Rural Highlights Photography Holiday China
Responsible Photography Holidays new Photo Holiday China!Dates 6th - 17th September 2010 Price from £1600 Group size 6 - 8
After a brief introduction to the Capital City of Beijing we head for the mountains and curving rice paddies, hike alongside rivers, see stunning scenery and learn about local life and traditions. A short but fascinating photography holiday to China.
Itinerary
Important - Need to know.
This photography holiday to China starts and finishes in Beijing, with transfers included from/to Beijing Airport (PEK) to meet the Air China flights on which this holiday is based. Gail Ward and English speaking local guides accompany you throughout.
What's included
Transport:
Private van and coach, rickshaw, Economy class air Beijing-Guilin-Beijing, surcharge, bicycle and on foot. Boat is optional. Does not include flights to and from Beijing.
Entrance Fees:
As stated in the itinerary.
Accommodation:
Guesthouses and Mountain Retreat. Large tourist hotel in Guilin for practical reasons. .
Meals:
Local Chinese style meals. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included days 2 - 10. Breakfast only on days 11 and 12
What's not included
International flights to and from Beijing International Airport, China.
Visas
Vaccinations
Personal expenditure, drinks and tipping.
Optional activities on free days.
Lunch and Dinner on days 1,11 and 12 (depending on flight times).
Full details of this photo holiday to China available on request
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Day 1 Arrive in Beijing, meet our guide and transfer to traditional local guesthouse.
Day 2/3 An introduction to China's Capital City Beijing. We visit Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City, both important landmarks. Our local guide will give provide guidelines on photography here. We experience a Hutong tour by rickshaw and have lunch with a local family. We'll go to the Temple of Heaven and hike part of the Great Wall, choosing a part of the wall that is rarely visited by the main tourist groups which will be much more interesting for photography.
Day 4 -11 Leaving Beijing behind, we take an internal flight to Guilin, from where we head off with our cameras into the rural countryside. Wooden buildings, stone pathways and thousands of curving rice paddies make this area world famous. The terraced fields are built along slopes winding from the riverside up to the mountain tops. The highest point is 880m. For a couple of nights, we take just what we need and trek, staying in small guesthouses., getting up very early to photograph the sunrise and dawn light. Another day, a 20kms hike takes us through small villages, rice fields, orchards and the unique karst mountains. (There's an alternative anyone who doesn't want to hike so far!) We'll head off to a Mountain Retreat for 3 nights and enjoy cycling - the best way to see the stunning scenery that surrounds the mountain retreat and enables us to get an intimate look at rural Chinese life.
Day 12 Transfer to airport for return flights to Beijing and onward flights home.
Day 2/3 An introduction to China's Capital City Beijing. We visit Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City, both important landmarks. Our local guide will give provide guidelines on photography here. We experience a Hutong tour by rickshaw and have lunch with a local family. We'll go to the Temple of Heaven and hike part of the Great Wall, choosing a part of the wall that is rarely visited by the main tourist groups which will be much more interesting for photography.
Day 4 -11 Leaving Beijing behind, we take an internal flight to Guilin, from where we head off with our cameras into the rural countryside. Wooden buildings, stone pathways and thousands of curving rice paddies make this area world famous. The terraced fields are built along slopes winding from the riverside up to the mountain tops. The highest point is 880m. For a couple of nights, we take just what we need and trek, staying in small guesthouses., getting up very early to photograph the sunrise and dawn light. Another day, a 20kms hike takes us through small villages, rice fields, orchards and the unique karst mountains. (There's an alternative anyone who doesn't want to hike so far!) We'll head off to a Mountain Retreat for 3 nights and enjoy cycling - the best way to see the stunning scenery that surrounds the mountain retreat and enables us to get an intimate look at rural Chinese life.
Day 12 Transfer to airport for return flights to Beijing and onward flights home.
Important - Need to know.
This photography holiday to China starts and finishes in Beijing, with transfers included from/to Beijing Airport (PEK) to meet the Air China flights on which this holiday is based. Gail Ward and English speaking local guides accompany you throughout.
What's included
Transport:
Private van and coach, rickshaw, Economy class air Beijing-Guilin-Beijing, surcharge, bicycle and on foot. Boat is optional. Does not include flights to and from Beijing.
Entrance Fees:
As stated in the itinerary.
Accommodation:
Guesthouses and Mountain Retreat. Large tourist hotel in Guilin for practical reasons. .
Meals:
Local Chinese style meals. Breakfast, lunch and dinner included days 2 - 10. Breakfast only on days 11 and 12
What's not included
International flights to and from Beijing International Airport, China.
Visas
Vaccinations
Personal expenditure, drinks and tipping.
Optional activities on free days.
Lunch and Dinner on days 1,11 and 12 (depending on flight times).
Full details of this photo holiday to China available on request
Travel Guide Book
Responsible Photography Holidays
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