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Holiday Overview
Holiday Overview
Highlights
- Ancient Method of Papermaking
- Tea Culture Experience
- Research Center of Panda Breeding
Map & Itinerary
Map & Itinerary
Sichuan is the home to pandas, best known outside of China for its fiery cuisine. It has wonderful diversity of nature and culture. From west of Sichuan, entering the mountains that eventually kiss the intensely blue sky at more than 6000m, where it is the second largest Tibetan area, and travel in the east, in the flat, densely populated Sichuan basin in and around the capital city of Chengdu, the weather is humid and foggy, the people, and life races toward future as it does in many other Asian urban centers.
Holiday Itinerary
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BEIJING - CHENGDU
Activities:
Experience the ancient method of papermaking in a local manual workshop.
Our local guide in Beijing will pick students up from the School at 05:30am, and departure to Beijing West Railway station, take a high speed train to Chengdu.
15:00-16:00 Upon arrival, your guide and driver in Chengdu will pick you from the train station. Transfer you to downtown Chengdu, check in the hotel.
16:00-18:00 This afternoon the students will be transferred to a local manual workshop –Ink Lab Risograph studio. This workshop is the only cultural and creative experience center in Chengdu with the core of paper making and printing of the four great inventions. Here, we will have a chance to experience ancient paper-making. Using traditional handmade paper curtain, natural bamboo/wood pulp/seasonal flowers and plants and other tools and raw materials, to learn the birth of a piece of paper and feel the beauty of nature through the magic of plant paper making.
After dinner, transfer back to the hotel.
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Accommodation hotel in Chengdu
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Meals D
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DUJIANGYAN IRRIGATION PROJECT - WATER SOURCE EXPLORATION
Activities:
Treasure hunting in Jiezi Ancient Town.
Walking tour in Mt Qingcheng.
07:00-07:30 Get up
07:30-08:00 Have breakfast at hotel
08:00-09:50 Drive to Jiezi Ancient Town
09:50-11:30 Visit the ancient town and a treasure hunting game will be arranged here. The town’s location has the "mountains and water" combination that is so appreciated in China, and makes for one of those day trips outside the city where you can take in a little nature and a little history all in the same visit.
11:30-13:00 Have lunch at the restaurant.
13:00-13:30 Drive to Mt Qingcheng. As the early residence of one of the Taoist founders and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Qingcheng Mountain’s path is lined with temples and sanctuaries. As such, it is the perfect retreat from bustling city life and provides visitors with a profound sense of calm. Visitors spend several hours on the tranquil mountain route, enjoying the peace of the natural surroundings.
13:30-17:00 Sightseeing and walking tour in Mt Qingcheng. Totally around 2hrs walk.
17:00-18:30 Drive back to Chengdu.
18:30-20:00 Hot pot for dinner
20:00-20:30 Transfer back to the hotel.
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Accommodation hotel in Chengdu
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Meals BLD
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PUJIANG TEA GARDEN - SCHOOL VISIT
Activities:
Tea picking experience in Pujiang tea garden
Exchange activities with local school
Sichuan Opera
07:00-07:30 Get up.
07:30-08:00 Have breakfast at hotel.
08:00-09:30 Drive toPujiang Tea Garden. Chengjia town, Pujiang county is the first tea town of ancient tea horse road in China. The town has 17,600 acres of tea gardens and more than 60 tea enterprises.
12:00-13:30 Have lunch at the restaurant.
13:30-14:30 Drive to local school.
14:30-17:00 Doexchange activities with students. The detailed activities need to be confirmed.
17:00-18:00 Drive back to Chengdu.
18:00-19:00 Dinner.
19:00-21:20 Drive to a local theatre to attend the Sichuan Opera- a dazzling show performed with local instruments, hand shadows, candle storytelling, fire spitting, and face changing.
Quite different from Peking Opera - which is perhaps one of the most internationally-known types of Chinese operas - and even more so different from Verdi or Puccini, Sichuan opera is distinguished by the "face changing" technique originally achieved by blowing off the chalk of one painted mask to reveal another below. Elaborate acrobatic stunts, sharp wit and lively characters are hallmarks of Sichuan Opera.
21:20-21:50 Drive back to the hotel.
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Accommodation hotel in Chengdu
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Meals BLD
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CHENGDU - BEIJING
Activities:
Chengdu Panda Base
07:30-08:00 Get up.
08:00-08:30 Have breakfast at hotel.
08:30-09:00 Check out the hotel.
12:00-13:30 Have lunch at the restaurant.
13:30-14:00 Drive to the railway station.
14:00-15:00 Security check and wait for departure.
15:01-22:48 On the train back to Beijing.
Arrival Beijing in the evening, upon arrival, our guide and driver in Beijing will pick you up at the exit of the Railway station. Dive back to your school.
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Meals BL
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Price Policy
Tour Price Policy
Additional details
1. Before you pay deposit to book the tour, we haven’t made any reservation yet. The train, flight tickets and the hotel may different from the itinerary listed.
2. The visiting order of the scenic spots in the itinerary may change according to the traffic condition and other unforeseen things.
3. Tourist insurance is a must before going, please provide us the confirmation of insurance company when sign up.
The price includes
1. Entrance Fees: to scenic spots as listed in the itinerary
2. All the activities fee mentioned in the itinerary: Hutong rickshaw in Beijing; Sichuan Opera show in Chengdu;
3. Private Transfers: Transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing during the trip by private air conditioned vehicle with a driver.
4. Meals: All meals as indicated in the itinerary (B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner), include Peking duck dinner in Beijing; Hot pot dinner in Chengdu.
5. Guide: As outlined in the itinerary an English-speaking guide and driver will be provided in each city, who will remain with you throughout your time in that city. A new guide and a new driver will meet you at each city on your tour, to provide you with the best local knowledge available
6. Hotel: hotel fees are based on two people sharing one room with king-size bed. All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast
7. Trains
** Day 01/ High speed train from Beijing to Chengdu (based on 2nd class);
** Day 04/ High speed train from Chengdu to Beijing (based on 2nd class)
8. Arrangements: the tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges
9. Travel Agency Liability insurance
The price does not include
1. International airfare or train tickets to enter or leave China
2. China entry visa fees
3. Excess baggage charges
4. The medicine for the sickness or accident while on the way
5. Personal expenses: expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary
6. Meals: any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary
7. Single room supplement
8. Please notice that the price will be much higher during the festival of Labors’ Day, National Day, spring festival
9. Tips to tour guide and driver (recommended USD10-15/guest/day).
10. Tourist accident insurance. NB - you are strongly suggested to buy travel and health insurance before you start out from your home country.
Payment conditions
To confirm your reservation, you must pay a deposit of 30% of the total amount due via the payment link that your local agent will share. The balance is due 30 days prior to departure. The quoted exchange rate is valid for the next 7 days – if the deposit is not paid within this time, the quote will be re-calculated.
Terms and conditions for cancelation
i. Cancellation of the Tour by CAT (local agent):
CAT reserve the right to cancel the postpone tour at any time up to the date final payment is due under the following condition: in our opinion, health and/or safety factors related to conditions in China would make the tour inadvisable. And in this case, all money paid by the participants will be refunded. If the tour is postponed, CAT will offer all those who have signed up the opportunity to have the same tour for a later time, but the price may be changed according to the season. We will notify you of any change, and give you a reasonable period
of time to make your decision. Consumers may, but are under no obligation to, take the tour under these new terms. After final payment has been made, we may cancel the tour only if, in our opinion, health and/or safety factors related to conditions in China would make the tour inadvisable. Since cancellation in this case involves factors which may arise suddenly and are entirely outside our control, including but not limited to natural disasters, civil unrest and epidemic disease, we cannot guarantee a full refund in this case. This is because payment will already have been made to finalize the arrangements and reservation.
ii. Cancellation of the Tour by Consumer:
Any cancellation must be made by sending an email to the local agent. The cancellation fee varies according to how many days prior to departure the cancellation is made:
· More than 30 days prior to departure: 5% of the total holiday cost
· Between 30 and 22 days prior to departure: 25% of the total holiday cost
· Between 21 and 8 days prior to departure: 50% of the total holiday cost
· Between 7 and 3 days prior to departure: 75% of the total holiday cost
· Less than 3 days prior to departure and after the departure date: 100% of the total holiday cost
All cancellations must be in writing and will be effective upon receipt by CAT. No refund will be made to those participants who break the journey regardless of the portions of the package unused. If, owing to serious illness or injury, the participant withdraws from the tour, a refund will be subject to the consent of the local travel agent.
No refund will be made to those participants who have failed to secure valid travel documents such as passport or visas.
