Sun, July 11

The main group departs July 11 at 4:50 pm from JFK Airport in New York City on
Air China, Flight # CA 0982 and arrives in Beijing, China on Mon,  July 12 at 6:20 pm.
This is a direct flight - 13:30 minutes.
 

Mon, July 12
Day 1

Beijing  
Delegation arrives Beijing, China at PEK airport Mon,  July 12 at 6:20 pm. (China is 12 hours ahead. We will be met and greeted by Tom Yang, our local guide，transferred to Beijing Orient Culture Hotel,. Check into the hotel and freshen up. Buffet dinner in the hotel. (D)

Beijing Oriental Culture Hotel
No.101, Jiao Dao Kou East Street,
Dongcheng District,
Beijing, China, 100007
Tel：(010)84031188
Fax：(010)84037168


 

Tues,
July  13
Day 2

Beijing
Hotel breakfast, China Briefing in the meeting room. The briefing officer from China Forest International Travel will give you a lecture briefly on China’s culture, history, and above all, what you will expect from your China trip. Touring the Tiananmen Square  the rest of the morning. Lunch at a local family in the old neighborhood. Taking a rickshaw tour in the afternoon exploring the true life of local people. Then visiting the Forbidden City. Dinner followed by enjoying the evening performance of “the Legend of Kung Fu”. (B, L, D)

 

Wed,
July 14
Day 3

Beijing
Hotel breakfast, visiting the Great Wall of China in the morning, on the way, will have a tour of the public area of the Olympic Green. Lunch and shopping at Beijing Run Ze Jade Restaurant. Visiting the beautiful Summer Palace in the afternoon. Return to the hotel and fresh up. Dinner at local restaurant. (B, L, D)

Thurs
July 15
Day 4

Beijing-Xi’an
Morning exercise of practicing Taichi at the Jing Shan park, just to the north of the Forbidden City. Visiting Guanganmen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital.  Visiting Temple of Heaven followed by having a walking tour at the famous Qianmen Pedestrian Street. Enjoying the famous  Beijing Roast Duck dinner. .

Taking the overnight train from Beijing to Xian. (Soft sleeper) Train Number: T43, Leaving Beijing at 9:35 pm. Arrive in Xian at 8:42 am. A great experience!
(B, L, D)

Fri
July 16
Day 5

Xi’an
Arriving in Xian at 8:42 in the morning. Met and greeted by Gerard Shi, Xian local guide. Transferred to Xian Bell Tower Hotel, www.belltowerhtl.com breakfast in the hotel. Freshen up. Delegates will have an early lunch, see the Shaanxi History Museum & visit the City Wall,, where you will also have lovely bicycle ride. Enjoying the Dumpling Feast in the evening. Return to the hotel and if you are still energetic, the local guide will walk you around the hotel, seeing the authentic night life of Xian. (B, L D)
 

Bell Tower Hotel 110 Nan Da Jie, Xian Shaanxi, China, 710001 Tel：(86-29)87600000 Fax：(86-29)87218767

Sat
July 17
Day 6

Xi’an
Hotel breakfast, visiting the Small Wild Goose Pagoda and Xian City Museum in the morning, after lunch, will visit the famous Terra Cotta Warriors Museum, return to the hotel and fresh up. Depart from the hotel in the evening; enjoy dinner and traditional (Tang) Chinese Folk Dancing Show. (B, L, D)

Sun
July 18
Day 7

Xi’an-Chengdu
Hotel breakfast, visiting Muslim Quarter, and the Great Mosque. Where the delegates will have a great understanding of the city’s minority culture and good shopping opportunity.  Then lunch at local restaurant. Depart for the airport to catch the flight from Xian to Chengdu, HU7855, 2:15-3:35 pm.

Upon arrival in Chengdu, met and greeted by Nicole, the local guide, transferred to Ying He Dynasty Hotel, www.yinhedynasty.com. Check into the hotel and freshen up. After dinner, enjoy the evening performance at a Shu Feng ya Yun Theater, Program including “Changing Faces” & “Spitting Fire”, etc. www.shufengyayun.com  (B, L, D)

Ying He Dynasty Hotel
NO.88 Shun Cheng Street,
Chengdu,610016,
P.R.C.
Tel:+86 028-86618888-8046\8331\8713
Fax:+86 028-86787467\86741351
Email: dynasty@mail.sc.cninfo.net
www.yinhedynasty.com 
 

Mon
July 19
Day 8

Chengdu
Hotel breakfast, then visit Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center in the morning. After lunch, Will travel to the historic town of Huang Long Xi (The Yellow Dragon Town) www.huanglongxi.com Enjoy the famous Bean Curd Feast for dinner. (A great specialty of Chengdu) (B, L, D)

Tues
July 20
Day 9

Chengdu-Guilin
Hotel breakfast and delegates will enjoy a free morning. Depart from the hotel for a famous vegetarian lunch at Wenshu Temple. Then visiting the famous Wenshu Temple in the afternoon, followed by having a lovely walking tour of Jin Li Street, a place gathered Chengdu’s most traditional-styled buildings and local cuisines. www.cdjinli.com After dinner, depart for the airport to catch the flight to Guilin. CA4323 7:55- 9:35 pm.  Upon arrival in Guilin, meet and greeted by Jeffrey Lai, Guilin local guide. Transferred to  Guilin Bravo Hotel Check into the hotel.
 

Guilin Bravo Hotel 14 South Ronghu Road Guilin, Guangxi People's Republic of China Zip code：541002 Phone：(86) 773 2898888

Wed
July 21
Day 10

Guilin-Yangshuo
Hotel breakfast, having a full day tour of the Li River. Lunch on board the ship. Arriving in Yangshuo in the afternoon. Check into Green Lotus Hotel. Dinner at local restaurant and then enjoy the lovely show of “Impression of Guilin” (B, L, D)

Green Lotus Hotel
NO.1 Guanlian Road
Yangshou, Guilin，
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,
China.
Post code: 541900
Tel：0086-773-8886666
www.greenlotushotel.com

Thurs
July 22
Day 11

Yangshuo
Hotel breakfast, then have a day tour of biking and rafting in Yangshuo County, enjoy the beauty of the nature there.  Visiting a local village school, Shuang Qiao Elementary School in the afternoon, great opportunity learning about China’s rural education system. (B, L, D)

Fri
July 23
Day 12

Yangshuo-Hong Kong
Depart in the morning from the hotel for Guilin City. Visiting the Reed Flute Cave. After lunch, will enjoy a relaxing Chinese Foot Massage. Depart for the airport in the afternoon to catch your direct flight to Hong Kong. CZ3031, 5:20 pm -6:20 pm .Upon arrival in Hong Kong, met and greeted by Bill Lau, Hong Kong local guide, then having dinner at a local restaurant. Check into Regal Kowloon Hotel. www.regalkowloon.com . That evening will be free to enjoy the spectacular Hong Kong harbor. (B, L, D)
 

Reed Flute Cave

With its location five kilometers northwest of the downtown of Guilin, the Reed Flute Cave is a brilliant cave marked on almost all travel itineraries. The cave got its name from the verdant reeds growing outside, with which people make flutes. Inside this water-eroded cave is a spectacular world of various stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations created by carbonate deposition. Illuminated by colored lighting, the fantastic spectacle is found in many variations along this 240-meter-long cave. Walking through the serried stone pillars, tourists feast their eyes on changing spots, feeling they are in a paradise where the Gods live.

Tourists enter the cave and then take a U-shaped sight-seeing route to see different spots, whereupon they exit it from another cave quite near the entrance one. One trip lasts about one hour. It is a Chinese habit to give each formation a legendary or poetic name such as Crystal Palace, Dragon Pagoda, Virgin Forest, Flower and Fruit Mountain and other interesting names. For some of these names, you need to use your imagination, but the story behind each is quite fun. It's a pleasure to listen to romantic or fairy tales whilst appreciating the fantastic stone formations. Both the stories and the lighting add mystery to the scene. Although there are different kinds of lighting inside, you are not supposed to take photos unless you are a professional photographer, because the light inside is not sufficient for exposure. At some spots, such as the Crystal Palace or Flower and Fruit Mountain, special photography is offered at 20 yuan for one picture. (They use special equipment to provide enough illumination.) Some 70 inscriptions on the cave wall said to be travelogues and poems derived from the Tang Dynasty, which made the cave a popular tourist site at that time.

 

Regal Kowloon Hotel 71 Mody Road, Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong Telephone: (852) 2722 1818 Fax: (852) 2369 6950 www.regalkowloon.com

Sat
July 24
Day 13

Hong Kong
Hotel breakfast, then enjoy a morning tour seeing  Victoria Peak (With one way peak tram), Repulse Bay, and Aberdeen Fishing Village with Sampan ride. Then Dim-sum lunch at Jumbo Floating Restaurant. Delegates could have the afternoon free. Then in the evening, the group will take the coach to pier for boarding the Bauhinia Dinner Cruise (Farewell buffet dinner)

Sun
July 25
Day 14

Hong-Kong - JFK (or home airport)
Hotel breakfast and then free morning to shop and do more sight-seeing
Depart from hotel to the airport.

We then leave Hong Kong on Sun, July 25 on
Cathay Pacific Airways, Flight # CX 0840 at 5 pm and arrive same day (time change)
at 8:55 pm in JFK.
This is a direct flight - 15:55 minutes.