adventure

Backpacking Tours in China

Tour 01

Day 1   Join Beijing.

Day 2   Beijing/Great Wall.

Day 3   Overnight train.

4 - 5    Xian, Terracotta Warriors.

6 - 7     Overnight train to Jiayuguan.

Day 8   Jiayuguan.

9 - 11   Dunhuang, Mogao buddha Caves.

12-14   Turfan.

15-16   Bus to Bosten Lake.

Day17 Taklamakan Desert/Minfeng.

18-19   Hotan.

20-21   Kashgar.

Day22 Ends Kashgar.

Accommodation:

simple accommodations and guesthouses;

Mode of Travel:

Train/Bus/Jeep/Bicycle.

Tour 02

Day 1 Join Shanghai.

Day2  Shanghai, city sightseeing.

3 - 5   Train to Nanjing, Purple Mountains, Sun Yat Sen's Mausoleum

6 - 7   Xian, Terracotta Warriors.

8 - 9   Yanan, Qingliang Mountains, the 10,000 buddha Cave and Baota pagoda.

10-11  Yulin, Hong Shi Xia buddhist caves, Zhen Bei Tai fortress, Great Wall of China.

Day12 Taiyuan.

13-15  Wutai Mountains, Mongolian, Tibetan and Taoist monasteries.

Day16 Hanging Monastery.

Day17 Datong, Yungang Grottoes.

Day18 Train to Beijing.

19-20  Forbidden City, Tiananmen Saquare, Great Wall.

Day21 Ends Beijing.

Accommodation:

Simple guesthouses/hotels (19nts); overnight train (1nt).

Mode of Travel:

Train, bus cable car, on foot.



Tour 03

Day 1 Join Kunming.

2 - 3   Mojiang.

4 - 5    Simao / Xishuangbanna.

6 - 7    Mekong River Rafting. 8 Lijiang.

9 -10   Lijiang - jade Dragon Snow Mountain.

11-12 old Dali - Minority Markets.

Day13 old Dali

Day14 Kunming - Stone Forest.

Day15 Depart Kunming.

Accommodation :

Comfortable hotels (2nts); traditional guesthouses (11nts).

Mode of Travel:

hired minibus, Local bus/Bicycle/Walking/Boat.

Tour 04

Day 1 Arrive in Beijing.

Day 4   train 179 hard sleepers departure from Beijing at 22:38

Day 5   zhengzhou, 0638, public bus to kaifeng, dayongyuan hotel (3 star)

Day 7   public bus kaifeng/ shaolinsi, wushuguan hotel

Day10 public bus shaolinsi/ luoyang, tianying hotel (3 star)

Day11 train 201 luoyang/ xian, 1240/ 1800, city hotel

Day12 one day trip to terra-cottas

Day14 train 165 hard sleepers Deaprture from Xian by train T2219

Day15 arr chengdayu 15: 45, traffic hotel

Day17 Chengdayu/ lhasa   by flight

Day23 jeep lhasa/ gyangtsz, gyangtsz hotel (280 km, 8 hours)

Day24 jeep gyangtsz/ xigarse, shangzhuzhi hotel (90 km, 2hours)

Day25 jeep xigarse/ sakia, sakia hostel (no private bathroom), (150 km+60 km, 7 hours)

Day26 jeep sakia/ shegar, everest hotel (100 km, 4 hours)

Day27 jeep shegar/ everest base camp, rongbuk monastery, (110 km, 4 hours)

Day28 jeep everest base camp/ tingri, tingri hostel , (140 km, 5 hours)

Day29 jeep tingri/ zangmu, gangjian hotel (230 km, 7 hours)
Day30 Exit from zangmu

Tour 05

Day 1 Join Hong Kong.

Day 2  Overnight train to Guilin.

3 - 4    Yangshuo, Li River.

Day 5  Yichang.

6 - 8    The Three Gorges.

Day 9  Wuhan.

10-12   Huangshan, 72 peaks of Yellow Mountains.

13-14   Yangtze River Delta.

15-17   Shanghai.

Day18 Zhouzhuang.

19-20   Suzhou, traditional chinese opera.

21-22   Henan Province, Kaifeng and Luoyang.

23-24   Xian, Terracotta Warriors.

Day25 Beijing, forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace.

26-27   The Great Wall, chengde.

Day28 Beijing.

Day29 Ends Beijing.

Accommodation:

confortable hotels/guesthouses (22nts); overnight trains (4nts); overnight boat (2nts).

Mode of Travel:

Minibus, local bus, various boats, train, bicycle, cable car, plane.