Splendid China & Southeast Asia

 1st Day: Arrival in Beijing

Tiananmen Square, Beijing

Upon your arrival in Beijing, you will be picked up by our professional English speaking guide at the airport and transferred to your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to have a good rest to recover from the jet lag.
  
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza Hotel - the best Holiday Inn Hotel in Beijing   

 2nd Day: Beijing  (B+L)

In the morning, our guide will give you a pre-tour briefing at the hotel and meet the other members in your group who will travel with you in the following days. Then, the memorable China tour will start with a visit to Tian'anmen Square, the largest city square in the world. After walking across the road, you will reach the splendid Forbidden City, the most complete complex of the Imperial Palace preserved in China, where the Emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties governed the country over 500 years ago. An a la carte lunch will be served for you at a famous local restaurant. In the afternoon, continue the city tour with a visit to the Temple of Heaven. This evening you will enjoy an exciting Chinese Kung Fu Show at the Red Theater. 
 
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza Hotel   

The world famous Great Wall, Beijing

 3rd Day: Beijing  (B)

Today we will drive you to have a short hiking tour on the Great Wall - Badaling section, a symbol of great ancient Chinese genius. Drop by a jade factory. It is an energetic climb to the Great wall and tourists restaurants there are low quality, so we sugget you have a big breakfast and prepare some fast food for lunch. After that, transfer to a visit of the Sacred Way in the afternoon. Your day tour will be concluded by taking a look at the Bird Nest from a distance on the way back downtown.
 
Accommodation: Holiday Inn Central Plaza Hotel   

 4th Day:Beijing - Xian  (B+L)   

This morning, take a visit to the largest imperial garden, where the royal used to relax, the Summer Palace. Then visit a pearl store. After having an a la carte lunch, you will have a Hutong tour. Then take a flight to Xian, another ancient capital with over 1000 years of history and incredible historical sites. Our guide will meet you at Xian airport and transfer to check in at the local hotel.
 
Accomadation: Sheraton Hotel

Xian City Wall

 5th Day: Xian  (B+L+D)

After breakfast at the hotel, you will proceed to visit the eighth human wonder of the world, the extraordinary Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Visit a pottery-making factory next. To whet your appetite, we will specially arrange a rich a la carte lunch for you at a local family home. You will enjoy the truely home-cooked Chinese meal. Then you will have a visit to the Small Wild Goose Pagoda & Xian Museum. In the evening the special local Dumpling Dinner and the fabulous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show will be arranged for you.
 
Accommodation: Sheraton Hotel

 6th Day: Xian  (B+L)

Visit the ancient City Wall and the Shaanxi History Museum in the morning. An a la carte lunch will be prepared at a well-known restaurant. After lunch, you will visit the Great Mosque and you may also walk through the Bazaar Street near the Great Mosque to see how the minority Hui people live.  

Accommodation: Shangri-la Golden Flower Hotel
 

Our clients on the Li River Cruise

 7th Day: Xian - Guilin (B)

Today you will head for your next stop Guilin by flight, the city with exceptional beautiful natural scenery. Be met on your arrival at Guilin airport and transferred to the local hotel. Then you will visit the Reed Flute Cave and a sea water pearl store. 
 
Accommodation: Sheraton Hotel  

 8th Day: Guilin - Yangshuo - Guilin (B+L)

Today you will take four and a half hours cruise down Li River to Yangshuo with lunch on board. On the way, you will fully enjoy the breathtaking beauty of Guilin’s natural scenery. We will arrange a short car transfer around the countryside, breathing the extraordinary clear air and taking a glance at the life style of the local people there. You will also have a chance to pay a visit to a villager's home. After that, we will transfer you back to Guilin and visit the Elephant Trunk Hill. The hills and rivers here will surely freshen up your mind.  (Tip: Since the lunch box on the Li River cruise may not meet your expectation, we suggest that you have a rich breakfast at the hotel today.)
 
Accommodation: Sheraton Hotel  

 9th Day: Guilin - Shanghai (B)

This morning take a flight to your next stop, Shanghai. Be picked up and escorted to the hotel by the local guide. The rest of the day is free for you to explore the city on your own. You could choose a recommended café or restaurant to enjoy your dinner.
 
Accommodation: Grand Mercure Shanghai Zhongya

 10th Day:Shanghai  (B+L)

Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai

Visit the Shanghai Museum which is famous for its large collection of rare cultural relics, followed by a visit to the graceful Yuyuan Garden of Chinese traditional style. Drop by a silk shop. We will specially arrange an a la carte lunch for you. Then, you will have some free time to stroll along the Bund, Nanjing Road and an old cultural street in Shanghai to get a taste of the elegance of the old Shanghai city. Upon returning to the hotel our tour guide will see you into the lobby to say bon voyage.
 
Accommodation: Grand Mercure Shanghai Zhongya

 11th Day: Shanghai - Manila (B)

After breakfast, pack your luggage and travel from the hotel to the airport on your own to board the flight to Manila. We will book the flight ticket for you in advance. 

Manila, the capital city of Philippines, is the most European city in Asia, which is also called as "Asian New York". Upon arrival, your private Philippines tours will start here immediately with a warm welcoming by our experienced guide. 

After checking in the hotel and a short break, follow the guide to visit the Ocean Park of Manila, where aquarium is one of its scenic spots. It is claimed that there are more than 300 species of Marine life, whose quantity is over twenty thousand. After dinner, you will enjoy a Manila’s famous freak show performed by the red top artist. Then, you will return to the hotel.

 12th Day: Manila - Dos Palmas Resort (B)

In the morning, you will go to the airport and take a flight to Puerto Princesa. After arrival, you will leave for Grey color Philippines Island by boat and get to Palmas Resort. After checking in, you will have an exploration tour in mangrove by boat. You will enjoy the joy of feeding fish on the sea as well as the fun of beautiful and colorful landscape created by submarine ecological and swimming fish underwater. Then you may feel the ocean by taking a banana boat. At last, you are going to Sea Islands to snorkel on the beautiful sea coral reefs.

Accommodation: a local hotel

 13th Day: Dos Palmas Resort (B)

The whole day is free on your own today. You can walk on the island of thin white beach, swimming or snorkeling. The special activities are going to be arranged after lunch, which is an alternative of either to experience diving teaching or to try SPA essential oil massage in a resort. You may make a careful choice according to your own needs to take this opportunity to enjoy the leisure vacation time.

Accommodation: a local hotel

 14th Day: Dos Palmas Resort (B)

After buffet breakfast, you can arrange your own activities. You can choose to participate in all kinds of activities on water held by the resort, such as diving experience, islands traveling, fishing and banana boat riding on the sea, or you may just rent a surfboard to surf. In short, the whole activities of the day are all up to you.

Accommodation: a local hotel


 15th Day: Philippines - Kuala Lumpur (B)

Pack your luggage after breakfast, and then you will get back to Puerto Princesa city of Palawan by boat. Upon arrival, you will connect a flight in Manila and fly to Kuala Lumpur for the upcoming Malaysia tour package. This country with multi-cultural background has a lot to offer to its visitors. 

On arrival, you'll see our English-speaking driver waiting for you holding a welcome board at the airport, and he/she will transfer you to the hotel that we booked after careful selections. You can do whatever you want to do in the rest of this day. At night, you may go to the Lake Symphony in front of Suria KLCC, to watch the musical fountain show on your own(normally the show time is 20:00 and 21:00).

Accommodation: Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur by Shangri-La 


 16th Day: Kuala Lumpur city tour (B)

You'll have a Kuala Lumpur city tour today. The driver will introduce the city to you on the car. The first stop will be the Petronas Towers, where you can have a bird's-eye view to the whole Kuala Lumpur at the Sky Bridge on 41st floor (including ticket to desk). We'll then drive to the Independence Square via Kuala Lumpur Tower and the Jamek Mosque, and you can see Sultan Abdul Samad Building there. Next, we'll go to learn Kuala Lumpur's history and culture at Kuala Lumpur City Gallery. Lunch is on your own, and you may choose a restaurant based on the driver's recommendations. If you want to try Malaysian foods, the driver will also take you to taste the local dishes at the close-by Jalan Petaling (Chinatown).

We'll head to the National Mosque in the afternoon. The driver will brief this site on the way, for you need to visit there alone. Afterwards we'll come to the King's Palace to see and photograph the splendid site outside, and then return back to the hotel.

Accommodation: Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur by Shangri-La 


 17th Day: Malacca city tour from Kuala Lumpur by private transfer (B)

We'll take about 2 hours (145km) to drive to Malacca, the oldest city in Malaysia. We’ll go to the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple on arrival, where you can visit this oldest local Chinese temple freely. We will travel to the Stadthuys (Dutch Red Square) and take pictures there as well. Then you can also eat local snacks while hanging out Jonker Street after passing by St. Paul's Church and Fortress Porta de Santiago. After the Malaysia vacation package today, you'll get back to Kuala Lumpur with your driver.

Accommodation: Traders Hotel Kuala Lumpur by Shangri-La 


 18th Day: Private transfer to Cameron Highlands, with a stop in Batu Caves (B)

Cameron Highlands, the largest highland resort of Malaysia, is our destination after a 4-hour's drive (245km). On the way, we'll climb 272 footsteps to go inside and visit Batu Caves, a Hindu holy place. Lunch is on your own, as the driver will stop over in suitable place and recommend restaurants for you. Check in hotel when we arrive.

Accommodation: Strawberry Park Resort Cameron Highlands  


 19th Day: Cameron Highlands tour, Private transfer to Penang (B)

Your driver will pick you up at the agreed time, then he/she will lead you to Malaysia's largest tea plantation - BOH Tea Plantation & Factory (closed on Mondays). You can witness the process to make tea there. After that, we'll come to the Cactus Valley to see a variety of cactuses; Strawberry Farm to pick fresh strawberries at your own expenses; and a local market to see various local specialties. Lunch is on your own with your driver's recommendations of good restaurants nearby.

In the afternoon you'll go on your Malaysia tour packages to the Lavender Farm, a nice spot to photograph. At last, we'll go to Penang with 4 hours' drive (249km). Before we arrive at the hotel, we'll pass by the charming Penang Bridge.

Accommodation: Hotel Jen Penang by Shangri-la 


 20th Day: Full day Penang tour (B)

In the morning, you'll have a car tour to see landmarks of George Town, such as the Fort Cornwallis, Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, Clan Jetty and Street of Harmony. As long as you want to take more photos of any building, the driver will stop for you. We'll then drive to the Wat Chayamangkalaram Temple, to pay a visit to the world's 3rd largest statue of Reclining Buddha. Lunch is on your own. Our afternoon tour of Malaysia package is to the Penang Hill, where you can overlook and photograph Penang Island on the hill by funicular train. Get back to the hotel after visits.

Accommodation: Hotel Jen Penang by Shangri-la 


 21st Day: Penang to Langkawi by flight (B)

There will be a free morning for you. If you are interested in Penang Street Arts, you may hang out the streets to find scattered street arts and take photos. At the agreed time in the afternoon, the driver will escort you to the airport for your 40 minutes flight journey to Langkawi. On arrival in Langkawi, you'll be picked up at the airport and then check into the hotel.

Accommodation: Casa del Mar Langkawi  


 22nd Day: Full day Langkawi Tour (B)

Your driver will send you to the Oriental Village after picking you up. In the Oriental Village, you will take Langkawi Cable Car to reach the Langkawi Sky Bridge, on which you can enjoy wonderful scenery and take your pictures. When we get back to the Oriental Village, you can have lunch on your own. The driver will recommend you restaurants for lunch.

You'll be led to the dock at the Kilim Geoforest Park this afternoon, to join the 2-hour Mangrove River Cruise tour there. As the cruise goes through the mangroves, you will explore bat cave, see eagles being fed, and visit floating fish farm. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel.

Accommodation: Casa del Mar Langkawi 


 23rd Day: Free day at Langkawi (B)

You're free all the day. You may enjoy leisure time on the beach, to swim, have a sunbath and enjoy the beautiful sunset by sea.

Accommodation: Casa del Mar Langkawi  


 24th Day: Langkawi - Singapore (B)

Private transfer to airport & see you off.

Tips: You'll be escorted with English-speaking driver throughout the Malaysia tour packages. The driver will explain attractions to you. Sometimes, the driver will explain beforehand, for you have to enter the spot by yourselves. For some attractions, they have their own guides to lead tourists to visit.

Fly to Singapore on your own. Once landing, our driver will pick you up at the airport and take you to the hotel. The rest time of the day is free for you.

Accommodation: Shangri-La Hotel Singapore 


 25th Day: Visit Gardens by the Bay and Sentosa Universal Studio (B)

Singapore, although tiny, is quite developed and plays an important role in Asia and even the whole world. During the following best Singapore tours, our guide will help you discover more of the country behind the high modern buildings, rare historical relics and even the lush gardens.  

After breakfast, the driver and guide will pick you up in the hotel lobby and drive to the Gardens by the Bay to visit. Gardens by the Bay is a greenhouse with flower dome and cloud forest, 18 super trees, cultural heritage garden, plant world, Dragonfly Lake and Kingfisher Lake. We then move forward to Sentosa Universal Studios for the afternoon. It is the first and only Universal Studios theme park in Southeast Asia. It contains theme areas like Hollywood, New York, Science Fiction Cities, Ancient Egypt, the Lost World, Far Far Away and Madagascar. At the end of the trip, we will drop you back to your hotel.

Accommodation: Shangri-La Hotel Singapore 

 26th Day: Visit Jurong Bird Park, Merlion Park and Little India (B)

Your driver and tour guide will accompany you this morning to visit the Jurong Bird Park. It is built on a hill, covering an area of 20.2 hectares (50 acres), and is home to more than 4,600 birds belonging to more than 380 species. Among them, Heliconia Garden collects 108 kinds of Heliconia plants and cultivated varieties, which is one of the largest Heliconia Gardens in the region. Jurong Bird Park is also home to about 260 species of Southeast Asian birds and is one of the world's largest collections.

Here you will see the Bird Knowledge Museum, the African Waterfall Birdhouse, the Colorful Parrot Valley, the Southeast Asian Birdhouse and the award-winning African Wetlands. The Southeast Asian Birdhouse showcases a variety of Southeast Asian endangered bird species. There is a large open birdhouse in the middle of the exhibition area, where the birds fly freely. Visitors can carefully watch the birds' unparalleled beauty, listen to their touching singing, and observe their lifestyle in nature. The African Waterfall Birdhouse is 35 meters (115 feet) high, which is equivalent to the height of 13 floors, providing enough space for birds to fly and glide. As you stroll towards the suspension bridge, you will see many feeders. If you walk carefully without making a sound, you can observe how the birds eat, which may be an amazing experience in your Singapore 4 days tour itinerary.

In the afternoon, we will continue to visit Singapore's landmark building - the Merlion Park. Merlion Park is the smallest park in Singapore. The Merlion is a fictional animal with fish head and lion's body. Two Merlion statues in the Merlion Park are made of concrete by a famous Singaporean craftsman, making here now one of Singapore's iconic attractions. Then we will take you to stroll in the Little India to feel the Indian lifestyle.

Accommodation: Shangri-La Hotel Singapore 

 27th Day: Airport see-off (B)

This is the last day of your Singapore itinerary 4 days. Today your driver will take you to the airport based on your flight time.