Day 1
(Sun) Depart USA
Your exciting journey begins as you depart the USA aboard your flight to ChinaDay 2 (Mon) Beijing
Welcome to Beijing, the capital of China. Transfer to your hotel.
Premium - Renaissance Beijing Capital
Deluxe - The Peninsula Beijing; Hilton Beijing Wangfujing
Day 3 (Tue) Beijing (B,L,D)
After an early breakfast, you will be privately whisked to see the Great Wall that extends
over 3000 miles of mountains and hills. Afterwards, off to the mysterious Ming Tombs.
Enjoy a Peking Duck dinner tonight.
Day 4 (Wed) Beijing (B,L)
Today, you will stroll through Tiananmen Square prior to entering the Forbidden City. Then
onto the Temple of Heaven, China's largest existing complex of ancient architectural
buildings. You will end this day visiting the Summer Palace of the Empress Dowager Cixi.
Day 5 (Thu) Beijing/Xian (B,L)
Fly to Xian, the ancient capital city of China. Check in at your hotel. Later, you will be
taken on a tour of this city's massive city walls.
Premium - Grand New World Hotel
Deluxe - Golden Flower Shangri-La
Day 6 (Fri) Xian (B,L,D)
Today's highlight is the tomb of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di, guarded by thousands of
terra-cotta warriors and horses. Other stop include the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and famous
Provincial History Museum. Tonight, enjoy a Tang Dynasty dinner and dance performance.
Day 7 (Sat)
Xian/Chongqing/Yangtze Cruise (B,L,D)
Fly to Chongqing where you will be escorted to a city tour if time permits. Enjoy a famous
spicy Sizchuan hot-pot dinner before you embark on board your deluxe Yangtze cruiser. Your
exciting Yangtze Cruise starts after you settled into your cabin for a good relaxing rest.
Cruiser - Century Diamond Cruises
Day 8 (Sun) Yangtze Cruise
(B,L,D)
Arrive at Shibaozhai where you will go ashore and visit the famous twelve-story wooden
pagoda, known as the "Pearl of the Yangtze". Later, continue cruise down the
mighty Yangtze.
Day 9 (Mon) Yangtze Cruise
(B,L,D)
In the morning, sail through the magnificent Qutang Gorge with its imposing vistas of
caverns, pillars and pathways. Later you will enter Wu Gorge with its immortal Twelve
Peaks. Your shore excursion takes you on a river boat ride on either the crystal-clear
Danning River through the towering "Three Small Gorges". Return to your cruise
boat and continue sail through the scenic Xiling Gorge, the longest and deepest of the
three Gorges. Pass through Three Gorges Ship Lock.
Day 10 (Tue) Yangtze
Cruise/Yichang/Guilin (B,L)
Arrive at Sandouping village where the massive Three Gorges Dam is located. A tour the
construction site is arranged for you. Return to your boat and disembark with your belongs
and fly to Guangzhou to connect with flight to Guilin. Check in at your hotel.
Premium - Bravo
Deluxe - Lijiang Waterfall; Sheraton
Day 11 (Wed) Guilin (B,L,D)
This morning you will board a riverboat for your cruise along the Li River surrounded by
majestic limestone peaks and beautiful landscapes. At the end of the cruise, browse around
the beautiful little town of Yangshuo before return transfer to your hotel in the late
afternoon. Enjoy a buffet dinner at the hotel tonight.
Day 12 (Thu) Guilin/Kunming
(B,L)
Fly to Kunming, the "City of Eternal Spring". Transfer to your hotel.
Premium - Bank Hotel
Deluxe - Harbour Plaza
Day 13 (Fri) Kunming (B,L,D)
Today you will visit the famous Stone Forest and see the remarkable towering limestone
peaks that soar more than a hundred feet up above forming a dense forest of fossilized
trees. Walk around and among its fissures to pavilions, bridges and scattered ponds.
Tonight, enjoy a local cuisine dinner with minority dance performances.
Day 14 (Sat) Kunming/Hong Kong
(B,L)
Fly to Hong Kong, transfer to your hotel.
Premium - Metropark Kowloon; Park Hotel
Deluxe - Hyatt Regency Hong Kong
Day 15 (Sun) Hong Kong (B)
Your morning Island tour of the "Pearl of the Orient" starts with a visit to
Victoria Peak for a spectacular view of the harbor. Then, onto the beautiful Repulse Bay
and Aberdeen.
Day 16 (Mon) Hong Kong (B)
Today is free for you to explore this dynamic city on your own.
Day 17 (Tue) Hong Kong/USA (B)
Departure transfer for your flight home. |
