Trip: Beijing to Beijing (20 nights) Tour organiser: Shanghai Zhong Lei Travel Service Company no.: L-SH-00879
Day Weekday Time 1 Wednesday 13.00 14.00
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Thursday
16.09 11.34
14.00
19.30 3
Friday
9.00
13.00 19.00 9.00 14.00
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Saturday
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Sunday
8.30 12.40
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Monday
14.00 15.00 16.00
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Tuesday
7.30
Activity Meet Adventure Leader at Beijing Leo Hostel, for pre-departure briefing. Take metro from Beijing Leo Hostel to Beijing West Railway Station. Board train from Beijing West to Guilin North. Arrive at Guilin North Railway Station and take a car to Yangshuo. Our Yangshuo Adventure Leader can speak with you on the phone, to help you to find the driver. Bike ride - with the rest of your travel group. Cruise down the Yulong River on Chinese-style gondolas - bamboo rafts! Optional: Experience Chinese traditional Hot Cupping therapy. Optional: Enjoy Deep Water Soloing or RockClimbing.
Cost
Accommodation Night train
Yangshuo 11 International Hostel, NO. 11 Lian Feng Xiang, Unmissable West Street, YangShuo, GuiLin, Activity GuangXi Tel: +86 0773 6912 228 35 RMB
Soloing = 150 RMB RockClimbing = 170 RMB Optional: Mini bus to Moon Hill and cave complex 85 RMB - mudbaths and hot springs. Optional: Cormorant fishing. 45 RMB Optional: Kayaking on the Li River. 150 RMB Optional: A true treat - experience what life is like 80 RMB on a farm by visiting the local Adventure Leader's home village. Board bus to Guilin Railway Station. Say goodbye to your first Adventure Leader and board train to Chengdu. Arrive in Chengdu and meet your next Adventure Leader, before transferring by metro to your hostel. Optional: Massage from blind masseuse. 40 RMB Have a Mandarin Lesson with your Adventure Leader. Go see the pandas at the world's main and Unmissable biggest Giant Panda Breeding & Research Centre. Activity
Night train
Mr Panda Guesthouse, 75 2nd Ring Road North, Chengdu Tel: +86 028 8662 8336
Trip: Beijing to Beijing (20 nights) Tour organiser: Shanghai Zhong Lei Travel Service Company no.: L-SH-00879
11.30
18.30
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20.00 21.00 Wednesday 13.00 19.45 21.15
9
Thursday
12.20 13.15 15.00
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11
Friday
18.30 8.30
Saturday
16.00 7.00 8.00 15.00 16.30
Optional: Travel to Leshan to see the world's largest stone Buddha. Suggested Independent Activity: Wander the Jinli/Tibetan districts independently. (Sichuan is right next to Tibet, or Xizang in Mandarin, so there is a large ethnic community here.) Optional: Sample the famous Sichuan Hot Pot (if you dare!). Optional: Watch Sichuan Opera. Have a night out in Chengdu! Optional: Visit Wenshu Monastery, Mao's Statue, People's Park and a traditional tea house. Take public bus to Chengdu North Railway Station. Say goodbye to your Adventure Leader and board your train to Xi'an. Arrive in Xi'an and meet your next Adventure Leader. Bus from Xi'an Railway Station to hostel. Check in to your hostel. Optional: Explore the Bell-Drum Towers, Muslim Quarter and Great Mosque. Then enjoy a dinner of local street foods at the Muslim Quarter. Relax after dinner by visiting the local Silk Road market nearby. Optional: Charity program at Star Sun Home. Terracotta Warriors. Optional: Bike ride on Ming Dynasty City Walls. Board a minivan and then a public bus to DengFeng, the closest village to the Shaolin Temple. Take bus to Shaolin. Arrive in DengFeng. Dengfeng minibus from bus station to guesthouse. Optional: Kungfu lesson & show at a local kungfu children's home run by the Shaolin Temple.
90 RMB
Approx. 80 RMB 140 RMB
Night train
25 RMB
Shuyuan Youth Hostel, No.2 West Shuncheng Road, Xi'an Tel: +86 029 8728 7720
Unmissable Activity 100 RMB Bandeng Guest House Tel: +86 159 3871 9599 150 RMB
Trip: Beijing to Beijing (20 nights) Tour organiser: Shanghai Zhong Lei Travel Service Company no.: L-SH-00879
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Sunday
19.30 20.30 8.30 10.30 15.00 18.00 20.00
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Monday
22.12 6.00
10.00 10.30 16.00 17.00
14
Tuesday
5.00 - 6.00 9.30 11.00
Dinner in the guesthouse. Mandarin Lesson 2. Optional: Visit the home of Kungfu, the Shaolin Temple. Hike to Dharma Cave, a spiritual spot for Buddhist pilgrims, and be rewarded by beautiful views of the shrine and temples in the area. Have a late lunch at the guesthouse then pack and check out. Depart to Zhengzhou to board your train to Beijing. Arrive at the train station and have some food before your train leaves. Train departs. Arrive in Beijing and meet your next Adventure Leader. Transfer by private bus to hostel. You won't be staying the night here, so you won't be able to get into rooms, but you can use the shower rooms and common areas to relax before heading to the Great Wall in the afternoon. Mandarin Lesson 3. Optional: It's time for the Mandarin Challenge! Mandatory meal at a local farm to obtain permission to access the locals-only sections of the unrestored Great Wall. Hike on totally unrestored sections of the Great Wall before watching the sunset from there. (Please note: due to cold weather before the end of April and after September 30th, we stay in a guesthouse near the Great Wall instead of camping, but still return to the Great Wall to watch sunrise in the morning.) Sunrise on the Great Wall.
120 RMB
Night train
Camping or Badaling Zhen Xi Bazi Village Tel: +86 139 1069 2409
Unmissable Activity
Return to Beijing. Optional: Visit the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium, designed by one of the most controversial figures in modern China, Ai Wei Wei.
Leo Hostel, 52 Da ZhaLanXiJie, Qianmen, Beijing Tel: +86 010 6303 3318
Trip: Beijing to Beijing (20 nights) Tour organiser: Shanghai Zhong Lei Travel Service Company no.: L-SH-00879
17.00 19.00 15
Wednesday 9.00 10.00
12.00
20.00
16
17
Thursday
9.00
Friday
16.55 9.30 12.30 14.00 19.00 7.45
18
Saturday
8.30 14.00 17.37
Optional: A stunning Chinese Acrobatics performance by young talents recruited from around China. Enjoyed exclusively by royalty in ancient times, taste Beijing's signature dish - Peking Roast Duck. Optional: Take a walk through Tiananmen Square. Optional: Visit the Forbidden City, the largest palatial complex in the world. The grounds boast 980 buildings, and a history of housing 24 different Chinese Emperors. Optional: Go to Jingshan park for a bird's eye view of the three places: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square. Also the sight of a famous royal mass murder and suicide. Push your taste buds to the limit at the Wangfujing night market, where you can sample most foods you've never tried - such as scorpion, dog, cat, bugs and more. Optional: Go to the Temple of Heaven, the largest complex dedicated to heaven worship in the world, and where ancient sacrifices were made to bring bountiful harvests. Metro to Beijing Station. Board night train to Hangzhou. Arrive in Hangzhou and have breakfast, then take minivan to Moganshan Mountain. Arrive on Moganshan Mountain, famed for its bamboo forests. Biking in the quiet village and enjoying the beautiful view with lots of bamboos. Dinner. Have breakfast and then check out, but you can leave your bags at the hostel. Optional: Hike to Moganshan Peak. Travel to Deqing to take train from Deqing (15.49) to Hangzhou East (16.02), then depart at 16.50 arriving in Shanghai at 17.37. Arrive in Shanghai and transfer via metro to your hostel.
140 RMV 70 RMB 60 RMB
15 RMB
10 RMB
40 RMB
Night train
Howoo Life Hostel, NO. 52 Xiwuli, Houwu Village, Unmissable Moganshan, Deqing, Activity Hangzhou Tel: +86 572 804 1977
Phoenix Hostel, 15-17 South Yunnan Road, Shanghai Tel: +86 021 6328 8680
Trip: Beijing to Beijing (20 nights) Tour organiser: Shanghai Zhong Lei Travel Service Company no.: L-SH-00879
20.50 19
Sunday
9.15 17.00 21.00
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Monday
10.00 16.00
21
17.56 9.25
Tuesday
Optional: Set off for the Shanghai Drunken Dragon Pub Crawl - a big favourite with our funloving travellers! Optional: Take the bus to Zhujiajiao Water Town, a Chinese equivalent to the Italian Venice. Take the bus back to Shanghai. KTV. Optional: Walk to the Yu Gardens and back - a bustling historical site of a former dignitary's lavish family quarters. Metro from Phoenix Hostel to Shanghai Railway Station. Board train from Shanghai to Beijing. Arrive in Beijing, to finish up your epic China adventure!
180 RMB / 200 RMB 25 RMB Approx. 35 RMB
Night train
Not included
