| Day: |
Description: |
| 1 |
Join Beijing. |
| 2-3 |
In Beijing; Forbidden City and Great Wall. |
| 4 |
Fly Xian; visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the wooden mosque. |
| 5 |
In Xian; visit 'Terracotta army'; overnight train to Jinchang. |
| 6 |
Arrive Jinchang; drive to Zhangye. |
| 7 |
Drive Jiayuguan via the Great Wall. |
| 8 |
In Jiayuguan, visit Jiayuguan Fort. |
| 9 |
Drive Dunhuang. |
| 10 |
In Dunhuang; visit Buddhist Mogao Caves. |
| 11 |
Drive Liuyan; overnight train to Turpan. |
| 12 |
Arrive Turpan; visit Jiaohe Old City. |
| 13 |
In Turpan; visit Thousand Buddha Caves; overnight train to Kashgar. |
| 14 |
Arrive Kashgar. |
| 15 |
In Kashgar; visit Sunday Market. |
| 16 |
Drive via the Kyrgyz border and Torugart Pass to Tash Rabat. |
| 17 |
Drive to Bishkek. |
| 18 |
In Bishkek. |
| 19 |
Fly to Tashkent in Uzbekistan. |
| 20 |
20 Drive Samarkand; city tour |
| 21 |
In Samarkand. |
| 22 |
Drive Bokhara; walking tour of city. |
| 23 |
In Bokhara; overnight train to Tashkent. |
| 24 |
Arrive Tashkent where tour ends. |
