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Self Driving Tour in China – from Mongolia to Laos (22 days)

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Self driving travel in China.
You will enter Mongolia and leave by Laos.
A trip in your vehicle that will make you discover China, from Beijing to Yunnan, through Sichuan.

You will visit :

  • Erenhot
  • Pekin
  • Datong
  • Pingyao
  • Xian
  • Chengdu
  • Kunming
  • Jianshui
  • Yuanyang
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This tour is an example of what can be done in self-driving tour but it is 100% customizable.
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Daily program: Self Driving Tour in China – from Mongolia to Laos (22 days)

Day 1: Ehrenrot - MONGOLIA

You will enter China via Mongolia.
After completing customs formalities and administrative authorizations, you will spend the night in Ehrenrot.

Day 2: Ehrenrot

Day in Ehrenrot – customs formalities.

Overnight stay in Ehrenrot at the Haifeng Hotel.

Day 3: Ehrenrot – Jining – Badaling

Great Wall 627 km, 7 hours
License plate formalities.
In the afternoon, departure for the city of Jining and visit to the Great Wall of China at Badaling.

Day 4: Badaling Great Wall – Beijing (219 miles - 5 hours)

Today, you will drive to Beijing.
There, you will visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

Overnight stay in Beijing at the Long Palace Hotel.

Day 5: Beijing – Datong – Taiyuan (344 km – 6.5 hours)

Datong is a city that is over 2,400 years old and still preserves its most beautiful treasures. The relics of the Yungang Grottoes and the Hanging Monastery are symbols of the different cultures that have dominated the region over time.

Overnight stay in Datong at the Taiyuan Hotel.

Day 6: Taiyuan – Pingyao (383 km - 6 hours)

This morning, you will visit Jin Temple and then the Qiao Family Compound before heading to Pingyao.

Overnight stay in the ancient city of Pingyao.

Day 7: Pingyao - Linfen - Hancheng (289 km - 3 hours 20 minutes)

This morning, you will enjoy a stroll through the ancient city of Pingyao. Take the time to discover this beautiful city in Shanxi Province. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is one of the few cities in China to have preserved the remains and traditions of its history intact.
In the afternoon, you will hit the road, heading for the city of Hancheng.

Overnight stay in Hancheng.

Day 8: Hancheng - Xi'an (220 km - 2 hours 20 minutes)

This morning, you will visit the ancient city of Hangcheng and the old village of Dangjia. Then you will continue on to Xi’an.

Overnight stay in Xi’an.

Day 9: Xi'an

Today, you will visit the incredible Terracotta Army of Xi’an, followed by the Great Wild Goose Pagoda.

Overnight stay in Xi’an at the Grand New World Hotel.

Day 10: Xi'an - Hanzhong - Guangyuan (447 km - 6 hours)

This morning, you will drive to Hanzhong, then on to Guangyuan, the first city in northern Sichuan.

Overnight stay in Guangyuan at the Guangyuan Hotel.

Day 11: Guangyuan - Chengdu (286 km - 4 hours)

Today, you will continue your journey to Chengdu. The capital of Sichuan is considered one of the most pleasant provincial capitals in China and is praised by many. On the way, you will visit the Sanxingdui Museum.

Overnight in Chengdu at the Flower Hotel.

Day 12: Chengdu

Day in Chengdu.
You will visit the giant panda protection base. Overnight stay in Chengdu at the Flower Hotel.

Day 13: Chengdu - Ya'an - Xichang (438km - 5h48)

Before leaving Chengdu, you will visit Fuhu Temple. Then you will depart for Xichang in your vehicle. Upon arrival, you can enjoy the rest of the day strolling along the shores of Qiong Lake.

Overnight stay in Xichang.

Day 14: Xichang - Lugu Lake (251km - 6 hours)

Today, you will hit the road again to reach Lugu Lake.

Overnight stay at the Caita Hotel.

Day 15: Lugu - Lijiang (219km - 5 hours)

Today you will leave Sichuan Province and travel south to Yunnan Province.
You will begin your stay in Yunnan in the charming town of Lijiang. You will have free time to stroll around the old town.

Overnight stay in Lijiang at the Sanhe Hotel.

Day 16: Lijiang - Dali (170km - 3 hours)

In the morning, departure for Dali.
Free day.

Overnight stay in Dali at the Landscape Hotel.

Day 17: Dali - Chuxiong - Kunming (327km - 4 hours)

Today, we head to Kunming.
The provincial capital is nicknamed the city of eternal spring.

Overnight stay in Kunming at the Camellia Hotel.

Day 18: Kunming - Stone Forest - Jianshui (303km - 4 hours)

Today, you will take the road to the city of Jianshui. On the way, you will stop to visit the Stone Forest, one of the wonders of Yunnan’s natural heritage. It consists of a group of gray limestone karst rocks.

Overnight stay in Jianshui at the Huaqing Hotel.

Day 19: Jianshui - Yuanyang (157km - 3 hours)

Spend the day visiting the city of Jianshui. You can explore the beautiful Zhu Family Garden and Confucius Temple.
Then, in the afternoon, hit the road again to reach the Yuanyang region, famous for its terraced rice fields. These are undoubtedly the most beautiful and spectacular you will see during your trip to China.
Enjoy the end of the day strolling through the rice fields and admiring the sunset from one of the viewpoints.

Overnight stay in Yuanyang at the Yunti Hotel.

Day 20: Yuanyang - Jiangcheng (269km - 6 hours)

Today, you will visit the Hani village in Jingkou and the terraced rice fields in Shengcun village. You will then continue on to Jiangcheng.

Overnight stay in Jiangcheng at the Jiangcheng Hotel

Day 21: Jiangcheng – Mengla - Mohuan (230km - 6 hours)

After traveling 185 kilometers, you will arrive in the city of Mengla today.

Overnight stay at the Jinxiu Hotel.

Day 22: Mohan - LAOS

End of your trip with China Roads – You will leave China via Laos.

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  1. Marc and Corinne – Active discovery of China (30 days) – October / November 2024

    Marc and Corinne – Active discovery of China (30 days) – October / November 2024

    Marc and Corinne –

    Shanghai – Pékin – Pingyao – Xi’an – Zhangjiajie – Fenghuang – Zhaoxing – Longji – Yangshuo – Kunming – Dali – Weishan – Nuodeng – Shaxi – Lijiang – Gorges du Saut du Tigre – Shangri La – Kunming

    Hello Serge,
    As promised, here’s our feedback on the trip.
    As far as the tour is concerned, we found it very enjoyable, despite the bad weather during the first 2 weeks.
    The organisation was perfect, all the bookings for hotels, transfers and trains were made without a hitch! Well done!
    With hindsight, we could have avoided a few visits to ‘old towns’ that weren’t very authentic and had been turned into huge shopping centres, in favour of more natural visits; for example, the stone forest near Kunming and the Meili mountains.
    We’ve heard about visa extensions, so wouldn’t it have been possible to go as far as Lhasa?
    Concerning the visits:
    They were very good, here are a few comments.
    For the Great Wall, we found the Gubeikou section not very interesting. We would recommend starting just after the military zone in the Jingshanling sector and then pushing on further than planned, even beyond the cable car, as this whole section is absolutely magnificent.
    Zuolong Gorges.
    There are 2 possible exits (Grand Village and Petit Village). In the absence of precise instructions, we took the second exit and therefore didn’t see the village and had to call the driver to find it (fortunately we had a network).
    Hike from Tangan (back to Zhaoxing).
    The descent is pleasant but sometimes difficult to find as there are many junctions that are not always well signposted. Perhaps a short guidebook would be useful.
    Ping’an
    On the first day, we had time to do all the viewpoints on offer. So the next day (Oct 19), we completed the programme with a visit to Guilin so that we wouldn’t be in Cuiping in the early afternoon.
    Yangshuo.
    The traditional fishing demonstration, in the middle of the town and on the edge of the quay, wasn’t very interesting.
    The hike after Xianggong peak wasn’t great (we didn’t see any small hamlets, just a few orchards).
    The old street of Xingping isn’t very interesting either and the raft trip is overstated in the description.
    On the other hand, the bike ride along the Yulong river is really enjoyable.
    Nuodeng.
    There’s almost nothing left to see about the salt: just a building housing the remains of a well.
    We didn’t see any distilleries either.
    The Saut du Tigre hike.
    In theory, there was no choice of difficulty in the upper part as indicated in the guidebook.
    The 2 were really great!
    The guides.
    They were all very attentive, friendly and interesting.
    Except in Beijing, where we felt that one person was just doing his job (we had to insist on visiting Tiananmen Square on foot, rather than just crossing it by car).
    And, even if it’s a negligible sum, he didn’t reimburse us for the difference in price between the full-fare tickets you booked for us and the one he got because of the reduction due to our age (over 60).
    In fact, I think you forgot to make use of this advantage on several sites, but the other guides reimbursed us.
    A special mention for Chen in Shanghai, Claire in Xian and Zhang in Yunan.
    The drivers for the transfers, even if they don’t speak English, are all punctual and considerate.
    Only the one in Zhaoxing dropped us at the hotel without giving us any instructions for the next day.
    Hotels.
    They are all very well placed.
    The boutique hotels are superbly beautiful, with a particularly warm welcome; we even often had the impression of having one of the best rooms in the establishment.
    In Xian, there was no need for us to have breakfast in another hotel (to avoid the local breakfast).
    Zhangjiajie: cold welcome, unattractive hotel and, above all, a room with a wall in front of it.
    Furong: breakfast not up to the standard of the establishment: not much room, limited cleanliness and almost nothing to eat.
    Shangri la.
    The only downside was that we were woken up at 6am and then every 30 minutes by the bells from the nearby fire station.
    In conclusion, a great experience and a great stay, even if the explosion in tourist infrastructure now makes it more difficult to visit authentic places.
    Marc and Corinne
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