Day 1 Harbin
Transfer via: flight - your arrangement
Activities for today: Airport to hotel transfer (Harbin)
Upon arrive in the exquisite and historic Harbin City, you will be met at the airport and transferred to the hotel, where the staff will assist you with your check in if room available. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 2 Harbin
Activities for today: St. Sophia Church, Central Street, Snow sculpture at Sun Island, Siberian Tiger Park, Harbin Ice and Snow World Park
Today we will start tour to visit the largest Orthodox Church in the Far East - St. Sofia Church. And then free walk through the Central Street. On the streets, you can find some facts about Harbin's history and culture. Continue tour to visit the Sun Island Park, where the Sun Island Snow Sculpture Art Expo is held every winter and you can see various awesome snow sculptures featuring different cultures. Later transfer to the Siberian Tiger Park, where we're caged in a specially protected bus to see the tigers and lions. In the afternoon, transfer to visit the highlights of the Harbin Ice Festival - Ice and Snow World Park where you stroll through this winter wonderland, marvel at the magnificent exquisitely-detailed, gigantic ice sculptures. View fabulous creations of notable buildings and monuments of different architectural types and styles, figures of animals, people, mythical creatures, ice slides and lanterns. When evening sets in, multicolored lights illuminate the sculptures, creating a breathtaking display of these icy works of art. Transfer back to your hotel and free evening.
Day 3 Harbin / Jihua / Harbin
Activities for today: Ski Tour at Jihua Ski Resort
About 08:00 am, we will drive 2 hrs to the Jihua Ski Resort. You will enjoy skiing there (ski or activities are on your arrangement. Ref. ski fee: CNY180/ 2hours, CNY240/4 hours). Late afternoon, we will drive back to Harbin and free evening. Today's lunch and dinner are your own arrangement.
Day 4 Harbin Departure
Transfer via: flight - your arrangement
Activities for today: Stalin Park, Winter Swimming Performance, Airport transfer (Harbin)
Morning guide tour to visit the Stalin Park. The park stands as evidence of the friendship between the world’s two most powerful communist countries at that time. At the center of Stalin Park stands the Flood Control Monument built to commemorate the tremendous feat of the Harbin people in controlling the massive flood of 1957. You will watch winter swimming performance on Songhua River. And you may choose to take part in some ice activities with own expense, such as ice sloping, dog-sled (about RMB30/pp, US$5 per time), etc. After that, transfer to Harbin Taiping International Airport.