7 Days
Chose Your Own Dates*
or Join our planned trip!
Round 1:: 23 - 29 July 2020
Round 2:: 04 - 10 August 2020
*If you want to combine this exploration trip with a leadership program, contact us!
Explore Beijing
Highlights
This educational tour in Beijing takes participants from learning how to make dumplings to watching an amazing acrobatic performance and even attending a Kongfu master's class. Students will have a vast exposure to different aspects of Chinese culture. Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Great Wall of China? Also included! Join us for this 7 day of leaderning and adventure packed trip exploring the City of Beijing!
The Great Wall of China
Spend a night and see the sun rise on one of the seven Wonder’s of The World. You don’t need to worry about anything, we provide the gears!
Field Research
Plan your team’s route around Beijing and stretch your leadership to the maximum as your team tries to uncover the reality behind your chosen China topic. Meet your local facilitator, get your budget and off you go! Conclude the day with a presentation of your findings.
Chinese Martial Class
Do you want to learn that Bruce Lee move? While we do not guarantee that you will kick like Bruce Lee, our Kong Fu master will definitely teach you the basics and cool tricks to show off when you go back home. 😉
The Forbidden City
Did you know that Forbidden City consists of 800 buildings with 8,886 rooms and covers 720,000 square meters? We will bring you to the Jingshang Park to get a bird’s eye view of this World Heritage and see for yourself how far it stretches! And we’ll definitely bring you inside too!
Morning | Lunch | Afternoon | Dinner | Evening | Accommodation | |
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Day1 | Breakfast | Lunch | Arrive Beijing | Dinner | Check-in | Hotel |
Day2 | Breakfast Opening ceremony and 1-hour Chinese class | Lunch | Hutong tour | Chinese Hotpot | Back to hotel and rest | hotel |
Day3 | Breakfast Tour of Tian'anmen, Forbidden City and Jingshan Park | Lunch | Transfer to the Great Wall | Roast lamb dinner | Camping at the foot of the Great Wall | Camping |
Day4 | Breakfast Sunrise on the Great Wall | Lunch | Visit Olympic Park | Peking duck | Back to hotel and rest | Hotel |
Day5 | Breakfast , Field research | Acrobatic Show | Conclude and sum up the research outcomes | Hotel | ||
Day6 | Breakfast Tai-chi class Sightseeing at the Temple of Heaven | Lunch | Lama Temple | Dumpling Making Lessons | Enjoy the self-made dumplings | Hotel |
Day7 | Breakfast Presentation about the field research & Closing ceremony | Lunch | Train to Shanghai | Hotel | ||
Day8 | Breakfast Send-off to international flight |
Learning Outcomes
Improve your team-working, leadership and research skillss during the Field Research.
Learn Kong Fu and learn how to make traditional Chinese food!
Build your cultural awareness by meeting and talking with locals.
Get to know about Chinese Contemporary Issues – visit hutongs to learn about rural/urban differences and income disparity.
Learn about topics such as China’s economic development, Chinese art, religion and education while doing your Field Research.
Compare modern developments in China with the past to understand the where China is heading.
Price
9 900 RMB/person (Approx 1 400 USD/ 1 265 EUR/ 1 100 GBP)School Deal! For every 7 students, 1 teacher goes for free.
What’s Included
Practically everything! (Except your international fiight tickets) All ground transportation
Centrally located hotels
Daily breakfast, lunch and dinner (Unless otherwise mentioned)
Daily water bottle
Guides throughout the trip
All entrance tickets to visits
CHOSE &
COMBINE!
COMBINE!
Combine this trip with any of our Humanities & Leadership opportunities below:
1. World Youth Economic Forum, 30th July - 3rd August 2020
A forum where students find solutions to today's international complex economic and commercial challenges.
2. Massachussets Institute of Technology MUN Conference China (MITMUNC), August 2020
The one and only MIT led Model UN conference in China.
3. ASDAN Maths Tournament (US Style), August 2020
An American style maths competition with experienced problem writers from Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley and Princeton University.