Day 01 Canada (Vancouver) - Beijing Depart from your home city to Beijing.

Day 02 Beijing Arrive Beijing. Meet and transfer to hotel.

Day 03 Beijing (B/L)Full day tour including Tian'anmen Square and the largest Imperial Palace in the world - the Forbidden City. After lunch approach to the largest imperial garden in the world, the elegant Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven.

Day 04 Beijing - Urumqi (B/L/D) Morning flight to Urumqi. Afternoon drive 70KM southwest to Nanshan Grassland and visit Kazakstanian, Uzbekistanian, Kyrgyzatanian minority families and chat with them in their yurts while drinking strong Milk Tea and local homemade snacks.

Day 05 Urumqi (B/L/D) Drive 120 km northeast to Heavenly Lake, an elevation of 2600 meters on top of mountain. Cruise on the lake & take a golf car around the lake. Back to the city and visit the Provincial Museum to view the incredible mummies from over 2,000 years ago. If time available visit the Red Hill Park and then visit Bazaar.

Day 06 Urumqi - Turpan by bus (B/L/D) Turpan is a Uighur town set in a large oasis surrounded by desert and dry mountains. Upon arrival, visit the mysterious death city-the ruins of Jiaohe, which reveals traces of a prosperous ancient trading center and military stronghold at 1600 years ago. Then visit Ancient Karez, the underground water supply & irrigation system and its Museum. Turpan is famous for its big & sweet grapes and gourds, and we will visit the grape valley.

Day 07 Turpan - Urumqi (bus) , Urumqi - Kashigar (B/L/D) Morning visit Sugong Pagoda, the Flaming Mountain & Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Grottoes. Lunch at local family then drive back to Urumqi and evening flight to Kashigar.

Day 08 Kashigar - Urumqi (B/L/D) Visit Sunday Morning Moslems Pray, then the Sunday Bazaar - the largest outdoor market in the mid-Asia. In the afternoon visit the Temple & the tombs of Fragrant Concubine and the well-preserved Old Town of Kashigar. Evening flight back to Urumqi.

Day 09 Urumqi - Dunhuang (B/L/D) Morning fly to Dunhuang. In the afternoon visit the world wonder - Mogao Grottos. The grottoes honeycomb a 1600 meters long cliff overlooking a river valley, located 25KM southwest of Dunhuang. It is the world's most important sites of ancient Buddhist Culture; preserve a thousand years of Buddhist cave-temple architecture, clay sculpture, mural paintings, and manuscripts, dating from the 5 th to 14 th centuries. Over 426 caves contain numberless clay sculptures and more than 45,000 square meters of mural paintings, all are national treasures.

Day 10 Dunhuang (B/L/D) 2 hours drive west across the desert to Yumen Guan (Jade Gate Pass), the west terminal of Great Wall built in Han Dynasty in 2100 years ago. Return and visit Moon Lake & Sander Sand by riding camels to see the sunset.

Day 11 Dunhuang - Xian (B/L/D) Fly to Xian in the morning and visit the Wild Goose Pagoda, Bell Tower and Xi Guan Street, used to be trading and commercial center.

Day 12 Xian (B/L/SD) Today, visit the famous Terra-cotta Warriors & bronze chariots guarding the tomb's China's first emperor. Afterwards, visit the Shaanxi Provincial Museum or Neolithic Museum. Evening enjoy Dumpling Dinner & Tang Dynasty Show.

Day 13 Xian - Shanghai (B) Morning flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, meet and transfer to hotel and rest of the day is your own leisure time.

Day 14 Shanghai (B/L/D) Full day tour including the Bund, Classical Yu Garden, Shanghai Museum and People Square, Nanjing Road or Xintiandi. Evening enjoy the Shanghai Acrobatic Show.

Day 15 Shanghai - Canada (B) Leisure and transfer to the airport for homeward flight.

**Package prices exclude Taxes & Fuel Surcharge, is based on minimum TWO people traveling. Prices and schedules are subject to change without prior notice. Deviation /amendment Fee will be applied. Please contact Silk Holidays for details. For responsibility, booking terms & conditions, please ask your booking agent for a copy of "Silk Holidays - General Booking Terms & Conditions".

Updated: May13,2010