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Overview

Tailored Trip to China

This unique tailored trip to China will take you to a travel destination unlike any other, right in the heart of China. You’ve already seen striking images of this magical area’s incredible scenery, where abrupt hills and limestone karsts surge amidst peaceful plains. Guilin never fails to stimulate the imagination: for many, scenes of small boats floating peacefully on the Li River at nightfall, wrapped in a fine, ethereal mist, revive old folklore legends of tempestuous gods. The ancient, picturesque feel of Guilin’s small fishing villages and their narrow streets will only add charm to your discovery of this unique natural treasure. This tailored trip to China is also your opportunity to learn the basics of traditional Chinese painting, visit ancient fan workshops in Fuli, to stroll around the charming streets of Yangshuo and among the area’s beautiful terraced rice paddies.

There is no better way to get away from it all in China than with an escapade in Guilin, the Land of the Dragon Teeth, a place where fairy-tales come true, and where the scenery seems too perfect to be real!

Contact Uniktour’s China expert for more information on this unique tailored trip to China!

Itinerary

Day 1| Arrival in Guilin
Arrival at Guilin airport, where your guide will welcome you and take you to a local restaurant for lunch. You’ll then have the opportunity to learn the basics of traditional Chinese painting (mountain – water), with the help of a Chinese artist. Climb to the top of Fubo hill and enjoy the sublime panorama before returning to your hotel.
Dinner at a restaurant on the river shore, where you’ll sample some local dishes.

Day 2| Guilin – Longsheng (Ping’an) - Guilin
Breakfast at your hotel, followed by a transfer to Ping’an via a splendid mountain road. When you arrive at the foot of this mountain, take a small path up to the superb wooden village of Ping’an, perched on a cliff, 1900 meters above sea level. Ping’an and Longji, “The Dragon’s Backbone”, are known for their spectacular rice terraces, carved by generations of local villagers, perfectly adapted to the curves and shapes of the natural landscape, creating an absolutely stunning panorama. Return to Guilin. Dinner in a local restaurant and overnight at a hotel.

Day 3| Guilin - Yangshuo
Breakfast at your hotel, and then you are off to Yangshuo. After enjoying lunch at Meiyou restaurant, hop on a cruise on the Li River and enjoy the sublime landscapes from Yangshuo all the way to Fuli. Visit a small fan workshop and return to Yangshuo. Take a bike ride in the area around Yangshuo, where you’ll see plenty of rivers and charming creeks. Dinner at a local restaurant and overnight at a hotel.

Day 4| Yangshuo
Today you are free to explore the area. Make the most of your free time and explore the town’s lively streets lined with bars, shops, restaurants, and shows. Go for an excursion and discover some of the area’s caves, enjoy a dip in the Yu Long River, etc.

Day 5| Yangshuo – Guilin – Departure
Breakfast at your hotel, followed by leisure time in the morning. After lunch in a local restaurant, you will be taken to the airport for your flight to your next destination.

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Overview

China is forever linked to its ancient civilization, friendly people, and many of the world's most revered treasures, such as The Great Wall, Terra-Cotta Warriors & Horses and the Yangtze River.
Today, one can also find spectacular architecture and towering skylines in Shanghai
and Beijing (site of the 2008 Summer Olympics), a wealth of luxury accommodations – and as always – exquisite cuisine.

Come and see why China is drawing millions of visitors from all over the world. And, why each and everyone of them returns home smiling :)

Source ; china tourism office (http://www.cnto.org )

Tourism

Visitors are often surprised to find out how modern China really is.
Since the early 90's China has been in the middle of a building boom and infrastructure upgrade that has brought its tourism industry up to Western standards almost overnight.

Tourist facilities and transportation in large cities are almost on the same level as of the United States. All major cities and tourism centers have undergone a total metamorphosis in visitor comfort and transportation facilities. Complaints of poor facilities, service or transportation have all become memories of the past.

Today you can tour China with ease and safety (the crime rate is very low there), stay in comfortable 4 & 5-star hotels, try new Chinese delicacies, enjoy familiar Western cuisine, shop in modern designer boutiques, or explore centuries-old markets and shopping arcades. You can tour the countryside in modern motor coaches, relax in first class train compartments, or speed to the next destination by jet while exploring one of the oldest cultures of the world, and seeing some of the most extraordinary sights any where and there is much to see in this vast country of 1.3 billion people.

Geography

China's land drops off in the escarpments eastward to the ocean, letting in humid air currents and leading many rivers eastward.
Among the rivers totalling 220,000 kilometres in length in China; the Yangtze and the Yellow are the two major ones.

China has a diversity of land formations including mountains, hills, highlands, plains and basins. The highlands and hill regions account for 65 percent of the country's land mass. The highest mountain peak is Qomolangma (Everest), 8,848 metres above sea level; the lowest point is the Turpan Basin, 154 metres below sea level.

Culture

China is the most populous country in the world, with 1.25909 billion people at the end of 1999, about 22 percent of the world's total.
This figure does not include many Chinese in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Taiwan Province and Macao Special Administrative Region. The population density in China is 130 people per sq km. This population, however, is unevenly distributed. Along the densely populated east coast there are more than 400 people per sq km; in the central areas, over 200; and in the sparsely populated plateaus in the west there are less than 10 people per sq km. The population in cities and towns makes up 30.4 percent; and that in rural areas, 69.6 percent. The male population is 50.8 percent; and the female population is 49.2 percent. People 14 years or younger make up 25.7 percent; those from 15 to 64, 67.6 percent; and those 65 or older, 6.7 percent.

Climate

China is characterized by a continental climate.
The latitudes span nearly 50 degrees, its southern part is in the tropical and subtropical zones, and its northern part near the frigid zones. The northern part of Heilongjiang province has long winters but no summers; while Hainan Island has long summers but no winters. The Huaihe River valley is marked by distinctive seasonal changes, but it is spring all year round in the south of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. China's high tundra zone is situated in Qinghai-Tibet, where the temperature is low in all four seasons.