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Beijing Harbin Winter Tour
You are on the page of Harbin tours starting from Beijing. You have two ways of going to Harbin from Beijing either by plane or by train. The flight between Beijing and Harbin takes less than two hours. Most of the trains between Beijing and Harbin are overnight trains starting in the later afternoon and arriving early in the morning, which can save you one night accommodation for Beijing-Harbin train travel. All the Beijing Harbin tours and Harbin Tours listed here are exclusively made for you or your family and your friends with your personal local tour guides and private car or van for your own use. Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province. Located in the middle reaches of the Songhua River and a busy river port, it borders Russia in the north. Harbin is an important transportation center in northeastern China with many flights, highways and railways converging at it.
The Sonhua River flows through Harbin from west to east, making the city an ideal site  for summer swimming. But Harbin is most famous for its snow and ice! its cold winter lasting seven months from October to April generates the famous art of ice sculpture.
Popular things to see and do in Harbin winter:
Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island ( Lasting from DEC 15 to FEB 28, 2008 )
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. The park displays on winter an interesting exposition of figures carved in snow. These are definitely best seen during the day. They are simply incredible, and once seen will never be forgotten.
Entrance fee to Snow Carving Festival: RMB 50
Bus Lines to Snow Carving Festival: The tourist buses starting from Youyi Lu can take you directly to the Sun Island. Bus lines of 29, 88,118101,102,103, 13 and 79.
Opening Hours: 8:00 - 17:00
Ice Lantern Festival in Zhaolin Park ( Lasting from DEC 25 to FEB 28, 2008 )
The Ice Carving In Zhaolin Park is the most important winter site in Harbin. The ice activities in the ice lantern park have been held here each year since 1963! A great number of objects are carved depicting gardens, flowers, waterfalls, buildings, European-styled churches, lions, tigers, dragons etc. In the daytime, the ice sculptures are gorgeous and colourful. In the evening, the park becomes a glittering fairland of ice!
Entrance fee: RMB 30
Bus Lines: 8, 53, 74, 83, 113, 114, 201
Opening Hours: 5:00-20:00
Harbin Ice and Snow World ( Lasting from DEC 25 to FEB 28, 2008 )
Located on the open place on the way to Sun Island, 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. All ice carvings are done relative to the festival's theme. All the sculptures are lit up from inside.
Entrance fee: RMB 150
Bus Lines: 29, 88, 118
Opening Hours: 5:00-20:00
St. Sophia Church
Harbin St. Sophia Church 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. It is a National level Key Cultural Relics in China. Now it is turned into Harbin Art Gallery. It is a landmark in Harbin.
Entrance fee: RMB 20
Bus Lines: 1, 2, 13, 15, 64, 66
Opening Hours: 8:00-18:00
Siberian Tiger Park
The Siberian Tiger Park is built to protect the Siberian Tiger. The Siberian tiger is considered endangered. Regarded as the king of the Forest, it is the largest felid in the world. Located on the north bank of the Songhua River, it has an area of 1,440,000 square meters.
It is an ideal place for holiday and leisure. There are more than 500 purebred Siberian tigers here. What's more, visitors can also see white tigers, lions, lynx, leopards, and black pumas and many more.
Entrance fee: RMB 50
Bus Lines: 85
Opening Hours: 9:00-16:00
The Stalin Park:
The Stalin Park is located on the south of Songhua River in Harbin. The area occupied is 100000 square meters. Formerly named " River Bank Park", it was built in 1953. It is an open park 1750 meters long, just across Sun Island. It offers many kinds of water-sports and other leisure activties. The monument in the park commemorates the flood 1957 and many vunteers who helped at the time.
Zhongyang Dajie ( Zhongyang Road )
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. Zhongyang Dajie is also a pedestrian steeet in Habin lined with shops and restaurants.
The Yabuli International Ski Resort ( Windmill Village )
The Yubuli International Ski Resort ( Windmill Village ) is located about 200km to the east of the city of Harbin, and 120km to the west of Mudanjiang city and to the southeast of Yabuli National Forest Park in Heilongjiang Province. The village occupies over 300 hectares and acts as the Vacation Resort. Windmill Village is the largest one in China speialized in ski tourism. Windmill Village became well-known for successfully hosting the Third Asian Winter Games in February 1996.
How to get there:
By train
By bus: D61, D63
Private car: 301 National Highway
Price List for Skiing
Entrance fee: RMB 10
Skiing Two Hours 150, Three Hours 140, Half Day 160, One Day 280, Two Days 400, Three Days 550
Skimeister Two Hours 200
Ski Clothing Rent One Time 60/Set
Harbin Tourist Sketch Map
Harbin Private Tour Packages starting from and back to Beijing:
| Beijing Harbin Two Nights Round Trip by Flight ( BHRB-01 ) |
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Attractions: Stalin Park, Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Ice Lantern Festival in Zhaolin Park, Ice and Snow World, St. Guogeli Street, Siberian Tiger Park, Zhongyang Dajie ( Zhongyang Road )
Round trip by flight + personal local guide & driver + Hotel + private car / van + entrance fees & meals as listed, from US$550p/p |
| Beijing Harbin Three Nights Round Trip by Train ( BHRB-02 ) |
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Attractions: Stalin Park, Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Ice Lantern Festival in Zhaolin Park, Ice and Snow World, St. Guogeli Street, Siberian Tiger Park, Zhongyang Dajie ( Zhongyang Road )
Round trip by train + personal local guide & driver + Hotel + private car / van+ entrance fees & meals as listed, from US$450p/p |
| Beijing Harbin Yabuli Ski Resort Three Nights Tour by Flight ( BHRB-03 ) |
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Attractions: Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Ice Lantern Festival in Zhaolin Park, St. Sophia Church, Siberian Tiger Park and Zhongyang Dajie ( Zhongyang Road ), Yabuli Ski Resort
Round trip by flight + personal local guide & Driver + Hotel + Private car / van+ entrance fees & meals as listed, from US$680 p/p |
| Beijing Harbin Yabuli Ski Resort Four Nights Tour by Train ( BHRB-04 ) |
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Attractions: Snow Carving Festival in Sun Island, Ice Lantern Festival in Zhaolin Park, St. Sophia Church, Siberian Tiger Park and Zhongyang Dajie ( Zhongyang Road ), Yabuli Ski Resort
Round trip by train + personal Guide & Driver + Hotel + Private car / van+ entrance fees & meals as listed, from US$600 p/p |
Harbin Travel Tips:
1. Wear casually with comfortable sports anti-slippery warm 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 pedetrians moving in every direction, road crossings can be daunting.
5. Keep your camera warm: electronic shutter of the camera below at -20 กใ C, the battery is easy to be "discharged", the camera is out of
order, and the shutter doesn't work. Therefore, after you finish your outdoor filming, please keep the camera the cloak, keep it warm.
addition, we must prepare more batteries just in case.
6. Take anti-cold Drugs: be ready for anti-cold tablets and other drug treatment.
Harbin Transportation:
By Flight
Harbin Taiping International Airport is the second largest in the Northeast International Airport, located in the western suburbs of Harbin. There are flights to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Dalian, Xi'an including more than 30 large, medium tourist cities with annual transport volume of over 7 million people. It has constructed the air routes with Japan Niigata , Seoul, South Korea, Russia Vladivostok and the Hong Kong SAR.
Civil Aviation Hall Civil Aviation Building (Road 99)
Tel: 82622337 82894220
Harbin Airport inquiries Department: 82894219 82894220
Civil Aviation Building (Hill Road 99) from the airport shuttle buses: 20 yuan per person
By Railway
Harbin is second only to Shenyang, northeast China's second largest railway hub.
Railway Ticket Center - Beijing Street 71
Tel: 53679042
Train station inquiries Department:
82345628 86420115
By Highway
Harbin has four national level roads extending to the whole country - 102 ( Jing-Ha Highway), 202 (Dalian Heihe a), 221 (Harbin - with Jiang), 301 (Manzhouli - Suifenhe)
The province has to Harbin - Daqing, Qiqihar; Harbin - Mudanjiang, Suifenhe. Harbin - Jiamusi, Hegang 103 Freeway. There are dozens of long-distance bus lines, with the important province to province to neighboring towns and cities.
Nangangtou Nangangtou Terminal Road : 53665910 53665902
Chengde Road, the Highway Bus Terminal Plaza : 88393271
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