🏨 Private Day Tour: Lama Temple, Summer Palace and Hutong Dumpling Lunch Activity

Private Day Tour: Lama Temple, Summer Palace and Hutong Dumpling Lunch

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 7 hours

Departs: Beijing, Beijing

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Cover four of Beijing’s most unforgettable experiences in one fun-filled adventure. Tick off top sights like Lama Temple, Beijing’s best-preserved Buddhist monastery. Enjoy a leisurely walk in the Summer Palace, the beautiful royal garden. Learn how to make Chinese dumplings with a local family. Tours also include a tasty tea and rickshaw ride through a hutong.

What's Included

Afternoon tea

Bottled water

Driver/guide

Dumpling made by your own

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Rickshaw

What's Not Included

Accommodation

Gratuities

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 1
CHILD: Age: 3 - 5
ADULT: Age: 6 - 80

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)

Pickup time at the hotel will be around 9 AM or 1 PM at your convenience time. After picking you up, drive to the Summer Palace. Wander through the masterpiece landscape and see its long corridor and marble boat. Enjoy beautiful view of Kunming Lake as walking along the river bank.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Lama Temple (Yonghegong)

Later, drive to Lama Temple, the largest and best-preserved lamasery in Beijing. Explore the architecture and artworks while strolling along the five different huge halls. Marvel at different Buddhas in the different halls, and find the huge Maitreya Buddha (the entire Buddha artwork that was carved from a single piece of White Sandalwood) and was featured in the Guinness record in 1993. After exploring the temple, we will visit a silk factory, showing how to make clothes and quilts from silk as part of traditional Chinese culture.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Hutong Tour

Afterwards continue touring the Hutong area by rickshaw to have a close look at the most traditional – old imperial - Beijing. At lunchtime, we will let you have real experience of making dumplings with a Chinese family in Hutong which will be part of your meal. At last you will be entertained by a traditional Chinese tea ceremony enjoying a freshly brewed cup.

The trip for the day will end here and you will be sent back to the hotel.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

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