Orphanage Reunion Tours

Tour Route: Beijing-Xian-Chengdu, your child's Provincial Capital, and orphanage location with orphanage visit included
Tang Dynasty show in Xian

OCDF is very experienced in arranging your visit to your child's province and orphanage city, including the return visit to the orphanage itself. Yes, you can visit your child's orphanage with your child and family members. OCDF has arranged visits to over 200+ orphanages thus far, even some very remote locations and places not visited before by adoptive families.

This is your opportunity to create new memories for your child and family. Experience and enjoy China's culture and heritage through our specialized programs, including real Panda Hugs at the Wolong Nature Reserve!

Update: Due to the Sichuan Earthquake of 2008, we expect that 2009 tours will visit the Chengdu Panda Research Center instead of going to the Wolong Nature Reserve as listed. If the roads are rebuilt in time for your tour program and the region is safe to travel to, we will include the Wolong Nature Reserve.

Our 14-day program with 12 days in China focuses on kid-friendly sights, 4-star hotels, opportunity for family exploration time, special meals included, and optional evening entertainment.

Questions? Contact jane@ocdf.org

Orphanage Reunion Tours include Beijing-Xian-Chengdu (includes holding/touching a panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve) and then travel to your child's provincial capital with a visit to the child's orphanage.

Families join the tour group for their province, but can join in a different time-frame if they wish and still go to their orphanage in a province not included with that group. If you wish to do this, contact jenny@ocdf.org for the adjustment in price - usually it's a minor adjustment from your original Reunion Group cost below. You can also customize the end of your Reunion Tour to exit from an alternate city. Again, jenny@ocdf.org can provide assistance with these arrangements and add-on costs.

Customized Reunion Groups are available if a group of families who know each other would like to arrange to travel together. We can arrange your Reunion Tour at any time/date throughout the year. With 10 adults or more in the group the prices will be the same as you see below for various regions of China. If you travel during high-season which is mid-fall and mid-spring in China, then you can expect prices to be a little higher. If you travel in winter you can expect prices to be a little lower. What is a "little"? Usually around 10% but sometimes there is no difference at all. It really depends on the size of your group and cities you are going to. For Customized Groups - please contact jane@ocdf.org or jenny@ocdf.org .

Join as an individual family or bring your entire adoption group for a reunion!

For these provinces we recommend the Beijing-Xian-Chengdu-Your Province-Shanghai routing: Hubei, Henan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi. See Cost #1 - see below the itinerary for the costs - keep scrolling down ...

For Shanghai we recommend the Beijing-Xian-Chengdu-Your Province-Shanghai routing. See Cost #2 - see below the itinerary for the costs - keep scrolling down ...

For these provinces we recommend the Beijing-Xian-Chengdu-Your Province-Guangzhou-Hong Kong routing: Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian, Hunan, Yunnan. See Cost #3 - see below the itinerary for the costs - keep scrolling down ...

For these provinces we recommend the Beijing-Xian-Chengdu-Your Province-Beijing routing: Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Shanxi, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia. See Cost #4 - see below the itinerary for the costs - keep scrolling down

Itinerary

Day 1

Depart USA (first date listed for the tour) MONDAY

Day 2

Arrive in Beijing. Arrive the next day TUESDAY. You will be met at the airport by OCDF and transferred to the Beijing Oriental Culture Exchange Hotel (4-star). Dinner and Orientation Meeting will be at 6 p.m.
NOTE - If you wish to arrive early, we can arrange early arrival hotel accommodations/airport transportation and any sightseeing you might wish to add for Beijing. See Beijing pre-trip sightseeing for many interesting options - horse riding, village day-trip, volunteering and more!

Day 3

WEDNESDAY Western buffet breakfast at the hotel
Panjiayuan Market and Temple of Heaven
Lunch: On your own
Free Time from noon to 2:30 p.m.
Forbidden City
Dinner: Peking Duck

Day 4

THURSDAY Western buffet breakfast at the hotel
Drive by the major 2008 Olympic Venues including the National Stadiums - The Bird's Nest, Aquatic, and Gymnastics. Each family will receive in official Beijing 2008 Olympics venue map.
Summer Palace
Lunch on your own
Travel to Great Wall at Badaling
Climb the Great Wall
Dinner: Xiao Wang Fu Restaurant
Evening: Peking Acrobats

Day 5

FRIDAY Western buffet breakfast at the hotel
Fly kites in Tiananmen Square
Visit Huiling for Crafts with their residents
Lunch included at Noodle Restaurant
Hutong Tour and Elementary School or Daycare (depending on the date of your tour)
Silk Carpet Weaving Demonstration
Dinner: on your own
Evening: Overnight Train to Xian (soft sleeper express train with western toilets and individual flat screen tvs)

Day 6

SATURDAY Arrive Xian and transfer to Aurun International Hotel
Muslim Mosque and Street Market
Lunch included - Xian Jiaozi dumplings
Big Wild Goose Pagoda and visit to farmer painting demonstration
Dinner with Tang Dynasty Show
Day 7 SUNDAY Buffet Breakfast at hotel
Jade Carving Workshop
Imax movie of Qin Emperor Qin Shi Huang
Noodle lunch included at Terra Cotta Army
Qin Emperor's Terra Cotta Warriors
Dinner: on your own

Day 8

MONDAY Buffet Breakfast at hotel
Fly from Xian to Chengdu and transfer to Dynasty Hotel with
Lunch on your own
Visit Silk Embroidery Institute and People's Park with Tea House and Garden
Dinner included at Sichuan medical school restaurant
Evening: Optional Foot Massage or Sichuan Opera

Day 9

TUESDAY Buffet Breakfast at hotel
Daytrip to Wolong Nature Reserve with Panda Hugs and photo ops!
Lunch included at a local restaurant
Dinner: on your own

Day 10

WEDNESDAY Buffet Breakfast at hotel
Fly from Chengdu to your Province
Lunch on your own at hotel
Those with orphanages outside the city will transfer to your adoption/orphanage site by
either van or train. Then transfer to the best
available local hotel. Dinner included at a restaurant.
Evening on your own.

Day 11

THURSDAY Buffet Breakfast at hotel
Morning visit to the orphanage with a local bilingual guide as your interpreter
Lunch included with your orphanage director
Afternoon local sightseeing
Dinner included at the hotel
Evening: Free time to explore the local culture

Day 12

FRIDAY Buffet Breakfast at hotel
Morning to local school or to any locations your family needs related to adoption/orphanage
Lunch on your own
Afternoon free time to explore or shop
Dinner on your own
Return to meet group at Provincial capital

Day 13

SATURDAY Buffet Breakfast at hotel
Travel to Shanghai (or city as specified by your Reunion Tour such as Guangzhou or Beijing)
Transfer to Holiday Inn Hotel (Shanghai), Victory Hotel* (Guangzhou), Beijing Oriental Culture Exchange Hotel (Beijing)
Lunch on your own
Afternoon sightseeing
Dinner on your own

Day 14

SUNDAY Buffet Breakfast at hotel
Transfer to airport for flight to USA.

*Please note that the White Swan is scheduled to be closed for renovations in 2008.

Tour includes:

Tour costs: please download the 2009 tour pricing schedule (Word).
Tour dates: June, July, and August in 2009 & 2010

RT Airfare from US to China with TravNET: Check with TravNET for current prices by calling 1-800-359- 6388, or email marta.lacour@travnet.net

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Questions? Please visit our OCDF China Tours FAQ page, and be sure to download all the information from our Essential Information for OCDF Travelers section (top right-hand side of every Tour page). Many of your answers can be found in those documents. Please feel free to contact the OCDF staff with any questions. We're happy to help!

Brief Background on OCDF China Tours

To asssure you a quality tour program, OCDF directs all tour programs and selects all staff that work with our groups, expatriate and Chinese staff as well as national and local tour guides. OCDF China Tours is the only travel service provider in China with 100% of staff certified in First Aid/CPR. Dr. Jane Liedtke, CEO and Founder of Our Chinese Daughters Foundation lives and works in China. She has organized and led tour groups to China for adoptive families, educators and professional groups with experience in China since 1987. OCDF began Chinese Culture Camps for adoptive families in 1996 and extended them to China in 1998. OCDF was the first organization to offer Chinese Culture programs to adoptive families via tour programs to China. We work extensively with adoptive families and orphanages throughout China to insure your family has the best experience possible upon your return to your adopted child’s birthcountry.

 Our Chinese Daughters Foundation is a non-profit organization in support of adoptive families. In addition to tours, OCDF offers many other services including China for Children Magazine, Orphan Support Projects, Summer Camps, and more!