Crystal,
I wanted to drop you a note and tell you that the tour you arranged for us was far better than we expected. Both Driver Ma and our guide Winnie were fantastic. They treated us like family and we felt sad leaving them to come home. If all of your employees are as good as those two are, you will have great success with your company.
Bob Harder
Toledo, Ohio USA
Moms and dads, aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas, Are you going to travel Beijing with your kids? Maybe you are a little in the dark as how to arrange the tour for kids? You might need to explore the city on your own while you still want to keep you kids well looked after and having their the time of their lives. We have a few ideas for you. Beijing is a city suitable for adults travelling with their kids. In Beijing there are over 100 museums,3 large recreation centers and over 100 institutions of high learning. On this one day kids tour, we have listed some of the must see sights both fun and educational for children in and around Beijing that come highly recommended not just by us and our tour guides, but from the hundreds of families who have enjoyed their personal sightseeing with Beijing Xinhua International Tours. If you have any suggestions, email them to us.
Kids Beijing is the brand name of the Beijing day tours tailored for kids escorted by their parents offered by tour-beijing travel service. Enjoy your Beijing tours with your kids being taken care of.
Tour Code: BKT-01 Departure: Daily Duration: 1 day Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 8:00am Finishing point and time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 6:00pm Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire We speak: English
Itinerary: Collect you and your kids from your hotel around 8:30am. First visit Sony ExploraScience. It is located inside Chaoyang Park, near the south gate, Chaoyang District 朝阳区朝阳公园里（南门）,Tel: 6501 8800. Opening hour: Mon-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat-Sun 9.30am-7.30pm, closed on second Mon and Tue of each month. It is a Science and technology museum, an interactive educational center for promotion of science and education. The blend of science and technology is the main theme of Sony ExploraScience. It blends interactive educational exhibits from the Exploratorium in San Francisco with Sony's latest digital technologies to assist young children to experience the attraction of science. Sony ExploraScience is sectioned into four parts composed of "illusion,"- the unique nature of optical illusions can be experienced; "refraction/reflection" - light travels through space to deliver information"; "light/colors" - using spectroscopes and computer processing we can experience how the light we see everyday is made up of various wavelengths and "sounds" - sound is an invisible phenomenon that travels through space". The aim of Sony ExploraScience, as Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation, said, is to fulfill the dreams of the world's Digital Dream Kids.
Beijing Planetarium, It is composed of the old planetarium and the new planetarium. The old one has an optical projector and space exhibits. The new planetarium has SGI Digital Space theater, 4D theater, Space Simulator 3D theater, Sun exhibits, ancient Chinese astronomical instruments exhibits, telescope store, etc. All theaters are presented in Chinese. Some exhibits have a few words of English. The SGI Digital Space theater is of the best quality computer generated show. With a 600 seating capacity, the new planetarium has a celestial body showing system which is compased of a large homemade Star Projector and tens of special effect projectors. It is located 138 Xizhimenwai Dajie, Beijing.
After lunch, drive to Beijing Zoo to see the Giant Pandas. Beijing Zoo is located to the west of Beijing City ( 2km west of Xizhimen Subway Station). It has both rare Chinese animals, such as the Giant Panda and the Golden Monkey, and also a wide selection from around the world - from Polar Bears to Kangaroos. Over 6,000 animals of over 500 species are on show. The present place of Beijing Zoo was originally the imperial garden in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). Various plants and trees were cultivated and animals were raised here in the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). After the establishing of the People's Republic of China, the site was renovated and was later well known as the West Suburban Park. In 1955, the name was turned into Beijing Zoo and the range of animals was increased. The visits by the heads of states have brought some of the animals as gifts.
After the tour to Beijing Zoo, walk to the adjacent Beijing Aquarium, a good place to take children. Regarded as "the world's largest inland aquarium", this huge structure gives a close-up view at the teeming life of the world's rivers and oceans. The porpoise performance and fish feeding times in the big tank are not to be missed. It has an Amazon rainforest area, coral reefs, a shark aquarium, whales, dolphins and a marine mammal pavilion. The latter hosts lively aquatic animal displays. Admission: RMB 100, students RMB 60, people over 60 years RMB 60. Two children under 1.2 m admitted free with each adult. Aquarium tickets include admission to the zoo. Opening Hours: 9:30-17:00 (18:00 on Sat. and Sun.). Ticket sales finish at 16:00.
At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.
Service package includes:
1. Entrance tickets
2. Pick-up service from hotel
3. Private air-conditioned car or van
4. Private English speaking tour guide
5. Chinese lunch
Service package excludes:
1. Personal Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip
2. Tips to the tour guide and driver
Remark:
The tour prices above only include the first main entrance ticket for each attraction and exclude the inner entrance fees for each attraction.
Reservation:
1. Please use our online booking or send your travel request via email to info@tour-beijing.com. You are also welcome to call us at + 86 10 67160201 ext 1006 or 2007. If you have a last minute booking or an urgent matter after our normal office hour, please call 0086 13520598855 or 13901312027 ( 24 hours ).
2. Our real trip advisors will have your booking confirmed no more than one working day. We even take last minute booking if time is pressing. When your booking is confirmed, you will get a confirmation email or call from us, which includes the confirmed detailed information with price.
3. In your reply, please inform us of your hotel in Beijing and date for the tour. Usually our tour guide will call you on the evening before to fix the departure time from your hotel and collect the money on the spot when you board the coach.
4. Way of Payment: cash payment,credit card payment or wire transfer. Both RMB and hard currency are acceptable. Currency Converter
5. Our tour guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel in Beijing.
More attractions for kids tours in Beijing: China Science & Technology Museum: It is No 1, Beisanhuan Zhonglu, on northern section of the 3rd Ring Road Beijing. As a nationa-level museum of science and technology, it is an important place of popular science education in China. Its aim is to pass knowledge of science and technology among the public, and help increase the scientific and cultural literacy of all citizens. The museum covers an area of 40,000 square meters, of which 16,000 square meters is for exhibition halls. There are mainly 3 main halls. Exhibition Hall A: The exhibits of ancient Chinese technology itell us astronomy, the compass, gunpowder, bronze smelting and casting, papermaking and printing. Exhibition Hall B has over 300 collections from aeronautics; astronautics; energy; communications; material science and mechanics; information technology; life science; and environmental science. Exhibition Hall C is one of the museum's major attractions and also one of the largest Astro-vision theaters in the world. Its address is Address: No 1, Beisanhuan Zhonglu, Beijing. Beijing Happy Valley: dubbed "Disney in Beijing", a Chinese theme park, one of the "Happy Valley" chains. The first "Happy Valley" has been successfully operating for many years in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province. At the same time, the group is going to build on two more "Happy Valleys" in Shanghai and Chengdu. The Beijing World Park: A miniture park, the Beijing World Park is situated in the Fengtai District southwestern of downtown Beijijng. It is 20 kilometers from Tian'anmen and 40 kilometers from the Capital International Airport. The park has over world-famous man-made and natural attractions from almost 50 countries all the world.
Add: 158 Fengbaolu, Huaxing, Fengtai Distict. Tel: 8361 3344 Beijing Museum of Natural History: When you walk into the nature museum, you can see the fossil that has kept the record of the ancient life, the lively creature specimen in different poses, and realistic nature sights. You will be naturally driven by them and be excited to explore the origin of preliminary life, the process of creature evolution and the dawn of human history...
Add:126 Tianqiao Nanlu, chongwen District, near the west gate of the Temple of Heaven. Tel: 67024431 China Military Museum: The Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution stands on the north side of the central section of Fuxing Road directly south of the Yuyuantan Park. The museum is composed of two four-story wings and a main building of seven stories topped with the gilded emblem of the Chinese People's Liberation. China Aviation Museum: China Aviation Museum is about 40 miles north of Beijing and located in the foot of fascinating Xiao Tang Hill (XiaoTangShan) in Chang Ping County. On November 11, 1989, it was opened to the public in the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Add: Xiaotangshan Town, Changping District, 9km east of the Xiaotangshan Exit on the Badaling Express. Tel:61784882 Natioal Flag Raising Ceremony: The ceremony starts with a team of guards of honour marching out of the Tian'an men and put the flag up on the flag-pole in the northern end of the Tian'an men Square. Usually the ceremony will last about 10 minutes and attracts hundrands or thousands visitors every early morning, especially during such these important days as on May 1 st (International Labour Day), on Oct 1 st (National day), every New year, and China's lunar New Year as well. Beijing Children's Palace: Beijing Children's Palace is one of the largest art training centers after school in the country. Many studtents go to the Beijing Children's Palace to learn something different from what they study in school. In past 50 years, over100,000 teenagers have taken extra-curricular classes in Beijing Children's Palace , located in th former royal garden behind Jingshan Park. In Beijing Children's Palace, they learn painting, calligraphy, photography, dancing, singing, football, or other activities. Beijing Creation Park: Beijing Amusement Park is located No.1, zuo'an men street Chong Wen district Beijing. To the west of Longtanhu Park in the Chongwen District, Beijing Amusement Park, a Sino-Japanese joint project, blends trendy amusement facilities with garden landscaping. There are about 90,000 trees, 11 bridges, 115,000 square meters of water surface and over 100 rowboats for enjoyment. Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park: Shijingshan Amusement Park was first opened in 1986. It is located north of the Bajiaocun subway station,only 15 km far from Tian'anmen. You can reach it directly It by the line 1 subway and many public traffic. In the park, there are Gothic Cinderella Castle, Arabic restaurant, Euro style Blue Bridge, Russian gate tower etc. You can enjoy the games, such as jet tower, gorge drift, big dipper and rocket bungee etc.
Add: 25 Shijinghsnan Lu, Shijignshan District. Tel: 68862547. China National Children's Center (CNCC): Set up in 1982, China National Children's Center is a non-profit organization for teenagers after-school education at national level. It works as a window for the international intercourse of China children's work. The basic aim of CNCC is 'Everything for Children'. It is focused on the children from 0-18 years old, and their parents. As a hub for after-school education, the CNCC sponsor various educational activities focused around many themes, and organizes training courses for different interest groups in art, sports, science, language etc, in order to broaden children's knowledge, develop their personality, raise their competence and grow up healthily.
Add: No. 43 Western Road, Ping'anli, Xicheng District, Beijing. Tel: 010-66154537 Goose and Duck Ranch: Providing one-day or weekend packages, which covers the activities such as archery, go-karting, horseback riding and more. There are log cabins available for weekend stays. The Ranch also offers all the comforts of home, nesseled in the countryside.
Add: Qiaozi Town, north of Beizhai Village, Huirou District. Tel: 6538-1691
Collect you and your kids from your hotel around 8:30am. First visit Sony ExploraScience. It is located inside Chaoyang Park, near the south gate, Chaoyang District 朝阳区朝阳公园里（南门）,Tel: 6501 8800. Opening hour: Mon-Fri 9.30am-6pm, Sat-Sun 9.30am-7.30pm, closed on second Mon and Tue of each month. It is a Science and technology museum, an interactive educational center for promotion of science and education. The blend of science and technology is the main theme of Sony ExploraScience. It blends interactive educational exhibits from the Exploratorium in San Francisco with Sony's latest digital technologies to assist young children to experience the attraction of science. Sony ExploraScience is sectioned into four parts composed of "illusion,"- the unique nature of optical illusions can be experienced; "refraction/reflection" - light travels through space to deliver information"; "light/colors" - using spectroscopes and computer processing we can experience how the light we see everyday is made up of various wavelengths and "sounds" - sound is an invisible phenomenon that travels through space". The aim of Sony ExploraScience, as Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation, said, is to fulfill the dreams of the world's Digital Dream Kids.
Beijing Planetarium, It is composed of the old planetarium and the new planetarium. The old one has an optical projector and space exhibits. The new planetarium has SGI Digital Space theater, 4D theater, Space Simulator 3D theater, Sun exhibits, ancient Chinese astronomical instruments exhibits, telescope store, etc. All theaters are presented in Chinese. Some exhibits have a few words of English. The SGI Digital Space theater is of the best quality computer generated show. With a 600 seating capacity, the new planetarium has a celestial body showing system which is compased of a large homemade Star Projector and tens of special effect projectors. It is located 138 Xizhimenwai Dajie, Beijing.
After lunch, drive to Beijing Zoo to see the Giant Pandas. Beijing Zoo is located to the west of Beijing City ( 2km west of Xizhimen Subway Station). It has both rare Chinese animals, such as the Giant Panda and the Golden Monkey, and also a wide selection from around the world - from Polar Bears to Kangaroos. Over 6,000 animals of over 500 species are on show. The present place of Beijing Zoo was originally the imperial garden in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). Various plants and trees were cultivated and animals were raised here in the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911). After the establishing of the People's Republic of China, the site was renovated and was later well known as the West Suburban Park. In 1955, the name was turned into Beijing Zoo and the range of animals was increased. The visits by the heads of states have brought some of the animals as gifts.
After the tour to Beijing Zoo, walk to the adjacent Beijing Aquarium, a good place to take children. Regarded as "the world's largest inland aquarium", this huge structure gives a close-up view at the teeming life of the world's rivers and oceans. The porpoise performance and fish feeding times in the big tank are not to be missed. It has an Amazon rainforest area, coral reefs, a shark aquarium, whales, dolphins and a marine mammal pavilion. The latter hosts lively aquatic animal displays. Admission: RMB 100, students RMB 60, people over 60 years RMB 60. Two children under 1.2 m admitted free with each adult. Aquarium tickets include admission to the zoo. Opening Hours: 9:30-17:00 (18:00 on Sat. and Sun.). Ticket sales finish at 16:00.
