5-Day Harbin Highlights Private Tour includes Ice and Snow World and Volga Manor

Harbin Arrival
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Harbin

Welcome to Harbin(哈尔滨), 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 airport. Then you will be escorted to your hotel in a private vehicle. The rest of today is on your own to explore this city.

Attractions: Sun Island Scenic Resort, Siberian Tiger Park, Ice and Snow World
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Ovenight in Harbin

After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel, transfer to visit the Sun Island Scenic Resort(太阳岛公园) which is a major venue of Ice and Snow Festival located north Harbin right by the Songhua River. It is a popular recreational zone with a Russian-style town, some small lakes, several exquisite gardens as well as various interesting galleries and museums. When winter comes, this snow-covered land is also the best place to appreciate the amazing snow and ice sculptures. While in hot seasons, it is a perfect summer resort.

Then, visit the nearby Siberian Tiger Park(东北虎林园), the largest breeding center in the world for endangered Siberian Tigers. You’ll not only pay a safe walk to observe different kinds of tigers (Siberian Tigers, White Tigers, Snow Tiger, Liger, Jaguar), but also take a bus with wire-mesh protection through the park to closely see the tigers and take some photos.

After dinner, you will head to the amazing Ice and Snow World(冰雪大世界), the highlights of Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, to appreciate the magical and extraordinary ice lanterns and sculptures with colorful lights at night. Please wear enough layers of proper clothes and warm shoes to keep you away from the freeze especially when you want to stay here longer to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

Attractions: St. Sophia Church, Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, Stalin Park
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Ovenight in Harbin

After breakfast, your guide and driver will pick you up at your hotel. You’ll have a relaxing city tour in Harbin. You will firstly visit St. Sophia Church(圣·索菲亚大教堂), the landmark of Harbin. Built in 1907, this church is the largest Orthodox Church in Far East in Byzantine style. Now, it is used as “Harbin Architectural Art Gallery”. Looking from outside, you can appreciate the splendid structure with red bricks and circular domes. Getting into the church, you can learn history, culture and future development of Harbin. Close to the church, you’ll then visit the exotic Zhongyang Pedestrian Street(中央大街) which is a long corridor of European architectures with 71 buildings in different styles with long history standing by.

Then arrive at Jiuzhan Park to watch ice swimming show, it is sponsored by the Harbin winter swimming association as part of the winter ice and snow festival in Harbin, show Harbin local life culture. After show go to enjoy a Harbin Ropeway Ride on beautiful Songhua River to overlook the city, and Russian town. Then pay a visit to Stalin Park(斯大林公园), located aside of Songhua River. Feel the charm of Russian architectures and enjoy many creative artistic sculptures. At last you will be transferred back to hotel.

Attractions: Harbin Volga Manor
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Overnight in Harbin

Meet again in your hotel lobby, you will be take to Harbin Volga Manor, it is an Russian style theme park, from Harbin city will take 1.2 hour there, you will be out city to enjoy the nature and snow landscape in there, and some castles, and unique buildings in the world.  and you also can eat food there, and coffee, Volga Manor is good relax place out busy city.  

After there back to city, at last you will be transferred back to hotel.

Attractions: No
Meal: Not included
Hotel: Not included

Today is free for you until your tour guide and driver escort you to the airport in time for the scheduled flight/railway station to other destination. Tour ends.