7 Days Harbin Jilin Winter Tour with China Snow Town from Beijing

Day 1 Beijing-Jilin

Picked up from your hotel in Beijing (based on your requirement) in the early morning, you will be guided to board on a 7-hour high speed train to the Jilin City. Upon arrival, our Jilin local guide and driver will pick you up, holding with a sign with "Jilin Private Tour". Transferred to our pre-arranged hotel in Jilin. Free on your own to explore the Jilin city.

Day 2 Jilin-Harbin

After breakfast, the first stop is arranged at Jilin Rime Island to see the beautiful rime. Rime Island is only 40 kilometers from Jilin City, but lower than it. Jilin Rime is completely surrounded by water and is a meeting point for cold air to meet warmer ocean air. The island is often covered with heavy fog, with fog covering up to this small 6-kilometer island and not evaporating. The best time to appreciate rime is before 10 o'clock in the morning. 

Move on to visit the Songhua Lake, Songhua Lake is a famous attraction and the scenic spot in Jilin Province. It was originally a mountain reservoir formed after Japanese built a dam to intercept Songhua River water and built Fengman Hydropower Station in 1937. Because of its unique geographical location, four distinct seasons of climate conditions, the beautiful scenery of the lake has attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.

After lunch, proceed to visit the North Hill Park. It is located in Jilin City urban area and known as “scared ground for nine dragons”. The scenic area, with a history of over 300 years, originally was called Jiulong Mountain (Nine Dragon Mountain) and said to be “the emerging place for dragons”. Emperor Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty ever made a round and climbed the mountain for sight-seeing. The legend of “nine dragon culture” adds more mysteries to the “auspicious place”.

In the afternoon, drive you to the Jilin train station to catch your train to Harbin (about 2 hours). Drive back to your hotel once you arrived in Harbin.

Day 3 Harbin

Pick you up at your hotel lobby. The first stop is Sun Island, Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, also known as Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Fair, is the birthplace and leader of the international snow sculpture art. Together with Harbin Ice and Snow World, Harbin Ice Lantern Fair at Zhaolin Park, it is known as one of the most important three theme parks of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. And due to its long exhibition period (60-70 days), high quality, various cultural themes, large scale and interesting activities, the expo is also known as "the world's largest ice and snow carnival". Snow Wonderland, a 3D snow-light show applying modern sound, light and digital technologies has been displayed at Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo recent days.

After lunch, head to the Siberian Tiger Park, which is most adventurous part of the tour. This park is located   on the northern side of the Songhua River and neighbors the Sun Island. Covering an area of 1,200,000 square meters, the park is considered the one and only place in the world to admire the purebred and scarce Siberian tiger (aka Manchurian tiger), one of the world's top 10 endangered animals. In the park, tourists can feed the tigers with meat even take photos with them.

In the evening, you will visit the Harbin Ice and Snow World. Located in the middle of Songhua River, with a total length of 1030 meters and a maximum width of 25 meters. It covers an area of nearly 200000 square meters and uses a total of 60000 cubic meters of ice. It was founded in 1999 by Harbin Municipal Government to welcome the Millennium celebration of "Shenzhou century Tour". With the advantages of Harbin's ice and snow season, it launched a large-scale ice and snow art boutique project.

Drive back to your hotel.

Day 4 Harbin-Mudanjiang

Check out from your hotel in the morning. Our guide will meet you in the hotel lobby, then drive to Mudanjiang city directly, where China Snow Town located (around 6 hours). 

Upon your arrival at China Snow Town, check in and have lunch at local restaurant first. After lunch, taking you to walk around the China Snow Town (Xuexiang). China’s Snow Town, is located in Mudanjiang city, Heilongjiang Province, at the north end of China. In winter, heavy snow covers everything and makes the farm a white wonderland. In spite of the cold weather, the beautiful snow scenery attracts more than 500 thousand tourists annually. Here are three must-visit spots. 

Then, move on to Xueyun Street. This 500-meter-long street is always bustling at night. It is located at the town center and lined by grocery stores, restaurants, theaters and hotels. There are a lot of snacks, including ice stick, Bing Tang Hulu (sugar-coated hawthorn on a stick) and kebabs. In addition, you can buy mushrooms and nuts handpicked by locals.

Continue to visit the Dream House (Meng Huan Jia Yuan Studio), it is the most attractive spot and must visit place in snow town for someone whos like photography. Tourists are also drawn to this area because several TV shows were shot here, including the popular reality show “Where Are We Going, Dad?” Covered by thick snow, the little wooden houses are transformed into white horses, rabbits, turtles and giant mushrooms. Moreover, the red lanterns hanging under the eaves complete a joyful and dreamlike atmosphere to the landscape.

After dinner, you can enjoy the local performance called ErRen Zhuan (two people dancing performance). Two-people Rotation is a genre of local folk dance and song from Northeast China. It usually consists of two people, a boy and a girl. They sing as well  as dance, using folded fans or red square handkerchiefs (which are  twirled along as a song is performed) during the dancing portion. It is  very popular due to its humorous dialogue and sketches, which have  eclipsed the old dances and songs.

Er ren zhuan is now becoming better known in the rest of China, because many er ren zhuan performers have performed on television, as well as acted in TV serials; Zhao Benshan is the most famous example.

After the tour, drive you back to your hotel in snow town.

Day 5 Mudanjiang-Harbin

Pick up from your hotel by our guide. The first stop for today will lead to a nearby mountain, Yangchao Mountain. You will hik up to the mountain, which is the best way to enjoy the charming snow view and an ideal place to escape from the bustling and hustling woorld. It is located on the northwest side of Snow Town, it is highest mountain in this area with a height of 1,200 meters, arrived before sunrise because it's a good place to enjoy the sunrise scenery (around 3 hours). Back to the snow town and have a simple lunch.

After lunch,drive back to your hotel in Harbin.

Day 6 Harbin-Beijing

Free on your own in the morning, you can explore the Harbin city on your own. In the afternoon, drive you to the Harbin train station to catch your train back to Beijing. Stay overnight in the train (about 10 hours).

DaY 7 Beijing

Arriving at Beijing Train Station in the early morning. You will be taken back to your hotel in Beijing (based on your requirement). Our service ends.

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