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Guilin Day Tour from Shanghai

By , 10/05/2013 2:04 AM
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Reed Flute Cave

Tour Code: BTG-SGT-101
Tour Type: Private Tour
Tour Starting Date: Daily

Shanghai to Guilin to Shanghai (L)
Hotel pickup and transfer to Shanghai airport; fly to Guilin.
Be greeted by Guilin local tour guide at the arrival hall of Guilin airport. Then begin Guilin city sightseeing with the Reed Flute Cave. The cave is known as “the Palace of Natural Arts” that are formed by different shapes of stalactites and stalagmites. Then visit Fubo Hill which has lots of rock stone carvings and Buddha statues since the Tang Dynasty. It is also a good place to have a bird’s view of Guilin City. Move on to visit Elephant Trunk Hill-the symbol of Guilin.The whole hill looks like a giant elephant with a long trunk, with its body half in water and half on land.
After the tour, be transferred to airport to fly back to Shanghai. Upon arrival, Shanghai airport to your hotel transfer.

Price Inclusions
*Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary.
*Meals as listed in the itinerary.
*China internal flights: Shanghai-Guilin,  Guilin-Shanghai.
*Private English-speaking tour guide and private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing.
*Free visits to handicraft factories.
*Service charge & government taxes.
*Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.
*Free-bottled mineral water.
*China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.

Price Exclusions
*International flights.
*Hotel charges in Shanghai.
*Personal expenses.
*Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.

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2 Days Guilin Tour from Shanghai

By , 10/05/2013 1:57 AM
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West Street Yangshuo

West Street Yangshuo

Tour Code: BTG-SGT-102
Tour Type: Private Tour
Tour Starting Date: Daily

Day 1 Shanghai to Guilin (L)
Pick up from your hotel in Shanghai; fly to Guilin. Upon arrival, Guilin airport to hotel transfer. Visit the two reprentative attractions in Guilin city-Elephant Trunk Hill and Reed Flute Cave. The former is regarded as symbol of Guilin, lively with its body half in water and half on land. The latter, known as “the Palace of Natural Arts”,  is a fantastic cave decorated by peculiar-shaped stalactites, stalagmites, and rock.

Day 2 Guilin to Yangshuo to Shanghai (B, L)
Takes the Li River cruise along the Li River between Guilin and Yangshuo,highlight of any journey to Guilin, with stunning scenery. Arrive in Yangshuo, a beautiful town with idyllic countryside scenery. Visit the West Street, the oldest street in Yangshuo with a history of more than 1,400 years, attracting approximately 100,000 foreigners for its unique mix of cultures. Traditional folk arts, shops, cafes, restaurants and bars are all along the street.
Back to Guilin airport to fly back Shanghai. Upon arrival, Shanghai airport to your hotel transfer.

Below are suggested hotels for your reference. You could also reserve hotel by yourself.

Hotel Class

Guilin

Superior Class

Sheraton Guilin Hotel

Deluxe Class

Guilin Park Hotel

Tourist Class

Guilin Osmanthus Hotel

Price Inclusions
*Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary.
*Meals as listed in the itinerary.
*Hotel charges in Guilin.
*China internal flights: Shanghai-Guilin,  Guilin-Shanghai.
*Private English-speaking tour guide and private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing.
*Free visits to handicraft factories.
*Service charge & government taxes.
*Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.
*Free-bottled mineral water.
*China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.

Price Exclusions
*International flights.
*Hotel charges in Shanghai.
*Personal expenses.
*Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.

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2 Days Guilin Tour from Shanghai by Train

By , 10/05/2013 1:26 AM
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Li River

Li River

Tour Code: BTG-SGT-103
Tour Type: Private Tour
Tour Starting Date: Daily

Day 1 Shanghai to Guilin
Pick up from your hotel in Shanghai afternoon and then drive to Shanghai train station. Board the overnight soft-sleeper train to Guilin (4 beds in a cabin).

Day 2 Guilin (L)
Arrive in Guilin noon time and be met by the local tour guide at the train station. Transfer to have lunch and then start your sightseeing of Guilin. You will visit the marvelous Reed Flute Cave, featured with Karst stalagmites in various lively shapes, like bird, curtain, flower and animals.   Another sight is Elephant Trunk Hill – the symbol of Guilin. The hill, with its body half in water and half in land looks like an elephant drinking water, hence the name.

Day 3 Guilin to Yangshuo to Shanghai (B, L)
Morning enjoy the cruise down the Li River to Yangshuo. The cruising lasts 3 hours. The Li River landscape is known as ‘top in China’, with clear water, karst maountains, and a taste of idyllic life far removed from the concrete metropolis. Arrive in Yangshuo county, a must destination in Guilin. Appreciate the countryside scenery and have a stroll in the West Street, the main boulevard in Yangshuo with souveir shops, boutiques and cafe alongside, most of which are opened by foreign expatriates who admire the county life.
Drive back to Guilin train station to board the overnight train back to Shanghai.

Day 4 Shanghai
Arrive in Shanghai in the afternoon and be transferred back to your hotel in Shanghai.

Below are suggested hotels for your reference. You could also reserve hotel by yourself.

Hotel Class

Guilin

Superior Class

Sheraton Guilin Hotel

Deluxe Class

Guilin Park Hotel

Tourist Class

Guilin Osmanthus Hotel

Price Inclusions
*Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary.
*Meals as listed in the itinerary.
*Hotel charges in Guilin.
*Soft sleeper train tickets: Shanghai-Guilin,  Guilin-Shanghai (4-berth-cabin).
*Private English-speaking tour guide and private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing.
*Free visits to handicraft factories.
*Service charge & government taxes.
*Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.
*Free-bottled mineral water.
*China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.

Price Exclusions
*International flights.
*Hotel charges in Shanghai.
*Personal expenses.
*Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.

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3 Days Guilin Tour from Shanghai

By , 10/05/2013 12:45 AM
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Longji Terraced Field

Longji Terraced Field

Tour Code: BTG-SGT-104
Tour Type: Private Tour
Tour Starting Date: Daily

Day 1 Shanghai to Guilin (L)
Pick you up from your hotel, transfer to the airport and fly to Guilin.
Upon your arrival, be greeted by Guilin local tour guide, transfer to the hotel and have a lunch. Drive to the Elephant Trunk Hill to start the tour in Guilin. The hill has 316 million years history and is Guilin city’s best known sight. Like elephant leisurely sucking water from the river with its long trunk, it got the name. Then visit the Reed Flute Cave. Various stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars and other rock formations display a myriad of fanciful shapes, such as birds, flowers, curtains, and animals. Under the artificial lighting, you feel in a paradise where the Gods live.

Day 2 Guilin to Yangshuo (B, L)
Enjoy a Li River Cruise. Li River scenic area is world reputed for its unique natural sceneries with the most beautiful karst mountains, clear water and a taste of life far removed from the concrete metropolis. Arrive at Yangshuo county, famous for the beautiful idyllic scenery. Take a biking tour around, visiting the two premier Yangshuo attractions-Moon Mountain,named for the lunar-shaped cavity in the center, and Big Banyan Tree, more than 1,000 years old,17 meters high, with a green umbrella-like round tree crown.

Day 3 Yangshuo to Longsheng to Shanghai (B, L)
After breakfast, drive to another typical county of Guilin-Longsheng, known for its minority culture. Visit Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Tribes and Longji Terraced Field there.The different minority customs and local people’s dressing style are specially delicate and beautiful. The terrace is a rice field built on the hillsides, looking like great chains or ribbons as they wind from the foot to the top of the hill.
Leave for the airport and fly back to Shanghai. Upon arrival, Shanghai airport to your hotel transfer.

Below are suggested hotels for your reference. You could also reserve hotel by yourself.

Hotel Class

Guilin

Yangshuo

Superior Class

Sheraton Guilin Hotel

Yangshuo Green Lotus Hotel

Deluxe Class

Guilin Park Hotel

Yangshuo Guifu Hotel

Tourist Class

Guilin Osmanthus Hotel

Yangshuo Sovereign Hotel

Price Inclusions
*Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary.
*Meals as listed in the itinerary.
*Hotel charges in Guilin and Yangshuo.
*China internal flight: Shanghai-Guilin,  Guilin-Shanghai.
*Private English-speaking tour guide and private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing.
*Free visits to handicraft factories.
*Service charge & government taxes.
*Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.
*Free-bottled mineral water.
*China life tourist accident/casualty insurance.

Price Exclusions
*International flights.
*Hotel charges in Shanghai.
*Personal expenses.
*Gratuities, tips to guides or drivers.

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