Tibet Classic Tour
- Tour Price: $2440
- Tour Code: TT02
- Available: Daily
- Duration: 14
- Tour Type: China Tibet Tour
This tour will bring you to experience dreamlike of Tibet, exotic culture, unique highland landscape. You will be enchanted with the majestic Potala Palace and holy Yomdrok Lake. Tibet, a "forbidden land" not only by man but also by nature, attracted many explorers, scholars, and pilgrims and adventure lovers, all in pursuit of "Real Shangri-la". It is not only the geographical and natural enchants but also a long historical culture and religion that appeal the foreigners to visit Tibet at least once in a lifetime. Every visitor came with admiration and left Tibet with their lifetime memories.
Tour Prices (this is private tour based on per person and shown in US dollars) | |
Group Size | Price / Traveler |
2 persons | USD2830 |
3-5 persons | USD2610 |
6-9 persons | USD2440 |
(For 10 persons up, please email us for new quotations) |
Hotel fare and daily buffet breakfast | Lunch and dinner listed in the itinerary |
Entrance fees to the sightseeing | China domestic flight and airport taxes |
Private vehicle, driver and guide | Accident insurance and Travel Permit for entering Tibet |
International air fare and airport tax | Personal expenses |
Tips for guide and driver |
Tour Itinerary
Day 01: Arrive in Beijing
When you arrive in Beijing, your guide will greet you and take you to your hotel where you will have time to relax and settle down.
Day 02: Beijing (B/L/D)
Today's tour will first bring you to Tiananmen Square and then to the Forbidden City, the largest and most intact group of ancient structures in the Imperial Palace. After a few hours at the Forbidden City, you will eat lunch and then head to the Summer Palace, the resort of Empress Dowager Ci Xi. For dinner, you will eat Beijing's famous Peking duck and then head back to your hotel.
Day 03: Beijing (B/L/D)
Today's trip will be the amazing Great Wall of China, the only man-made structure on Earth that can be observed from the moon. After hiking for a few hours, you will have lunch and then visit the Ming Tombs, the burial site for 13 of the Ming emperors. At night you will watch an acrobatic show and then return to your hotel.
Today you will fly to Xian, the ancient capital city of China. When you first arrive in Xian you will visit the ancient City Wall followed by the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Tonight's dinner will consist of an imperial dumpling banquet followed by a show of dancing and music from the Tang Dynasty.
Day 05: Xian (B/L/D)
After eating breakfast, you will visit the Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses, widely regarded as the eighth wonder of the world and then visit the Tomb of Emperor Qin.
Day 06: Xian / Chengdu (B/L/D)
This morning you will fly to Chengdu, there you will visit Dufu Thatched Cottage and the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. After that you will be taken to your hotel to rest.
Day 07: Chengdu / Lhasa (B/L/D)
Today you will leave Chengdu for Lhasa, Tibet. When you arrive in Lhasa you will be met by your guide and drive to the hotel to check-in. The first day in Lhasa there will be hardly any activities planned due to the change in oxygen levels. You are suggested to do as little as possible to give your bodies' time to adjust to the thin air. Dinner will be held at the local restaurant in the city.
The day begins with a tour of the Dalai Lamas' Summer Palace, Norbulingka and the exciting sutra-debating in the Sera Monastery. Next you will visit the world famous Potala Palace. Dinner will be served for you at the hotel.
Day 09: Lhasa (B/L/D)
Today you will visit the Jokhang Temple, the most sacred place for Tibetan Pilgrims. Around the temple is Barkhor Street, a place where you can bargain for souvenirs. After lunch, you will go to The Tibetan Museum. If you would like, we can also arrange a tour to the workshop of the Lhasa Carpet Factory for a visit of making traditional Tibetan carpets and also The Tibetan Traditional Hospital. Tonight's dinner will be served at the hotel.
Day10: Lhasa / Chengdu / Guilin (B/L/D)
Today you will take a flight to Chengdu and then be transferred to Guilin. Upon arrival, you will be taken to your hotel for overnight.
Enjoy the splendid mountains, lush green pastures, farms, villages, and animals with a 4.5 hour cruise down the Li River. Guests are picked up at the Zhujiang Pier and escorted down to the thousand year old town of Yangshuo, and then you will visit the West Street. Back to Guilin in the evening.
Day 12: Guilin / Shanghai (B/L/D)
Half-day tour of the Reed Flute Cave, known as the "Palace of Natural Arts" and the Elephant Trunk Hill. After lunch, you will be brought to the airport and board your plane for Shanghai. Upon landing in Shanghai, you will be picked up by your guide and brought to your hotel.
Day 13: Shanghai (B/L/D)
Today you will take a tour of China's largest city, which is also China's principal port located on The Yangtze River Delta. You'll visit the Bund, Nanjing Road, Yu Garden, and the well-known Temple of City Patron. After that you will be brought back to your hotel to rest.
Day 14: Depart from Shanghai (B)
This morning you will be driven to the airport for your flight to your next destination.
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