Day 1 Arrival Xi’an
Arrive in Xi’an by domestic air or high speed train from Beijing and transfer to the hotel. This will be coordinated depending on your arrival in China. If you arrive early we can do some birding in the botanical gardens of Xi’an. 

Day 2. Terra-Cotta Warriors – Ancient City Wall- Muslim Quarter.
Depart early this morning to visit Terra-Cotta Warriors, the eighth wonder of the world which was created to guard the tomb of Qin Shihuang, the first emperor to unite ancient China. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Terra-Cotta Warriors is one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of all times. After leisurely admire this vast array of soldiers, we will visit Xian-Ancient city wall this afternoon. Besides, a leisure walking at the Muslim Quarters is optional tonight.

Day 3. Xi’an-Foping-Yangxian.
In the early morning, we will drive to Xian North Train Station to catch the bullet train to Foping station where we will catch up a bus and drive a short distance to Foping Golden Snub-nosed Monkey reserve. After spending some pleasant time with the spectacular Golden Snub-nosed Monkey in the reserve. We will be transferred to Yangxian to spend the night.

Day 4. Yangxian-Xi’an-Beijing. 
Located to the south of Qingling mountain range, the species boundary between the south and the north, Yangxian is a very unique birding spot where we can see the endemic and endangered Crested Ibis and some other species. Crested Ibis was considered as an extinct species until 7 of them were found in Yangxian in early 1980s, while the population has gradually grown up to over 3000. We will spend the whole morning birding in Yangxian, in the late afternoon, we will take bullet train back to Xi’an, then catch another bullet train to Beijing.

Day 5. Forbidden City & Great Wall-Yanqing.
In the morning, we will drive to the Forbidden City, the Chinese imperial palace from the mid Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty which is the last dynasty in Chinese history. It was originally built in 1406, for almost 500 years, it served as the seat-bed of the Emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasties as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government. Followed our visit of the Forbidden City, we will drive on to the Badaling Great Wall and visit it at quiet, less-crowded afternoon time. The Badaling Great Wall is the best preserved and most complete section with extremely beautiful natural landscape. In the late afternoon, we will drive on to Yanqing to spend the night.

Day 6. Yeyahu Lake-Beijing Downtown & Departure.
Drive a short distance to Yeyahu Lake and spend the morning there in search of waterfowls including Gadwall, Chinese Spot-billed Duck, Baer’s Pochard, Ferruginous Pochard, Tufted Duck, Smew, Black-necked Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Spoonbill, as well as other birds like Merlin, Azure-winged Magpie, Marsh Tit, Bearded Reedling, Pallas’s Bunting and Falcated Duck, Chinese Gray Shrike, Red-breasted Merganser. After our exploration, we will drive to Beijing Airport.