner Mongolia Museum - 1, Zhaojun Tomb Visits Links : Zhaojun Tomb Today we transfer to visit the site of Da Yao Culture.From 1973 to 1984 the workers of the cultural relics of Inner Mongolia had discovered and unearthed thousands of man-made stone implements, stone slices and stones. It is believed by the archaeologists that this site used to be the place of making stone implements 500,000 years ago. The man-made semi-finished stone implements can be seen on the ground of the site, which is about five kilometers in circumference. Besides, the fossils of the ancient animals and the ashes left by the ancients have also been discovered in the underground layers of the site. Like the Peking Man in Zhoukoudian Site of Beijing, the site of Dayao culture has undergone long years since the Old Stone Age and New Stone Age. In the afternoon visit Inner Mongolian Museum (Neimenggu bowuguan).it is the largest and best museum in Inner Mongolia, boasting a good selection of ethnic Mongolian items, and a historical lineage of this vast grassland province. Although not arranged in the most logical of order, the museum contains a variety of interesting exhibitions that should keep you interested. The captions in the museum are unfortunately only in Chinese and Mongolian, but most of the pieces pretty much speak for themselves.

3 The story of the concubine Wang Zhaojun, one of China's four historical beauties (along with Diao Chan, Xi Shi and Concubine Yang) is a Chinese morality tale of political alliance and sacrifice, a tale that, like much of Chinese past, has been obfuscated over time into numerous versions. The Tomb of Wang Zhaojun (Wang zhaojun mu) itself is also shrouded in mystery, in that no one knows whether the true concubine Wang lies beneath. Now we will go to have a look at her mausoleum. Day 4 - Hohhot -> Beijing -> Xining (B) Activities : Transportation, Attraction: Dongguan Great Mosque - 1, Transportation, Optional Attraction: Chinese Tibetan Medicine Cultural Museum - 1 After enjoying your breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for the flight to Beijing. Flight: CA1106 ( ) you will be transferred to the airport and take flight to Xining. After that, visit Xining's premier Islamic education center and the largest mosque,the Dongguang mosque.built in 1380,it is a pleasant spot for a stroll, some people-watching (especially just before or after prayer times) and a taste of China's Muslim life. Later on, go to visit the Tibetan Medicine Museum Of China. Established in September, 2006, the museum is the only of its kind in the world to comprehensively display Tibetan medicine culture, one of the traditional medical systems in China. It aims at preserving the cultural heritage of Tibetan medicine, showing rare cultural relics including medicine samples, surgery equipments and classical documents. Flight: CZ6994 ( ) Day 5 - Xining (B, L, D) Activities : Attraction: the Sun and Moon Mountain -

4 1, Qinghai Lake, Attraction: Bird Island - 1 After breakfast we will head to Riyue Mountain (Sun and Moon Mountain.It is undoubtedly a wonderful place from which to view the landscape around Xining. Lying 40 kilometers (25 miles) from southwest Xining, the mountain marks a border between the pastoral and agricultural areas of Qinghai Province evident in the views from the peak of the mountain. From June to September Riyue Mountain is particularly beautiful as the grass is lush and wildflowers grow in abundance The Ri (Sun) and Yue (Moon) Pavilions are key destinations for visitors to the area. Colorful frescos depict Princess Wencheng's journey through China to Tibet, and credit the princess with introducing farming, technology, medicine, and Buddhism to Tibet. In the afternoon drive to Qinghai Lake, the biggest and finest lake in China. The most charming and attractive place in Qinghai Lake is the Bird Island. It situated on the western shore of the Lake, and because of the receding water off its shores, the Bird Island has been turned into a peninsula. 164 species of birds have been identified at the lake. In spring and summer, the lake is ideal for ornithologists and bird-lovers, such as swan, wild goose, gulls, heron and petrel etc. Day 6 - Xining -> Golmud -> Lhasa (B, L, D) Activities : Transportation, Attraction: Chaka Salt Lake - 1, Transportation After breakfast you will be driven to Golmud. In the afternoon Along the road visit the Xiangride oasis, Yadan wind erosion view, desert and Charkham Salt Lake and the Salt Bridge. We can also visit the local Tibetan people and if lucky, we can see mirage, desert tornado, forest of desert. Arrive at Golmud at the noon time. Visit the Charkham Salt Lake where we can see the salt crystals, the colorful salt crystals some like corals, some like pagoda, some like flower, some like ivory, some like gem... Then you will transfered to Golmud railway station and

5 take an overnight train to Lhasa. Train: K9801 (00:36-14:55) Day 7 - Lhasa (No meal included) Activities : Activity: One Day on Qinghai Tibet Rail, Activity: One Day on Qinghai Tibet Rail This morning we continue our trip to Tibet.It is now possible to go to Tibet by train via the Qinghai-Tibet railway, the world's highest altitude railway. While traveling to Tibet by train takes much longer than by plane, you will be witness to thousands of miles of the most stunning landscapes in the world, rolling by outside your window. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway is the world's highest altitude railway. 960 kilometers of its track are located more than 4,000 meters above sea-level, with the highest point at 5,072 meters (more than 200 meters higher than the Peruvian railway in the Andes, formerly the world's most elevated track). Day 8 - Lhasa (B, L) Activities : Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street Visits Links : Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street Today visit the highest palace in the world-potala Palace which is the Dalai Lama's winter palace. It locates on the red hill, a good viewing point in Lhasa. This afternoon we go to the renowned Jokhang Temple which will provide you one of your first sights of devout Tibetans. In the temple you will see the glistening Sakyamuni statue which is considered as Tibetan Buddhism's rarity. stroll around the bustling Barkhor Street. Day 9 - Lhasa (B, L) Activities : Drepung Monastery, Norbulingka, Attraction:Sera Monastery - 1 Visits Links : Drepung Monastery, Norbulingka

6 After breakfast will be spent visiting Drepung monastery which is on the hillside west of Lhasa. Drepung is a Gelugpa monastery. To reach it, you have to climb up a small hill which will be a kind of interesting. In the afternoon continue to Sera Monastery, which is a well-known Buddha monastery. There is a beautiful rose garden near by, in Tibetan "Sera" means "pretty god"; this is where the name of the Sera Monastery comes from. Day 10 - Lhasa -> Gyantse (B, L, D) Activities : Attraction:Yamdroktso - 1, Transportation After breakfast you'll travel to Yamdroktso (4441m above sea level), one of the three holy lakes in Tibet. In the afternoon you will be transferred to Gyantse. Day 11 - Gyantse -> Shigatse -> Lhasa (B, L) Activities : Pala Farmland, Tashilhunpo Monastery, Transportation, Transportation Visits Links : Tashilhunpo Monastery After enjoying your breakfast go to the Pala Farmland which used to belong to the slave-owner family of Pala. After lunch you will be transferred to Shigatse. After that, visit the Tashilhumpo Monastery, one of the four greatest monasteries of the Gelugpa School of Tibetan Buddhism. Then be transferred to Lhasa by car. Day 12 - Lhasa -> Chongqing (B, L) Activities : Transportation, Attraction: Ancient town of Ciqi Kou, Optional Attraction:Stillwell Museum - 1, Optional Attraction: Hongya Cave This morning you will be transferred to the airport and take flight to Chongqing. After lunch go to Ciqi Kou old town to see old China.Though well within the modern city's boundaries, the village distrit of CIQI KOU, a former

7 porcelain production centre and port, incredibly retains a handful of flagstoned, one-hundred-year-old streets and wooden buildings, and offers an idea what the rest of Chongqing might once have looked like. Later on, go to see the Stillwell Museum.It was once used by the National Government as the house for distinguished guests. After General Joseph W. Stilwell's arrival in Chongqing on March 4, 1942, the place was made his headquarters and residence. Every time when he came to Chongqing during his two-year-and-eight-month service in China Theatre, the general lived here and conducted military conferences, held press meeting and met Chinese and foreign visitors. Then, the very special site named Hongya Cave is waiting for us. Relying on the mountains for support, the buildings are constructed along the riverside and extend from Jiefangbei directly to the riverside. Visitors to the area can take in the rows of raised buildings, admire Hongya Dripping, stroll mountain towns and old streets, appreciate the Bayu culture, and warm oneself over a mountain-side hotpot meal. Day 13 - Chongqing -> Three Gorges Area (B, L, D) Activities : Attraction: Dazu Rock Carvings - 1, Attraction: Dazu Rock Carvings - 1, Transportation After enjoying your breakfast we will have a day trip to Dazu.The steep hillsides of the Dazu area contain an exceptional series of rock carvings dating from the 9th to the 13th century. They are remarkable for their aesthetic quality, their rich diversity of subject matter, both secular and religious, and the light that they shed on everyday life in China during this period. They provide outstanding evidence of the harmonious synthesis of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Tonight you will take a ship to Three Gorges Area. Day 14 - Three Gorges Area (B, L, D) Activities : Fengdu Ghost Town, Fengdu Ghost Town Visits Links : Fengdu Ghost Town After breakfast starts your first full day on board.

8 Navigate the 8km long Qutang Gorge,the The Third Gorge ofthe Yangtze.There will also be a shore excursions to Fengdu Ghost City,a temple complex perched on cliffs above the river with commanding views. All meals and overnight on board the ship. Day 15 - Three Gorges Area -> Yichang (B, L, D) Activities : Attraction: CY- Lesser Gorges, Attraction: CY- Lesser Gorges, Transportation This morning it comes to the highlight of the cruise,which is sailing through the magnificent Three Gorges (Qutang, Wu, and Xiling) of the Yangzi, featuring towering peaks, sheer cliffs and dense vegetation.the Qutang, Wu, and Xiling Gorge each possess unique visual power and natural beauty, with cliff walls and dramatic vistas unfolding as the ship passes through the panoramic site. Get a closer look at the geology and see ancient hanging coffins on cliffs in the Lesser Gorges using a smaller motor boat to sail the tributary Daning River. The ship then navigates the Three Gorges Shiplocks. Enjoy a unique talent show by the crew members after the Farewell Dinner. Tomorrow you will arrive in Yichang. Day 16 - Yichang -> Beijing (B, L) Activities : Attraction: CY- Three Gorges Dam - 1, Transportation This morning spend your final time on the ship with a shore excursion to the gigantic and controversial Three Gorges Dam,the largest in the world. Navigate the East section of the 76km long Xiling Gorge, the first gorge of the Yangtze. After having lunch you will be transferred to the airport and take flight to Beijing. be transferred to the airport for your onward flight after disembarkation.

9 Flight: CA1824 ( ) Hotels of Different Classes Hohhot Xining Lhasa Gyantse Chongqing City Hotel Inner Mongolia Jinjiang International Hotel Enraton Internation Hotel Tibet Hotel Lhasa Gyantse Hotel Hilton Chongqing Yangtze Cruise Ships Deluxe Class Superior Class Tourist Class Ship Victoria Selina Services included - 5 stars hotel accommodation (or similar class, double occupancy) with daily breakfasts - 5 star Victoria Selina Cruise between Chongqin and Yichang - Entrance fees as specified in the itinerary - Meals as specified in the itinerary (B= breakfast,l=lunch,d=dinner) - Experienced English speaking guide in each city - Bottled drinking water supplied in Vehicle

10 - English map in each city - All nessary Tibet permits - Delivery fee of Tibet permits - Oxygen supply on Vehicle in Tibet - Air-conditioned private van for transfers and sightseeing - Horse riding at Inner Mongolia - Battery Car at Qinghai Lake and Bird Island - Little train experience at Chaka Lake - Domestic overnight soft sleepers between Golmud and Lhasa - Round-way domestic flights (economy class) between Beijing and Hohtot, one way domestic flights between Beijing and Xining, Lhasa and Chongqin - Domestic airport construction tax and fuel tax - Service Charges & Government Taxes - Travel Agency Liability Insurance Services not included - International transportation - Chinese visa - Cable car at Xiang Sha Bay(Singing Sand Bay) - Personal expenses such as: excess luggage charge (please verify your flight documentation), beverages, laundry services, etc. - Tips or gratuities to local driver and guide Remarks - The cabin on the train is shared by 4 people, the quotation here includes 1 people, 2 soft sleepers, which means only two of you will be in this cabin. - The superior cabin on Victoria Selina Cruise is located on the main deck. - We strongly suggest you to buy the tour insurance yourself -This tour price is not available from Feb 01 to Feb 07, May 01 to May 03,Oct 1 to Oct 7, The above rates and status are subject to change availability without noticing. Absolutechinatours.com Ltd Copyright 2013 Business License: L-ZJ01353