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CHINA OVERLAND Itinerary Mongolia – Laos | 45 days

Day Date Itinerary Km Road situation Main attractions

1 Erenhot Cross the border today, border paperworks and custom paper works

2 Erenhot - 460 expressway Nine Dragon Screen

Yungang Grottoes, 252 grottoes with more than 51.000 Buddha’s. the 3 Datong magnificent Hanging , which is built into a cliff 246 ft above the ground

4 Datong - 360 expressway Great Wall en route

Tain’anmen square, , , Lamatemple, 5 Beijing sightseeing Oanjiayuan, Beihaipark, Hutongs etc. Tain’anmen square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Lamatemple, 6 Beijing sightseeing Oanjiayuan, Beihaipark, Hutongs etc. 7 Beijing sightseeing

8 Beijing - 500 expressway Landscapes

9 Taiyuan - 110 expressway temple

Pingyao, one of the best preserved ancient cities in the world from the Ming-and 10 Pingyao - Waterfall 280 expressway Qing dynasties 11 - Xi'an 330 expressway Hukou Water Falls of the

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The location of the world famous . Visit downtown city Xi’an, the 12 Xi'an end or beginning of the ancient Old Silk Route. Muslim street and Giant Goose

13 Xi'an

14 Xi'an - Sanmenxia 250 expressway Baima Temple, Tianzijialiu Museum

15 Sanmenxia - 130 expressway Guo State Museum (1046BC-655BC)

Longmen grottoes, in 400 year there are 1352 grottoes, 750 niches, 3600 16 Luoyang - 80 expressway inscriptions and more than 100.000 Buddha’s sculptured out of the limestone cliffs through more than 4000 sculptors and artists

Shaolin temple founded in the 5th century by a monk named Bu Tou, a 17 Dengfeng - 500 expressway practitioner of the martial art, with demonstration by monk students of the Kung Fu school.

18 Bengbu - Nanjing 210 expressway Qinhuaihe Scenic Area

Nanjing Massacre museum, Temple, tombs, and pavilions 19 Nanjing adorn the Gold and Purple Mountain Suzhou Garden, Huangpujiang River. Elegant gardens (over 100) and 20 Nanjing - Suzhou 310 expressway channels, a pleasant place for walking and cycling, 14th-century classical garden; Shizilin Yuan is the most special

Suzhou – Zhouzhuang - 21 110 expressway Zhouzhuang is one of the water towns in Southern China

22 Shanghai sightseeing

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The Bund exceptional colonial architecture at the quay, French Concession the most historic area of the city, Nanjing Lu, Nan Chi explore the ancient and 23 Shanghai traditional Shikumen residential areas in the old part of the city and visit the museum in Xintiandi, Shanghai Museum, Yu Gardens

24 Shanghai - 180 expressway

Mt. , trekking and hiking trips on the mountain chain (Yellow 25 Hangzhou - Mt.Huangshan 280 expressway Mountain) Mt.Huangshan - - 26 120 Tarred Xidi village - Tunxi

27 Tunxi - Wuyuan 90 expressway Wuyuan village

28 Wuyuan - Jingdezhen 90 expressway Jingdezhen is the capital of Chinaware

29 Jingdezhen - Mt.Hengshan 650 expressway Landscapes

30 Mt.Hengshan Mt. Hengshan

31 Hengyang - Guilin 380 expressway Landscapes, caves

32 Guilin - Yangshuo 80 Li River and landscapes

33 Yangshuo Xijie Street, sceneries and Zhuang Ethnics

Yangshuo - Longsheng - Longji Terrace Field, Longsheng, known for its Dragon Backbone Terraces, the 34 200 expressway Sanjiang area of rice terraces, Red Yao women have the longest hair of China

35 Sanjiang - Rongjiang - Xijiang 350 Tarred Xijiang Miao Villages

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Xijiang - Guiyang - 36 340 expressway Huangguoshu Waterfall

37 Huangguoshu Waterfall Huangguoshu Waterfall

Huangguoshu Waterfall - Stone 38 370 expressway Stone Forest Forest expressway + 39 Stone Forest - Mile - Luxi 110 Landscapes, Chengzi Village in Luxi tarred expressway + 40 Luxi - Yuanyang 260 Hani Ethnics tarred

41 Yuanyang Terrace Field Yuanyang Terrace Field

National 42 Yuanyang - Puer 320 Beautiful scenery and ethnic villages and culture road+Highway

43 Puer - Mengla 230 Highway Beautiful scenery and ethnic villages and culture

44 Spare day Spare day for any case

45 Mohan Pass | Laos 50 Highway Borderworks and custom paperworks

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Beijing | Forbidden City Xian |Terracotta Army

Hanging Temple Temple statue Shaolin Temple | Kungfu www.chinaoverland.eu [email protected] ENJOY… SELF DRIVING IN CHINA

Temple statue Landscapes

Pingyao | ancient city Temple statues

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