Hutong & Lama Temple, Panda House, Bird's Nest, Water Cube and Jingshan Park - Beijing

We will pick you up from your hotel at 8am and take you to the Hutong with a local English speaking guide and driver. Hutong is a Mongolian word meaning water well. At nine metres (about 30 feet) wide, it is the name given to a lane or small street that originated during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), now they have become representatives of local culture, thus it is the first choice for people who would like to learn about the local history and culture.

You will get to enjoy lunch with a local family and then we will make our way to The Lama Temple, from there we move to the Beijing Zoo to see the amazing giant pandas. Beijing Zoo is comprised of 16 different exhibition areas and halls. The most popular is the Panda Hall, built in 1989 and covering an area of around 2.5 acres (10,000 square metres), it delivers an impressive aesthetic scene while also managing to account for the practical considerations of housing such large and physical animals. The inside of the hall replicates the style of traditional Chinese gardens and is shaped in the pattern of a Tai Chi diagram.

Affectionately known as Bird's Nest, the National Stadium is situated in Olympic Green Village, Chaoyang District of Beijing City. This will be our next destination after the Beijing Zoo. Travelers’ will be given the opportunity to take photos outside this magnificent architecture.

We move on to The National Aquatics Center(Water Cube) which combines modern technologies with Chinese traditional values. In tradition, Chinese conceptualised a square earth and a round heaven, and this formed the design's central theme. Moreover, the cube shape dominates ancient urban buildings. Its design is of traditional style to meet all its functional requirements. The blend of architecture and advanced technology designed by Chinese and Australian, the National Aquatics Center is the first building in the world built upon "the soap bubble" theory and sports a polyhedral steel-framed structure.

Lastly, we move to the Jingshan Park which consists of five individual peaks, and on the top of each peak there lies an elaborate pavilion. These pavilions were used by officials for gathering and leisure purposes. These five peaks also draw the approximate historical axis of central Beijing.

At the end of the trip, travelers’ will be finally transferred back to their hotel.