China - Kunming / Beijing  / Guillin / Xian - 12 Days

Itinerary

DAY 01
Arrive in Kunming
Group meet at the Katunayake International Airport for departure to Kunming.
On arrival meet / assist at the airport and transfer to your luxury hotel.
En-route dinner at local restaurant.
Check in hotel for overnight stay.

DAY 02
After breakfast embark on a sightseeing tour of Kunming. Today we are ready to explore this mysterious land. We will leave our hotel after early breakfast and our first visit is to the majestic Stone Forest, which lies 12 km to the southeast of Kunming. This world famous Stone Forest is regarded as one of the natural wonders in China, which is made up of a group collection of bizarre shaped limestone soaring to the skies.
En route lunch and dinner will be at local restaurant.
Return to hotel for overnight stay.

DAY 03 Kunming / Guilin
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast, sightseeing in Kunming at Westren Hills,..Where you will have a bird’s eye view of the province’s biggest Lake Diachi and finally set your feet on the Dragon Gate, which was carved out of rock.
Lunch en route. Then visit the City Museum and the Provincial Museum.
Late afternoon, leave Kunming for the airport to board flight to Guilin.
Upon arrival in Guilin, meet / assist at the airport and transfer to the hotel.
En route dinner at local restaurant. Check in at hotel for over night stay.

DAY 04 Guilin
After breakfast leave for a Boat Cruise down the Li River and Experience its colorful river going on and take in the River’s scenery of hills and peaks with names like Elephant Trunk Hill, Nine Horses Hill and Lotus Peak.
Lunch on board.
Afterwards, alight at Yang shun for a coach back to Guilin.
En route dinner at local restaurant.
Over stay at hotel.

DAY 05 Guilin / Xian
Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast, visit Seven Star Park and gasp in wonder at the Reed Flute Cave and their fascinating formations. A cave is found in the middle of Guangming Mountain in the northwestern suburbs of Guilin. Legend had it that the reed growing by the cave’s mouth could be made into flutes, thus the cave’s name "Reed Flute Cave" There are mote than 70 inscription written in ink on the wall inside the cave dating back to A.D 792 during the Tang Dynasty. The horse hoof-shaped cave has many stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains and stone flowers in numerous forms. The cave is called as “Art Palace of Great Nature.” Lunch en route.
Then proceed to the airport for the flight to Xian. Arrive in Xian and meet / assist at the airport and transfer to the hotel. En route dinner at local restaurant. Check in at hotel for over night stay.

DAY 06 Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast, a full day tour with a visiting the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, which is regarded as the 8th wonders of the world. It has attracted Visitors, Travelers, heads of state from many parts of the world for its special integrity, since it was excavated in 1974 The terracotta army consists of different figures, such as, Generals, Armour-clad Soldiers, Robed Soldiers and Kneeling Archers. In 1980, two teams of large bronze Chariots and Horses was also unearthed on the Western Side of Emperor Qin Shihunsg’s Mausoleum. There are about 6000 life size clay Warriors and Horses, which are arranged in the shape of a square in this place. Lunch en route. Also visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Province Museum. En route dinner at local restaurant. Return to hotel for over night stay.

DAY 07
Xian / Beijing
Breakfast at hotel.
After breakfast leave for Xian airport for flight to Beijing. Upon arrive in Beijing, meet / assist at the airport and transfer to the hotel. After lunch visit the Summer Palace, is the archetypal Chinese garden, and is ranked amongst the most noted and classical gardens of the world. Containing examples of the ancient arts, it also has graceful landscapes and magnificent constructions. En route dinner at local restaurant. Overnight stay at hotel.

DAY 08 Beijing
Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast, today brings the unsurpassed thrill of climbing the Mighty Great Wall, only man made object on earth that is
visible from or biting spacecrafts.
Lunch en-route.
After lunch visit the Panda Zoo. Enjoy an Acrobatic Show in the evening.
Dinner at local restaurant.
Return to hotel overnight stay.

DAY 09 Beijing
After breakfast embarks on a full day tour to Tiananmen Square, the largest square in the world, the Forbidden City has been under the charge of the Palace Museum, whose extensive collection of artwork and artifacts were built upon the imperial collections of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Lunch en route.
After lunch visit Temple of Heaven and Bird Nest.
Enjoyed special Peking Duck dinner.
Return to hotel for over night stay.

DAY 10 Beijing
Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast day free for your own activities such as shopping etc..
Lunch and dinner will be at local restaurant.
Over night at hotel.

DAY 11 Beijing
After early breakfast transfer to the airport for your return flight.

DAY 12
Arrive in Colombo.