- Day-by-Day Itinerary
- Price Policy
- Tour Remarks
(B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
DAY 2 Erlianhaote - Jinshanling
Driving distance: 698km
Driving day.
DAY 3 Jinshanling - Beijing
Driving distance: 170km
Visit the Great Wall, summer palace.
DAY 4 Beijing
Visit Forbidden City, temple of Heaven.
DAY 5 Beijing - Datong
Driving distance: 365km
Visit Yungang Grotto.
DAY 6 Datong - Taiyuan - Pingyao
Driving distance: 384km
Visit Hanging temple.
DAY 7 Pingyao
Visit the old town around.
DAY 8 Pingyao - Xi'an
Driving distance: 418km
Driving day.
DAY 9 Xi'an
Visit Terra Cotta Museum, Old City Wall.
DAY 11 Hanzhong - Jianmenguan
DAY 12 Jianmenguan - Chengdu
DAY 15 Xichang - Lugu Lake
DAY 16 Lugu Lake - Lijiang
Driving distance: 260km
Visit Tiger Leaping Gorge.
DAY 17 Lijiang - Dali
Driving distance: 163km
Visit Erhai lake, Lijiang Old Town.
DAY 18 Dali - Kunming
Driving distance: 334km
Visit West Hill, Stone Forest, Dali old town.
DAY 19 Kunming - Jinghong
The tour cost includes
- Guide service fee -One English Tour Guide fee.
- Transportation fee For guide to pick you up/drop off at ports
- The cost for customs clearance in two ports.
- All the provincial Permits & necessary servcie fee each province.
- Document translation fee, notarial fee and etc.
- Temperary License and Temporary Driving License fee (vehicle/person).
- Notes:
* A guide from CAT accompanys the car is a MSUT. Guide service fee includes the guide service fee, all the accommodation and meals fee.
* Please kindly leave a seat for the guide. If the car has no space for guide, we have to arrange anther guiding car follow the whole trip. There will be extra cost.
* In the above offer, we just get one temporary driver's license for each vehicle, if the vehicle has the second-driver or third-driver, the extra cost for each driver is 1000 RMB/driver.
* From this schedule, you will totally stay 22 days in China. If you prelong the China trip, the guide fee will be changed accordingly.
- Attention: The cost of permit will be changed according to the itinerary. If you change your route, please contact us for a new quotaiton.
The tour cost does not include
- All the meals, accomodation, entrence fee in scenic spot, personal travel insurance, sleeping bag when camping, tips to tour guide and driver, international flights and related airport taxes, excess baggage charged by Airlines; The medicine for the sickness or accident while on the way, single supplement cost for those who wants to accommodate on a single basis, supplementary trips and services not mentioned, visa costs, any expenses on personal nature not listed above, the extra cost due to the unforeseen events.
Cancellation and Refund Policy for Tours Reservation
| Cancellation in advance |
Cancellation penalty |
| More than 30 days |
No Cancellation Fee |
| 30-10 days |
50% of the full payment |
| 9-0 days or no show |
100% of the full payment |
- A guide is mandatoru in this kind of self-drive tour. This is the law regulation, It is also necessary to ensure your safety, your trip go smoothly and help you deal with the unforeseen problems caused by local people, etc. Without a guide, you may have serious trouble if you drive to military forbidden area or some places which are not allowed by local govrenment.
- Travelers who do such tours need to consult an experienced tour company, like CAT, to deal with all the necessary permits and documents (national & provincial permits, temporary driving license and number plate etc). from the Chinese government. Normally, the permits application will take around 2.5-3 months.
- The route/itinerary should be fixed and allowed by the permits. During the tour, the guests must drive following the route, and can not drive out of the route. That means we need to fix the route before applying the permits. But the guests may decide the speed on the route while pay attention to the local road speed limit.
- Custom deposit (Around 60,000~100,000RMB) - Since 2007, the Chinese customs requires a vehicle security deposit for all the foreign vehicles traveling in China. Usually, the amount of deposit depends on the year, the value and the displacement of the vehicle (normally,30-50% of Chinese value of your car). Guests should pay the deposit at the customs of the entry border/port. And after leaving China, the exit border/port will send a notice to the entry border/port. Then the deposit will full refund. For your reference, before you arrive at Erenhot port, you should ensure the balance of your card is higher than the estimated amount. When you arrive at the port, you could pay the deposit to the Customs directly and leave the detailed information of your card at the same time, this deposit will be returned to your account after the vehicle 5 working days away from China.
