Day 1: Arrival in Beijing 

The prelude of your escorted China tour starts when you meet our professional local guide at Beijing Airport after reclaiming your luggage and clearing customs. Your guide will accompany you in a comfortable vehicle to the hotel and help you with the check-in procedure. The rest of the day is left for you to have a good rest or to become familiar with our capital city on your own.

 

Meals Included: No meal

Accommodation: 4-star Qianmen Jianguo Hotel Beijing

 

Day 2: Beijing 

Have breakfast at the hotel and be ready in your room at 8:00AM for further instruction of 700-acre guide. Then visit the massive Tian'anmen Square, then take a trip to the Old Hutongs, this tour will conclude your memorable Beijing trip. Taking the local rickshaw and traveling along the narrow lanes, you will get a close touch with the original Beijing lifestyle and culture. In the afternoon tour the Summer Palace and view the scenery of its lake (One-way boat cost is included). Then Drop off at Beijing Olympic Green on the way back to hotel If time and traffic permits! Those who want get into the stadiums of Bird’s Nest or Water Cub could buy tickets on the spot by their own. Optionally you can join the Chinese Kongfu Show with extra charge.

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel, lunch at local Chinese restaurant

Accommodation: 4-star Qianmen Jianguo Hotel Beijing

 

 

Day 3: Beijing 

Today, ride to the legendary Great Wall of China and stand on its famous ramparts. A local lunch is included, along with a visit to a jade or cloisonné enamel workshop. In the afternoon, then see the Forbidden City with its elegant palaces, pavilions and landscaped gardens, once open only to nobility.

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel, lunch at local Chinese restaurant

Accommodation: 4-star Qianmen Jianguo Hotel Beijing

 

 

Day 4: Beijing to Lhasa

Arrival and check in to the hotel. In the afternoon, we visit the heart of Lhasa the old Jokhang temple and stroll together with the prilgrims along the Barkhor the lively market street.

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

Accommodation: 4-star Lhasa Tianfeng International hotel  

 

 

Day 5: Lhasa – Yamdrok – Gyantse  280km 5hrs

Today we 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. Then, we drive through a very impressive scenery and over two passes and along the holy Yamdrok Lake to Gyantse which is said to be the most traditional town in Tibet. On the way we will see some of the most beautiful sceneries of central Tibet. 

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel, lunch at local Chinese restaurant

Accommodation: 3-star Gyangtse Hotel 

 

 

Day 6: Gyanste – Shigatse- Shelkar 330km 6.5hrs 

Early morning we drive on Shigatse where the Panchen Lamas resides in Tashilunpo Monastery. Then,continue drive to Shelkar.     

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel, lunch at local Chinese restaurant

Accommodation: 3-star Shelkar Hotel

 

 

Day 7: Mount Everest Base Camp  100km 1.5hrs

Today we get up early and drive to the Everest Base Camp. When we are lucky we can see the whole Himalaya mountain range with several of the highest peaks in the world.Late afternoon drive back to Shelkar for overnight

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel, lunch at local Chinese restaurant

Accommodation: 3-star Shelkar Hotel

 

  

 

Day 8: Shelkar to Lhasa 520km 9.5-10.5hrs

Today we enjoy the landscape during a long drive back to Lhasa. 

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel, lunch at local Chinese restaurant

Accommodation: 4-star Lhasa Tianfeng International hotel

 

 

 

Day 9: Lhasa/Shanghai

Transfer to Lhasa airport and fly to Shanghai, China’s most modern metropolis.

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel, lunch at local Chinese restaurant

Accommodation: 5-star Lexington Plaza Mingde Shanghai 

 

Day 10: Shanghai

View the Shanghai Museum, Continue to Yuyuan Garden, a 16th century Ming period private garden/residence in the heart of Shanghai’s old Chinese quarter. Along is the local bazaar and Shanghai Old Street. Visit Former French Concession District.. Stroll along the Bund and Nanjing Road to experience the thrills of old and modern Shanghai today. Tonight you can take an optional acrobatics show or enjoy night life at Xintiandi.

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel, lunch at local Chinese restaurant

Accommodation: 5-star Lexington Plaza Mingde Shanghai

 

 

 

Day 11: Departure from Shanghai

After breakfast, you may have your FREE arrangement as long as you check out before 12:00, the hotel can help to keep your luggage after check out if you don’t want go to airport right away, the cost to Pudong Airport costs usually no more than 200CNY, you may also choose to book the drop off service with English speaking guide at 450CNY for a car.

 

Meals Included: Breakfast at hotel

 

 

 

Departure Dates and Rates

Prices in U.S. dollars are based on per person with double occupancy

 

 

Cancellations and Refunds

We will charge you cancellation fee if you would like to cancel your tour after your booking is confirmed. Please see details as below:

 

 

Refund will be by the same means you pay. If you pay online or offline by credit card, refund will take at least one month. You can consult your bank for refund progress details.

Responsibility

We will arrange for you to receive the services that you choose and that we confirm. These services will be provided either directly by us or through independent suppliers contracted by us. We are responsible for making sure that each part of the tour you book with us is provided to a reasonable standard and as was advertised by us, or as changed and accepted by you.

 

The responsibility of us and its affiliated companies are strictly limited. We shall not be responsible for any wrongful or negligent acts, omissions, or failure to act of any suppliers such as those of surface, air, and water transportation, sightseeing excursions, cruise/hotel accommodations, or of any third party not directly owned or operated by us. If airline or cruise company change or cancel a flight/cruise, we will push the airline and cruise company to work out a solution, to change another flight/cruise for you. In this case we reserve the right to vary the sequence of sightseeing and/or to re-route the order of cities, or adjust the days in related cites but will ensure same arrival date in Beijing and same departing date in Shanghai. In either case, there are no refunds for any unused or unavailable excursions.

 

By utilizing the travel services of the suppliers, you agree that you will look to such suppliers for any accident, injury, property damage, or personal loss to you or to those traveling with you, and that neither we nor any representative of us shall be liable. 

 

We reserve the right to substitute hotels of similar quality at any time or to make changes in itinerary of similar quality, flights, or cruise ships. 

 

Our local tour guides may arrange some souvenir shop visits during the tour. For every single group, local guide may adjust the shops described in the itinerary to meet the group members’ interest and demand. However, such visits will be strictly limited to only once in each city, unless extra shopping visits are required by group members.

 

Please understand that not all museums and attractions are open every day of the year. We reserve the right to vary the sequence of sightseeing and/or to re-route the order of cities if that will enable you to visit all listed excursions. In either case, the itinerary content will be maintained to the extent possible and there are no refunds for any unused or unavailable excursions.