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	Tour Name: China Explorer with Hong Kong for Families Tour Code: M12D196 Duration: 14 Days & 13 Nights Destination: Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Guilin, Hong Kong Features: This holiday takes you and your children to China to see the ancient history, meet local people, eat Chinese food, experience and learn Chinese culture and doing the activities that both you and your kids will love. It is indeed an eye-opener for you and your family. Departure Date: You Choose! Tour Price: From $800 P.P

Trip Summary

Detailed Itinerary

Dates & Prices

Tour Dates	Destinations	Tours & Services	Meals	Accommodation
Day01	Beijing	Arrive in Beijing, be met and transferred to hotel.	N/A	Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Day02	Beijing	Visit Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, The Temple of Heaven, enjoy Peking Roast Duck Dinner.	B, L, SD	Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Day03	Beijing	Morning Mutianyu Great Wall Hiking including cable cars. Take a Rickshaw Ride to visit the Hutongs, visit a local family and have lunch in their home. At night enjoy Kung Fu Show at the Red Theatre.	B, L, D	Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Day04	Beijing	A leisure day to visit Summer Palace, giant panda in Beijing Zoo, and Beijing Aquarium.	B, L, D	Jianguo Hotel Beijing
Day05	Beijing / Xian	Transfer to airport and fly to Xian. Visit Xian Ancient City Wall with Bicycle ride, learn how to make dumplings at local's home. Enjoy splendid Tang Dynasty Show.	B, L, D	Grand New World Hotel
Day06	Xian	Visit The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, Drum Tower, walking on the Muslin Food Market and local bazaar in the old city area.	B, L, D	Grand New World Hotel
Day07	Xian / Shanghai	Morning visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, then take flight to Shanghai. Arrive in Shanghai, be met and visit Nanjing Road The Bund and river cruise on the Huangpu River.	B, L, D	The Bund Hotel
Day08	Shanghai	Visit Ancient Water Town - Zhujiajiao, Yuyuan Garden and old city area. Enjoy splendid Chinese acrobatic Show at night.	B, L, D	The Bund Hotel
Day09	Shanghai / Guilin	Take morning flight to Guilin. Visit Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin.	B, L, D	Guilin Bravo Hotel
Day10	Guilin - Yangshuo	Li River cruise to Yangshuo, take Chinese cookery lesson in Yangshuo.	B, L, D	New West Street Int'l Hotel
Day11	Guilin / Hong Kong	A bicycle tour to visit rustic Yangshuo in the morning then transferred to airport for flight to Hong Kong. Arrive in Hong Kong, be met and transferred to hotel.	B, L	Regal Kowloon Hotel
Day12	Hong Kong	Full day tour in Hong Kong to the Aberdeen Village, Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, and the Ocean Park.	B, L	Regal Kowloon Hotel
Day13	Hong Kong	Free at your own leisure today for shopping etc.	B	Regal Kowloon Hotel
Day14	Hong Kong	Transferred to airport for your departure flight. Trip ends.	B	N/A

Day01 Arrival Beijing
Today you arrive in Beijing, the capital of China. Greeted and received by your local guide and escorted to your hotel in downtown Beijing. The rest of day is at your own disposal.


	Day02 Beijing (B, L, SD) Enjoy your buffet breakfast at your hotel. Today you will have a day guided tour to explore Beijing. This morning the tour begins with a visit of the Temple of Heaven, located in the southern part of Beijing, and has been one of the most holy places for the whole country for more than five centuries. It used as a complex of sacrificial buildings for the Ming and Qing emperors, and is the largest one in Beijing among several royal altars to Heaven, Earth, the Sun, the Moon and other deities or symbolic forces of Nature. Then you will take a walking in the iconic Tiananmen Square, which is probably the biggest one of its kind in the world. From here you will go on to the Forbidden City (also known officially as the Imperial Palace Museum ) was commissioned by the third Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yong Le. The palace was built between 1406 and 1420, but was burnt down, rebuilt, sacked and renovated countless times, so most of the architecture you can see today dates from the 1700's and on wards. The Forbidden City was the seat of Imperial power for 500 years, and is now a major tourist attraction in China. The total area of the complex is 183 acres, so it takes quite a while to walk through, especially if you want to have a close look at everything. All together there are 9,999 1/2 rooms in the Museum, not all of which can be visited. At night you will enjoy delicious Peking Roast Duck Dinner at a fine local restaurant.

Day03 Beijing (B, L, D)
This morning you will head to the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu. The Great Wall, like the Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal in India and the Hanging Garden of Babylon, is one of the great wonders of the world. Starting out in the east on the banks of the Yalu Rivers in Liaoning Province, the Great Wall stretches westwards for 12,700km to Jiayuguan in the Bobi Desert, thus known as the Ten Thousand Li Wall in China. In the afternoon you will return back the town and take a unique Hutong tour by a rickshaw to discover the old residential area of Beijing. Hutongs are closely associated with individual four-sided courtyard in which people live. Most Hutongs are running east west for the local dwellers to procure the sunlight. You will visit a local family and have lunch in their home. At night you will enjoy a splendid Chinese Kung Fu Show at the Red Theatre.

Day04 Beijing (B, L, D)
You start today's activity at the Summer Palace. Located at the northwest suburb of Beijing, the Summer Palace was originally a royal garden and a temporary dwelling palace for emperors of Qing Dynasty, Its predecessor was the Garden of Clear Ripples (Qingyiyuan) started in 1750 and burned down by the British and French allied troops in 1860. In 1886, Empress Dowager Cixi used navy outlays and other funds in the reconstruction and renamed the park as Summer Palace in 1888.The Summer Palace in northwest suburban Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. This afternoon is for children-friendly activities. You will visit lovely and cute giant panda in Beijing Zoo, and after that you will enjoy some quality time at Beijing Aquarium.


	Day05 Beijing / Xian (B, L, D) Take a morning flight to Xian. Arrival in Xian, your guide and driver will meet you and transfer you to the town for a trip to the Ancient City Wall of Xian. Built 600 years ago (1374 - 1378) in the Ming Dynasty, the Wall was added on the Tang Dynasty walls. Being the most prominent walls built after medieval time, it is also the best-kept and biggest city walls in Xian. You will ride a bicycle on the Ancient City Wall. After that you will make Chinese dumplings at a local's home. At night you will enjoy the amazing Tang Dynasty Show.


	Day06 Xian (B, L, D) Your Xian tour begins with the mighty Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses. Discovered in 1974, Xian Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Site is one of the most important archaeological finds in the 20th century. In a vault of approximately 12,000m2 and 5m underground lay some 8,000 terracotta infantry soldiers, archers, cavalrymen and chariots arranged in battle formation, ready to defend their emperor's immortal soul. After the visit you will have a very good local lunch at a graceful restaurant. Then you will head back town to visit the Drum Tower and have a walking on the Muslim food market and its nearby bazaar in the old city area.


	Day07 Xian / Shanghai (B, L, D) In the morning you will visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Situated at south of the Xian city, as one of the main constructions in the famous Buddhist temple-Da-Ci-En Temple, where Famous Buddhist Master Xuanzang (Monk Tripitaka) stored his well-preserved collection of classic Buddhist artifacts brought from India in Tang Dynasty. Now it is the Landmark of the Xian. After the visit you will take a flight to Shanghai, China's cosmopolitan city. In Shanghai, you will be met and received by local guide who will transfer you to the town for a walking tour to the famous Nanjing Road and the Bund. Nanjing Road is Shanghai's most hustle and bustle pedestrian street. The Bund is without question one of the most popular Shanghai attractions. This waterfront area, which runs for about a mile along the Huangpu River, forms the easternmost boundary of Old Shanghai, and here you can gaze at buildings of various architectural styles. You will enjoy a river cruise on the Huangpu River to view the townscape from a floating perspective.


	Day08 Shanghai (B, L, D) This morning you will head to Zhujiajiao, Shanghai's ancient water town. You will have a boat tour in Zhujiajiao. Drive back the city and visit Yuyuan Garden. Yuyuan garden is the most famous garden in south China and decorated with beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rock formations. At night you will enjoy a splendid Chinese acrobatic Show.


	Day09 Shanghai / Guilin (B, L, D) Transfer to airport to take your flight to Guilin. Arrive in Guilin, be met and visit Reed Flute Cave, visit Reed Flute Cave. Comprising different kinds of natural rock formations, Reed Flute Cave (Lu Di Yan) is the most important and sight worthy cave of Guilin vicinity for its length of 240 meters and its many stalactites, stalagmites and rock formations in weird and wonderful shapes appealing to everyone's imagination. In addition, you will visit the Elephant Trunk Hill, located at the confluence of the Li River and Peach Blossom River in the south central area of Guilin City. It looks like a huge elephant stretching its trunk and drinking water, hence the name. Elephant Trunk Hill is the symbol of Guilin and its limestone landscape.


	Day10 Guilin - Yangshuo (B, L, D) Guilin is perhaps China's most scenic city. It is no doubt that the best way to enjoy its picturesque scenery is from a floating deck of a luxury cruise on the Li River. Your guide and driver will transfer you from your hotel to Zhujiang Pier to board your wonderful river cruise tour to Yangshuo. Li River, also known as Guishui River or Gui River, takes its source at Maoer Mountain in Xing'an County, which lies to northeast Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Li River makes its way through Guilin and Yangshuo and merges into Xijiang River in Wuzhou. The mountains on the banks over 40 kilometers long between Guilin and Yangshuo display their extraordinary beauty as a result of the development of the limestone. More than 40,000 hills lie along the two sides of the river, covering a total length of more than 150 kilometers. With their astonishing resemblance to bamboo shoot, screen, elephant and camel, these mountains, together with green banyans and green bamboo as well as the cottages and fishing boats, contribute to form a scenery picture depicting a haven of peace dominated by green. After a 4.5 hours cruise on the river you will finally make disembarkation at Yangshuo where you will take a Chinese cookery lesson. This class begins at the local market where ingredients for the dishes are chosen by students. Back at a covered, rooftop patio-classroom, you have an opportunity to learn three dishes and enjoy the dishes cooked by you and your children.


	Day11 Yangshuo - Guilin / Hong Kong (B, L) This morning you will have a bicycle tour to discover the rustic landscapes of Yangshuo (or take a bamboo rafting on the Yulong River). The tour lasts approx. 2hrs. After that you will be transferred to Guilin airport to take your flight to Hong Kong. Arriving in Hong Kong, you will be met and transferred to your hotel by our local guide. The balance of the day is at your own leisure.


	Day12 Hong Kong (B, L) Enjoy your buffet breakfast at your hotel. Then you will be met and enjoy a full day tour in Hong Kong that covers the Golden Bauhinia Plaza, Victoria Peak with one way tram ride, Repulse Bay which has a popular beach and large statues of Kwun Yum and Tin Hau, among other colorful statues on the waterfront to protect fishermen out at sea, and the Aberdeen Fishing Village is home to hundreds of fisher folks living on junks. You will also enjoy a sampan ride to get a close-up look at their unique way of life at Aberdeen. In the afternoon you will visit the Ocean Park, dolphins are good actors or actresses. Your guide and driver will choose the best route for the tour that day based on your hotel's location and the day's traffic conditions. Transfer back your hotel.


	Day13 Hong Kong (B) Today is at your free leisure. You may do shopping and explore more about the city on your own.

Day14 Depart Hong Kong (B)
Your guide and driver will transfer you to airport according to your flight schedule. End of your China Family Tour.

Tour costing varies upon group size, travel season and hotel accommodation levels etc. For price details please email us at info@splendidchinatours.com.

Price inclusions:
01). All accommodations based on two persons sharing one room (single occupancy is subject to supplement);
02). China internal flights with airport tax or train as stated in the program;
03). Round-trip transfers between airports or railway stations, hotels, and scenic spots in each city by private air-conditioned vehicles with experienced licensed drivers;
04). All admission fees and activity expenses as listed in the itinerary;
05). Daily meals as specified in the itinerary: B denotes breakfast, L denotes lunch, and D denotes dinner (SD signifies special dinner);
06). Services of a local English speaking guide in each city (other languages can be arranged upon request, supplement may apply);
07). Travel Agency Liability Insurance during the tour;
08). Governmental taxes and fees.

Price excluded:
01). International airfare to/from China;
02). Chinese Visa fees;
03). Expenses of personal natural such as laundry, telephone, drinks, mini bar etc;
04). Personal shopping, optional activities and excess baggage charges;
05). Gratuities for local tour guides, drivers and hotel bellboy etc;
06). International travel insurance;
07). Services and activities that are not mentioned in the itinerary.