The mad rush for train tickets to Harbin started weeks before our departure date and all train tickets can only be purchased 10 days in advance. We left four days after the New Year and were lucky enough to secure 10 tickets on the hard sleepers. Unfortunately, all 10 were middle bunks. (Two weeks later, I was told that the agent who sold me the train tickets disappeared with a whole bunch of deposits from customers.)
We slept through the 12-hour journey and found ourselves in Harbin on the morning of January 5th—the day of the official opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice Festival.
ITINERARY
4 Jan
2105 hrs: Train departs Beijing
5 Jan
0845 hrs: Arrive at Harbin
Noon: Siberian Tiger Park
Late afternoon: Harbin Ice Festival
6 Jan
Morning: Harbin city centre – Zhongyang Dajie
Noon: Snow Sculpture Art Fair
7 Jan
Yabuli Ski Resort
8 Jan
Morning: Snowboarding at Yabuli
Noon: Return to Harbin
2030 hrs: Train back to Beijing
COST (student price)
BJ-Harbin tickets : 221
Accomodation (2 nights): 128
Harbin-BJ tickets: 368
Siberian Tiger Park: 50
Ice Festival: 75
Snow Festival: 50
Yabuli package: 580
TOTAL: RMB 1472
1 comment:
Hello!
I am currently studying in Beijing and am planning on going to Harbin around Jan 5th. I just saw your post and was wondering if you could give me some advice so I could organize my trip. Which hotel did you stay at? And did you just book your trip to Yabuli Resort while in Harbin or did you do it from Beijing?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!
Yvonne
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