Summery
Tour Code:CHT-TB-03
Departure Date: Daily
Features: Private Tour Guide Private Car & Driver Authentic Local Restaurants
We need at least 20 working days to apply the Tibet Travel Permit, so we recommend that you confirm the tour 30 days before your arrival in Tibet.
Combine China's most famous attractions in Beijing then to far flung Tibet. And continue trip to visit Chengdu which is the home to giant pandas. Last enjoy travel time in Shanghai that is a modern miracle city.
Highlights
- The Forbidden City
- Tiananmen Square
- Temple of Heaven
- Mutianyu Great Wall(with round way cable car)
- Beijing Olympic Green(outside tour of Bird's Nest and National Aquatics Center)
- Short Hutong Tour in Xicheng District
- Summer Palace
- Potala Palace
- Jokhang Temple
- Barkhor Street
- Sera Monastery
- Norbulingka
- Drepung Monastery
- Du Fu Thatched Cottage
- Jinli Old Street
- Panda Breeding and Research Center
- Wu Hou Temple
- Wenshu Monastery
- The Shanghai World Financial Center
- Shanghai Museum
- Yuyuan Garden
- Yuyuan Market
Tour Details
Our guide will meet you at the arrival hall of the airport. A comfortable vehicle and driver will be ready and waiting to take you to the hotel.
- Meals: No Meals
- Hotels: Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing Chaoyang U-Town | Sunworld Hotel Beijing | Red Wall Hotel Beijing
The Forbidden City
After breakfast, we will visit two famous Beijing tourist attractions - Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City. It is the best time for you to cross the time tunnel and experience Chinese culture and history. After lunch, visit Temple of Heaven, where the kings of Ming and Qing dynasties held annual ceremony and prayed for good harvest. Then go to visit Lizexiang Pearl Store. You will see how they are produced and learn how to spot a fake. (No pressure to buy)
- Meals: Lunch at Courtyard 7 Restaurant
- Hotels: Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing Chaoyang U-Town | Sunworld Hotel Beijing | Red Wall Hotel Beijing
Mutianyu Great Wall
Firstly, take a trip along the backbone of mountains to enjoy one of greatest man-made miracles in the world – the Great Wall at Mutianyu, which is more peaceful than other parts. You can enjoy superb view by cable car. After lunch, move on to Shahe Cloisonne Factory which manufactures and sells high quality Cloisonne ware. This is a popular place for those looking for special, quality souvenirs. (No pressure to buy)
- Meals: Lunch at Xin Shuang Quan Restaurant
- Hotels: Crowne Plaza Hotel Beijing Chaoyang U-Town | Sunworld Hotel Beijing | Red Wall Hotel Beijing
Hutong Tour in Rickshaw
Start your morning with visiting the Olympic Green that is an Olympic Park in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Then get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and to explore the essence of Beijing in the Hutong, you will be able to talk with local residents and learn about the local customs. After lunch, move on to much-loved summer retreat of the Imperial families- Summer Palace.
- Meals: Lunch at Beijing Ba Guo Bu Yi Restaurant
- Hotels: No
Overnight train to Lhasa
- Meals: No Meals
- Hotels: No
Arrived at Lhasa after two days train journey.
- Meals: No Meals
- Hotels: Brahmaputra Grand Hotel | Xinding Hotel | Dhood Gu Hotel Lhasa
Drepung Monastery
After breakfast, visit Sera Monastery, one of the three main monasteries of Lhasa, it is here that the monks "famous daily debates" take place. Then enjoy the summer palace for the Dalai Lama- Norbulingka (Jeweled Garden). After lunch, move on to Drepung Monastery which is built in 1416, it is considered as one of the largest monasteries in the six principle monasteries of Gelu Sect in China.
- Meals: Lunch at Steak House Restaurant
- Hotels: Brahmaputra Grand Hotel | Xinding Hotel | Dhood Gu Hotel Lhasa
Jokhang Temple
Obviously, it is like a dream coming true standing in front of the Potala Palace, feel your heartbeat climbing upwards the Palace. Then Join the locals and visitors to shop for local goods, or relax in a coffee shop or tea house to enjoy the passing parade in the Barkhor Street. After lunch, move on to Jokhang Temple, which is at the heart of a rich and living Tibetan Buddhism.
- Meals: Lunch at Lhasa Kitchen
- Hotels: Brahmaputra Grand Hotel | Xinding Hotel | Dhood Gu Hotel Lhasa
Fly to Chengdu and check in upon arrival and have free time to relax.
- Meals: No Meals
- Hotels: Chengdu Taihe International Hotel | Tianfu Sunshine Hotel Chengdu | Minshan Lhasa Grand Hotel
Panda Base
Firstly, go to visit Du Fu Thatched Cottage, a museum and memorial for Du Fu (712-770 AD), often called China's greatest poet. Then go to Jinli Old Street, you can see local arts and craft, traditional Chinese goods and so on. After that, visit Panda Breeding and Research Center. You can see giant pandas, red pandas, and other endangered species. After lunch, you have half day to visit Panda Breed Reserve.
- Meals: Lunch at Sanguyuan Restaurant
- Hotels: Chengdu Taihe International Hotel | Tianfu Sunshine Hotel Chengdu | Minshan Lhasa Grand Hotel
Wenshu Monastery
After breakfast, we will go to Wuhou Temple (The Temple of Marquis Wu) that is the most famous and influential of the temples dedicated to Zhuge Liang who is one of China's famous historic minister and military strategist. After Chinese lunch, visit Wenshu Monastery, large Zen Buddhist temple is a lively and attractive complex.
- Meals: Lunch at Long Chao Shou Restaurant
- Hotels: Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World | The Bund Hotel Shanghai | Kingtown Hotel Plaza Shanghai
Yuyuan Garden
In the morning, we will first visit the Yuyuan Garden, which is one of the most beautiful Suzhou style gardens in China. Then come to City God Temple- Yuyuan Market. After that, we will visit Shanghai Museum, the biggest and the best museum in China. After Chinese lunch, take splendid view over the city at Shanghai World Financial Center that is a super tall skyscraper. Then go to enjoy Jiangnan Silk Shop and Workshop. You can see how silks are produced from the cocoons of silk worms, and turned into the beautiful fabric.
- Meals: Lunch at HOME'S Shanghainese Restaurant(Lunch)
- Hotels: Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World | The Bund Hotel Shanghai | Kingtown Hotel Plaza Shanghai
Our guide and driver will transfer you to the airport.
- Meals: No Meals
Price Per Person
Price Includsion
- Entrance Fees to the Scenic Spots as Listed in the Itinerary
- Central Location Hotels
- Centrally Located Hotels with daily western & Chinese buffet breakfasts
- Authentic Chinese Food
- Private Cars and Drivers
- Private Guides
- Flights & Transfers in China
- Airport Taxes and Fuel Fees
- Service Charge & Government Taxes
- Travel Insurance
- Luggage Transfers
Price Exclusion
- International Airfare or Train Tickets to enter or leave China.
- China Entry Visa Fees
- Single Room Supplement
- Personal Expenses: such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary
Guide and Vehicle
Question and Feedback
Important Tibet Travel Tips
What things in China are best suited to children?
There are many things to do with children in China. We selected some interesting and popular activities for children in our family tours, which include Panda experience, Kungfu and Acrobatic show, Kite Flying, Chinese cooking class, kayaking, cycling on the City Wall and countryside and Cricket Culture.
How to get my Tibet travel permit?
Foreign visitors wishing to travel to Tibet must travel with a tour group with a guide and get Tibet Entry Permit with the help of the travel agent. To apply for a permit, you need to provide the following documents or information to us:
Tibet Travel Packing List
How to avoid altitude sickness.
In general, most healthy people will experience altitude sickness when travel into Tibet for at least two days. People will get sick and headache when in altitude over 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) is usually defined as high altitude. Since most places in Tibet are higher than this level, Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), also called Altitude Sickness is the biggest health risk to tourists in Tibet. Lhasa sits at a heady 3,650 meters (11,500 feet), and it is one of the lower altitude destinations in Tibet. We suggest prepare far enough in advance before the trip by some aerobic exercise and a thorough physical examination is necessary.
The following precautions may help to prevent or lessen the effects of AMS: