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Dates and prices are subject to change. For booking, availability, and detailed itineraries, consult your travel agent or check online. China Adventure ACTIVE Highlights › › Explore Beijing's Forbidden City and hutongs › › Walk the Great Wall › › Trek through rice terraces › › Cycle old city walls and rural villages › › Watch kung fu monks What's Included Entrance to the Great Wall and trek (Beijing). Entrance and guided tour of the Forbidden City. Beijing hutong bicycle tour. Biking along the ancient city wall. Shaolin Monastery. Yangshuo cycling. Longsheng village to village trekking. Yangshuo and Hong Kong orientation walks. ACCOMMODATIONS Hotels (8 nts), simple guesthouses (3 nts), homestay (1 nt), sleeper train (2 nts) TRANSPORT Train, local bus, plane, bicycle, walking GROUP LEADER English-speaking Chinese CEO throughout, local guides MEALS 1 breakfast, 1 lunch. Allow USD380-495 for meals not included. ITINERARY Explore a side of China you never knew existed on this eye-opening multi-activity adventure. Get a full dose of this land's truly incredible history, culture, and geography using rural roads that wind through tiny villages and past seemingly endless rice fields. Tour the imperial tombs and palaces of the walled city of Xi'an both on two wheels and on foot. Study curious limestome karst formations in Yangshuo. Navigate the busy streets of Beijing and relax, secure in the knowledge that downtime is rightly earned. DAY 1 BEIJING Arrive in Beijing at any time. DAYS 2-4 BEIJING/GREAT WALL Enjoy a guided tour of the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square before taking a bicycle tour through the historic Beijing hutongs. The next day, transfer to the Great Wall of China for two days of hiking. ( 1B ) DAYS 5-6 SHAOLIN Travel by train with a late morning arrival. Visit the Shaolin Temple, the home of Kung Fu. The next day, opt to visit the Longmen Grottoes before boarding a train to Xi'an. DAYS 7-8 XI'AN Explore China's long ago capital and terminus of the Silk Road. Cycle the ancient city walls and discover the Muslim Quarter. Fly to Guilin and transfer to Yangshuo. DAYS 9-10 YANGSHUO Enjoy an included orientation walk around Yangshuo. Take a guided bicycle ride through the countryside past rice paddies with local farmers and water buffalo. Opt to check out a local cooking school, practice tai chi, or see a light and sound show. DAYS 11-13 LONGSHENG/GUILIN Over the next couple of days trek along rice terraces from village to village. ( 1L ) DAY 14 LONGSHENG/HONG KONG Take the fast train to Shenzhen/Hong Kong. DAY 15 HONG KONG Depart at any time. Guaranteed Departures Number of IF YOU'RE BOOKED, YOU'RE GOING | departures / month. 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 5 ■›■›■›■›■›■›■›■›■›■›■›■ J F M A M J J A S O N D 15 DAYS—BEIJING TO HONG KONG FROM $ 1899 OPTIONAL MY OWN ROOM: $ 699 TOUR CODE: ACBH IS THIS TOUR FOR ME? See back foldout. TYPE: SMALL GROUP – MAX 15, AVG 10 SERVICE LEVEL: STANDARD PHYSICAL DEMAND: AVERAGE Yangshuo Longsheng Shaolin Xi'an Guilin Hong Kong Beijing C H I N A Cycle China ACTIVE Highlights › › See rural China on two wheels › › Visit the Great Wall › › Trek through rice terraces › › Take on Beijing's hutongs by bike › › Explore the Forbidden City and visit the Terracotta Warriors What's Included Longsheng village-to-village trekking. Longji to Yangshuo cycling with support vehicle. Biking along the ancient city wall in Xi'an. Entrance and guided tour of the Forbidden City. Beijing hutong bicycle tour. Entrance to the Great Wall and trek. ACCOMMODATIONS Hotels (6 nts), simple guesthouses (3 nts), homestay (1 nt), sleeper train (1 nt) TRANSPORT Train, local bus, plane, bicycle, walking GROUP LEADER English-speaking Chinese CEO throughout, local guides MEALS 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 3 dinners. Allow USD195-255 for meals not included. ITINERARY China has long been a popular destination to see on two wheels and this remarkable 12-day cycling trip will have you riding among some of the most celebrated travel highlights anywhere in the world. Discover the Terracotta Warriors of Xi'an, walk among the unforgettable cultural touchstones of Beijing, and ride your way through picturesque landscapes to remote villages and hillsides in Southern China. Your two feet are great and all, but when they're powering two wheels, there'll be no stopping you! DAY 1 HONG KONG Arrive in Hong Kong at any time. DAY 2 HONG KONG/LONGSHENG Take the train into mainland China, before boarding a local bus out into the countryside to the rural village of Longji. ( 1D ) DAY 3 LONGSHENG Enjoy an included half-day trek along the hills and terraces to Dazai. ( 1B, 1L, 1D ) DAY 4 LONGSHENG/SHI'ERTAN Start out on two wheels as the journey through China's backroads begins. ( 1B, 1L, 1D ) DAY 5 SHI'ERTAN/XINGPING Continue cycling through the countryside, heading from Shi'ertan to Xingping. ( 1B, 1L ) DAY 6 XINGPING/YANGSHUO Enjoy the scenic views cycling between the towns of Xingping and Yangshuo. ( 1B, 1L ) DAY 7 YANGSHUO Cycle through the picturesque villages that surround Yangshuo in the rural south of China. ( 1L ) DAY 8 YANGSHUO/XI'AN Travel from Yangshuo to Xi'an via Gulin. DAY 9 XI'AN/BEIJING Enjoy a cycle around the ancient city walls of Xi'an, before making the overnight train journey to Beijing. ( 1B ) DAY 10 BEIJING Arrive in Beijing early today. Explore the nearby iconic Tiananmen Square and the sprawling Forbidden City, before cycling through the hutongs. DAY 11 BEIJING Explore the Great Wall before a night in China's capital. ( 1B ) DAY 12 BEIJING Depart at any time. ( 1B ) Guaranteed Departures This tour has four IF YOU'RE BOOKED, YOU'RE GOING | special departures. July 19 - July 30, Aug 16 - Aug 27, Sept 20 - Oct 01, Oct 11 - Oct 22 NEW TOUR 12 DAYS—HONG KONG TO BEIJING FROM $ 2499 OPTIONAL MY OWN ROOM: $ 699 TOUR CODE: ACGB IS THIS TOUR FOR ME? See back foldout. TYPE: SMALL GROUP – MAX 15, AVG 10 SERVICE LEVEL: BASIC PHYSICAL DEMAND: DEMANDING Xi'an Guilin Longsheng Yangshuo Beijing C H I N A Hong Kong ASIA›› CHINA, HONG KONG 54