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7 days from $1,799 per person
Your Privately Guided Touring features a choice of deluxe or luxury hotels, 9 meals, in-depth sightseeing with your own personal car, driver and guide, luggage handling, all on-tour transportation and 1 internal flight.
This terrific pairing of cities promises a wonderful vacation! This flexible, innovative approach to tour planning affords unmatched value and superior travel experiences!
In the intimate company of your own personal guide, you’ll explore the Imperial treasures of Beijing. Then fly to Hong Kong where our specially-planned, full-day sightseeing tour has you traveling around the city to experience the highlights like a savvy insider!
Beijing, Hong Kong, China
Engaging Discoveries
- Stroll through the sprawling Forbidden City, walk atop the Great Wall and delight in the beauty of the Summer Palace… as your personal guide brings China’s ancient Imperial history to life!
- Explore by rickshaw through one of Beijing’s fast-disappearing hutongs, traditional neighborhoods with narrow alleyways and ancient courtyard homes. Meet with a resident family and learn about life in the capital.
- Be a Hong Kong Insider! Our custom-designed tour takes you beyond the skyscrapers to experience a Hong Kong that few visitors ever see.
- 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
This trip is available with professional, bi-lingual guides fluent in their own local dialect plus a variety of other languages like Spanish, Italian, Chinese and many others.
Note: A single entry China visa is required for US citizens.
Day 1 - Welcome to Beijing!
Check in to your choice of city-center hotel, the 5-star Sofitel Hotel or the legendary Peninsula, a luxury landmark located close to the Forbidden City.
Day 2 - Explore Imperial Beijing
Today’s in-depth sightseeing focuses on the Imperial monuments of the capital. Stand in Tiananmen Square, one of the largest and grandest public plazas in the world. Then explore the sprawling Forbidden City , a grand complex of palaces, courtyards and pavilions. Marvel at the Temple of Heaven , an extraordinary Ming Dynasty achievement of architecture, aesthetic and engineering and then tour the tranquil Summer Palace , erstwhile seasonal retreat of China’s Emperors and Empresses.
Meals B,L
Day 3 - Great Wall & Hutong Tour
Journey into the rugged hills outside of the capital to explore atop the Great Wall . Back in the city, see the iconic venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics and explore by rickshaw through a traditional hutong. Meet with a resident family in their generations-old courtyard home and learn about the fast-changing pace of life in the capital.
Meals B,L
Day 4 - Fly to Hong Kong
Your private car and driver await to escort you to the airport for your flight to Hong Kong. Upon arrival, you’ll be warmly greeted and transferred to the city-center hotel of your choice, the Royal Garden or the luxurious Kowloon Shangri-La.
Meals B
Day 5 - Be a Hong Kong Insider!
Personally designed by your Asia experts here and in Hong Kong, this unique, privately-guided sightseeing tour takes you beyond the typical sights to experience facets of Hong Kong that few visitors ever glimpse! With your private guide at your side, you’ll engage the city like a native – exploring by subway, double-decker tram and taxi. We’ll take you to Bird Street and the Flower Market, local institutions thronged daily by city residents. You’ll ride up the world’s longest covered outdoor escalator to visit the antique shops of Hollywood Road and step aboard the iconic Star Ferry for an unforgettable cruise across Victoria Harbor.
Visit well-known landmarks like Man Mo Temple and stroll in a traditional Chinese garden tucked away in a quiet suburb. Sit down to a Dim Sum lunch at City Hall, a venue popular with busy professionals, and then explore Wanchai, now an exclusive city-center residential district where you’ll visit the simple but chic apartment of a typical expat.
Meals B,L
Day 6 - Hong Kong at your leisure
Enjoy this full day free to explore at your own pace. Your hotel’s convenient city-center location offers easy access to some of the city’s best shopping, dining and sightseeing. Meals B
Day 7 - Depart Hong Kong
Your journey ends today after breakfast.
Meals B
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