New Orient Express Tour
| Tour Code: TTT-08
Destination: Beijing, Luoyang, Tianshui, Dunhuang, Xining, Gulmod, Lhasa, Shigatse Tour Price: From $/ ?? p/p Availability: Daily, but early booking is highly recommended!
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 Tibet Orient Express Train |
TOUR ITINERARY
| Day 1: Arrive in Beijing |
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| We’ll pickup you from the airport, and go back to the hotel. You have a free day activities. Overnight in Beijing Crown Plaza |
| Day 2: by train Beijing to Luoyang (B/L/D) |
 After breakfast, we’ll go to visit Summer Palace first. It is China’s largest existing, best-preserved imperial garden, as the head of China’s four famous gardens, known as the Chinese imperial garden Bo-Museum. Subsequent visits to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games – Games-nest, Water Cube (exterior view). After visiting Tong Ren Tang, jade. Dinner tasting famous gourmet – Beijing roast duck. At 22:00pm we’ll ride the China Orient Express to Luoyang Overnight: China Orient Express Cabin Room |
| Day 3: by train Luoyang to Tianshui(B/L/D) |
| After breakfast, about 09:00 am. We will arrival in Luoyang that is located in the Henan province, the South Bank of the Yellow River in the west. Built by the Duke of construction, the 12th century BC, is one of the eight ancient. China’s history only lives for “God” of the city; Luoyang was located on the north shore of properly named to Luoyang-centric Luo region is the cradle of Chinese civilization. We visit the “Long men Grotto” is famous as one of the three stone art, so far there are 2,100 more cave shrine, statues in 10 million carved statues, spleen, transcribing over 3,600 in Yishi west bank. Number of the Grotto is located at the top of the China. Shaolin Temple – another name is Monk Monastery, “Zen Cho Jung, Peerless reputation”; is China Chinese Buddhism Zen Cho Chamber. Night Time 22:00 pm, we will ride China Orient Express to Tianshui. Overnight: China Orient Express Cabin Room |
| Day 4: by train Tianshui-Dunhuang-Xining(B/L/D) |
 After breakfast, about 10:30am we will arrival at Tianshui, that enjoy the “native” honor Xi huang , is the root of the Dragon at ancestry of the Holy Land. Visit Maijishan and Maijishan caves have ten more dynasty statue 7,200 Zun .And then we’ll visit Fu temple is at present China’s largest, most complete observance of one of the three “ancient times”, the building of Ming Dynasty. Murals of 1,300 square meters located at 194 grottoes in, and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Datong Yumgung Grottoes, Luoyang Longmen Grottoes and caves that China’s four. Night time 22:00 pm go to Xining. Overnight: China Orient Express Cabin Room |
| Day 5: Xining – Qinghai Lake |
 After breakfast, about 09:00am we will arrival at Xining. And then we will visit the largest inland lake – Qinghai Lake). It is located the northeast part of Qinghai Lake basins. That’s Chinese largest inland lakes, the largest salt water lake. Overnight at Xining Qing Hai Hotel |
| Day 6: by train Xining to Gulmod (B/L/D) |
| After breakfast, we’ll visit one of the six major monasteries yellow Kumbum monastery,The Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism (commonly known as yellow sect founder Zongkapa birthplace. Teaching is one of the six major monasteries of yellow sect. It is also the leading places in Qinghai province and a national heritage conservation units. Taer Temple not only is China a Buddhist shrine and brings up a large number of Tibetan intellectual one high school. Monastery have hsien, tantric, astronomy, institute of medicine’s four. In addition, it also to suyouhua, murals and heap is famous, is embroidered Taer Temple three. From the provincial capital of Xining 26km (Inns on the) Mosque Temple – Founded in Ming dynasty, the history has repeatedly been compromised. And ongoing construction existing buildings is 1913 reconstruction. We’ll 17:00 pm ride express go to Golmud. Overnight: China Orient Express Cabin Room |
| Day 7: by train Gulmod to Lhasa(B/L/D) |
 In the early morning, after breakfast in the Orient Express and we have arrived Golmud. We’ll change the Qinghai-Tibet plateau train from Golmud to Lhasa we will see and enjoy the different topography of natural view. We also provide 2 sets of oxygen supply facilities that one set will by mixing the air conditioning system, so that each section is oxygen supply train reached 83% oxygen content. Another central oxygen supply system allows passengers direct via separate interfaces reduce oxygen, altitude sickness. The main landscape along with effectively Golmud:Kunlun mountain(昆仑山) snowmelt alluvial formation of OASIS. Kunlun Mountains: The world’s longest tunnel permafrost – Full-length 1,686m Kunlun mountain tunnel.(昆仑山口) (可可西里): The world’s longest railway bridge – Full-length 11.7km of Qingshui River Bridge (清水河大桥) and Tibetan antelope nature reserve. Changjang River (长讧源): Changjang River cradle Tuotuo River (沱沱河) and worldwide, the highest tunnel – The Tunnel of (风火山隧道). (唐古喇山口): Journey to the west of Tongtian River (通天河), and the world’s most high – altitude 5,072m 唐古喇station. (藏北草原):Phearl tsona(高原明珠错那湖) and Tibetan wild ass sanctuary. (那曲) one of the largest lake in Tibet – (黑河、羌塘). At night, we’ll arrive Lhasa. Lhasa is the traditional capital of Tibet (西藏) and the capital of Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. That was antiquity city about 1,300 years. The total area approximate is 31,662 square kilometers and the population about 42,000. Overnight in Lhasa Yaluzangbu Hotel |
| Day 8: Lhasa Sightseeing (B/L/D) |
| After breakfast, you will visit the Potala Palace (布达拉宫) which is the highest and largest palace complex. Potala Palace was the last ruler of the integrated rule center and the main building to the White House and the Red Palace. There are tens of thousands of pieces of statue Thangka (唐卡) (scroll painting). Jokhang Temple (大昭寺) is located in the center of the old city of Lhasa, Jokhang Temple was built in the year a.d.647 Tibetan kings built Wencheng (文成公主) to Tibet after going through generation of additional, creating repaired a large building complex, Octagon street (八角街) (Bajian Street) was located in the center of the old city of Lhasa, and a full save of the ancient city of tradition and way of living. It is La religion, economic, cultural, ethnic crafts, and even the Assembly of Tibetan life, it is the traveler to Lhasa will go. Overnight in Lhasa Yaluzangbu Hotel |
| Day 9: Lhasa to Shigatse (B/L/D) |
| Following breakfast, you will ride the train to visit Tibet Lake-one of the three-into the plateau to the world’s largest freshwater lake, a lake in the sky-Sheeplake (羊卓雍措). White Home Temple (白居寺) and Great Stupa(十万佛塔) is a tower Temple combines typical Tibetan Buddhist monastery, the monastery in the tower. Tower in the temple, the temple tower of natural Hun, complement each other, it’s the building fully represent the 13 century to the middle of the 15th century Tibetan monastery in typical style, also is one of the only Temple Tower is a full save, with large complex memorial nature. In the dusk, we’ll arrived in Rikeze. Overnight in Shigatse Hotel |
| Day 10: Shigatse to Lhasa (B/L/D) |
 Fly to Shangri-la, meet your local guide and transfer to the hotel. After breakfast, we will visit the temple is the Panchen Lama IV and beyond has Panchen Tin. The Tashihunpo Temple (扎什伦布寺) is the largest temple in Tibet. “Tashihunpo” , Tibetan for auspicious xumeshan”.(吉祥须弥寺) And the Drepung monastery (甘丹寺) in Lhasa, Sera monastery (色拉寺), as well as the Qinghai and Gansu taer Temple (塔尔寺) in the southern part of the Labrang Monastery (拉卜愣寺) and as Gelug (格鲁派)6 big temple. In the afternoon, we’ll ride on the bus, go back to the Lhasa and visit the Tibetan cutter. Overnight in Lhasa Yaluzangbu Hotel |
| Day 11: Leave Lhasa (B) |
| After breakfast, you have free time, and then Four hours before your departure, the local guide will take you to check in at the airport. You will go back to your home. |
