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China is vast wondrous land with much to offer the avid traveller. It also posses a great diversity in its climatic regions and for this reason it is highly recommended that you plan carefully your holiday to travel during the most suitable period. Our staff can assist you in this area and of course selecting the tour most suited to your needs & budgets.

BEIJING - The capital of China - City of Wonders. Stroll along the Great Wall and take the opportunity to visit the amazing Forbidden City and Summer Palace. SHANGHAI - China's largest city and main financial centre. Its beautiful old buildings have rightly earned it the name of 'Paris of the East'. XIAN -Marvel at the tomb of Emperor Qin Si Huang, with its magnificent display of the Terracotta Warriors.  KUNMING - This attractive city, with its wonderful mild climate is surrounded by lakes and mountains and is the gateway to the amazingly surreal 'Stone Forest'. Kunming is also known as the 'City of Eternal Spring'. GUILIN - One of China's greatest areas of natural beauty. Even the views from the centre of town are truly breathtaking. YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE - One of the largest engineering projects undertaken by man is the damming of the Three Gorges area on the Yangtze River. Spectacular views and scenery are due to vanish as the water level continues to rise. Time is running short for tourists to view some of the most magnificent scenery in China. LHASA - The heart and spiritual home of Tibet, a visit here is a journey of mystery to the 'Roof of the World'. DAZU - This small town is the home to an amazing array of cliff carvings and scattered statues that will take your breath away. DALI - Dali lies on the edge of Erhai Lake at the base of the magnificent Cangshan mountains. This beautiful city is surrounded by a city wall and is full of narrow cobbled streets. ZHONGDIAN - Known as 'Little Tibet', this small town is set amidst some of China's most striking scenery and is the home of the Great Shangri-La Valley. HARBIN - A wonderland in the winter. Home to the International Ice Carving Competition and the magnificent Ice Lantern Festival celebrations. ZHANGJIAJIE - A natural gallery of botanical gardens and spectacular rock formations, this World Heritage scenic phenomenon will leave you breathless. LIJIANG -
Bordering Tibet, this small town is set in a beautiful valley and is the home of Tiger Leaping Gorge. The city is a wonderful combination of cobbled streets, bustling markets and a maze of meandering canals.

China is vast wondrous land with much to offer the avid traveller. It also posses a great diversity in its climatic regions and for this reason it is highly recommended that you plan carefully your holiday to travel during the most suitable period. Our staff can assist you in this area and of course selecting the tour most suited to your needs & budgets.

"HANDY HINTS"

CHINA CLIMATE AND WEATHER GUIDE:

The climate of China is extremely diverse; Subtropical in the south to subarctic in the north.  Monsoon winds, dominate the climate.  Alternating seasonal air-mass movements and accompanying winds are moist in summer and dry in winter. The advance and retreat of the monsoons account in large degree for the timing of the rainy season and the amount of rainfall throughout the country.  Tremendous differences in latitude, longitude, and altitude give rise to sharp variations in precipitation and temperature within China. China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang has a subarctic climate; its southernmost point, Hainan Island has a tropical climate.  Temperature differences in winter are great, but in summer the diversity is considerable less. China experiences frequent typhoons (about 5 per year along southern and eastern coasts), damaging floods, monsoons, tsunamis and droughts.

TRANSPORT:

China has a huge rail network which services most of the major Cities and coastal areas. Air traffic within mainland China is often connected through Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou. These are the main hubs for Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines.

ELECTRICITY:  

220 Volts / 50 Hertz.

The type of adaptor required is either Type A, I or G.

Type A is an ungrounded plug with two flat parallel prongs with a hole near the tip.

Type I is the same type used in Australia, it has also a grounding pin and two flat prongs forming a V-shape.

Type G has three rectangular prongs that form a triangle

MONEY:

The currency of China is the Renminbi = RMB

The unit for Renminbi is Yuan.

1 Yuan = 10 Jiao = 100 Fen

LANGUAGE:

Although standard Mandarin is the official language of China, Cantonese, Mongolian, and Tibetan are spoken in the different provinces. English is also becoming more popular due to the upcoming Beijing Olympics

FOOD:

There are eight main regional cuisines: Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Szechuan and Zhejiang.

A typical meal in Chinese culture consists of two or more components... A carbohydrate source typically rice, noodles or mantou and an accompanying dish such as vegetables, meat or fish.

VISAS:

Australian Passport holders require a visa to enter China.

 

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