Itinerary of China Tibet Tour - 14 Days Mysterious Tibet Tour Packages

• Day 1: Arrive at Beijing
  On you arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel in Beijing. Have a free time for the rest of the day.

 
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  Day 2: Beijing (B, L, D)
  Pick you up from your hotel on decided time and transfer you to visit the Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven. In the evening, enjoy the Peking Duck Dinner and Peking Opera show. After the tour, transfer you back to your hotel.
  - Tiananmen Square: is said to be the largest public square in the world. With a total area of 440,000 square meters and can hold one million people.
  - Forbidden City: the largest ancient imperial palaces where 24 emperors, 14 of the Ming and 10 of the Qing, ruled the country from here over a span of nearly 500 years.
  - Temple of Heaven: The temple was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvests.

 
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  Day 3: Beijing (B, L)
  Pick you up from the hotel and drive you to visit the Badaling Great Wall.  After lunch, transfer you to visit the Sacred Way, the Ming Tomb in the afternoon. Drive by the Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium) and the Water Cube (Olympic Aquatic Center) for external view. Transfer you back to the hotel after the tour.
  - Badaling Great Wall: As its name implies it gives access to every direction. With an elevation of 600 meters it is the most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall.
  - Ming Tomb: also called Shisanling (literally, Thirteen Tombs), it is the largest clusters of imperial cemeteries in China. They are mausoleums of thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Dingling and Changling were open to the tourist.
  - Sacred Road: Which means the road leading to heaven is lined with 18 pairs of stone human figures and animals, they are important decorations of the mausoleum.

 

• Day 4: Beijing - Lhasa (B)
  Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to Beijing Capital Airport to take a flight to Lhasa. On arrived at Lhasa, meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel.

 
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  Day 5: Lhasa (B)
  Pick you up from the hotel on decided time and transfer you to visit the Potala Palace. Then, move on to visit the famous Sera Monastery, Norbulingka Park and a visit to local Tibetan family. After the tour, transfer you back to the hotel.
  - Potala Palace: A UNESCO endorsed world cultural heritage site. It was where Dalai Lama lived. The palace consists of White Palace and Red Palace, with nearly 10,000 rooms.
  - Sera Monastery: It is dedicated to the Gelugpa Sect, a branch of Tibetan Buddhism and is famous for debates on Buddhist doctrines. Almost 10,000 Buddhist statues are preserved here.
  - Norbulingka: The biggest man-made garden in Tibet. It consists of palaces such as KelsangPotrang, Golden Potrang and TaktenMigyurPotrang, with totally 374 rooms.

 
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  Day 6: Lhasa (B)
  Pick you up from the hotel after breakfast and transfer you to visit Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street. Then, continue to visit the Tibet Museum, the Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital and the Carpet Factory. After the tour, transfer you back to the hotel.
  - Jokhang Temple: built in 647 as the earliest wood-masonry structure in Tibet. It is dedicated to a statue of Sakyamni. It has a collection of cultural relics dating back to the Tang, which includes statues of SongtsanGambo and Princess Wencheng.
  - Barkhor Street: Also called Bajiao Street - an ancient circular street with strong Tibetan flavor. It is a route where pilgrims holding prayer wheel walk clockwise. And now a famous commercial street.

 

• Day 7: Lhasa - Shangri-La (B)
  Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to the airport to take a flight to Shangri-La. On the way, you will visit a Tibetan family.  When you arrive at Shangri-La, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.

 
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  Day 8: Shangri-La (B)
  Pick you up from your hotel and then transfer you to visit the famous Bitahai Lake. And after that, tour guide will take you to visit Shudu Lake in Shangri-la. You will also visit Songzanlin Monastery on the way back to the hotel.
  - Bitahai Lake: Bitahai Lake is famous for its limpid water and its beautiful scenery set against its surrounding mountains and forests.
  - Songzanlin Monastery: Songzanlin Monastery also known as GuihuaMonastery, is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan province.

 
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  Day 9: Shangri-La - Lijiang (B, L)
  Pick you up from hotel on decided time and drive you to Lijiang. On the way to Lijiang,  visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge, the First Bend of the Yangtze River and the Stone Drum Town. After the tour, transfer you to the hotel in the old town of Lijiang.
  - Tiger Leaping Gorge: The deepest gorge in the world.
  - Stone Drum Town: Built during the Jiaqing era (1548-1561) of the Ming Dynasty, the stone drum is a monument commemorating the victory of LijiangNaxi ruler over an invading Tibetan army.
  - Lijiang Ancient Town: a central town of the Lijiang Autonomous County of the Naxi Ethnic Minority in Yunnan Province.

 

• Day 10: Lijiang (B)
  You will have a full day free to explore the city by your own.

 
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  Day 11: Lijiang - Kunming (B, L)
  Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to the airport to take a flight to Kunming. Arrive at Kunming, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. today, our tour guide wil lead you to visit the famous Stone Forest and the Flowers and Birds Market.
  - Stone Forest: Among the most dramatic of attractions of Kunming is the Stone Forest (Shilin), known since the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) as the "First Wonder of the World."

 

• Day 12: Kunming - Shanghai (B, L)
  Pick you up from the hotel and transfer you to the airport to take a flight to Shanghai. When you arrive at Shanghai, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Free on your own for the rest of the day.

 
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  Day 13: Shanghai (B, L, D)
  Pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to visit Shanghai Museum and the famous Yuyuan Garden. After lunch, drive you to the Bund area to take a cruise tour on the Huangpu River. The cruise will start at 14:00pm, and it will reach the Wusongkou pier and then get back to the Bund at 17:00pm. Have some free time to explore the Bund area by your own. After that, drive you to Central Hotel to enjoy an a la carte farewell dinner and see the Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre. After the tour, transfer you back to the hotel.
  - Shanghai Museum: The biggest museum in China, with a collection of over 120,000 pieces of Chinese art & cultural relics. The museum is especially famous for its treasures of bronzes, ceramics, paintings, and calligraphy.
  - Yuyuan Garden: is considered one of the most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the region.
  - Nanjing Road: the most famous thoroughfare in Shanghai for shopping and entertainment.
  - Huangpu River: the most important shipping artery of Shanghai. Cruises are available everyday, including the shorter cruises and the complete cruises.

 

• Day 14: Departure from Shanghai (B)
  Pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to airport and see off!

 

Tour Price (exchange rate: 1US$ = 6.1CNY)