Field Trip Registration Payment will cover the cost of three (3) nights (October 23, 24 and 25) at hotels (Delphi Ski Hotel in Nanning city and Shangri-la Hotel in Beihai city, China respectively), three (3) days of breakfast, two (2) days of lunch, two (2) days dinner with coffee/tea & soft drinks and two (2) days of bus seats for visits. (Flights are not included, have to be reserved by delegates at own account).
There is limited availability for the Field Trip and will be "first come first served". Preference will be given to Conference Delegates.
To attend the Field Trip in China, we suggest to apply for a China Tourist Visa. Click here for more details.
For any additional information please contact your Travel Agency.
| Time | Activity |
| Free time | Delegates travel to Nanning on own account. Meet at hotel early evening |
| Stay | Delphi Sky Hotel, Nanning, Guangxi, China (200 metres from Nanning Airport) |
| Optional dinner |
Thursday 24 October
| Time | Activity |
| 0630-0730 | Breakfast |
| 0730 | Depart hotel |
| Nanning Region | |
| Presentation: Overview of Guangxi forest and wood industry | |
| Eucalyptus plantation | |
| Plantation Operations Fertilising with Air Drones | |
| Lunch | |
| Harvest Operation: Typical Chinese style of mechanical harvest operation in Guangxi | |
| Woodchip mill | |
| MDF mill | |
| 1900 | Dinner |
| Stay | Dephi Sky Hotel, Nanning City, Guangxi |
Friday 25 October
| Time | Activity |
| 0630-0730 | Breakfast |
| 730 | Depart Hotel |
| Morning Qinzhou Region | |
| Brand new major Pinglu Canal construction site (to be a Guangxi wood supply logistics game-changer?) | |
| Veneer and plywood mill | |
| Lunch | |
| Afternoon Beihai Region | |
| Plantation and Nursery | |
| Port terminal | |
| Drive past/drive through? major new pulp mills and their wood yards | |
| 1900 | Dinner at Shangri-La Beihai Hotel (Buffet) |
| Stay | Shangri-La Beihai Hotel, Beihai, Guangxi (33 Chating Rd, Beihai, Guangxi, China) |
| Field Trip Terminates |
Notes
23rd October travel from Singapore to Nanning Travel will be to delegates own account.
Best flight is Scoot Airline TR 114, departing 9.40am arriving at 1.45pm.
Need to arrive on the night of 23rd October for an early morning start on 24th.
The Delphi Sky Hotel is only 200 metres from Nanning Airport.
26th October delegates will need to arrange their own travel plans.
Field Trip organiser will provide bus to Nanning.
Delegates choices:
1. Stay longer in Beihai region (tourist centre)
2. Organiser will provide a bus to Nanning Airport
3. Beihai also has China domestic airport
Delegates may fly from Beihai airport to China city (e.g Guangzhou - domestic only) - to delegates own account.