Attractions: Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Forest of Stone Steles, City Wall, Tang Dynasty dinner and show, Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Great Mosque, Mt.Hua
-- This hiking tour can provide a feelling of Mt. Huashan which is one of the five best-known mountains in China and is famous for its breath-taking cliffs. Along the 12-kilometer-long winding path up to the top are awe-inspiring precipices, looking into which will take your breath away. Mt. Huashan boasts a lot of places of interest. Here and there stand Buddhist and Taoist temples, pavilions and buildings as well as sculptures and engravings. Along the cliff of South Peak is a planked path equipped with an iron chain, with the help of which, adventurers can walk on the narrow path
--Arrive in Xian.
--Be picked up from airport by English speaking guide of Chinatravelcompass.com, drive to hotel for check in.
--Remainder of day is at leisure.
Recommended:Go to DeFu Vally or the bars on the SouthGate,take experience for yourself of the Xi'an nightlife.
Day 2. Xi'an to Lintong to Mount Huashan (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
--Be picked up from your hotel at 09:00 am.
--Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses -the Eighth Wonder of the World. More than 6,000 different looking pottery figures depict the history of the Qin Dynasty from 221 BC-206 BC.
--Afternoon,Then drive to the foot of Mt. Hua .
Live in the hotel which is at the foot of Mt. Hua
Day 3 Mount Huashan hiking
(Breakfast, Lunch)
--Be picked up from your hotel at 09:00 am.
--hiking--North Peak (Cloud Terrace Peak)--Jinsuo Guan (Gold Lock Pass)--Middle Peak (Jade Maiden Peak)--East Peak (Facing Sun Peak)--South Peak (Landing Wild Geese Peak)--The West Peak (Lotus Flower Peak)
--Take breakfast at hotel, after that start to climb Mt. Hua which including North Peak, Thousand-foot Stone Pillar, Lianhua Peak, Yuquan Court and Changjin Pavilion without cable car. Around noon you can either eat your lunch on the top or at bottom, which depends on your hiking pace. In the afternoon hike in the summit of Mt. Hua to have a look at the sundown. You must prepare your lunch for yourself, but the dinner you can bring by yourself or eat at the hotel of Mt. Hua.
Live in Mt. Hua
--Mountain Hua: the most steepy and perilous mountain under the sun, is elevated at 2160.5 meters above the sea level. It is the fourth holy-land where legendary immortals live. The five peaks, namely the Eastern Peak (known as the Sunrise Peak); the Western Peak (known as the Lotus-flower Peak); the Southern Peak (known as the Wild Goose Perching Peak); the Northern Peak (known as the Cloud Terrace Peak) and the Central Peak (known as the Lady Jade Peak) overlap and tower above each other. Its mightiness and grandeur are beat described in a stanza of a poem: "Its posture overwhelms the white clouds and reflected in the Yellow River are its shadows." The overlapping mountain ridges, the strategic strongholds, the secluded valleys, the precipices, the gurgling springs and topping cascades are all worthyour adventures. There are also many other tourist attractions up and down the mountain. Such as the God's Palm Print, the Thousand-foot precipice, the Hundred-foot Crevice, the Furrow, the Heavenward Ladder, the Grey Dragon Ridge, the Cliffside Path and the Sparrow-hawks'Cliff. The widespread legends and fairy tales are on everyone's lips: such as "flute to attract phoenis" "split the mountain to save Holy Mother"; and "wager a mountain by playing chess". The profound essence of the Chinese civilization is well known near and far, such as "the only path up the mountain"; "the duel at Mt.Hua" the triumphant recapture; "the Yang's hometown"; and "the root of the Chinese nation". All these features have made Mt.Hua one of the most charming and miraculous tourist attractions of its kind.
Day 4. see the sunrise in Huashan Mt.--Back to Xi'an (Breakfast, Lunch)
--This morning visit to the sunrise of Mt. Hua.Then you can have a breakfast at the hotel or not as you like. Hike down Mt. Hua, drive back to Xi'an. You must provide your lunch for yourself, but the dinner you can eat at the foot of Mt. Hua or Xi'an. In the evening a foot massage that can ease or eliminate the heel pain symptoms because of hiking tire, is offered to you optionally.
Stay in Xi'an
Day 5. Drive to Xi'an airport. Service ends.
(Breakfast)
(1.)Pay cash to our tour guide upon your hotel pickup in the morning. Both Chinese RMB and USD are acceptable.
(2.)Transfer the money to tour bank account at least 2 weeks beofore your tour date.
(3.)Pay by Credit Card through Paypal. We will send you the Paypal Invoice. You just need to follow the instructions step by step .
--Air-conditioned private car or van,
--Admission fee,
--English-speaking tour guide,
--Typical Chinese lunch,
--Hotel pickup and drop-off,
--Fuel, highway tax and parking cost.
--Hotel expense,
1 Hotel expense,
2 Personal expense,
3 Tips to the tour guides and drivers.
Friendly Notice from China Travel Compsss :
1. The above tour is tailored for you exclusively. You will enjoy Private car, driver and English speaking tour guide.
2. Lunch is not refundable if you do not need it.
3. The sunshine is very strong in summer time. Sunglass is useful.
4. Comfortable shoes are helpful
5. Chinatravelcompass.com list the exact cost of each person from 1 to 10 persons. This will help you to cut the cost if you have more people.
6. The best season to visit Xian is Autumn and Spring.
Tips: (1) The water is very limited in top of mountain, it only can guarantee for drinking not washing and bathing. You should bring the washing water with you in advance.
(2) The 4 star and 5 star hotels provide the Double Rooms, and the 3 star hotels offer Domitory.
(3) There are hotels in Eastern, Northern and Western Peaks. Which Peaks will be chosen to stay is up to seasons.
(1) The water is very limited in top of mountain, it only can guarantee for drinking not washing and bathing. You should bring the washing water with you in advance.
(2) The 4 star and 5 star hotels provide the Double Rooms, and the 3 star hotels offer Domitory.
(3) There are hotels in Eastern, Northern and Western Peaks. Which Peaks will be chosen to stay is up to seasons.
