11-Day China Tour for Indian Travelers: Beijing to Hong Kong

Meals: No Meal
Hotel: In Beijing

Arrive in Beijing,, meet your local guide at the airport beside the YUNSKY signboard and transfer to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free to rest after the flight.

Beijing

Meals: Breakfast, Indian lunch
Hotel: In Beijing

Begin at Tian'anmen Square, a central landmark linked to important moments in modern Chinese history. Make a photo stop at The National Centre, often called “The Egg,” then walk to the Forbidden City for more than 2 hours among its imperial halls and gardens.

Lunch is served at a local Indian restaurant.

Visit the Temple of Heaven in the afternoon. This large surviving complex was used by emperors for ceremonies and prayers for good harvests and remains a strong example of traditional Chinese architecture.

Forbidden City

Meals: Breakfast, A La Carte Lunch
Hotel: In Beijing

Meet your guide and drive about 1 hour from central Beijing to Juyongguan Great Wall,. Built through a strategic mountain pass, this section was listed as World Heritage in 1987 and was counted among Beijing's notable landscapes around 800 years ago. Walk on the wall and look across the mountain setting.

An à la carte lunch is arranged at a selected local restaurant near the Great Wall.

Return to central Beijing and stop for around 0.5 hour outside the Bird Nest and Water Cube, landmark venues from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Continue to the National Museum of China, which has more than 120 million collection pieces and 48 exhibition halls presenting Chinese culture and history, . It closes on Monday; when closed, the itinerary includes a short walk through a Hutong alley instead.

The Great Wall

Meals: Breakfast, Indian lunch
Hotel: In Xi'an

Check out and visit the Summer Palace, China's largest well-preserved imperial garden. See Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake, choose an optional boat trip, and walk through the painted Long Corridor.

Have lunch at a nearby Indian restaurant, then transfer to Beijing West Railway Station. Take the high-speed train to Xi'an in a 2nd class seat for about 5 hours. Your Xi'an guide will meet you at the station and arrange the hotel transfer.

Summer Palace

Meals: Breakfast, Indian Lunch
Hotel: In Xian

Drive to the Terracotta Warriors, pausing en route at a pottery workshop to see how miniature figures are produced and make one yourself. Continue to the excavation halls to view the life-size soldiers, horses and chariots.

Return to central Xi'an and walk around the North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda, with an opportunity to see the north-plaza fountain show when it is running. Lunch is served at a nearby Indian restaurant.

Visit the Ancient City Wall, in the afternoon. Bicycle rental is optional. If weather conditions prevent a wall visit, the itinerary substitutes the Bell Tower.

Return to the hotel after sightseeing. Your guide can provide information about optional evening entertainment such as the Tang Dynasty Show.

Good to Know:
1. Bike-riding on the ancient city wall is permitted only for children over 10 years old or taller than 1.4 meters (4.6 feet). Younger children may walk or use a golf cart instead.

Terracotta Warriors

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, Indian Lunch
Accommodation: In Guilin

Visit the Small Wild Goose Pagoda, a Tang-dynasty Buddhist landmark, then watch a traditional shadow play and continue through Jianfu Temple and Xi'an Museum. Lunch is arranged at a local Indian restaurant before the airport transfer.

Fly from Xi'an to Guilin, an important gateway to southern China's karst landscapes. Transfer to the hotel after arrival.

Shadow play

Meals: Hotel breakfast, Lunch-box
Accommodation: In Guilin

Cruise along the Li River to Yangshuo, passing limestone formations, valleys and bamboo-lined banks. After disembarking, walk along West Street, a 1,400-year-old street where local and international influences meet. Return to Guilin by expressway with roadside views of the Yangshuo Ten-mile Gallery.

Li River Cruise

Meals: Hotel Breakfast, Indian Lunch
Accommodation: In Hong Kong

After breakfast and check-out, spend about 1 hour at Reed Flute Cave among its colored stalactites and stalagmites. Following lunch, transfer to Guilin Xi Railway Station for the approximately 3.5-hour high-speed train to Hong Kong West Kowloon Railway Station. A driver-guide will meet you and take you to the hotel by private vehicle.

Reed Flute Cave

Meals: Hotel Breakfast
Accommodation: In Hong Kong

Join the 4.5-hour Hong Kong Island bus tour from a designated boarding hotel. Cross Victoria Harbour by tunnel and travel through Wanchai to Victoria Peak for a 360-degree view over Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the harbor. Continue to Aberdeen Village to see fishing junks and floating restaurants, passing Repulse Bay and Deep Water Bay, then visit Hong Kong's largest jewelry factory.

After the tour, return to your hotel or a nearby designated boarding hotel. The rest of the day is free for independent shopping or sightseeing.

Victoria Peak

Meals: Hotel Breakfast
Accommodation: In Hong Kong

Meet the local guide at a designated boarding hotel and transfer to Hong Kong Disneyland Theme Park. The guide does not accompany guests inside the park and will provide the return MTR tickets.

Spend the day independently among Hong Kong Disneyland's rides, shops, restaurants and live entertainment in Main Street USA, Fantasyland, Adventureland and Tomorrowland.

After the park visit, return independently by MTR to your hotel or the nearby designated boarding hotel.

Hong Kong Disneyland

Meals: Hotel Breakfast

Enjoy free time, then walk to the Vigor Hotel–Airport Shuttle Bus stop at the included hotel and take the bus to Hong Kong International Airport.

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