China Heritage Tours
(June 18 - 28, 2025)

This immersive China trip experience provides adoptees and parents a meaningful and poignant journey through Beijing, Xi’an, Guilin, and Yangshuo, with opportunities to customize visits to an adoptee's hometown area.

Your will get to explore iconic landmarks like the Great Wall and Terracotta Warriors, and also immerse yourself  in China’s natural beauty with a Li River cruise and Yangshuo’s scenic countryside. Enjoy hands-on fun experiences, including riding bikes on a city wall, bamboo rafting, calligraphy, cooking, and other "slice of life" experiences. The itinerary blends sightseeing, personal reflection, and fun, fostering connections to Chinese heritage while creating lasting memories in a supportive and enriching atmosphere. The itinerary is paced for scheduled "down time" to allow for those important time to process and reflect, with a lovely blend of time together with other adoptees and important cultural landmarks.  Our trained guides provide expert assistance for any family wishing to customize and add on a hometown or orphanage visit. Let's chat and get your family ready for this once in a lifetime experience! 

Inclusions

• Airport/hotel/airport (or train station) transfer as listed in itinerary;
• Bullet Train of Beijing/Xian;
• Airfare of Xian/Guilin;
• Qipao outfits for girl adoptees, and Tangzhuang for boy adoptees;
• Studio photos taken with National Costumend for adoptees;
• A national guide traveling with the group from Beijing, Xian, to Guilin;
• All listed sightseeing and tour programs with private English-speaking tour guide and private van or bus with driver.
• Hotels and meals as stipulated in itinerary. 

Exclusions

• International airfare of US/China/US;
• Guilin/Next Destination city transportation;
• Some meals.
• Tipping to tour guide and driver.
• Chinese visa.
• Expenses of a personal nature.

Notes:

• To qualify for a child discount, a child has to be under 12 year old on last day of tour.
• Twin beds in China hotels, about 50 inches wide, are closer in width to the 54” double size beds in the U.S., and much wider than the 39 inches wide twin beds found in U.S. homes.
• A soft sleeper train compartment is equipped with two bunk beds and sleeps four.  If there are less than four people in your party, Lotus Travel highly recommends purchasing the extra seats in the compartment to ensure privacy.
• If your itinerary state “free time” or “free day”, no activities will be planned for you, neither will you have a tour guide or driver.
• It might be worthwhile purchasing travel insurance; the Travelex plans we recommend covers children under 16 for free with an adult coverage.  Please see attached document for detail.
• You need to apply for your Chinese visa 3 months before the trip. Please visit our website at http://www.lotustours.net/visas/china.shtml for detailed visa information and contact our visa agent – Vicky at vickyzwjin@aliyun.com for any visa questions.
• Tipping is a matter of personal preference and should be given as a reward for good service. Lotus Travel recommends $6USD per person per day to local tour guide, $4 USD per person per day to driver, and $2 USD for hotel bellboy per piece of luggage while traveling with a group of over 10 people. If you travel with a small size group like less than 10 people, please double the tipping amount to both driver and tour guide.
• We arrange periodic stops at government certified souvenir shops.  You can use credit card, cash or traveler's check at these stores.  The advantages of government certified shops include a guarantee of quality, receipts are provided, and one is allowed to make exchanges.  There are also periodic opportunities for open market bargaining in various spots or on your own. These markets do not offer any guarantee or exchange choices.  
• We make arrangements for children’s activities at various shops.  Some samples of this include making a free pearl bracelet for your friend, your parents, or yourself in the pearl shop in Beijing; paper cutting art and craft at the local farmer artist’s studio; and learning to make terra-cotta warrior soldiers at the factory in Xian.
• At the Art Museum of Xian, Tea Farm of Guilin, and Shu Brocade Handicraft Museum in Chengdu, there are some shopping options arranged near the exit area of these sites.
• In order to keep tour expenses competitive and reasonable, we arrange shopping stops such as Jade Shop in Beijing, and Silk Shop in Guilin, which is the universal way. You won’t be forced to spend money in any of the shops if you prefer not to purchase anything.
• This itinerary that has been produced is the sole property of Lotus Travel and has been created specifically and especially for the above referenced family.  The contents of the itinerary are proprietary and as such is protected and privileged and may not be shared with another travel provider.

Terms & Conditions:

• Deposit: A $500 per person non-refundable deposit needs to be sent to us within one week in order to guarantee the above quotes.
• Balance: Balance is due 60 days before departure.
• Airfare: Airfare is due at time of ticket issuance.