Beijing Harbin 4 Day Winter Tour by Bullet Train

Pick up from your mid-town hotel in Beijing early in the morning. Then transferred to Beijing Railway Station or Beijing South Railway Station and take the 8-hour bullet train from Beijing to Harbin.  Arrival in Harbin, met by our tour guide and transferred to your hotel in Harbin (booked by us). You will enjoy your leisure time for rest of the day.

Meals: No 
Pick up from your hotel, then have the excursion to enjoy the Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island. The Sun Island is one of northern China's most scenic spots and is famous throughout the country as a resort. However, in winter, when the whole island is covered with snow, that it is the best time to take part in the famous Snow Carving Festival here. 

Then drive further north ( about 37km north of Harbin downtown) to see the Siberian tigers in the Northeast Tiger Park. You are arranged to have a close look at the tigers on a moving bus as well as having a chance to see the tigers through a special walking corridor. It is a thrill and exciting experience to these cute big cats.


After lunch, drive back to the city center to visit the city landmark of Harbin - Sophia Church. It is the largest Eastern Orthodox Church in China as well in the Far East. It has the height of 53.3 meters and has an area of 721 square meters. 

Then walk along Zhongyang Dajie ( Central Street ). Harbin is often dubbed as the Eastern Moscow due to its Russian architecture dooted in the city. The Zhongyang Dajie is the most famous street refecting the foreign styles. It includes many European architectural styled buildings from Renaissance and the baroque to eclecticism.


After dinner, you will have your highlight activity in Harbin - enjoy the Ice and Snow World - an ice fairyland on earth. The ice carvings at the Harbin Ice and Snow World are listed as the world's greatest examples of ice art, the largest ice and snow art exhibition in the world of this kind. People can enjoy the largest and most amazing ice-sculpted masterpieces. After Ice & Snow World, you are transferred back to your hotel in Harbin.


Meals: Breakast, Lunch and Dinnner 
After breakfast, you will be arranged to ski at Harbin Jihua Ski Resort for 2-4 hour （skiing items are to be pay on your own ). 

Skiing at Jihua Ski Resort
It  is a large ski resort  approx. 50km to the southeast of Harbin's city center. Jiihua Ski Resort has become China and Asia's top ski resorts. The resort features 15 different ski slopes, which cover a distance of 30 km in total. It  is designed to cater for beginner, medium and advanced-level skiers. 

The resort has a ski school, which provides over 100 professional skimeisters. The resort area gets heavy snowfall, with about 150 days of snow every year. It can accommodate 5,000 people at the same time.  All the snow activities and skiing are paid on your own.  After skiing, you will be transferred back to the city of Harbin.  


Meals: Breakfast Start today's tour with the visit to Harbin Ice and Snow Happy Valley where you either take part in the ice activities ( pay on your own ) or to watch Harbin Winter Swimming. Winter Swimming is a very popular sport in Harbin. The brave winter swimmers go swimming in the icy water in winter while the other people watch wearing thick clothes. Local swimmers put on some performaces like dancing and boxing on the ice as well as swimming in the pool against the chilly weather.

Then the Heilongjiang Provincial Museum in the city center. The main building of the Museum was built in 1904, and is a brick-and-wood structure following the style of Russian architecture. The Museum is composed mainly of two parts -- the exhibition area of 3,000 square meters and the relics storage building of almost the same size.


Then move on to the ajoining Hongbo Square - the largest underground shopping mall in Harbin. A former air-shelter built in 1960s, it has turned into a huge department store. Warm inside during the chilly winter, you feel much comfortable, but you will be dazzled by the rich variety of the stuff packed in the underground tunnels turned shopping maze!

After lunch, you are transferred to Harbin West Railway Station and take the afternoon 8-hour bullet train for Beijing. Arrival in Beijing, met and transferred back to your hotel in Beijing. End of the travel service

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)

Price inclusion: 1.All transfers and city transportation for your own use 2.Entrance fees and meals as mentioned 3.Private car or van with English speaking guide 4.Beijing - Harbin - Beijing by daytime bullet train (second class) 5.Two sharing room at our designated hotel 6.The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your party.

Price exclusion: 1.Tips to your tour guide and driver 2. Ski activities in Jihua

Available: Daily ( Jan - Feb ) Travel Tips:  1. Wear casually with comfortable sports shoes and pay attention to the climate in Harbin. 2. A warning tip : winter in Harbin uses to be bitter cold! You need plenty of pullovers, gloves, socks, a good winter boot and a good jacket to "survive". 3. The Chinese love fireworks, and before, during and after Chinese New Year, everyone sets off huge quantities of fireworks and firecrackers. Take great care while you are out walking even on busy city-centre streets. If you are tempted into buying fireworks, make absolutely sure you know how to light them. 4. With buses, cars, semis, bicycles and pedestrians moving in every direction, road crossings can be daunting

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