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8-day Urumqi to Lanzhou Silk Road China Train Tour

Destinations: Urumqi, Turpan, Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Zhangye, Lanzhou
Tour Highlights:  Waterwheel Garden, Zhangye Danxia Landform, the Giant Buddha Temple, Jiayuguan Pass Great Wall, Mogao Grottoes, Karez Irrigation System, Heavenly Lake, Kazak homes

Overview: This 8 days Urumqi to Lanzhou Silk Road China Train Tour starts from May 31 to June 7, 2016. Fly through Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Kunming to Urumqi for this trip itinerary. Upon arrival in Urumqi, check in to the hotel. Then take the express train from Urumqi to Lanzhou for sightseeing.

Day By Day

Day 1 (31st May) Arrival/Urumqi
upon you arrive in Urumqi, the tour guide will meet you at the airport and you will then be driven to your hotel.

Day 2 (1st June) Urumqi/Heavenly Lake/Urumqi (bus)
Meals: B, L, D
Places to visit: Heavenly Lake (boat ride), visit Kazak homes

Day 3 (2nd June) Urumqi/Turpan/Liuyuan (bus/express train overnight)
Meals: B, L, D
Places to visit: Jiaohe Ruins, Karez Irrigation System, Flaming Mountain

Day 4 (3rd June) Liuyuan/Dunhuang (bus)
Meals: B, L, D
Places to visit: Mogao Grottoes, Echoing-Sand Mountain, Crescent Lake

Day 5 (4th June) Dunhuang/Liuyuan/Jiayuguan (bus/express train)
Meals: B, L, D

Day 6 (5th June) Jiayuguan/Zhangye (express train)
Meals: B, L, D
Places to visit: the Jiayuguan Pass, the Great Wall on the Cliff, Great Walls Museum

Day 7 (6th June) Zhangye/Lanzhou (express train overnight)
Meals: B, L, D
Places to visit: Zhangye Danxia Landform, the Giant Buddha Temple, Zhangye National Wetland Park

Day 8 (7th June) Lanzhou/departure
Meals: B
Places to visit: Yellow River Mother Sculpture, the Waterwheel Garden, White Pagoda Hill, Boat tour of Yellow River

 

Note: This is the quotation for 4 pax sharing a soft berth cabin on the train and 2 pax sharing a room in hotel. If you want 1 pax / 2 pax / 3 pax sharing a soft berth cabin, please inquire us.

Price Includes:

Transportation & Private Transfers:

Transportation cost covers all the domestic airfare of economy class with airport tax, train tickets between the cities as the itinerary specified.


Transfer between airports, railway station, hotels and scenic spots for sightseeing around the cities that are specified by the itinerary with private air conditioned vehicle with driver and English-speaking guide. Separate arrivals and departures will incur extra charges.


Entrance Fees:

All entrance fees to the scenic spots listed in the itinerary. The final arrangement will be determined by private tour guides depends on the real-time local circumstances wheather are beyond the control of Access China Travel. We will adhere to the original itinerary as accurately as possible.


Normal Meals:

All normal meals as the itinerary specified: B = breakfast, L = Lunch, D = dinner in local restaurant. Breakfasts are served in hotel, breakfasts have Chinese or Western style for your option; Lunches are served in carefully selected quality local Chinese restaurants with best service, your lunches will be ordered by your guide catering to your preferences within normal standard. Dinners as the itinerary specified will be also served in local Chinese restaurants. The meal quotation is normalized. If you have any special request about meals, like vegetarian, famous rare dishes, Indian food or more, please inform us in advance. For the unspecified dinners, you will have dinner on your own. Feel free to ask your local guide for suggestions or recommendation.


Private Sightseeing Escort:

Normal sightseeing activities as the itinerary listed will be escorted with English-speaking guide. The English-speaking guide and driver in each city are with you throughout the entire itinerary around that city. They do not fly with you from one city to another.


Hotel Accommodation:

Hotel service criterion: two adults share on one standard twin/double-bed room; solo traveler who want to occupy one twin/double-bed room assigned is required for extra single supplement rate. A single room is available on prior request at an additional cost; if a recommended hotel unavailable, it will be replaced by one of the same class. All hotels as the itinerary listed serve daily western or Chinese breakfast. All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified.


Tour Arrangements:

The tour cost includes the planning, handling, booking, operation and communication charges.

Service Charge & Government Taxes

Price Excludes:

International airfare or train tickets for entry or exit China, unless that is noted or required otherwise.

Visa Fees, passport application or renewal fee.

Excess Baggage Charges.
Personal Expenses:
Expenses of a purely personal nature such as excess luggage fees, laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities (shows) and meals, beverages...

Meals:
Any meal are not specified in the itinerary with "B", "L" or "D".
Any extra cost caused by the changes of natural disasters, fires, weather, government and local authority orders, politics, strikes, war, riots, quarantine, custom regulations; as well as tourist law violation, accident damages or injury incurred out of Access China Travel control.

Gratuities:
Tips to guides, escort, drivers bellman, etc.