Detailed Itinerary of This Tour Package
Day 1 - Arrival in HongKong
Our guide will pick you up from HongKong international airport and be transferred to the hotel. The rest time is free for you to explore the metropolis.
Accommodation :
InterContinental Grand Stanford
(Harbour-View Room)
Day 2 - HongKong
Today, you will have a half-day Hong Kong Island Tour including Victory Peak, Repulse Bay & Aberdeen Fishing Village, and pay a visit to Stanley Market. (B+L)
Day 3 - HongKong-Guilin
we suggest you have some free time to do shopping in the paradise. Our private English speaking guide will meet you in the hotel lobby and transfer
you to airport to broad the late afternoon flight to Guilin. Guided service will
be provided from airport picking up to transferring to the hotel. (B)
Accommodation :
Sheraton Hotel, Guilin
Day 4 - Guilin-Yangshuo-Guilin
Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier for a wonderful cruise experiences. You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Our riverboat arrives at the quaint town of Yangshuo, where you will start a short but interesting bicycle tour around the countryside and have a local family visit to get more idea of their daily life. Transfer back to Guilin. (B+L)
Day 5 - Guilin-Shanghai
Today, continue to appreciate its unrivalled natural beauty. You will explore Elephant Trunk Hill as the landmark of Guilin City. Later on, proceed to Reed Flute Cave where fantastic stalactite and stalagmite formations impress you as magical. Take late afternoon flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival, you are greeted and helped transfer to the hotel to check in. You will have some free time allocated in the bustling Nanjing Road. (B+L)
Accommodation :
Le Royal Meridien, Shanghai
Day 6 - Shanghai
Today, your tour starts from a well-conceived displays explains all aspects
of Chinese art history from ceramics to jades to furniture to seals to paintings,
one of the biggest Museum in China, Shanghai Museum. After a la carte lunch
served in the local restaurant, you will travel to visits to Nanjing or Huai Hai Road's popular emporiums, the famous Bund, Jade Buddha Temple. An exciting performance of Chinese Acrobatics awaits you to witness in Shanghai Central Theater. (B+L+D)
Day 7 - Shanghai - Yichang
Day 7 ? Shanghai - Yichang
This morning is free to explore the city. Fly to Yichang where you board your deluxe Century Diamond Cruise ship. Settle into your comfortable outside cabin to begin your memorable cruise upstream. Guided service will be provided from picking you up from the airport to broad the ship. (B+D)
Accommodation :
Century Diamond
Day 8 - Yangtze River Cruise
The ship will weigh anchor at 8:00. Sailing through the longest gorge, Xiling Gorge. Disembark and take a shuttle bus to see the great project of Three Gorges Dam. Return to the ship. Pass the five-step ship lock. The elegant and exciting Captain's Welcome Party offers Chinese folk dancing and music performance. You can also join in for fun. (B+L+D)
Day 9 - Yangtze River Cruise
Today you will marvel at the fascinating sights all the way. Go through Wu Gorge in the morning. You will have a excursion to Three Little Gorges on Wushan Daning River. In the afternoon, pass the spectacular Qutang Gorge. The knowledgeable river guide will let you get more idea of Three Gorges including the ancient plank road, mengliang stairway and hanging coffins. (B+L+D)
Day 10 - Yangtze River Cruise
Shore Excursion to Fengdu ghost City. Enjoy farewell Dinner in the evening. (B+L+D)
Day 11 - Chongqing - Dazu
Morning cruising through now-gentle countryside to Chongqing, where you disembark the ship. About 0830am, Our professional guide will pick you up from ship and transfer to Dazu, famed for its Buddhist archeological sites.
You will focus on the Buddhist sculptures at Baodingshan, where is highlights of the Carving complex. Return to Chongqing in the late afternoon. (B+L)
Accommodation :
Hilton Hotel, Chongqing
Day 12 - Chongqing -Xian
Take flight to Xian. Our guide will pick you up from the airport and transfer to the hotel. Your first stop in this ancient city is City Wall which is the one of the best reserved ancient wall. Then proceed to visit the Great Mosque where you will enjoy some free time in the nearby Muslim Food Street. Followed by a special and short performance including shadow play, paper-cut and puppet show in an ancient courtyard house built in Ming Dynasty. (B+L)
Accommodation :
Sofitel on Renmin Square, Xian
Day 13 - Xian
View the famed life-sized terracotta army, you will appreciated soldiers, Circle Vision Movie and Bronze Chariot buried for over 2200 years. Then on to visit
and the Big Goose Pagoda. This evening you're our guest at the Tang Dynasty Theatre's fabulous Dumpling dinner and show.(B+L+D)
Day 14 - Xi'an-Beijing
This morning, we will have a close contact of the nature wild animal by visiting Shanxi National Nature Reserve after 1.5 hours drive, thisplace is specializing in raising wild giant pandas and other rare wild animals, e.g. golden monkey, crested Ibis and other kinds of rare birds and animals, where you will find various information about the Giant Panda and you will enter into a world filled with the wildlife. After lunch, take flight to Beijing. Landing on the capital city of modern China where you are met by our professional tour guide in Beijing international airport. Check in to Hotel for some rest as our sightseeing tour will begin on the following day. (B+L)
Accommodation :
Hilton Beijing Wangfujing
Day 15 - Beijing
Head first to the Tiananmen Square, being the world's largest square, it located in the south of the Forbidden City. Your next stop is Forbidden City where is the home to the Ming and Qing emperors and is a truly spectacular way to start off our China adventure. After enjoy a la carte lunch at local Chinese restaurant, move to Summer Palace where you could have a stroll
at the ancient emperor's backyard. The Beijing Duck Dinner is served at a famous restaurant followed by a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre. (B+L+D)
Day 16 - Beijing
Proceed to the famed Badaling Great Wall in the morning with an excited walking. To avoid having lunch at shopping site restaurants, you will be driven to have Sichuan food at a local popular restaurant. Afterwards, reach Ming Tombs through Sacred Way. Transfer back to your hotel. (B+L)
Day 17 - Beijing
Today you can use the opportunity for an relaxed tour to the Hutongs. Hutongs are the old traditional alleyways and courtyard homes which once covered all Beijing. Many still survive today and are pleasant to walk or bike through. After lunch, you proceed to visit Temple of Heaven and Lama Temple.(B+L)
Day 18 - Departure from Beijing
Fly home from Beijing. (B)
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