China
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Chinese Tours
A tour to China is like no other. The educational experience of a school tour to an international destination like China will always live up to its promise, an advanced civilisation already existed in China at a time when Europe had yet to emerge from the dark ages. The third largest country on earth with a population of over 1.2 billion, outstanding historical sites await you, but it is the everyday scenes which often leave the most lasting impression.
China one of the world's oldest and continuous civilizations, consists of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions, such as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder and printing. Historically, China's cultural sphere has extended across East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion customs, and writing systems being adopted to varying degrees by neighbors such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam. 
The first evidence of human presence in the region was found at the Zhoukoudian cave and is one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus, now commonly known as the Peking Man, estimated to have lived approximately from 300,000 to 550,000 years ago. Noticeably, it is also known that the Peking Man was able to control and use fire.
School Group Tour Highlights
- Shanghai - Nanjing Road, the Bund, Old Shanghai District, 431km/h Meglev train Jinmao Tower.
- Suzhou - silk factory, boat tour on the Shantang River, Humble Administrators Garden
- Nanjing - cooking class, Ming Tomb, Lingu Temple, Sun Yatsen Mausoleum, boat tour of Quinhuai River, Nanjing Massacre Memorial, Jiming Temple and City Wall.
- Li shui - strawberry farm
- Gao chum - Qingshan Tea Farm
- Xian - Bell Tower, Muslim quarter, traditional Dumpling Banquet with Tang Dynasty Dancing Show, Terra-cotta Warrior Museum.
- Beijing - Forbidden City, Tian An Men Square, Summer Palace, Beijing Duck Dinner, Community project
Itineraries are available on request. We can arrange tailor made trips. School expeditions, walking and trekking, China tours, link school visits and geography tours. To discuss travel possibilities that China offers in greater details, please contact the Away We Go Tours Office.
