Description

Day 01 (Mon) Beijing
Arrived in Beijing and transfer to the hotel. Sheraton Hotel or same class

Day 02 (Tue) Beijing (B/L)
Travel into the mountains outside Beijing and walk atop the Great Wall at Mutianyu. Return to Beijing and visit the resplendent Summer Palace, a former retreat of royalty.

Day 03 (Wed) Beijing/ Luoyang (B/L/D)
Visit the Forbidden City followed by a Beijing Duck lunch. Continue to the Capital Museum and a stop at the Olympic Park before board the ‘China Orient Express’ train for welcome dinner as the train heading to Luoyang.

Day 04 (Thu) Luoyang/ Xi’an (B/L/D)
Arrive in Luoyang and tour the famous Shaolin Temple and watch a Kungfu Show followed by a Vegetarian lunch at a Nunnery. Return to the train and travel to the ancient capital Xian.

Day 05 (Fri) Xi’an (B/L/D)
Arrive in Xian and visit the ancient city wall, the Statue of Starting Point of Silk Road and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda before check into hotel. Enjoy a Tang Dynasty Dinner and Show.
Sheraton Xian North City Hotel

Day 06 (Sat) Xi’an/ Tianshui (B/L/D)
Visits the Terracotta Warriors Museum and the Huaqing Hot Spring. Tonight, onboard the train and travel towards to Tianshui.

Day 07 (Sun) Tianshui/Jiayuguan (B/L/D)
Arrive in Tianshui and tour the Maijishan Grottoes, a series of caves cut in the side of the hill, contains Buddhist sculptures and murals. Continue travel through the loess plateau and Gansu Corridor towards to Jiayuguan, the most western end of the Great Wall.
Holiday Plaza Hotel Jiayuguan

Day 08 (Mon) Jiayuguan (B/L/D)
Visit Jiayuguan Pass, the best preserved and most magnifi cent military building among the passes of the Great Wall.
Holiday Plaza Hotel Jiayuguan

Day 09 (Tue) Dunhuang (B/L/D)
Enjoy a lecture on the Dunhuang and Magao Grottoes before arrival, visit the Mingsha Hill sand dunes and Crescent Moon Lake. After dinner, visit Shazhou Night Market.
Dunhuang Hotel or same class

Day 10 (Wed) Dunhuang/ Turpan (B/L/D)
Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Mogao Grottoes, one of the most important Buddhist Caves in the world containing beautiful, vibrant coloured frescoes and carvings. Return to our train and heads to Turpan.

Day 11 (Thu) Turpan/ Urumqi (B/L/D)
Arrive Turpan and visit ancient “Karez”, an underground irrigation system and Flaming Mountain and the ancient city of Jiaohe ruins. Continue train ride to Urumqi.
Hoi Tak Hotel or same class

Day 12 (Fri) Urumqi (B/L/D)
Full day excursion to the heavenly lake amidst Mt. Tian Shan. Afternoon visit the Museum with its famous mummy display and other relics from Silk Road and the famous Bazaar.

Day 13 (Sat) Urumqi/Kashgar (B/L/D)
Fly to exotic and colourful Kashgar and enjoy a tour include visits to the Id Kah Mosque, old city quarter and Abakh Khoja Mausoleum before a roasted Lamb Banquet.
Tianyuan International Hotel

Day 14 (Sun) Kashgar (B/L/D)
Witness the famous Kashgar Sunday Bazaar which still teems with traders, selling everything you can imagine. Return to the hotel for a late lunch. This evening, fly back to Urumqi.
Hoi Tak Hotel or same class

Day 15 (Mon) Urumqi/Home (B)
Transfer to the airport for your flight home.