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Cultural Exploration |
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Holiday Overview
Holiday Overview
Highlights
- Ancient villages in Anhui region: relatively untouched by the modern world
- Huashan Mysterious Grottoes: the ninth miracle lies on the 30 degrees of northern latitude
- Cultural experiences such as wood carving, tea picking, and paper cutting
Brief Itinerary
- DAY 01 BEIJING / TUNXI OLD STREET / HUIZHOU SNACK COURSE
- DAY 02 XIDI & LU ANCIENT VILLAGE / MUKENG BAMBOO FOREST
- DAY 03 HUANGSHAN HUI ZI HAO CARVING ART MUSEUM / HUASHAN MYSTERIOUS GROTTOES
- DAY 04 SHE COUNTY
- DAY 05 HUANGSHAN TEA PLANTATION / TANGMO ANCIENT VILLAGE
- DAY 06 HUI INK BRUSH WORKSHOP / HU KAIWEN INK FACTORY / BEIJING
Map & Itinerary
Map & Itinerary
The ancient Hiuzhou contained six counties (She county, Yi county, Wu Yuan, Ji Xi, Qi Men and Xiu Ning). The location and setting of the traditional folk housing in ancient Huizhou is greatly influenced by the geomantic theory (风水理论). The overall design of the traditional folk housing of Huizhou style vividly reveals the ideology and the system of the patriarchy (父权制) in ancient Huizhou.
Holiday Itinerary
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BEIJING / TUNXI OLD STREET / HUIZHOU SNACK COURSE
Take the high-speed train to Huangshan City from Beijing. Upon arrival, meet the local tour guide, transfer to the hotel and check in. Visit the Tunxi Old Street. Taste the traditional Huizhou cuisine and to learn how to make Huizhou snack and enjoy the fun with the local master.
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Accommodation 4 star hotel in Huangshan City
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XIDI & LU ANCIENT VILLAGE / MUKENG BAMBOO FOREST
After breakfast, transfer to Yi Xian (Yi County), visit Xidi ancient village, which is famed as being the “Ming and Qing Dynasty Local Residence Museum”. Visit Lu ancient village (Lu Cun), enjoy the most beautiful wood carvings in Huizhou. Transfer to Mukeng village, hike in the bamboo forest. It is well known as the shooting location of the Oscar-winning movie “Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon”. Drive back to Tunxi hotel and check in.
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Accommodation 4 star hotel in Huangshan City
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Meals BLD
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HUANGSHAN HUI ZI HAO CARVING ART MUSEUM / HUASHAN MYSTERIOUS GROTTOES
After breakfast, drive to Huangshan Hui Zi Hao Carving Art Museum and experience how to make Huizhou Bamboo Carving. In the afternoon, visit Huashan Mysterious Grottoes, which enjoys the reputation “the ninth miracle lies on the 30 degrees of northern latitude”. Drive back to Tunxi hotel and check in.
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Accommodation 4 star hotel in Huangshan City
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Meals BLD
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SHE COUNTY
After breakfast, drive to She Xian (She County). Visit Huizhou Ancient Town, one of the four ancient town in China. Experience Chinese paper-cutting folk art, which enjoys long history. After lunch, visit the Hui Shang (Huizhou Merchants) Grand Courtyard, or called Xi Yuan, a Private Ancient House of Hui Shang. Enjoy the three Huizhou carving styles (stone carving, wood carving and brick carving). Drive back to Tunxi hotel and check in.
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Accommodation 4 star hotel in Huangshan City
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Meals BLD
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HUANGSHAN TEA PLANTATION / TANGMO ANCIENT VILLAGE
After breakfast, drive to Huangshan Tea Plantation, picking tea leaves with local tea farmers and enjoy the Chinese tea ceremony. After lunch, visit Tangmo Ancient Village, the No.1 Shuikou garden village, and enjoy the Huangmei Opera in the ancient ancestral hall. Visit the ancient Tangyue Memorial Archway Group. The unique Memorial Archways include seven stone archways built in the Ming and Qing dynasties spanning over 200 years.
Drive back to Tunxi hotel and check in.
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Accommodation 4 star hotel in Huangshan City
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Meals BLD
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HUI INK BRUSH WORKSHOP / HU KAIWEN INK FACTORY / BEIJING
After breakfast, visit the Hui Ink Brush Workshop and learn to make your own Chinese ink brush with the master. And then use your Hui-style Ink Brush to have a short calligraphy lesson. After that, visit Hu Kaiwen Ink Factory, the oldest and most famous factory for Hui Ink sticks in China, where we can see the whole working process of ink sticks. After lunch, transfer to Huangshan Railway Station and take the high-speed t train to Beijing.
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. Internal flights
** Day 11/ Flight from Yichang to Shanghai (based on economy class);
8. Trains
** Day 04/ High speed train from Beijing to Xi’an (based on 2nd class);
** Day 06/ High speed train from Xi’an to Chengdu (based on 2nd class)
** Day 06/ High speed train from Chengdu to Chongqing (based on 2nd class)
9. Arrangements: the tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges
10. 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.
