China and the Orient
Overview
Take a 15-night trip and visit the highlights of China and Southeast Asia. Start your trip in China, visiting Beijing, Xi’an, and Shanghai, with sights including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the terracotta soldiers, and the Jade Buddha Temple. Afterward, enter the world of Southeast Asia as you visit the harbor cities of Hong Kong and Singapore, two diverse cities grounded in cosmopolitan commerce. Visit Bangkok and experience the exotic lifestyle of Southeast Asia. Starting from ₹437,594, including air, with weekly guaranteed departures.
Facilities
Tour Features
- Round trip trans-airfare via Cathay Airways coach class
- Round trip airport transfers
- Local airfare, coach class, as per itinerary
- Overland transfers with sightseeing stops as per itinerary
- 3 nights stay in a double occupancy room in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Bangkok
- 2 nights stay in a double occupancy room in Xian, Shanghai, and Singapore
- Hotel taxes and service charges
- Extensive sightseeing tours by coach/car with English-speaking guide and admission fees in each location as per itinerary
- Breakfast daily, 7 lunches, 2 dinners
- Airline fuel surcharge (subject to change) and government taxes and fees
Rates do not include
- Any expenses of personal nature such as tips, laundry, table drinks, telephone calls, etc.
- Optional Travel Insurance
- Any item not mentioned above
Remarks
- First class (FC): Qianmen (Beijing), Tianlang Times (Xian), Holiday Inn Downtown (Shanghai), Park (Hong Kong), Century Park (Bangkok), York (Singapore)
- Deluxe (D): Jianguo Garden (Beijing), Sheraton (Xian), Sunrise on the Bund (Shanghai), Harbour Grand (Hong Kong), Avani Riverside (Bangkok), Mandarin Orchard (Singapore)
- If above hotels or Cathay Airways are not available at the time of reservation, alternative hotels at the same category or airlines could be used. Prices may differ.
- Tours in China are private. Tours in Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Singapore are seat-in-coach
- During trade fairs season and during Christmas and New Year’s Days, some hotels may require surcharges. The prices may increase.
- Ticket(s) must be issued and full payment must be received 90 days prior to departure
- Major credit card accepted; Credit card authorization required
- Change and cancellation penalty (₹20,968-₹50,323per person) apply once ticketed; Triwalk Tours’ general cancellation policy applies
- Hotel upgrades, air upgrades, additional hotel nights, extensions to all Asian destinations, and add-on air fares from various US cities are available
Itinerary
Depart the USA on your Cathay Airways trans-flight for Beijing. Cross the International Date Line.
Arrive in Beijing and transfer to your hotel. (Qianmen/Jianguo Garden)
Visit Tian An Men Square, Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven. Peking Duck dinner. (B/L/D)
Full-day excursion to Great Wall and Ming Tombs. (B/L)
Fly to Xian and transfer to your hotel. (Tianlang Times/Sheraton) (B/L)
See the 6,000 life-size terra-cotta soldiers and horses at the tomb of Emperor Qinshi. Also see the Hua Qing Hot Springs and Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Tonight enjoy a feast of delicate dumplings. (B/L/D)
Fly to Shanghai and transfer to your hotel. (Holiday Inn Downtown/Sunrise on the Bund) (B/L)
Visit the Bund, the Jade Buddha Temple and Yu Garden. Shop along Nanjing Road. (B/L)
Fly to Hong Kong and transfer to your hotel. (Park/Harbour Grand) (B/L)
Two days in Hong Kong. Half-day sightseeing to visit Stanley Market, Aberdeen and Victoria Peak. Remainder on your own to explore the city. (B)
Morning transfer to airport for flight to Bangkok. Transfer to hotel. (Century Park/Avani Riverside) (B)
Morning, tour the Grand Palace. Afternoon tour includes the Temple of the Golden Buddha and the Reclining Buddha at Wat Po. (B)
Day at leisure to explore on your own. (B)
Fly to Singapore and transfer to hotel. (York/Mandarin Orchard) (B)
After breakfast, take a city tour and see the waterfront, the botanical garden, China Town and Little India. (B)
Board your Cathay flight to the USA, arriving the same day. (B)
