13 Days Chinese Essence Minority Standard Tour

After you arrive in Beijing, our local guide will pick you up and then drive to hotel for a good rest.

Beijing is a best place to travel in China.

Picked up in your hotel and began your coach tour in Beijing with mind-like friends overseas.
Explore Tiananmen Square, which is the largest imperial palace complex in the world (2.5 hours).

And then visit Forbidden City, which was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Visit the Summer Palace, which is the largest, most beautiful and exquisite imperial garden in the world. (90 minutes).

Hike the Great Wall, Climb up the Great Wall, well-known for the longest defense wall in the world. What a great experience! You will become “a true man, heroes and heroines on the Great Wall” as the old Chinese saying goes. (Cable Car is optional) (2 hours).

Stroll around Changling Tomb, the mausoleum of Emperor Yongle who was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.  He was the most famous historical figure among the Ming Emperors (1 hour).

Early travel to Temple of Heaven, you may see the Taichi exercises. Experience the Hutong by rickshaw.
Fly to Xian in the afternoon.
Welcome you and check in the hotel.

Morning picked by our guide and visit Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, which attracts a large number of loacl and overseas tourists (2 hours).

Then visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, regarded as the symbol of Xi’an (1 hour).

Then visit the City Wall, which is the best preserved wall in china, is one of the most beautiful landmarks in Xi'an (1 hour).

Meet the guide at the appointed time.

Morning picked by our guide and visit Shaanxi Historical Museum, symbolizes the great extent of Shaanxi history and its remarkable culture (1.5 hours).

Then explore the Qin Tombs, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (1 hour).

Fly to Kunming for your Yunnan travel in the afternoon.
Welcome you and check in the hotel.

Early morning to Stone Forest, which has the typical karst topography (area of limestone terrain) according to geologists, and several surrounding Sani minority villages(2 hours);

Visit Yi Minority Village. The ancestors of the Yi ethnic group can be traced back to the Qiang people living in northwest China. They later migrated south and joined the local southwest aboriginal and created a new group, the Yi ethnic group.

Fly to Dali and check in the hotel.

Visit Erhai Lake, which is the largest highland lake next to Dianchi and one of the seven biggest fresh water lakes in China.

And then visit Three Pagodas, which is a smybol of Dali city;

Stroll around Dali Old Town, which is located at the foot of the Cangshan mountain on the west side of the Erhai Lake.

You will be driven to Lijiang and check in the hotel.

Visit Black Dragon Pool, which lies in the Wulao Hills, is a famous sight on the northern outskirts of Kunming.

Then visit Dongba Culture Exhibition Museum, which represents the Dongba Pictographic Characters and Naxi Minorities mysterious Culture, some of which still use the matriarchal social system up till today.

Stroll around Dayan Old Town, which is a World Heritage Site in China recognized by the United Nations in 1999.

First visit Yufeng Si, which is one of the Scarlet Sect lamaseries of Lijiang and shows a conjunct architectural style of Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism and the local Naxi Dongba Religion.

Then enjoy the sightseeing of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which is a nice vacationing spot with great potential for snow sightseeing, mountaineering, explorations and scientific investigation.

Afterwards, visit Baisha Mural, which has its unique aspect that there are many Mural Paintings in temples.

Fly to Kunming and check in the hotel.

Travel to West Hill, which is also called 'Sleeping Buddha Hillsand'

Then visit Dragon Gate, , which is close to the west shore of the Dianchi Lake.

Afterwards, visit Huating Temple, which is famous for its rare flowers and trees.Many camellia, magnolia,sweet-scented osmanthus and others trees were planted in and outside the temple, made the temple the best place to enjoy the flowers.

Fly to Shanghai. Check in the Hotel.

Explore the Jade Buddha Temple, a venerable and famous Buddhist temple in Shanghai. (40 minutes);

Discovery in the Yuyuan Garden, a place of peace and comfort in the heart of bustling Shanghai. (1 hour).

Relax yourself in the Bund to enjoy the beautiful night scenery of this famous Oriental city. (40 minutes).

Have a look at the Oriental Pearl Tower, the highest TV tower in Aisa, to have a bird view of this metropolis (1.4 hours).

Today you will be driven to the airport for your departure flight, tour ends.