This 6-day tour is specially made for winter sports lovers to enjoy the immersive skiing, snowboarding and other stretching at outstanding beautiful Yabuli Ski Resort. You will have 2 full days playing to the most at the Yabuli Ski Resort and 3 nights’ valuable staying at deluxe Club Med Yabuli with the All-inclusive package in no worry, which even contains diverse interesting activities, entertainment and games for more fun memories. Furthermore, you will be dazzled by the fabulous dreaming art sculptures of ice and snow during the annual grand Harbin International Ice & Snow Festival and savor the rich Russian exotic culture charm of Harbin City with discoveries of top must-sees. You will have a superb winter holiday with nature beauty and fun with this trip! Our valuable tour package includes travel consultant service, local guide introduction, private car transfer service, accommodation, most meals, etc. will help you get the great travel experience in Harbin. Please contact us at any time to get a nice quotation or for help!
Please note: the best time to visit Harbin is during Dec.24~early March as the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival is holding, and you can fully enjoy the gorgeous ice and snow artworks here.
Warm Tips: 1.) Ski courses and ski pass are included in the price. However, ski suits and ski equipment like helmets can be rented, but need extra payment. You can also pack your own. 2.)To join in the ski / snowboarding class at Club Med Yabuli, you are required to make an reservation one night in advance. 3.) If you want to stay for more days at Club Med Yabuli to enjoy skiing and sports on ice and snow, please tell your travel consultant when booking the tour.
Day 1 Harbin Arrival
Harbin Pick-up & Hotel Check-in
Ni Hao! Welcome to Harbin, the Capital of Heilongjiang Province, which is well known as the "Ice City" in China. Your local guide will meet you at the arrival hall of the airport / railway station. Then you will be escorted to your hotel (prebooked by us) in downtown Harbin. The rest of today is on your own to explore this city.
Arrival Ideas:
Harbin Taiping International Airport is 41 km’s driving distance from downtown area. It has flights from Beijing (2 hrs), Dalian (1.5 hrs), Qingdao (2 hrs), Jinan (2 hrs), Xian (3 hrs), Shanghai (3 hrs), Chengdu (3.5-4 hrs), Ordos (2.5 hrs), Hangzhou (3 hrs), Guangzhou (4-4.5 hrs), Xiamen (4-4.5hrs), Wuhan (3-3.5 hrs), Sanya (5 hrs) and more destinations in China, and more international cities like Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, Moscow, Phuket Island, etc. While Harbin West Railway Station has high-speed trains linking Harbin with Beijing (7~8 hrs), Changchun (1 hr), Shenyang (2.5~3 hrs), Dalian (4~5 hrs), Jilin (2-3 hrs), Tianjin (6.5 hrs), etc.
Evening Ideas (Explore on your own):
In this evening, you can visit Zhaolin Park, one of the 3 main venues of Harbin Ice and Snow Festival, to appreciate the wonderful world largest scale of outdoor ice lantern show. Take a relaxing walk in the “ocean of ice lantern” with over thousand exquisite arts that are totally different every year and feel the joy of the big World Ice and Snow Festival. (Please note: it holds every year from January 5th to the end of February. Please wear warm down coat and shoes when visiting it at night.)
Ice City - Harbin
Harbin Ice Lantern Fair at Zhaolin Park
Day 2 Harbin (B, L)
Today’s highlights: Sun Island Snow Sculpture Art Expo, Siberian Tiger Park, Ice and Snow World
After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel. Firstly, you'll visit the Sun Island Scenic Resort, which is a major venue to hold the International Snow Sculpture Art Expo on Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in winter. Walk into this vast pure lovely fairyland of 60,000 square meters and meet the incredible “white visual storm”. Have a close look at the thousands of excellent large-scaled artistic snow sculptures of landscape, cartoon, figures, buildings, etc., which will make you wow at the outstanding talent of the craftsmen who inject life into the cold snow. With so amazing backdrop, you just can’t help taking some great photos to record the great moment (You are highly advised to wear sunglasses to visit the Snow Sculpture Art Fair since the snow is really glaring especially in sunny days.)
Then, be escorted to the nearby Siberian Tiger Park, the largest breeding center in the world for the endangered Siberian Tigers. Over 1,300 purebred Siberian Tigers are raised there. You’ll not only pay a safe walk to observe different kinds of tigers (Siberian Tigers, White Tigers, White Lion, Leopard, Liger, etc.), but also take a tourist bus with wire-mesh protection through the park to closely see the tigers and lions and take some photos.
After dinner, you will head to the incredible gorgeous Ice and Snow World (Opening time/hours: around December 23 to next late February/9:30 – 21:00), the highlights of the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. Start your freedom stroll in the dazzling magical world of ice to appreciate over 2,000 pieces of sculptures of ice and snow dyed with romantic colorful LED lights, including pagodas, towers, famous world architectures, landscapes, etc., which easily makes you want to stay longer in such a magic world. Besides the sightseeing, if you would like to enjoy the festive atmosphere to the fullest, you can choose to have fun with the world's longest sliding, or other winter activities on ice, such as ice maze, ice climbing, skating, etc.
Note: 1) Please wear enough layers of proper clothes and warm shoes to protect you from the freeze especially. 2) An indoor Ice and Snow Paradise with smaller scale is built in the scenic area of the Ice and Snow World, and tourists could also enjoy the ice and snow there as well when the festival ends. 3) There may be long queues in front of some hot activity items in the Ice and Snow World during traditional Chinese Lunar New Year and weekends.
Snow Sculpture Art Exposition
Gorgeous Ice and Snow World
Our customers Yong’s group from Malaysia visited Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China in December 2020.
Day 3 Harbin - Club Med Yabuli (B, L, D)
Today’s highlights: St. Sophia Cathedral, Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, Harbin Flood Control Memorial Tower, Jiuzhan Park
Today, after breakfast, your guide and driver will meet you at your hotel. You’ll first visit Sophia Square to admire the holy appearance of the St. Sophia Cathedral from 1907. This must-visit site is a typical Byzantine architecture with a large green dome and was once the largest Orthodox Church in the Far East. The cathedral is the symbolic architecture in Harbin and at present is used as Harbin Architectural Art Gallery and displays some souvenirs. Then, you’ll visit the nearby exotic Zhongyang Pedestrian Street from 1900. Stroll along this 1,400 meters long historic street to appreciate the 71 precious buildings in different styles with long history, including Renaissance, Baroque, etc. (The Stalin Park is very close to the pedestrian, so if you are interested and time permits, you could walk there to admire the Russian architectures and enjoy many creative artistic sculptures.)
Then, you will visit the nearby Harbin Flood Control Memorial Tower that is a featured striking tower of Russian style and built up to 22.5 meters. Watch the vivid carvings of the flood controlling scene of that year in the body of the tower to know more about the brave and clever Harbin people.
Next, you will have a new experience to the Jiuzhan Park along Songhua River. Here you will watch some winter swimmers including some elders up to 60-70 years do winter swimming in the so cold water under the frozen water surface, and many people having fun on some interesting activities on ice, such as skating car, sliding, winter fishing, etc. on Songhua River.
After the visiting, you will move on to Yabuli Ski Resort, which is the largest and best ski resort in China. It is located 200 kilometers east of Harbin city and would need about 3 hours’ driving of 240km long distance from Harbin downtown area.
Your guide will help you check in at Club Med Yabuli. Get relaxed and stay overnight at Yabuli.
Holy St. Sophia Cathidral
Songhua River Winter Swimming
Welcome to Club Med Yabuli
Our customers Kayla Williams's group visited Zhongyang Pedestrian Street in 2017.
Day 4 Club Med Yabuli (B, L, D)
Today’s highlights: Yabuli Ski Resort Skiing / Snowboarding, Club Med Yabuli Activities and Night Entertainment
Good morning! Enjoy the nutritious and abundant breakfast at Club Med Yabuli while admiring the appealing silver snow sightseeing of Guokui Mountains outside the window. Then start your exciting skiing or snowboarding time at the outstanding professional Yabuli Ski Resort. The experienced trainers will teach you how to ski at different levels based on your skill and interests. So do not worry at all! Forget your age or level of skiing, and the world advanced ski resort would provide the best highlighting moment for you. Put on the cool clothing and protective equipment and ski on the pure white snow-capped mountain with your favorite speed, with the charming view of shimmering winter snow, warm sunshine and azure sky being the best background. Just put yourself into the snowy wonderland to ignite your winter holiday, laugh out loud, and play it to the most!
Have some break at Club Med Yabuli. In the afternoon, have more fun and release your body and mind with the diverse wonderful activities, courses and other entertainment at the resort, such as sky trapeze, warm bath, bouncing, games, dancing course, yoga exercise, sauna, swimming, KTV, etc. You can also spend very harmonious and joyous time with rich types of games and activities if traveling with your dear kids, such as treasure hunt, painting, handwork, etc.
After dinner, continue your fun hours with the interesting night shows and parties with good music and dances and some tasteful drinks before sleeping! Good night!
Please Note:
1. Equipment for skiing and other sports on ice and snow are not included in the package, and you can rent at Club Med Yabuli with extra payment.
2. Remember to make a reservation one day in advance to ski at Yabuli Ski Resort.
3. You should wear helmets, glasses, gloves, knee-pad, and skiing suit. If you don't bring yours, you can rent the equipment at the ski resort.
Yabuli Ski Resort Snow Mobiling
Yabuli Ski Resort Snow Mobiling
Skiing Course at Club Med Yabuli
Skiing Course for Kids at Club Med Yabuli
Club Med Yabuli Kids Club
Day 5 Club Med Yabuli (B, L, D)
Today’s highlights: Yabuli Ski Resort Skiing / Snowboarding, Optional Yabuli Ski Resort Sports on Ice and Snow, Club Med Yabuli Activities and Night Entertainment
Enjoy your breakfast in this morning. Continue your exciting happy hours skiing or snowboarding at Yabuli Ski Resort. If you want to have some new and fresh tries, there are horse sledges, snow tubing, snowmobiling, etc. for your wide choices (need extra payment).
Horse Sledge: sitting on the sledge pulled by the horse on the snowfield, you could appreciate the amazing sightseeing of the vast snow world, snow covered pine trees in the forest, and lost in this fairyland with ease and leisure.
Snow Tubing: sit on the tube facing the bright sky and slide along the professional and safe snow trail. Since there is nothing controlling and speed and direction of the tube, you could feel the excitement and thrilling of sliding from the peak to the lower location freely and highly.
Snowmobiling: The cool motorcycles are well equipped with the wheels like tracks of a tank and are easy to be handled and of course safe. Ride one to tour in the beautiful snowfield and drive all the stress far away.
In the afternoon, you can continue your sports time at Yabuli Ski Resort or just chill with the interesting activities and entertainment at the resort. Enjoy your evening with the wonderful themed parties, entertainment and relaxing drinks at Club Med Yabuli!
(Note: Except skiing and snowboarding, all other activities on ice and snow at Yabuli Ski Resort like horse sledge, snow tubing, snowmobiling, and so forth need extra but reasonable payment.)
Yabuli Ski Resort
Peaceful Sightseeing of Yabuli Ski Resort
Club Med Yabuli Sport for Kids
Club Med Yabuli Activity for Family
Outdoor Warm Bath at Club Med Yabuli
Day 6 Yabuli - Harbin Departure (B)
Transfer from Yabuli to Harbin and flight / train off Harbin
After your breakfast, be escorted for about 3 hours to the airport or train station in Harbin for your flight / train to next destination or home. Tour ends!
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China Snow Town in Harbin, also known as Shuangfeng Forest Farm, is reputed as the no.1 snow town in China. It is about 280 km from Harbin. The snow here is famous for its thickness and high viscosity. China Snow Town can satisfy all your imagination and desire about snow. No matter you want to capture gorgeous panoramic view of the snow village, enjoy the fun of playing with snow, ride snowmobile, horse-drawn sled or dog-drawn sled, do some leisure hiking to nearby hill to watch sunrise, or experience real life of local snow town people... It is the best extension trip for your Harbin winter trip.
1. This price is for one person, based on a group of 2 adults sharing one standard double-bed room in a 4-star hotel
and traveling with our private tour in low seasons.
2. This price is subject to change according your
traveling season, group size, hotel class, change of activities in your itinerary and possible fluctuation of
currency exchange rate. If you want a lower price, you can get more people to join you, or use economy class hotels.
3. This price is only valid to March 31, 2023.
4. Reference exchange rate of USD 1=RMB 6.85. The final quote is based on current exchange rate. It may change
according to the currency fluctuation, while the RMB quotation will be remained the same.
Hi Wonder,
We are safely back in Guangzhou. Wonderful experience. All the planned events were highlights and the little extra side trips were a plus. Thank you for all your careful planning.
Hi Leo,
This is a very short customised arrangement during which the China border is not fully opened yet.
China Discovery charges a premium though, but it delivered without fail.
The VOA is very new to even the custom officers who were on duty when I cleared the immigration check at Shenzhen as well as the HK side. I must say that the agent did his professional service by always on the call to allow on-site changes of my arrival time because immigration clearance was so unpredictable. I can be assured that someone is just outside the arrival hall to pick me up and, I could tell the immigration officer that my local contact person is just waiting outside to pick me once I am cleared with this new procedure.
It is always safer to have a local contact to guide you and make arrangements for your local transfer when language ( Cantonese instead of Mandarin) is a problem in China .
Thx for the service . Thx to Matt too.
Rgds
Rita,
thank you for your arrangement. The tour and logistics were really good. We are very happy and look forward to the next trip in China with your company.
Dear Jack,
I have tried to leave the following review with tripadvisor several times now but somehow it is not accepted, I do not know why.
"Just back from our 9-day trip to Yunnan, long planned and waited for. It was our second time with China Discovery Tours. Once again they tailored the tour according to our ideas and interests - and succeeded in surprising us! Thanks to the local guides we learned a lot about history, traditions and customs, and, of course, food. We always felt in safe hands and the organization was just perfect with enough on spot flexibility. Big thanks to Jack who figured it all out so well and to the next time with China Discovery! Johannes (GER) & Elizabeth (GRC)"
Thanks again for an excellent trip, best regards, Johannes&Elizabeth
Hi Jack!
It's was great, we loved it! Our tour guide Frank was very kind, informative, and funny :) We loved how easy it was and how much we got to see in a day, I will definitely recommend to our friends!
We are one of the few China travel agencies who have kept active and received lots of feedbacks and reviews during pandemic years
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There will be some meals excluded in your itinerary as you like, and your private guide will be delighted to give you some suggestions and take you to the local restaurants to taste like Beijing Roast Duck, Xian Dumpling Dinner, Sichuan Hotpot, etc., if you are interested in local food tasting.
All the dining options will satisfy your stomach!
Ice City - Harbin
Harbin Ice Lantern Fair at Zhaolin Park
Snow Sculpture Art Exposition
Gorgeous Ice and Snow World
Yong’s group from Malaysia - Siberian Tiger Park
Holy St. Sophia Cathidral
Songhua River Winter Swimming
Welcome to Club Med Yabuli
Kayla Williams's group - Zhongyang Pedestrian Street
Yabuli Ski Resort Snow Mobiling
Yabuli Ski Resort Horse Sledge
Skiing Course at Club Med Yabuli
Skiing Course for Kids at Club Med Yabuli
Club Med Yabuli Kids Club
Yabuli Ski Resort
Peaceful Sightseeing of Yabuli Ski Resort
Club Med Yabuli Sport for Kids
Club Med Yabuli Activity for Family
Outdoor Warm Bath at Club Med Yabuli
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