Tour: 8 day of Beijing Guilin Longsheng Yangshuo highlights tour

Our tour guide will wait you at the exit of the airport holding a brand with your name before your landing.Then transfer you to your hotel by private car or van.Our experienced tour guide would like to introduce you city summary and some tips on the way. You could have a rest  to recover from jet lag after arrive at your hotel or to explore by yourself.

Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven.TheTian'anmen Square: is the spiritual heart of the world’s most populous country, occupy an area of 44 hectares (440,000 square meters),big enough to hold (half) a million people.On October 1st,1949,Mao climbed atop the ‘gate of Heavenly Peace’. which gives the square it’s name, to proclaim the foundation of the people’s Republic of China. On the square’s north end is the Gate of Heavenly Peace, which leads towards the Forbidden City .in the centre of the square is the 40m-high Monument to the People’s Heroes., chairman mao’s mausoleum, on the square’s east side house is Chinese history and revolution Museum, on the west is the Great Hall of the People.

The Forbidden City:The abode of 24 Ming and Qing emperors of the celestial Empire, the forbidden city is a fittingly awe-inspiring sight, Enclosed behind it’s moat and 9.9m high walls are 980 buildings, vast courtyards and long corridors that occupy a total area of 720,000 square meters, It’s alleged that as many as 1,000,000 workers and 100,000 artisans participated in the construction of this imperial palace, which began in 1406 and was completed in 1420 during the reign of Ming dynasty, the last emperor Puyi, left the Forbidden city in 1924,11 years after his abdication and the establishment of the Republic of China, after Puyi’s departure, the Forbidden city, which had long been off-limits to most mortals, was opened to the public, Hence its current Chinese name, gugong bowuyuan, meaning “the palace Museum”.

Afer lunch, go to visit pearl factory to enjoy pearl history in china,. teach you how to distinguish real pearl with fake pearl.
Then visit the Summer Palace,the Summer palace is a wonderful place to explore, as long ago as the Yuan dynasty, officials set up their private gardens in the scenic area, but the summer palace didn’t take on its present appearance until the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty. He deepened the park’s manmade lake and added building to serve as a ‘country home’ for his mother, though it would be the Empress Dowager Cixi who would have the biggest impact on the palace’s appearance.

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Full day trip to the Great Wall, Ming Tomb.
Go to visit famous cloisonne factory or jade factory on the way to Great Wall.
Pick you up from your hotel on departure time, and then drive to the Great Wall ,The great wall snakes its way across northern China, from the yellow sea and past the Gobi Desert for some 6000Km, it’s a remarkable place of engineering and is the most famous symbol of China. the genesis of the Great wall dates to the warring States period from 475 to 221 BC, when Chinese feudal kingdoms built earthen ramparts to defend against nomadic invaders. the sections of the Great wall near Beijing were renovated during the Ming dynasty.

The Ming Tomb: The tombs of 13 Ming dynasty emperors and their consorts are scattered in a gorgeous valley 45km northwest of Beijing, all but three of the Ming emperors lies in Nanjing, the tomb of the second emperor remains unknown as he had his throne usurped by his uncle and another emperor was considered illegitimate and wasn’t given the honor of an imperial tomb.
Enjoy a Chinese typical dinner .
In the evening (7:15~8:30PM), enjoy the Chinese Acrobat, or Chinese Kongfu show, choose one show from these three options, depending on your interest.

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Pick up you from hotel in Beijing to airport, take flight to Guilin, transfer from airport to hotel in Guilin.

Be met from your hotel in the morning, visit Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill, and Fubo Hill, then be transferred back to your hotel. (L)

Reed Flute Cave: It is 5km west of the city centre. Here multicoloured lighting and fantastic stalactites and stalagmites resemble a set from Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Inside, the Crystal Palace of the Dragon King alone can comfortably hold about 1000 people.

Solitary Beauty Peak: This 152m pinnacle is at the centre of the town. The climb to the top is steep, but offers good views of the town, Li River and surrounding hills.

Fubo Hill: Close to Solitary Beauty Peak, Fubo Hill offers a fine view of the town. Just inside the gate, you can still see a rice pot left over from the temple-it's big enough to cook rice for 1000 people at a time.

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One Day Longsheng tour for Ethnic Tribes Culture expedition.Depart in the morning and drive to Longji area.Then you will see the Terrace Rice Field.Enjoy the hiking tours around Pingan village for the wonderful views.
-Longsheng : It is located in the northeastern part of Guilin. It is famous for the natural beauty and the colorful ethnic Chinese cultures and customs .If you like you can visit Zhuang and Yao Minority tribes villages and families.

-The terrace rice fields : They were first built in the Yuan Dynasty ( about 800 years ago) and completed in the Qing dynasty as the crystallization of the wisdom and labor of the Zhuang people. The terraced fields with the highest place of an elevation of 885m and the lowest 380m are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountaintop, it looks like huge snail seen afar.

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Full day Li River Cruise to Yangshuo with lunch aboard .be transferred back to Guilin city and return to Guilin in the afernoon.

- Li River Cruise: Depart in the morning. Be transferred for a 4.5 hours wonderful cruise. You will enjoy most beautiful mountains ,villages and water.

-Yangshuo: It is a one-thousand-year-old town. You will have a short exploration to the old town .Free afternoon at Yangshuo.

Back to Yangshuo after tour.

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Pick up you from hotel in Guilin to airport, take flight to Beijing.