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VIP China Tour
You are invited to join us for a BCI VIP Tour to Inner Mongolia and Ningxia Province, following the BCI Convention in Guangzhou.*
Spend 8 days touring famous places and Viewing Stone exhibitions and Markets with fellow Stone Collectors.
Inner Mongolia
& Ningxia
• EXPERIENCE THE GOBI DESERT AND SOME OF ITS ANCIENT RUINS
• 4WD “SAND SURF” IN THE GOBI SAND DUNES
September 22-29, 2015
* Please note that you need to be a current individual member of BCI to participate in this Tour of China. If you are not currently a member please sign up by going to www.bonsai-bci.com, scroll to the bottom of the Home Page, click on “Join BCI” and complete the application form.
Day 1: Tuesday, 09/22
Guangzhou u Yinchuan b Alashan Left Banner (220 km, 3 hrs)
(Reference flight HU7847, 0745/1220 or 3U8793, 1005/1435)
Pick-up at Yinchuan Hedong International Airport. Lunch
after arrival, then take transportation to Alashan Left Banner. Arrive at Alashan Left Banner, check in at the hotel. Dinner is served at the Tengri International Hotel.
Day 2: Wednesday, 09/23
Alashan Left Banner
Stone appreciation activities for the whole day arranged by BCI.
Day 3: Thursday, 09/24
Alashan Left Banner b (5 min.) Rare stone street Stone appreciation activities for the whole day and treasure hunt at rare stone market.
Day 4: Friday, 09/25
Alashan Left Banner b Tengger Moon Lake (20 km, 0.5 hours) b Western Xia Tombs (50 km, 1 hour) b Yinchuan (40 km, 50 minutes)
After breakfast, guests will take transportation to the Tenggeli Moon Lake
in Alashan Left Banner, Inner Mongolia (include electric boat for touring the lake). After the lake tour guests will take SUVs at the reception area on a 15 km exciting “sand surfing” trip to the heart of the scenic area. Upon arrival, guests will be welcomed by a grand and warm Mongolian tribal hospitality
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• EXPERIENCE MONGOLIAN TRIBAL HOSPITALITY
• VISIT STONE MARKETS IN ALASHAN
• TREASURE HUNT IN A YINCHUAN STONE MARKET
• VISIT A PRIVATE MUSEUM OF VIEWING STONES IN YINCHUAN
ceremony. After the ceremony guests are free to see the shore of the Moon Lake, experience the picturesque desert, the charm of Gobi, and the charisma of the unspoiled ecological lake. Following the visit to Moon Lake, guests
will visit the Western Xia Tombs (include electric car), sometimes called
the mysterious Eastern pyramids, which dominated the Northwest for two centuries. They are royal mausoleum of the Western Xia dynasty, and are currently the largest and best preserved royal mausoleum in China. They are often called the “mysterious miracle” and “the pyramids of the East.” Dinner and accommodations at the Shangling Boston Hotel.
Day 5: Saturday, 09/26
Yinchuan b Helan Mountain Rock Painting (180 km, 2.5 hours) b
Shuidonggou b Yinchuan
(60 km, 1.5 hours)
After breakfast, guests ride in cars to tour the art gallery of ancient human culture, the rock paintings in Helan Mountain (include electric car). Guests move towards the Eastern foothills
of Helan Mountain, and then enter
Helan Mountain to see the majestic
natural beauty at Ningxia’s “Father
Mountain.” After lunch guests will visit
the Shuidonggou ancient human
culture ruins, known as the “cradle of
Eastern prehistoric archeology.”Thirty
thousand years ago humans thrived in
this holy land, which is where Stone Age culture study in China began. Stroll through classic Eastern scenery such as Shuidonggou, Angustifolia forest, and Hongliugou will leave you with a sense of Eastern mystery and desolation. Ride the boats and tour the shores, taste the heritage of Shuidonggou culture, pursue that mysterious, long-ago human culture, and feel the wind and
Itinerary, Hotel and Meals