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2-Day Harbin Ice and Snow Festival: Group City Tour with Major Attractions
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Experience the 2-Day Harbin Ice and Snow Festival with a group tour. See the best attractions, including the Ice and Snow World, Sun Island Snow Festival, and Harbin Polarland.
Duration:
2 days
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
Harbin Snow Fair on Sun Island, Harbin Ice and Snow World
Sun Island (Tai Yang Dao) - Tour itinerary for day 1 (L):
Your guide and driver will pick you up from your centrally located hotel in Harbin city early in the morning. Alternatively, you can make your own way to Mercure Harbin Sophia Church (formerly Hotel Ibis Harbin Sophia Church) at 9:00 am or Harbin Holiday Inn hotel at 9:20 am for pickup service.
Tour itinerary for day 1 (L):
- 9:30 am: Complete the last hotel pickup at Harbin Holiday Inn hotel and head to Sun Island Snow Festival.
- After this, your group can choose one attraction in this area before going to the ice festival.
Harbin Snow Fair - The Snow Fair takes place on Sun Island every year.
- 10:00 am to 12:00 pm: Enjoy your time at Sun Island Snow Festival.
- 12:00 pm: Meet up in the car on time and continue your tour to one tourist attraction in Harbin chosen by your group.
- 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Enjoy your time at your chosen tourist attraction.
Harbin Ice and Snow World
- 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm: Go to lunch for a break (local cuisine, rice, Harbin beer, soft drinks).
- 4:00 pm: Meet up in the car on time and visit Ice and Snow World.
- 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm: Enjoy your time at Ice and Snow World.
- 6:30 pm: Meet up in the car and transfer back to your hotel in Harbin city.
Ice Festival Harbin - The Ice Festival is a general term that includes Harbin Ice and Snow World and the Snow Fair on Sun Island.
Ice Swimming Show, Ropeway, Old Russian Town, Central Street, Sophia Church, Old Harbin
Harbin Ropeway - Tour itinerary for day 2 (L):
- 9:30 am to 10:30 am: Head to the Ice Swimming Show and be amazed by the superheroes who swim in the icy cold pool.
- 10:30 am to 11:00 am: Enjoy a Harbin Ropeway ride on the beautiful Songhua River to overlook the city.
Stalin Park
- 11:00 am to 11:30 am: Visit Russian Town.
- 11:30 am to 12:00 pm: Take the return Harbin Ropeway ride back to Stalin Park.
Zhongyang Pedestrian Street
- 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm: Visit the Flood Control Monument, Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, and take a lunch break at a famous local dumpling restaurant.
Saint Sophia Cathedral
- 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm: Visit Sophia Church.
Lao DaoWai
- 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm: Visit Laodaowai.
- 5:30 pm: Transfer back to your hotel.
Please note: The order of the day 1 and day 2 tour itineraries could be adjusted based on your group size.
What's Included
- Entrance fees included
- Lunch provided
- Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off (city hotels in Harbin)
- Meals according to itinerary (Lunch)
- Experience as part of a group tour
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- White and red whine
Additional Information
Sign up for this two-day group excursion to experience Harbin’s prime sites during its winter period. Explore popular spots like the renowned Ice and Snow World, Sun Island Snow Festival, and Harbin polarland. Discover key urban landmarks such as Zhongyang Pedestrian Street, Sophia Church, Ice Swimming Show, Harbin Songhua Ropeway sightseeing, Russian Town, Sidalin Park, and Laodaowai (Old Harbin). The package includes all admission fees, travel, and tour guide services.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Operates in winter season conditions, please dress appropriately
- Please wear hat, gloves and comfortable walking boots
- Must be on time for all requested meet up schedule during the tour
- If you live outside of the city, please meet up your group atMercure Harbin Sophia Church (Former Hotel Ibis Harbin Sophia Church) at 9:00am or Harbin Holiday Inn hotel at 9:20am
- No airport pickup service
- If you live other hotels in Harbin city, just email to local operator to arrange pick up time from hotel
- If only one person in your group tour, you will be transferred by public transport bus or taxi
- Please note: day 1 and day 2 tour Itinerary order could be swapped a bit based on your group size
- On Ice and Snow Festival day tour, if you have more free time during tour you can go to other tourist attractions around this area, if your group other people agree with it (optional)
- On the city tour if you have more free time during tour you can go to TV dragon tower, if your group other people agree, but entry ticket on your own cost150YUAN(optional)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Sharend2022
Feb 4, 2022
Chinese New Year in Harbin - I have been living in China one more years, I plant to see more places in China, spent Chinese New Year in Harbin, and joined two days group tours, lots of fun, amazing ice festival, was really good food, nice tour guide and polite driver. This is well worth a visit and is very reasonably priced. Highly recommended this group tour to everyone who want to travel to Harbin.
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Samliketrip
Jan 21, 2021
Small Group Tours in Harbin - Two days group tour with ice and snow festival in Harbin, our group is 5 people, We were friends and from Shanghai city, Our tour guide was Ms.Song, She was a great and wonderful, She always reminded us do not slip and told us how to do. She was expert in Harbin about everything, She was familiar with every scenic spots, where were bathroom, where were drink shop and food shop, We were surprised, during tour we added one more place about tigers park, They also took us to visit big and cute tigers, We were very excited, We had never so close to see so many big tigers. Two day were not busy, just right time for us, We could say quite classical highlights for two days, I would highly recommend the group tours for you.
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Wendyerr
Jan 14, 2021
join harbin group tours - We are couples joining 2 days’ small group tour for the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. The  organization is very good. They pick us up from Harbin city hotel on time, and we follow the full itinerary, having no time to waste. The tour guide is excellent, who tells us knowledge about ice and snow festival, city culture and history. The food and dining environment are very good. Our meal is organized in big fashion Mall, because the tour guide says some people in restaurants may smoke , but it’s no smoking in shopping mall. We try local delicious food which originates from Qing Dynasty. We are enjoying the trip very much, so highly recommend it to you.
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228tanyah
Dec 24, 2020
Harbin ice and snow - Our guide, Sera was very helpful and kind in helping us navigate the Harbin weather and enjoy the ice and snow festival. Highly recommend it!
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Bryan_j
Jan 7, 2020
Wow - Unique experience well worth the money
The guide and drive we're excellent. Was full on but we saw the ice sculptures, ice city on the first day and ice swimming, the Russian town and more of Harbin on the second day. Would recommend this tour.
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Racheltan11
Dec 23, 2019
Winderful 2-Day Group City Tour - We are a couple from Singapore, spending two days’ group tour with Samantha Group. Samantha is a very warmly person, and responsible as well. She answers our any question about Harbin and the tour, so we have a good communication. Though we stay in  the ice city, we feel very warm because Samantha is like our old friend and family member. The group tour is perfect , though the Ice and Snow World is not open when we are there, we still see an ice place indoors. It is ok, we get what we want: snow everywhere, ice from the frozen river, which is very cool. Next time if we come to Harbin again, we definitely take Samantha’s tour again. We highly recommend her tour to you.
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Brucematthew
Dec 21, 2019
Excellent Tour Service in Harbin - We family spent our holiday in Harbin. We found Samantha to assist for us. She made our trip easy in the cold city. Samantha is an honest and credible person, her service fee is not cheapest, but it is worth. We all enjoyed her excellent service. We were happy to pay and enjoy our trip in Harbin. We highly recommend her service to you.
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Gagardener03
Feb 5, 2019
Places of Interest in Harbin - Both days Toby Zhao promptly arrived at our agreed upon start time. Once again, I was pleased that she was my tour guide for both days! She was wonderful! Several things beyond her control were that: St. Sophia's interior was being renovated (all 2019), the the Ropeway was closed for 7 days around Chinese New Year (and I'd guess around October 1st for National Da too) and due to unseasonably warm weather, prior internal access at Harbin Ice and Snow World sculptures were no longer deemed safe to go inside. Since St. Sophia's and The Ropeway were closed, we substituted The Dragon Tower. Toby picked a good restaurant each day for lunch. Both days involved a lot of walking, so be prepared for that. I'd also recommend bring water with you. I had a rucksack and brought several water bottles with me (I used HOT HANDS in the bag to prevent water from freezing). I emailed Viator ahead of time appraising them that I have Celiac Disease (I can't eat gluten). I carried a Celiac Mandarin card with me ...but Toby did an excellent job of telling each restaurant what I could and could not eat. I greatly appreciated her assistance with my diet! Both days were fabulous! It is truly mind boggling that all the snow and ice sculptures are done in such a grand scale in such a short time! Seeing Harbin in the winter is a once in a lifetime experience!
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Carol_j
Jan 13, 2019
An excellent trip with a fantastic guide, Joanna, and a great memory to take home with us. - We wanted to make sure we saw the most important sites to visit in Harbin during our short stay so we booked onto a group trip. We were very lucky as we turned out to be the only people on the tour, so we had Joanna, our guide and Mr Wang, our driver to ourselves. Joanna was very friendly and informative and knowledgeable about all the snow sculptures and all their significance and was happy to add an extra stop in for us as we had time and were in the area. The trip was very comprehensive and we certainly wouldn't have been able to visit all the places on our own in that time, particularly with the language barrier, her English is very good. She was very knowledgeable about the last 100 years of history of Harbin, including it's wars and relationships with other countries particularly Russia and Japan. Joanna was even happy to take me shopping on Central Street to help with the language barrier. Mr Wang was a very careful driver and we felt very safe. Excellent 2 days thank you to you both.
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Curioustourist2018
Jan 7, 2019
Great trip - Easy; flexible and enjoyable - We recently completed this 2-day tour of Harbin, including the Snow and Ice Festival with David (韩永光）as our guide. Our party of three had an incredible time in the coldest place we had ever visited - made much easier by having David's help. Harbin is a big city, and having a private driver and guide made seeing the city, as well as the snow and ice festivals much more convenient, and meant less time out in the cold looking for taxis on our own. David was both friendly and professional, making entry to all the parks and festivals very easy, as well as very knowledgeable about the area. We really appreciated his efforts to make our tour as enjoyable as possible, and was very flexible in accomodating our itinerary changes when we needed a break from the cold. His English was great and the transport was comfortable and always punctual.
I also found arranging the trip very easy. Our tour was arranged through Samantha who was very helpful - allowing us to change our itinerary according to our own preferences. She was also able to provide some clothing hire options for us at reasonable rates, and made an effort to have them available to us when and where we needed it.
Our only suggestion would be to avoid the Russian Town attraction - it is a bit run down and didn't have much information available. Best to spend more time in other areas.
Harbin Private Tours is a great option for visiting Harbin - especially around the time of the Snow and Ice Festival.
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