Silk Road Adventure - 13 days
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Overview
Highlights
- Urumqi - Tian Chi (Heaven Lake), Xinjiang Museum
- Kashgar - Id Kah Mosque, Aba Khoja Mausoleum
- Turpan - Grape Valley, Gaochang city, Bezeklik Caves, Astana tombs, Imin Minaret, Jiaohe Ruins and Karez Well
- Zhangye - the red gritstone area
- Jiayuguan - Jiayuguan Pass and Fort at the Western end of the Great Wall of China
- Lanzhou - Yellow River cruise and Bingling Temple
- Xi’an - UNESCO-listed Terracotta Warriors, clay warrior workshop, Wild Goose Pagoda, bike ride along the City Wall and the Muslim Quarter
- Beijing - UNESCO-listed Great Wall
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Destinations
Trip includes
- 12 breakfasts, 11 lunches and 10 dinners
- 10 nights superior hotels (deluxe upgrade available on request)
- 2 overnight trains: Turpan - Jiayuguan and Xian - Beijing (4-berth soft sleeper cabin)
- Touring of Urumqi, Kashgar, Turpan, Bezeklik, Jiayuguan, Zhangye, Lanzhou and Xi'an
- Beijing - excursion to the Great Wall
- Lanzhou - Yellow River boat ride
- Xi'an - bike ride on medieval City Wall
- Economy class flights: Urumqi - Kashgar, Kashgar - Urumqi and Lanzhou - Xian
- Airport arrival in Urumqi and departure transfer on day 1 and day 13 from Beijing Capital Airport
- All transfers and transportation in private A/C vehicles
- Local English speaking specialist guides at local sights
- Entrance fees to all included sites
Itinerary
Welcome to Urumqi, in Xianjiang, a massive province which shares borders with eight countries! A number airlines service Urumqi and our tour starts at this point. Arrival transfer from airport to hotel.
Urumqi - Kashgar. Capital of Xinjiang, a largely desert and grassland province fringed by some of the highest mountains in the world, Urumqi sits amidst beautiful scenery, with the snow-clad Tian Shan range to the city’s east. Two thousand years ago a string of oasis ...
Kashgar - Urumqi. Lying at the foot of the Pamir mountains in the far west of Xinjiang, Kashgar’s importance grew from its location as an oasis at the point where the northern and southern routes of the ancient Silk Road converged, forming a gateway to the mountains l...
Urumqi - Turpan. Enjoy an excursion to the southern mountain pastures before continuing by road to Turpan. Located on the northern Silk Road, Turpan is a rural Uighur settlement. The Uighur descended from nomadic Siberian and Central Asian tribes who settled the regio...
Today's excursion takes you to Bezeklik. You’ll visit the Bezeklik Caves which are situated in a desert gorge high above the Sengim River and once formed part of a Buddhist monastery between the 6th and 14th centuries. Beyond here are the Astana tombs and the impressive ruins of Gaochang city, founded as a garrison city in the 1st century AD.
Turpan - Jiayuguan. This morning you'll see the Imin Ta (Imin Minaret), constructed in 1778, before heading beyond Turpan to the Jiaohe Ruins. Occupying a spectacular position on a steep plateau, the ancient street plan, thanks to the many ruins of this former garriso...
Jiayuguan - Zhangye. Arrive into Jiayuguan this morning and visit the incredible Jiayuguan Fort at Jiayuguan Pass - the farthest outpost of the Great Wall which was built here by the Ming in 1372, over 5,000km from the wall’s easternmost point at Shanhaiguan. This was...
Zhangye - Lanzhou. Zhangye has a unique and striking landscape of unusual coloured rocks which are several hundred meters tall. The rocks in the Zhangye Danxia range from red to yellow and green, with striking contrasting bands of colour. Today we'll visit the red gritstone area before taking a high speed train to Lanzhou.
Enjoy a scenic boat ride along the Yellow River today. The Yellow River is regarded as the "mother river of China" and it's the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze). Later today visit the Bingling Temple where you can see a series of grottoes filled with Buddhist sculpture carved into natural caves and caverns in a canyon along the Yellow River.
Lanzhou - Xi'an. This morning you'll fly from Lanzhou to Xi’an. Discover the highlights of Xi'an on a city tour including the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the Great Mosque and the medieval City Wall. Take a leisurely bicycle ride on top of the 9 mile Xi’an City Wall (no nee...
Xi'an - Beijing. Xi’an in Shaanxi Province is perhaps most famous for the discovery of Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Warriors. Discovered in 1974 by local farmers digging a well, the 2,200 year old terracotta warriors comprise more than 7,000 life-sized soldiers which stan...
This morning arrive into Beijing, China's bustling capital city. Enjoy an excursion beyond Beijing to the legendary UNESCO-listed Great Wall at Badaling. Spanning rugged mountain ranges, lush green valleys and barren plains, it stretches as far as the eye can see - at...
Hotel check-out and included transfer to airport.
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