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SILK ROAD & INNER MONGONIA TOUR 15 DAYS
Tour code:CTS-07:
Beijing - Urumqi - Turpan - Dunhuang - Lanzhou - Yinchuan - Baotou - Xilamuren - Huhhot
| | Departure date | Return date | Adult Fare | Child Fare (U12,no bed) | Single Supplement | Land Only
Credit USD$600 |
| >> | Mar.27 | Apr.10 | USD$2499 | USD$1999 | USD$450 |
| >> | Apr.10, 24 | Apr.24, May 08 | USD$2599 | USD$1999 | USD$450 |
| >> | May 08, 22 | May 22, Jun.05 | USD$2599 | USD$1999 | USD$450 |
| >> | Jun.05, 19 | Jun.19, Jul.03 | USD$2699 | USD$2099 | USD$450 |
| >> | Jul.03, 17, 31 | Jul.17, 31, Aug.14 | USD$2799 | USD$2199 | USD$450 |
| >> | Aug.14, 28 | Aug.28, Sep.11 | USD$2799 | USD$2199 | USD$450 |
| >> | Sep.11, 25 | Sep.25, Oct.09 | USD$2699 | USD$2099 | USD$450 |
| >> | Oct.09, 23 | Oct.23, Nov.06 | USD$2599 | USD$1999 | USD$450 |
| >> | Nov.06 | Nov.20 | USD$2399 | USD$1899 | USD$450 |
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..:: Package Tour Details ::.. |
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| Day 01 |
West Coast-Beijing |
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Starting your tour by taking deluxe flight to Beijing, cross the international date line.
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| Day 02 |
Arriving Beijing |
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Arrive in Beijing-the capital of China. China Holidays tour guide greets you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel.
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| Day 03 |
Beijing-Urumqi (B,L,D) |
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Leave Beijing for Urumqi in the morning, upon arrival sightseeing the Lake of Heaven, which is at an elevation of 6435 feet above sea level. It is a beautiful highland lake, flanked by rugged pines and cypresses, and with clear waters that reflect the surrounding mountains. In winter, it provides an ideal alpine skating rink. Afterwards visit the Hill of Heaven Grassland. A roast lamb dinner banquet will be served in the evening.
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| Day 04 |
Urumqi-Turpan (B,L,D) |
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After breakfast, take motor coach to Turpan, a Uighur town set in a large oasis surrounded by desert and dry mountains. Upon arrival visit the mysterious Gaochang Ruins, which reveals traces of a prosperous ancient trading center and military stronghold. You will have an opportunity to sightsee the Flaming Mountains and Baizeklik Thousand Buddha Caves. Enjoy the Minority Singing and Dancing Show in the evening.
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| Day 05 |
Turpan-Urumqi (B,L,D) |
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Turpan is famous throughout China for its big and sweet grapes, visit the Grape Valley and Karez Underground Irrigation Channels. Motor coach back to Urumqi in the evening.
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| Day 06 |
Urumqi-Dunhuang (B,L,D) |
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Fly to Dunhuang in the morning. During the Han and Tang dynasties, Dunhuang was a major point of interchange between China and the outside world, a stopping-off post for both incoming and outgoing trading caravans. Upon arrival sightseeing the Singing Sand Mountains, Crescent Moon Lake.
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| Day 07 |
Dunhuang (B,L,D) |
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Visit the Mogao Caves-the World Art Treasure House. It is the world's most important sites of ancient Buddhist culture. The grottoes, also known as Caves of the Thousand Buddha, preserve nearly a thousand years of Buddhist cave-temple architecture, clay sculpture, mural paintings, and manuscripts, dating from the 5th to the 14th centuries. The Mogao Grottoes are carved into desert cliffs overlooking a river valley about 25km southwest of Dunhuang. The caves vary enormously in size, from tiny single-room cells that served as living quarters for individual monkto huge,
cavernous worship halls housing monumental sculptures and mural cycles. Enjoy the local cuisine dinner and the singing and dancing show.
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| Day 08 |
Dunhuang-Lanzhou (B,L,D) |
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Fly to Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province in the morning. Tour to the Zhongshan Iron Bridge, the first bridge on the Yellow River. Enjoy the well-known local hand made beef noodle.
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| Day 09 |
Lanzhou-Yinchuan (B,L,D) |
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After breakfast take boat to Yongjing County to visit the Bingling Grottoes. Bingling is a Tibetan term meaning ten thousand Buddha. Now about 183 caves with 694 stone sculptures, 82 clay figures and 900 square meters of murals have been preserved. The statues are all with different postures and facial expressions. Take soft-sleeper overnight train to Yinchuan after dinner.
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Yinchuan (B,L,D) |
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Arrive in Yinchuan-a place featured with the ancient Yellow River Culture, distinctive Islam Culture, unique Western Xia Culture, and frontier fortress culture in the morning. Upon arrival visit the Western Xia Tombs. The tombs were originally created by the founder of the Western Xia Kingdom at around 1000 years ago. Now there are 9 main tombs and 140 annex tombs left, containing various
important personages, relatives, concubines or empty spaces. Sightsee the Shahu Lake and the Helan Mountain Sculptures.
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| Day 11 |
Yinchuan-Baotou (B,L,D) |
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Take train to Baotou in the morning, visit Genghis Khan's Mausoleum, the biggest attraction in this part of Inner Mongolia. The Mausoleum attracts thousands of visitors every month, and has been elevated to the status of a holy site.
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| Day 12 |
Baotou (B,L,D) |
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Visit the Kubuqi Desert and the Resonant Sand Gorge, it is more a place of natural beauty than of historical importance. It receives its name from the echoing Shhhh that the sand makes as you step on its surface. Visitors here can try camel rides, can parasail, can slide the dunes or simply build sand castles.
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| Day 13 |
Baotou-Xilamuren (B,L,D) |
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Motor coach to Xilamuren Grassland in the morning, you may try activities such as Mongolian wrestling, horse & camel riding, rodeo competitions, archery, visiting Mongolian traditional tent (yurt), and trips to the aobaos (rock mounds that are normally festooned with flags, meant for worship). In the evening the camps provide interesting, including performances of traditional dancing, singing and melodies from traditional Mongolian instruments(B,L,D).
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| Day 14 |
Xilamuren-Huhhot-Beijing |
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Take coach to Huhhot, visit The Tomb of Wang Zhaojun, one of the four beauties in Chinese history, and Five Pagoda Temple, which is a miniature temple built in Indian style, so named for the five four-sided pagodas that jut up from the rectangular base of the building. Fly back to Beijing late afternoon, enjoy the famous Peking Duck dinner and Acrobatic Show.
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Beijing-West Coast (B) |
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Tour guide will transfer you to the airport and home your sweet home.
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Price Includes:
( All the price base on current exchange rate 1.00US.Dallor = 8.00 Chinese Yuan)
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- International airfare .SFO/LAX-Shanghai, Shanghai-SFO/LAX
- All the transportation services in China ( Land, Air, Water).
- First class hotels in China (based on double occupancy).
- Daily meals listed on the itinerary (American and Chinese combination breakfast, China lunch and dinner).
- All luggage transfer service between airports and hotels in China.
- English speaking local tour guide & national tour guide in China.
- Admissions to all scenic destinations listed in the itinerary.
- Travel Medical insurance in China.
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Price Excludes: |
- Chinese visa ($70.00/person). Please visit www.cntravel.biz/visa.shtml.
- Tips ($5.00 per passenger per day is suggested, covering guides, luggage service, drivers)
- Personal expense.
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Hotels |
- Beijing:
KingWing Hot Spring Hotel (5 Stars)
Tel:010-67656008
- Urumq:
Hoitak Hotel (5 Stars)
Tel:0991-2322828
- Turpan:
Turpan Oasis Hotel (3 Stars)
Tel:0995-8553388
- Dunhuang:
The Silkroad Duhuang Hotel (3 Stars)
Tel:0937-8882088
- Lanzhou:
Lanzhou Legend Hotel (4 Stars)
Tel:0931-8532888
- Yinchuan:
Tai Yang Shang Hotel (3 Stars)
Tel:0951-5046110
- Baotou:
Sheng Hua International (4 Stars)
Tel:0472-5368647
- Xilamuren
Stay at Mongolian Traditional Tent
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The above fares are for passengers departing from San Francisco, Los Angeles in U.S.A. Domestic add-on fares are: |
- U.S. Eastern and Central Standard Time Zone: +USD$250.
- U.S. Mountain Standard Time Zone: +USD$150.
- U.S. Pacific Standard Time Zone: +USD$100.
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