18-Day Luxury Beijing-Urumqi-Kashgar-Urumqi-Turpan-Dunhuang-Jiayuguan-Xining-Xian-Shanghai Tour

Day1 Arrival in Beijing (D)
Upon arrival in Beijing, our guide will pick you up at the airport then transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to explore Beijing City.
Accommodation: Jade Palace Hotel

Day2 Beijing (B+L+D)
After breakfast in the hotel, we will visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. After lunch in a local restaurant, we will move to the Temple of Heaven. Peking Duck dinner and Peking Opera enjoyment afterwards.
Accommodation: Jade Palace Hotel

Day3 Beijing to visit Great Wall (B+L+D)
After breakfast, we will drive to Badaling Great Wall. Visit the Ming Tombs after lunch. Back to the hotel after dinner.
Accommodation: Jade Palace Hotel

Day4 Beijing to Urumqi (B+L+D)
Visit Summer Palace in the morning. After lunch take flight to Urumqi. Our guide will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel.
Accommodation: Hoi Tak Hotel Xinjiang

Day5 Urumqi (B+L+D)
Have breakfast in the hotel. Visit the Heavenly Mountain and the Heavenly Lake (including the cruise). Have lunch and in the afternoon, visit the Xinjiang Regional Museum.
Accommodation: Hoi Tak Hotel Xinjiang

Day6 Urumqi to Kashgar (B+L+D)
Take a morning flight from Urumqi to Kashgar. Visit the Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar Grand Bazaar and the famous Handicraft Street.
Accommodation: Kashgar International Hotel Xinjiang

Day7 Kashgar (B+L+D)
Visit the Abakh Hoja Tomb, Bazaar and Kashgar Old Street in the old Kashgar City.
Accommodation: Kashgar International Hotel Xinjiang

Day8 Kashgar to Urumqi to Turpan (B+L+D)
After breakfast, take flight from Kashgar to Urumqi. Visit the Southern Pasture and the local yurt. Ride a horse for White Poplar Valley Falls. On the way, visit the Wind Power Station. After the visit, drive to Turpan and transfer to the hotel.
Accommodation: Tu Ha Petroleum Hotel

Day9 Turpan to Dunhuang (B+L+D)
Have breakfast in the hotel. Visit the Jiaohe Ruins, Emin Minaret, Ancient Astana Tombs. And also the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Karez Well and go to local family. Take an overnight soft sleeper train to Dunhuang.
Accommodation: Overnight Soft Sleeper Train

Day10 Dunhuang (B+L+D)
Pick you up in the train station and transfer to the hotel. After breakfast, visit the Mogao Grottoes, Echoing-Sand Mountain (Mingsha Shan) (enjoy a camel ride in the desert) and Crescent-Moon Spring (Yueya Quan).
Accommodation: Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel

Day11 Dunhuang to Jiayuguan to Jiuquan (B+L+D)
Drive from Dunhuang to Jiayuguan in the morning. On the way, visit the Gobi Desert, Yadan Landscape. Arrival in Jiayuguan, visit the Jiayuguan Pass, one section of the ancient Great Wall. Drive to Jiuquan and transfer to the hotel.
Accommodation: Jiuquan Hotel

Day12 Jiuquan to Zhangye (B+L+D)
After breakfast, visit the Jiuquan Park. And then drive to Zhangye. Upon arrival in Zhangye, our guide will transfer you to the hotel. Visit the Grand Buddha Temple.
Accommodation: Huachen Hotel

Day13 Zhangye to Xining (B+L+D)
On the way from Zhangye to Xining, visit the Daban Mountain and also visit the Ta'er Monastery. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel.
Accommodation: Tianniange Hotel

Day14 Xining (B+L+D)
After breakfast, drive to visit the Qinghai Lake, the most beautiful lake in China, the Sun and Moon Mountain and the Back-Flow River.
Accommodation: Tianniange Hotel

Day15 Xining to Xian (B+L+D)
Visit the Dongguan Mosque and then take a flight to Xian. Our guide will pick you up in the airport. And then visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum and see the amazing archaeological discovery of Qin Dynasty. Have a local lunch near the museum. Then drive back to Xian and transfer to the hotel. Enjoy Dumpling Dinner and Tang Dynasty Cultural Show in a dinner theater.
Accommodation: Shangri-La Hotel, Xian

Day16 Xian to Shanghai (B+L+D)
In the morning we visit the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Have lunch at a local restaurant. Go to explore the Great Mosque and the Ancient City Wall then take flight to Shanghai.
Accommodation: Renaissance Shanghai Yuyuan Hotel

Day17 Shanghai (B+L+D)
Today is a full day city tour to visit the Yuyuan Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, the Bund and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. After dinner, enjoy an Acrobatic Show.
Accommodation: Renaissance Shanghai Yuyuan Hotel

Day18 Shanghai Departure (B)
After breakfast, our guide will take you to the airport and have a nice trip home.