16 Days Chinese Kung Fu Tour

Day 01 Home- -Beijing     Stay: Beijing
Transfer via: TBA, on your own arrangement.
Arrive in Beijing. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest ofthe day.

Day 02 Beijing (B/L)     Stay: Beijing
Full day city tour includes visits of the Tian\¡¯anmen Square - the biggest public square in the world and Forbidden City (GuGong in Chinese) which is used to be the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, now known as the PalaceMuseum. After lunch visit the Temple of Heaven, the place for the emperors to worship the God (heaven) for good harvest in ancient China.

Day 03 Beijing (B/L)     Stay: Beijing
A memorable daylong excursion combines the soul-stirring Great Wall that across northern China like a winding dragonwith the Sacred Way, guarded by sculpted stone animal both real and fabulous, which are photographers’ delight. Finally, visit the Ming Tomb.

Day 04 Beijing - - Xi\¡¯an (B/L)     Stay: Xi\¡¯ an
Take a HutongTour by rickshaw in the morning to see Chinese ancient building. Take an afternoon flight to Xi’an. Arrive in Xi’an. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 05 Xi\¡¯an (B/L)     Stay: Xi\¡¯ an
You will have the whole day visit to the famous historical site of the Qin Terracotta Warriors. More than 6000 life -sized terracotta figures of soldiers and horses in perfect battle array shows the superb sculptural art of that time. Afterwards, visit the Wild Goose Pagoda.

Day 06 Xi\¡¯an–– Luoyang (B/L)     Stay: Luoyang
Visit theProvincialMuseum, the AncientCity Wall and the BellTower. Take an afternoon train to Luoyang. Arrive in Luoyang. Be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle.

Day 07 Luoyang- - Dengfeng (B/L)     Stay: Dengfeng
After breakfast take the full day tour in Louyang, includes the White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist Temple in China and the Longmen Grottoes, more than 100,000 images and statues of Buddha and disciples carved into the cliff walls on the banks of the Yi River. Here you can buy a Chinese Ancient Sword as souvenir. Then take a bus to Dengfeng, which is famous for Chinese Kung Fu and ancient culture. Then check into hotel.

Evening Show: China’ s biggest natural sightseeing performance ---- Zen Music Shaolin Grand

Ceremony, composed by Tan Dun ---- Grammy and Oscar Best Original Music winner for the movies such as Crouching Tiger Hidder Dragon and Hero, etc., and performed by 800 musicians, dancers, local villagers and Kung Fu monks, this performance reflects the profound Chinese Zen culture and the world first-class audio and visual effect that you might have never experienced ever before. Overnight in Dengfeng.

Day 08 Dengfeng-ShaolinTemple (B/L)      Stay: Dengfeng
Morning exercise with professional teachers and learn exchange programs about Kungfu in Shaolin Kung Fu School. After lunch, visit the ShaolinTemple, the PagodaForestand the kung fu show.

Day 09 Dengfeng -  - Zhengzhou (B/L)      Stay: Zhengzhou
After breakfast, take a bus to Zhengzhou. Visit one of China’s biggest museums ---- HenanNationalMuseum and free at the rest time of the day.

Day 10 Zhengzhou--Wudang (B/L)      Stay: Wudang
Take a morning soft-seat train to Wudang. Arrive at WudangMountain in the afternoon. Overnight on the WudangMountain.

Day 11 Wudang Mountain (CBF/L/D)      Stay: Wudang
Visit the GoldenPalace, NanyanPalace and ZixiaoPalace. Stay overnight on the mountain.

Day 12 Wudang Mountain (CBF/L/D)      Stay: Wudang
Morning and afternoon enjoy the show of Taiji /Wudang Kungfu and learn simply basic skill of Taiji /Wudang Kungfu with the local resident masters. Stay overnight on the mountain.

Day 13 Wudang -  - Wuhan (CBF/L)      Stay: Wuhan
Morning simple Taiji /Wudang Kungfu Exercise with the local resident masters. Take an afternoon train to Wuhan. Stay overnight in Wuhan.

Day 14 Wuhan -  -Shanghai (B/L)      Stay: Shanghai
Visit the YellowCraneTower, located on the south bank of the YangziRiver. In history, the tower has inspired many poets and artists. Then take an afternoon flight to Shanghai. Take a beautiful evening boat ride on the HuangpuRiver, viewing the buildings and magical night of Shanghai.

Day 15 Shanghai (B/L)      Stay: Shanghai
Visit the famousJadeBuddhaTemple with a 2m high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400-year old Yu Yuan Garden, decorated with masterpieces of Ming architecture. Then you will have a chance to see the world famous Shanghai Acrobat Performance in the evening.

Day 16 Shanghai -- Home (B)     Tour End
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for your flight back home.
Service Ends

Price include:
* Private vehicle and driver, professional English-speaking guide and free luggage transfer
* All entrance fees to scenic spots.
* Meals ???Chinese Local Lunch and Dinner) as shown in the itinerary table marked with “L/D" .
* Domestic flight tickets with airport taxes and railway tickets.
* Insurance (please see details at here.  ).
* Hotel accommodation based on 2 sharing one room (twin-bed room) with daily America Buffet Breakfast (B).
* Special room requirement is always subject to the availability upon check-in. 

Price exclude:
* International Airfare or International train tickets before coming into China
* Visa fees.
* Tips to guides, drivers and porters
* Personal expenses such as excess luggage fees, laundry, postage, communications and beverages

*High season stands for April, May, September and October. Shoulder season stands for June, July, August and November. Low season stands for December, next January, February and March.
*During your staying of hotels in WudangMountain, we only can offer the Chinese Breakfast.
*All the hotels near or on the WudangMountain are standard hotels (3 stars).
*All the hotels near ShaolinTemple are first-class hotels (4 stars) or deluxe hotels (5 stars).
*The rainfall of Henan Province concentrate on the summer(June, July and August) when the “Zen Music Shaolin Grand Ceremony” will be arranged flexibly in one of two days 
*visiting in Shaolin Temple according to the weather condition. ( Day 05 or Day 06 in above itinerary) The “Zen Music Shaolin Grand Ceremony” performance will be cancelled due to the heavy raining.