Trip:
Date of Departure from HK:
Date of Tour End in HK:
Tour Organizer:
Company No.:
Day
1
Time
Wednesday
Hong Kong to Hong Kong (24 nights)
3/18/15
4/11/15
Shanghai Zhong Lei Travel Service
L-SH-00879
Activity
8.00 Meet your group and first Adventure Leader in the Hostel
Reception of Yes Inn @ Causeway Bay (Leave luggage at hostel)
8.15 Take the tram up to Victoria Peak and enjoy a view of Hong Kong
from high up
9.00 Pre-departure briefing on top of Victoria Peak
9.30 Hike down Victoria Peak back to the Yes Inn @ Causeway bay for
last minute preparations
Accommodation
Monkey Jane's
Youth Hostel, 24
Lianfengxiang,
Yangshuo, Tel:
+86 077 3882
1603
12.00 Take the Train to Guangzhou East to board your 2-hour bullet
train to Yangshuo, Guilin
2
3
Thursday
Friday
20.00 Disembark and travel to your hostel
9.00 Optional: Enjoy Deep Water soloing or Rock- Climbing, both
traveller favorites!
13.00 Group Lunch
14.00 Unmissable Activity: Cruise down the Yulong River on these
Chinese style Gondolas - Bamboo Rafts!
19.30 Cormorant Fishing
8.30 Optional: Bike Ride to Moon Hill and a cave complex including
mudbaths and hot springs
15.30 Try your hand at cooking up some traditional Chinese foods at
this friendly local cuisine institute
20.00 Optional: Experience Chinese traditional therapies such as Hot
Cupping
9.00 Optional: Enjoy kayaking on the Li River (must be back by 13.00!)
14.00 Optional: A true treat, experience what life is like on a farm by
visiting your Adventure Leader's home village
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
9.00 Board bus to Guilin
13.00 Say goodbye to your second Adventure Leader and board train
to Chengdu
6
Monday
14.00 Arrive in Chengdu and meet your next Adventure Leader, before
transferring by metro to your hostel
15.00 Optional: Massage from blind Masseuse
7
Tuesday
16.00 Have a Mandarin Lesson with your Adventure Leader
18.00 Optional: Sample the famous Sichuan Hot Pot (Legendary Spice!)
7.30 Unmissable Activity: Gather up to go see the Pandas at the
world's only Giant Panda Breeding & Research Center
11.30 Optional: Leave to Leshan to see the world's largest stone
Buddha.
Train details in order taken [K651, K6, K402, T31, G7670, G7658, D106, K197, K197]
Night Train
Mr Panda
Guesthouse
75 2nd Ring Road
North
Chengdu
Tel: +86 028 8662
8336
Trip:
Date of Departure from HK:
Date of Tour End in HK:
Tour Organizer:
Company No.:
Hong Kong to Hong Kong (24 nights)
3/18/15
4/11/15
Shanghai Zhong Lei Travel Service
L-SH-00879
19.00 Optional: Wander the Jinli/Tibetan districts independently.
(Chengdu is right next to Tibet, or Xizang in Mandarin, so there is
a large ethnic community here)
8
9
Wednesday
Thursday
21.00 Have a night out in Chengdu at JellyFish!
13.00 Visit WenShu Monastery, Mao's Statue, People's Park and a
traditional Tea House
19.45 Take public bus to Chengdu North
21.15 Say goodbye to your Adventure Leader and board your train to
Xian
12.15 Arrive in Xi'an and meet your next Adventure Leader
13.15 Check-in to your hostel
15.30 Optional: Bike Ride on Ming Dynasty City Walls
17.30 Explore the Bell-Drum Towers, Muslim quarter and Great
Mosque to learn about the history of the Silk Road, Bell-Drum
Towers, Great Mosque and some local legends. Then enjoy a
dinner of local street foods at the Muslim Quarter.
Night Train
Shuyuan Youth
Hostel
No.2 West
Shuncheng Road
Tel: +86 029 8728
7720
19.30 Enjoy a dinner of local street foods at the Muslim Quarter. Relax
after dinner by visiting the local Silk Road market nearby.
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12
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
8.30 Un-missable Attraction - Terracotta Warriors - Free
18.00 Optional: Volunteer at a local soup kitchen for homeless people
(Please note that we must limit volunteers to 15 people per
group as locals feel uncomfortable with too many foreigners
looking on)
21.00 Optional: Try a night out China-style by going to Karaoke (KTV)
7.00 Board a private minivan then a bus to DengFeng, the closest
village to the Shaolin Temple
14.00 Arrive in DengFeng
16.30 Optional: Kungfu Lesson & Show at a local Kungfu Orphanage
run by the Shaolin Temple. All proceeds go directly to the
orphanage
19.30 Dinner in the Guesthouse
20.30 Mandarin Lesson 2
8.30 Optional: Visit the flagship of Kung Fu, The Shaolin Temple
10.30 Hike to Dharma Cave, a spiritual spot for Buddhist pilgrims, and
be rewarded by beautiful views of both the shrines/temples in
the area and the views of the area
15.00 Have a late lunch at the guesthouse then pack and check out
18.00 Depart to Zhengzhou to board your train to Beijing
20.00 Arrive at the train station and have some food before your train
leaves
Train details in order taken [K651, K6, K402, T31, G7670, G7658, D106, K197, K197]
Bandeng Guest
House
Tel: +86 159 3871
9599
Night Train
Trip:
Date of Departure from HK:
Date of Tour End in HK:
Tour Organizer:
Company No.:
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Monday
Hong Kong to Hong Kong (24 nights)
3/18/15
4/11/15
Shanghai Zhong Lei Travel Service
L-SH-00879
6.00 Arrive Beijing and meet your next Adventure Leader. Transfer by
minibus to hostel. You won't be staying the night here, so you
won't be able to get into rooms, but can use the shower rooms,
and common areas to relax before heading to the Wall in the
afternoon
10.00 Mandarin Lesson 3
10.30 It's time for the Hutong Challenge! Use your freshly learned
Mandarin to complete challenges around Beijing's ancient
streets and alleyways. The winning team earns a prize.
Badaling Zhen Xi
Bozi Village
Tel: +86 139 1069
2409
16.00 Mandatory meal at a local farm to obtain permission to access
the locals only sections of the unrestored Great Wall
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Tuesday
17.00 Unmissable Attraction - Hike on totally unrestored sections of
the Wall before setting up camp on a deserted section of the
wall to watch the sunset on one of the Wonders of the World
(Please note, due to cold weather before end of April and after
September, we stay in a guest house near the Wall instead of
camping, but still return to the Wall to watch sunrise in the
morning)
5.00 Unmissable Attraction - Sunrise on the Wall
6.00
9.30 Return to Beijing
11.00 Optional: Visit the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium designed by one
of the most controversial figures in modern China
Leo Hostel 52, Da
ZhaLanXiJie,
Qianmen, Beijing;
Tel: +86 010 6303
3318
17.00 A stunning Chinese Acrobatics Performance performed by young
talents recruited from around China
19.00 Enjoyed exclusively by royalty in ancient times, taste Beijing's
signature dish Peking Roast Duck
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16
Wednesday
Thursday
10.00 Optional: Visit the Forbidden City. The largest palatial complex in
the world, the grounds boast 980 buildings, and a history of
housing 24 different Chinese Emperors
12.00 Go to Jingshan park for a birds eye view of the three palaces:
Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace and
Tiananmen Square. Also the sight of a famous royal mass murder
and suicide.
14.00 Test your bargaining skills in the Fake Goods Market!
17.00 Set off to the train station to board your train back to Hong Kong
19.55 Your train to Hong Kong departs
18.00 Arrive in Shenzhen, and cross the border into Hong Kong to
finish up your trip!
Train details in order taken [K651, K6, K402, T31, G7670, G7658, D106, K197, K197]
Night Train
Not Included