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Lantern Festival Experience Tour

Tour Code: BSF-03

Departure: Feb 06, 2012
Way of travel: A private tour with your own tour guide and driver
Duration: 8 hours
Pick-up time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 1:30pm
Finishing time: Your Hotel in Beijing around 9:30 pm
Meal: Dinner as listed in the itinerary
Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards, Wire

The Chinese Lunar New Year comes to an end when the Festival of Lanterns sets in. Each lantern festival finds lantern shows and folk dance everywhere. One special food for the festival is the Tang Yuan, another kind of dumplings made of sweet rice rolled into balls (glutinous rice ball) and stuffed with either sweet or different fillings. The round shape symbolizes wholeness and unity.

The Lantern day festivities also include the Lantern Riddle game with people trying to guess the answers to the mysterious riddles stuck on the lanterns. After the lantern festival, life is back to the daily routines once again.

Tour & Activity Schedule

Feb 06, 2012
13:30: Pick from your hotel in Beijing
14:00-14:30: Visit a local market to see how local people prepare for the coming Lantern Festival
14:30-16:00: Visit a local family, preparing for the coming of Lantern Festival marking the end of the New Year season
16:00-18:30: Join the family preparing the lantern festival dinner, making glutinous rice ball - the Tang Yuan ymbolizing wholeness and unity
18:30-19:30: Enjoy the dinner with the family
19:30-20:30: Learn to play Mahjong and watch CCTV gala show
20:30-21:30: Visit Lantern Fair at Longtan Park
21:30: Leave for your hotel in Beijing

Tour Enquiry

Cost: in US$ per person
Travelling Party	Tour Cost Per Person
2 persons	$138
3-5 persons	$125
6-9 persons	$92
10 Persons up	$88
It is a private tour for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your party.

Inclusions:
1.All private transfers
2.Fees and dinner as mentioned
3.English speaking guide
4.The above private escorted tour is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your party.
Exclusions:
Tips to your tour guide and driver
Available:
Feb 06, 2012
Travel Tips:
1. Wear casually and pay attention to the climate in Beijing.
2. 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.
3. With buses, cars, semis, bicycles and pedestrians moving in every direction, road crossings can be daunting.

Quick Booking or Enquiry We thank you for your interest in the tour above. For a fast response, submit this basic Quick Reservation or Enquiry form below by clicking "Submit", and we'll get back to you by e-mail within 12 hours. For urgent booking, call us at 0086 10 67160201 ext 1006, 1007. After office hours, please call 0086 13520598855. Tour Code BSF-03   Salutation Mr. Mrs. Ms.   Last Name * First Name * Nationality Num. of Travelers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 up person(s) E-mail Address * Names of Travelers Name of Hotel Hotel Tel Start Date ( yy-mm-dd )     Special Requests ( Please type in the box below ) Required fields are marked with ( * )

Reservation:
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