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Day 1

This evening depart the United States.


Day 2

On arrival at Beijing Airport you will be met by your PerryGolf Tour Guide who will assist you with your luggage and transfer to your transportation. Your PerryGolf Guide will remain with you for the duration of your tour and will take care of all tour arrangements on your behalf.

Overnight: China World Hotel, Beijing: Superior Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 3

This morning journey 70km northwest of Beijing to walk a section of the Great Wall of China at Badaling. Badaling is at the highest point at the north end of the Guan'gou gorge, in which the Juyongguan Pass lies. This section of the Great Wall was made by huge bar stones some of which are 2m high. The wall is very steep in places and the climb is hard work but the views and experience is exhilarating. After your walk lunch at the nearby ''Commune by the Wall'' where excellent chinese cuisine is served with wonderful views towards the wall in the distance.

Following lunch return to Beijing to visit the Forbidden City, also know as the Imperial Palace it is China's largest and most significant building. Its origins date from the Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty had the palace enlarged to its present day size between 1406 and 1420, after he had transferred the capital from Nanjin to Beijing. The palace was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing emperors. Ordinary mortals were forbidden to enter the palace. The complex, which is built mainly of wood and brick, extends over an area of 720,000 sq.m/861,120sq.yd. The palace and pavilions together contain over 9999 rooms, all of which have been very well preserved. The whole place is surrounded by a 10m/33ft high wall with four corner towers and a 50m wide moat.

Once through the Forbidden City you will arrive in Tiananmen Square, up to a million people could fit into this square, making it one of the largest squares in the world. It forms not only the geographical, but also the historical core of the city. The west of the square is bordered by the colossal Great Hall of the People, the east by a further monumental building which houses the Museum of Chinese History and Chinese Revolution. The chairman Mao Mausoleum lies to the south and in the centre of the square is the Monument to the People's Heroes.

Overnight: China World Hotel, Beijing: Superior Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 4

Today play Huatang International (tbc). Opened for play in 1997 and designed by Graham Marsh. Regarded as one of the finest courses in the Beijing area, the layout has an abundance of trees, water hazards and clever bunkering to provide a stern test for all standard of golfer. Ranked in the Top 10 Courses in China, a natural course that was built using limited machinery, the standard of the course and conditioning will be a pleasant surprise.

ALL: This evening enjoy a Beijing Roast Duck Dinner at one of the famous Roast Duck Restaurants in the city. Nationally famous for its roast duck, it is reputed to be China's No.1 delicacy. Watch the chef skillfully cutting the duck next to your dining table is quite an experience and you will surely impressed by their hand movements while preparing it. The Duck will be cut into 120 pieces and is enjoyed with spring onions, special sauce and pancakes.

NON GOLFERS: Today the tour will visit the Summer Palace, 9 miles to the north of Beijing, its 716 acres making it China's largest park. Originally it was a private garden. In 1153 the emperor had the park laid out and named it Jinshui Yuan. It has a fascintating history through the Dynasties and was finally opened to the public in 1924. Return to Beijing for a pedicab ride to have lunch traditionally prepared by a family in Beijing’s Hutong. In the past, several thousand lanes, alleys and quadrangles formed residential areas for ordinary people living in the capital. A hutong is a unique form of community that exists only in China, meaning a small street or a lane between two courtyards. The main buildings in the hutong were almost all quadrangles, a building complex formed by four houses around a quadrangular courtyard . The quadrangles varied in size and design according to the social status of the residents and here you will enjoy learning about the daily life of ordinary Beijing citizens.

The tour will continue to the Temple of Heaven, dating back to 1420 and located in the south of the city, it incorporates a group of sacred buildings surrounded by lush vegetation. With its southern rectangular section, and its northern semi-circular section, the complex symbolizes heaven and earth. On the day of the winter solstice, having fasted and meditated for three days, the emperor would ascend the Heavenly Altar in solemn ceremony to pray for a good harvest and to offer sacrifices. The three main parts are the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, the Hall of the Vault of Heaven and the Round Altar.

Overnight: China World Hotel, Beijing: Superior Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 5

Today fly from Beijing to Kunming. Coach Class airfare is included in your package price.

Overnight: Spring City Golf and Lake Resort: Standard Hotel Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 6

Play today on the Spring City - Mountain Course (tbc). This Jack Nicklaus design utilizes the natural undulations of the terrain, thus maximizing the golf strategy with the challenges of side-hill lies and elevated greens and tees. Lake Yangzonghai creates a perfect and wonderous backdrop. Generous fairways allow you to let loose with the driver, while the mountain altitude adds extra distance to your drives. A liberal sprinkling of sand bunkers and grassy hollows demand accurate approach shots and the large, well contoured greens. Consistently ranked the number one Resort in all Asia.

ALL: Today the group will travel southeast to the spectacular Stone Forest. Located in Lunan County, The Stone Forest is 86km southeast of Kunming where a high grade road extends to the park entrance. As you wander though the Stone Forest, you will be surrounded by the rising stone peaks, layer after layer of green hills, and the widespread stone peaks of the forest, all these wonders combine to present you with a picture of astounding natural beauty. A typical karst formation, the Stone Forest covers an area of more than three hundred square kilometres. Scientific research has shown that what is now the Stone Forest was 270 million years ago an immense expanse of water with a vast stretch of limestone sediment formed over the years on the seafloor. As a result of the crustal movement, the seabed rose gradually and a large piece of land thus came into being. Exposed to rains and winds, eroded by the elements, the limestone ranges were shaped bv time. About 200 million years ago numerous stone peaks, pillars, and stalagmites rose abruptly from the ground and towered into the sky, extending now as far as the eye can see, like a vast forest of stone.

Early this evening travel to Kunming for Yunnan Minority Show & Dinner. Yunnan is populated by 25 minority nationalities, which comprise almost half of the 55 total nationalities in the whole country. With colorful custumes and fascinating dances and songs, the 25 ethnic minority groups which inhabit Yunnan each carry on their distinct life-styles, customes, and ceremonies. The traditional ceremonies and festivals are unique and important parts of their culture. The show takes place as you enjoy dinner allowing you to taste local traditional dishes while enjoying the most colourful of shows from the Yunnan Minorities.

Overnight: Spring City Golf and Lake Resort: Standard Hotel Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 7

Play today on the Spring City - Lake Course (tbc). The course provides stunning views of the lake, but do not be too bewitched by the scenery. The Lake Course demands your full attention especially when the gusting westerly winds blow in the afternoons, this steeply sloping course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr is extremely challenging. The fairways pinch in fairly tight at certain holes while #8 is particularly stunning. A downhill par 3 to a green 30m below, bordered by the lake. Consistently ranked the number one Resort in all Asia.

NON GOLFERS: In the western suburbs of Kunming, lies Western Hills. They are also called 'Sleeping Buddha Hills', for, looked at from a distance, they have the appearance of a giant sleeping Buddha. They have also been given another name - 'Sleeping Beauty Hills' for the hills when viewed together look like a beautiful young lady laying beside Dianchi Lake with her face upward and her hair trailling into water. You can see the outline of her face, chest, and legs clearly. Western Hills boasts an excellent environment with flourishing flowers and dense forest, providing tourists an excellent environment to enjoy the tranquility and marvelous scenery. No wonder that the place has gained a reputation as 'having the most pleasant environment in the world'.

ALL: Today enjoy a visit to The Brilliant Spa. Located on the shores of Yangzong Hai, Kunming, close to the Spring City Resort, the Brilliant Spa is a supreme world-class Spa with its idyllic lake view. It absorbs the aroma from the mirror-like lake high up in the mountains, joins it with the natural minerals from the volcanic rocks, and adds in the essence of the natural wild flowers and plants. The Spa Aromatherapy refreshes the heart and achieves a harmony with nature. Originating underground and containing numerous minerals, the volcanic high-carbon hot spring water is so soft and healthy that it refreshes the body and rejuvenates your soul. They offer outdoor hot spring pools in beautiful natural surroundings, but also a Lakeview Spa Chamber, the Volcano Spa Chamber, the Volcano Villa, the Volcanic Floor Steam Room, Lakeview Yoga Hall, Floating Bungalows, Lakeview Restaurant, and so on. The design combines oriental health culture, eastern Buddhist highlights, and the western leisure vogue, forming an authentic Southeast Asian style resort.

Overnight: Spring City Golf and Lake Resort: Standard Hotel Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 8

Today fly from Kunming to Lijiang. Coach Class airfare is included in your package price.

Overnight: Banyan Tree Lijiang: Garden Villa - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 9

Play today at Ancient Town (tbc). Located at the foot of Mount Wenbi and only 8km from the City of Lijiang. Winding along the lake with Snow Mountain in the background, the golf course features beautiful natural views. The course plays at 2,300m above sea level, but the extra length the ball flys provides many different options on how to play the course. Bunkers, water, swales and primitive stones present many challenges and hazards to be found on this most interesting of courses.

NON GOLFERS: Located 10km northwest from Lijiang, Baisha village is a real, living old village, with adobe walls and some rickety houses. In Baisha, you've moved beyond the reach of the souvenir shops. Here you can view The Baisha Mural in the Buddhist Temple. Made from 1385 to 1619, employing the eclectic artist energies of Chines Daoist, Tibetan and Naxi Buddhists and local dongba shamans. This rich fusion had resulted in a tremendously powerful art, heavy in spirit and awe-inspiring in its presentation of the mystical world. Each painting includes at least one hundred portraits. Many of the scenes and subject matters are drawn from daily life and show fishing, riding horses, weaving, dancing and casting iron. The painters used different methods of portrayal within the different elements of the fresco, such as flesh, garments, jewelry, weapons and many other components.

ALL: Visit the Old Town of Lijiang wihich is a historic townscape of high quality and authenticity. Its architecture is noteworthy for the blending of elements from several cultures that have come together over many centuries. Lijiang possesses an ancient water-supply system of great complexity and ingenuity that is still functioning effectively. The old town known as “Dayan” is protected as a UNESCO-designated World Cultural Heritage Site and has a history of over 800 years. The Town is well-known to the world because ''each of the household is built by the stream and surrounded by willow trees''. Therefore, the Dayan Town is praised as the ''Oriental Venice''. Today the Old Town is a popular venue with tourists, no car are permitted and the streets are filled with bars (busy in the evenings), restaurants and shops. , the old houses with stone foundations, plastered whitewashed brick walls, red wooden doors, shutters and balconies, and sloping tiled roofs, survived an earthquake in 1996 without much damage, while the new concrete buildings were flattened.

Overnight: Banyan Tree Lijiang: Garden Villa - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 10

Play today at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (tbc). The longest course in the world at 8,548 yards, although it plays considerably shorter than its length due to its altitude averaging 3,100m, making it also the highest course in the world. Located in the Yunnan Province, outside the city of Lijang where the Himalayan Mountains provide a spectacular backdrop. The course provides two contrasting nines , the front nine by the lake has generous fairways while the back nine is more challenging with more undulations provided by the landscape. A stunning location for a golf course.

NON GOLFERS: Enjoy a morning visit to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The southernmost glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Consisting of 13 peaks, among which Shanzidou is the highest one with an altitude of 5,600 meters (18,360 feet). Jade Dragon Snow Mountain stretches 35km long and 20km wide and is a sanctuary for rare animals and wild plants. Take a Gondola ride up the mountain to experience the wonderful views.

ALL: The tour will continue with a visit to Lijiang Old Town. The old town known as ''Dayan'' is protected as a UNESCO-designated World Cultural Heritage Site and has a history of over 800 years. The Town is well-known to the world because each of the household is built by the stream and surrounded by willow trees. Enjoy lunch in the Old Town before continuing to Jade Water Village one of the most beautiful parks in all of Lijiang. The park derives its name from the fact that the water in the pond is clear and pretty, like a piece of jade. Upon entering the park, visitors encounter the Suocui Bridge, under which there are three small waterfalls running swiftly, there is an abundance of ancient temples and historical information on the Naxi people.

Overnight: Banyan Tree Lijiang: Garden Villa - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 11

Today fly from Shenzhen to Lijiang. Coach Class airfare is included in your package price.

Today play The Ozaki Course (9 holes, night golf). The layout takes advantage of dramatic terrain by playing largely through single corridor valleys offering elevated tees and fairways surrounded by native slopes. Like the Faldo Course, the intent was to leave as much native vegetation as possible to create a mature look when the course opened. Large areas of turf and wide fairways, punctuated by strategic bunkering, contrast with tall slopes of native plants and trees. Dramatic long views into valley corridors, often including serene lakes, give the golfer a feeling of being surrounded by nature. Long and demanding from the back, yet very playable from the forward tees

Overnight: Mission Hills Resort: Deluxe Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)

Day 12

Today play The Els Course (optional golf, pay direct). The theme of the Els Course is to create a lush look of dense trees, wide swaths of manicured turf to evoke a feel of maintained gardens a unique flavor of his South Africa homeland. Measuring over 7,000 yards, the Els Course follows a unique core layout, as opposed to corridors. Invigorating is the 4th tee, sitting atop the highest point of the course, with commanding panoramic views of Mission Hills and the outlying properties.

ALL: Enjoy a full day sightseeing to Hong Kong. A land of contrasts, wooden boats bobbing up and down in the harbor beside huge ocean liners, crumbling tenements next to ultramodern high-rises, squalid alleys behind luxury hotels, old Chinese people pushing wheelbarrows as Rolls-Royces glide by, market vendors selling chicken feet and dried squid while talking on cellular phones. Take the Peak Tram pulled by steel cables, the tram climbs 373 metres about 1,200 feet Looking down from The Peak you'll be amazed by the spectacular view of the surrounding city skyline, the world-famous Victoria Harbour and Kowloon, towering skyscrapers and peaceful green hillsides.
Continue to Aberdeen Harbour on the south side of Hong Kong Island famous for the boat people living in the harbour. Enjoy traditional a Dim Sim lunch on the Jumbo Floating Restaurant in the harbour.
After lunch continue to Stanley Market which throbs with the passing parade of life as bargain-hunters from all over the world join in the fun of haggling with shopkeepers and stallholders. Hong Kong comes alive at night a suggestion is to have dinner in Kowloon that will enable you to enjoy the evening light show. (Dinner not included in tour costing)

Overnight: Mission Hills Resort: Deluxe Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 13

Today play The Faldo Course (tbc). Opened in early 1999 to great critical acclaim from the international media, the Faldo Course is destined to become one of Asia's premier tournament venues. One of the world's toughest island greens is the 16th, the ultimate in target golf. Faldo has used his outstanding shot-making skills to design an extremely challenging course. Every hole is highly strategic yet eminently playable.

NON GOLFERS: Today you will have the opportunity to visit Splendid China, an attraction at the Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen that has scaled down replicas of China's historical buildings, wonderful scenes and folk customs. Here you can see replicas of many of the most famous Chinese buildings and landmarks and a great deal of attention has been paid to detail so as to ensure the miniatures truly represent their originals. Situated beside Splendid China, is the China Folk Culture Villages, a theme park of China's 55 ethnic groups with their distinctive architecture, customs and exotic flavor. Twenty-four life-size ethnic villages present various ethnic flavors from Beijing's courtyards and wooden archway to spectacular buildings of the Miao, Dong, Yao, Jingpo ethnic groups. Spectacular rocks and gushing waterfalls enhance the scenery and festivals and shows take place during the day.

Overnight: Mission Hills Resort: Deluxe Room - including breakfast (4 Rooms, 8 passengers)


Day 14

Depart China from the Shenzhen or Hong Kong Airport.


PLEASE NOTE: This Sample Itinerary is provided primarily for guidance purposes. You are entirely welcome to book it as shown, based on availability, but as always it may be adjusted or completely customized as you wish.

Your travel throughout is as follows:


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Special Air Services: You may wish to consider the selective use of private aircraft or helicopter transportation to visit golf courses not otherwise easily accessible, or simply to eliminate longer road journeys. We are great believers in maximizing the benefit afforded by this form of transportation. Please visit Special Air Services for an outline of the options which are available.

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