7-day Shanghai Harbin Winter Tour
Overview: This quality China winter tour itinerary cover the highlights of Shanghai and Harbin: Harbin Ice Festival ice and snow sculptures, skiing and funny winter activities and Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Huangpu River Cruise, The Bund, Yu Garden... more sights.
Day 1 Arrival in Shanghai
Upon your arrival at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, your local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. Free relax for the rest of the day around the city.
Day 2 Shanghai
Meals: B
Places to visit: Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Huangpu River Cruise, The Bund, Yu Garden, Tianzifang, Jiangnan Silk Museum
After breakfast, you will be driven to Oriental Pearl TV Tower for morning bird view of Shanghai. And then we will take a cruise on Huangpu River to see the view of Shanghai city and the Bund. In the afternoon, we will pay a visit to the Yu Garden, a traditional architectural style of Yangtze Delta with 400 years' history. After that a free walk from Tianzifang Artsy Area and ends at the Jiangnan Silk Museum.
Day 3 Shanghai/Harbin/Yabuli
Meals: B
Places to visit: Yabuli Ski Resort
Morning flight to Harbin. Upon arrival in Harbin, you will be transferred and drived about 3 hours to Yabuli, the biggest and best ski resort in China.
Day 4 Yabuli Ski Resort
Meals: B
Places to visit: Yabuli Ski Resort
Enjoy full day skiing in the ski resort where the ski fee is at your own expense.
Day 5 Yabuli/Harbin
Meals: B
Places to visit: Jin Dynasty Shangjing History Museum, Cotacombs of Wanyanaduda
A morning drive about 3 hours to visit Jin Dynasty Shangjing History Museum and the catacombs of the founder of Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1115 -1234) , Wanyanaguda you will have a chance to learn about the local minority's history. Then back to Harbin.
Day 6 Harbin
Meals: B
Places to visit: Central Street, Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, Siberian Tiger Park, Ice and Snow World
Start a morning visit to the Sun Island Park, where annual International Snow Sculpture Art Expo with different cultural theme. And then the Siberian Tiger Park where you will take a specially protected bus to be close with the tigers. After that you will go to the Harbin Ice and Snow World. It is one of the world's biggest ice architecture parks.
Day 7 Harbin Departure
Meals: B
Free at leisure until meet the guide and transfer to the airport for the flight to your next destination.
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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.
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.
