Day 1  London

Flight from London Heathrow Airport to Beijing.

Day 2  Beijing

Arrive in the morning, met by our tour representative and transfer to 4 star hotel for 3 nights stay, relax for the rest of the day. (D)

Day 3  Beijing

Tour the Imperial Winter Palace also called the Forbidden City in the heart of the Capital. Walk in the world’s largest public square the Tiananmen Square. Then visit the Temple of Heaven, a beautiful ornate wood structure built in 1420 and used by the Emperors to perform sacrificial rituals for good harvests. The tour then takes you to the Summer Palace, a sprawling imperial encampment of temples, pavilions and halls set in a park around the vast Kunming lake. Peking Opera show in the evening after dinner. (B, L, D)

Day 4  Beijing

Full day excursion to the Great Wall. Here you’ll have plenty time to walk along the historic ramparts and marvel at its size and grandeur. After that, you’ll stroll along “The Sacred Path” which leads to the Ming Tombs where 13 Emperors were buried, and visit the Emperor’s resting place through a series of under-ground passageways and chambers. In the evening, you will be treated with a delicious Peking Duck dinner. (B, L, D)

Day 5  Taiyuan

Morning flight to Taiyuan, the provincial capital of Shanxi province, and transfer to 4 star hotel. In the afternoon, you’ll visit the Jinci Temple and the Twin-Pagoda Monastery. (B, L, D)

Day 6  Pingyao

Full day excursion to the ancient city of Pingyao, which has well-preserved Ming Dynasty city walls and ancient homes built in 1370. It’s also the birth place of the modern-day Chinese bank. (B, L, D)

Day 7  Datong

Travel by coach from Taiyuan to Datong via express way (4 hrs). On the way, visit the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and the Hanging Monastery which was built half way over a cliff face more than 1,400 years ago. The temple buildings are linked together by boardwalks and bridges laid over piles rammed into the rock. Overnight stay in the Datong Hotel 3 star. (B, L, D)

Day 8  Datong

Visit the Huayan Temple and full day tour to the Yungang Grottoes, a complex of entrancing Buddhist cave-temples carved out from sand-stone rocks between 460 and 494 A.D. The complex includes 53 remaining caves housing a gathering of 53,000 statues with the tallest at 55 feet. (B, L, D)

Day 9  Hohhot

Travel by coach via express way (5hrs) to Hohhot, the provincial capital of Inner-Mongolia. In the afternoon, visit the Da Zhao Monastery, the Inner-Mongolian Museum and the White Pagoda. Overnight stay at Inner-Mongolia Hotel 5 star. (B, L, D)

Day 10  Ulan Bator

Morning flight from Hohhot to Ulan Bator, the Capital of Mongolia Republic. Transfer to Palace Hotel or Bayangol Hotel 4 star. Relax for the rest of the day. (B)

Day 11  Ulan Bator

Transfer to the Terelj National Park(1.5hrs), visiting the famous Turtle Rock, anticipating horse-riding and spending time with local Mongolian family. All day long you’ll enjoy the charming scenery of  grasslands, mountains, rivers and forests. Overnight stay in traditional Mongolian Ger, a nomadic felt-covered tent, enjoy the stars in the vast Mongolian night sky. (B, L, D)

Day 12  Ulan Bator

Travel by coach back to Ulan Bator, visit Gandan Monastery - the largest Buddhist centre in Mongolia, the Central Museum, Fine Art Museum, followed by the Winter Palace of Bogd Khan, the home of the last Khan of Mongolia, enjoying traditional singing and dancing performance. Overnight stay in Palace Hotel or Bayangol Hotel 4 star. (B, L, D)

Day 13  Ulan Bator

Travel by coach to Ondor Dov Resort(1.5hrs) and visit Manshir Monastery at the foot of the sacred Bogd Khan Mountain. After lunch, travel back to Ulan Bator and visit Zaisan Hill and Russian Red Army Memorial on the way. Shopping after the trip. Overnight stay at Palace Hotel or Bayangol Hotel 4 star. (B, L, D)

Day 14  Beijing

Morning flight from Ulan Bator to Beijing. Transfer to 4 star hotel. At leisure for the rest of the day. (B)

Day 15  London

Transfer to airport for homeward flight to. (B)