Night Boat Tour in Old Beijing
Pricing: US$60 p/p adult; US$30 p/p child
Inclusion: Roundtrip hotel transfers, admission to the boat tour
Departure: Daily ( Valid from April to October )
Duration: Approx. 3 hours
Boating starts at 7:00pm
Boating finishes at 8:00pm
Pick-up point and time: Your Hotel around 6:00pm
Finishing point and time: Your Hotel around 9:00pm
Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire
We speak: English
Details:
Pick up from your hotel in Beijing around 6:00pm. Then drive to River Romance Dock which is located in the "Lotus Market" opposite the back gate ( north gate ) of Beihai Park. Start boating around 7:00pm. The local boat company uses the boats which are 7 meters in length and 1.7 meters in width. It is made in line with the old Chinese Traditional painting dating to the Song Dynasty 800 years ago. All the boats are paddled by the boatmen who wear in yellow vests and bamboo hats. All the boats are equipped with all the red lanterns. You can enjoy some tea and local snacks on the boat. And at the same time, you also have the chance to get a close view of the local people's daily life on the banks while enjoying the sweet tune from the Chinese stringed and woodwind instruments played by the ladies on the bow of boats. The boats will pass under the Yingding Bridge( It is very famous in the local Beijing history). Then the boat enters a bigger lake. The most highlight tour is when the peple at the bank will light up the candle in the little paper boats and put them into the water. The little boats flicker at each other. You just imagine the atmosphere in which the music is in the air, you feel you are back to old days of the Tang or Song Dynasty. After the boat ride, then transferred back to your hotel around 8:00pm, or you are free on your own in the Houhai bar area.
Travel Tips:
Wear casually and pay attention to the climate in Beijing. Note:
1. Available from April 01 to Nov 01 each year
2. Black-out Dates: 14th day, 15th day and 16th day of the eighth month according to China' lunar calendar.
3. Minimum two travellers Reservation:
1. Plase 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 13701067793 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.
