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Yangtze River Cruise Tour Itinerary:

Day 01 Arrival in Beijing ( Meals: -/-/- )

Our guide will meet you outside the baggage claim area at Beijing Airport and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own to explore the city. (if you want you can add some tour today, please let us know your flight land time and we can add it for you. )

Over night at Hotel.

Day 02 Beijing ( Meals: B/L/SD )

After Breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver, Visit the Coal Hill Park, where you can have a bird view of the Forbidden City. Then visit Tiananmen Square, the symbolical heart of China and gathering place for the masses. It is the biggest public square in the world. Then visit the Forbidden City, as the Palace Museum, the Chinese imperial palace from the middle of Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. After finish your lunch at local restaurant, then visit the Temple of Heaven  with its outstanding round shape, covered by an exquisite triple roof of blue tiles. It is the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasty worshiped heaven and prayed for peace and harvest. After the whole day tour, dinner we prepared The Beijing Duck Dinner which served at the famous restaurant - Quanjude, Chairman Mao said we will pass Quanjude to our generations for ever during the Culture Revelotion to protect the brand not be destroyed. After Quanjude Duck Dinner, you will enjoy a lively Peking Opera performance ( or Kung Fu Show or Acrabatic Show ) at the Liyuan Theatre.

Over night at Hotel.

Day 03 Beijing ( Meals: B/L/- )

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to Visit the Mutiany Great Wall where is a not too commerchial area compare with Badaling Section ( You also can change to visit Badaling ) Located among the orchards and pines in the mountains to the north of Beijing, the Great Wall of China was constructed and reconstructed at Mutianyu to keep out the nomadic tribes to the north. Come to learn, touch, and explore the history of a Wall built over 300 years ago, yet which remains largely intact as it snakes endlessly across the mountain ridgelines. After lunch at local restaurant, visit the Sacred Way which means the road leading to heaven, Enjoy a walk along the Sacred Path leading to the necropolis. Visit the Ming Tomb of Changling, the largest one where emperor Yongle was buried.  Although not excavated itself, it displays the artifacts found in the Ding Ling Tomb. After dinner at local restaurant, transfer back to your hotel by your private guide and driver.

Over night at Hotel.

 

Day  04 Beijing - Xian by soft sleeper train( Meals: B/L/D )

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to Visit the Bird's Nest,  The design was awarded to a submission from the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003 after a bidding process that included 13 final submissions. The design, which originated from the study of Chinese ceramics, implemented steel beams in order to hide supports for the retractable roof; giving the stadium the appearance of a bird's nest. Leading Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was the artistic consultant on the project.  Water Cube - Many people believe the Water Cube to be the fastest Olympic pool in the world. It is 1.314 meters deeper than most Olympic pools. Up to a certain limit, beyond which swimmers will lose their sense of vision, deeper pools allow the waves to dissipate down to the bottom, leading to less water disturbance to the swimmers. The pool also has perforated gutters on both sides to absorb the waves. After lunch at local restaurant, visit the Summer Palace, built in 1888, it was once a summer retreat and the imperial park for emperors. With beautiful lakes and back groud longevity hills, the park full of a beauty of harmoney and peaceful. After Dinner in the garden, transfer you to the Beijing West train station. Take soft sleeper train to Xian.

Over night at Z Train ( Soft Sleeper 4 persons in one cabin, you can upgrade to 2 persons in one cabin with surcharge )

 

Day 05 Xian ( Meals: B/L/SD )

Our guide will pick you up at the railway station at morning and transfer to your hotel. Breakfast at the local restaurant or KFC or McDonalds near the arrival train station. Then take you to an excursion tour to Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the most significant archeological excavations of the20th century. It has been regarded as THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD! . after lunch at local restaurant,  visit the Great Mosque, one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China, walking around the Muslim Street and Bell and Drum Tower Square, the heart of the Xian City.  Visit Gao Yue Song’s ancient style Folk House, who is a formerly high rank official during the Ming Dynasty some 300 years ago. This house won UNESCO Prize for Cultural Heritage Protection in Asian-Pacific Area in 2002 and you will be delighted to see a dying art: Shadow Play Opera which played by local farmers. Dinner enjoy famous Dumpling Banquet. Tranfer back to your hotel by your private guide and driver.

Over night at hotel

Day 06 Xian-Chengdu by soft sleeper train ( Meals: B/L/D )

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which situated at south of the Xian city, as one of the main constructions in the famous Buddhist temple-Da-Ci-En Temple, the pagoda is one of the most distinctive and outstanding landmarks for Xian City, the City Wall, It is the most complete city wall survived in China as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world, Shaanxi Provincial Museum, which is the largest comprehensive museum in the province. Transfser to the Xi’an railway station and take the soft sleeper train to Chengdu in the night.

Over night at K Train ( Soft Sleeper 4 persons in one cabin, you can upgrade to 2 persons in one cabin with surcharge )

 

Day 07 Chengdu (Meals: -/L/D)

In the afternoon arrival in Chengdu. Breakfast will be on board by yourself. Your will be welcomed by your private guide and comfortable vechile. Lunch at Local restaurant, Visit Dujiang Dam which is an irrigation infrastructure built in 256 BC during the Warring States Period of China by the Kingdom of Qin. Transfer back to your hotel by your guide.

Over night at hotel.

 

 

 

 

 

Day 08 Chengdu (Meals: B/L/D)

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to Visit Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, or simply Chengdu Panda Base, is a non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals. Chengdu Panda Base was founded in 1987. It started with 6 giant pandas that were rescued from the wild. By 2008, it had 124 panda births, and the captive panda population has grown to 83 Temple of Marquis Wu. The Ancestral Temple of Marquis Wu was first built in the sixth century, Zhu Geliang (181-234)was a prominent statesman and strategist in the history of China. The existing structures of the Ancestral Temple of Marquis Wu were rebuilt in the eleventh year (1672) of the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Backing the north and facing the south, the ancestral temple was surrounded by a red wall with patina and elegance. The yard behind the main entrance is quiet and elegant, sheltered by luxuriantly green pines and cypresses. After dinner at local restaurant, Tranfer back to your hotel by your private guide and driver. On the way, take a boat visit Le Shan Great Buddha, Lunch and dinner at a local restaurant. Transfer to the hotel.

over night at hotel.

Day 09 Chengdu-Chongqing( Meals: B/L/D )

Take the buttent train from Chengdu to Chongqing.You will visit Dazu Rock Carvings, Zoo and The Great Hall of the People when arriving in Chongqing. Lunch and dinner at local restaurants. Pre-board the cruise ship.

overnight on board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 10 Yangtze Cruise ( Meals: B/L/D )

Start the cruise on the Yangtze River with a stop at Fengdu, the City of Ghosts. Back to the boat to continue the cruise.

Accommodation and meals on board.

Day 11 Yangtze Cruise( Meals: B/L/D )

Cross Qutang Gorge and board a small boat on the Daning River, where you will catch a glimpse of the three small gorges (this excursion might be replaced by another one). Return to the cruise ship in the afternoon and cross Wu Gorge.

Accommodation and meals on board.

Day 12 Yangtze Cruise- Yichang-Shanghai by soft sleeper tarin (Meals: B/L/-)

Breakfast on board. Cross Gezhouba Dam after passing the last gorge, Xiling Gorge. The cruise ends in Yichang. Take the bullet train D3074 13:40/22:05 to Shanghai. Arrive Shanghai transfer by your private guide and comfortable vechile to your hotel. Dinner will be by yourself on board the train.

Over night at hotel.

Day 13 Shanghai (Meals: B/L/D )

Breakfast at your hotel, then taken by your guide to Visit Nanjing Road, the Bund,  the famous avenue that parallels the Huang Pu River. The road is lined with some of the most prestigious buildings and landmarks of the city, mostly erected during the time of the foreign concessions. The river acts as a mirror between the old and the new Shanghai. Pudong features a futuristic city devoted to business and finance with its facade of skyscrapers. From the top of the Television Tower, known as the Pearl of the Orient, lunch at the Revoving Restaurant there. you will have an overall view of the city while have you lunch. In the afternoon visit Jade Buddha Temple, it is the most famous and one of the most active Buddhist temples in Shanghai. Named for its two bejeweled white jade Buddha, one is 1000kg, 1.9 meter-high figure carved from Burmese jade brought to China in 1882, the Yuyuan Garden, It is well worth a meander through the Yu Garden, which has many scenic courtyards decorated with baroque rockery, pools and flora, all connected by corridors and passageways.The dinner will be serve and followed by the Portman Acrobatic Show at the Shanghai Centre Theatre.

Over night at hotel.

 

Day 14 Shanghai (Meals: B/L/-)

After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to Visit Shanghai Museum where you will discover beautiful collections of bronze, porcelain, sculptures and calligraphy. After lunch at local restaurant, Visit Xintiandi former dwelling quarter newly rehabilitated into a trendy entertainment area. Diner will be by your own choice at Xintiandi. After the dinner, transfer back to your hotel.

Over night at hotel.

 

Day 15 Departure from Shanghai (Meals: B/-/-)

Our guide and driver will see you off at the airport today. Hope next time we still have the chance to serve you again.

 

Featured Hotels ( click the hotel name for details )

 

Tour Class	Beijing	Xian	Chengdu	Shanghai
	Crowne Plaza Wangfujing Hotel	Sofitel Xian on Renmin Square	Crowne Plaza Chengdu City Center	Howard Johnson Plaza Shanghai
	Novotel Beijing Xinqiao	Grand New World Hotel	Green Land Hotel Chengdu	HengSheng Peninsula International Hotel Shanghai
	Holiday Inn Express Beijing Minzuyuan	Walker Boutique Hotel	Lhasa Grand Hotel	Holiday Inn Express

CRUISE SHIP

CATEGORY	Name of cruise ship
	Victoria Series Cruise
	President Cruise No. 4,5,6
	President Cruise No. 4,5,6

 

Price of this Yangtze River Cruise Tour ( USD $ )

 ( Mar, Jun -  Aug ) Prices of 2012

Tour Class	1 person	2 person	3-4 persons	5-9 persons	Single room supplement
	3859 (Book)	2676 (Book)	2614 (Book)	2525 (Book)	757
	3409 (Book)	2435 (Book)	2373 (Book)	2284 (Book)	532
	3098 (Book)	2280 (Book)	2217 (Book)	2128 (Book)	377

( Apr - May,  Sep - Nov ) Prices of 2012

Tour Class	1 person	2 person	3-4 persons	5-9 persons	Single room supplement
	4228 (Book)	2909 (Book)	2847 (Book)	2758 (Book)	894
	3494 (Book)	2478 (Book)	2416 (Book)	2326 (Book)	575
	3127 (Book)	2294 (Book)	2232 (Book)	2143 (Book)	391

( Dec 2012, Jan 13 - Feb 2015 ) Prices of 2012 - 2015

Tour Class	1 person	2 person	3-4 persons	5-9 persons	Single room supplement
	3692 (Book)	2586 (Book)	2524 (Book)	2434 (Book)	681
	3214 (Book)	2307 (Book)	2245 (Book)	2155 (Book)	466
	3000 (Book)	2200 (Book)	2137 (Book)	2048 (Book)	359

* Prices are in US dollars, for one Adult. Check Tour Price Includes / Excludes / How to Settle Booking.

Child price is 50% of Adult ( 2- 12 years old ) Infant  price is 10% of Adult (0-2 years old) Both Sharging beds with parents.

 

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