Day 1: Q Beijing |
On arrival, meet by our guide and transfer to hotel. The rest of day is at leisure. |
Day 2: Tiananmen Square Forbidden City Temple of Heaven |
Pick up from your hotel at 8:30 am. Visit to the Tiananmen Square. Then move on to the Forbidden City. After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven, the largest temple in the world. Followed with the No. 1 pearl market for shopping. Transfer back to your hotel.( B+L )
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Day 3: Badaling Great Wall Ming Tomb Beijing Opera |
Pick up from your hotel and take a 2 hours drive to the Badaling Great Wall. On the way, visit the local jade factory. After Chinese style lunch you will be driven to visit Changling Mausoleum, the largest one of the 13 Ming Tombs. Dinner will be the most famous Beijing cuisine, Beijing Roast Duck and enjoy the Beijing Opera or Acrobatic Show after dinner. ( B+L+D )
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Day 4: Hutong Tour Summer Palace |
Pick up from your hotel and head for Shishahai Lake area. Visit the old Beijing lanes by rickshaws. Hutong tour lasts 2 hours, visitors will visit the typical Chinese quadrangles, primary school and the Bell Tower built several hundred years ago. Lunch will be arranged at a typical Beijing resident's house. Tour the Summer Palace this afternoon. Transfer back to hotel. ( B+L )
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Day 5: Beijing Q Xian Great Mosque Ancient Cultural Street |
Transfer to airport and take a 2 hours flight to Xian. On arrival, meet our local guide and
transfer to your hotel. Visit the Great Mosque and the Cultural Street in the afternoon. ( B+L ) |
Day 6: Terracotta Warriors Big Wild Goose Pagoda Tang Dynasty Show |
Our sightseeing today features the Terracotta Warriors Army and Horse Museum. After typical Chinese style lunch, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Enjoy your dinner at local restaurants and the Tang Dynasty Show will be your evening entertainment .(B+L+D)
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Day 7: Xian Q Lhasa |
Transfer to airport to connect the flight for Lhasa. On arrival, meet our local guide and transfer to hotel. Rest of the day free to acclimatize to high altitude. (B)
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Day 8: Potala Palace Jokhang Monastery Barkhor Street |
Pick up from your hotel about 9:00am. Morning tour features the Potala Palace and Barkhor Street. After Chinese style lunch, visit the Jokhang Monastery. Transfer back to your hotel. (B+L)
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Day 9: Sera Monastery Norbu Lingka Tibet Museum |
Pick up from your hotel about 9:00am. Highlights of visit this morning is Sera Monastery and Tibet Museum. After Chinese style lunch, visit the Norbu Lingka. Transfer back to your hotel.( B+L) |
Day 10: Lhasa Q Zhongdian (Shangri-la) Songzanlin Lamasery Dukezong Ancient Town |
Free at leisure till pick up from your hotel and transfer to airport for Zhongdian. On arrival, meet our local guide and transfer to hotel. Visit the Dukezong Ancient Town and the Songzanlin Lamasery this afternoon. Built in Ming Dynasty, the temple was one of the 13 big Lamaism Temples in the Kangzang region. Followed the style of Potala Palace in Lhasa, the Songzanlin Lamasery is home of over 700 lamas. ( B+L )
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Day 11: Dabao Lamasery Three Parallel Rivers Tiger Jumping Gorge Zhongdian ~ Lijiang |
Morning tour features the Dabao Lamasery, located some 15km away from Shangri-la. After typical Chinese style lunch, visit the Guihua Temple. Take a 2 hours drive for 3 Parallel Rivers scenic area. Visit the Tiger Jumping Gorge after lunch. Take 2 hours drive to Lijiang which is one of China's cities of historic and cultural significance. (B+L)
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Day 12: Baisha Fresco Rock Joseph's Former Residence Shuhe Old Town Dayan Old Town Square Street |
Morning tour features the Baisha Fresco and the Rock Joseph's Former Residence. Then visit the Black Dragon Pool and the Shuhe Old Town. After typical Chinese lunch, visit the Dayan Old Town and the Square Street located at the heart of Dayan Old Town. Centuries age, it was the central bazaar where Tibetan and Han traders and farmers briskly bartered yak butter, poultry and grain. Nowadays, this ancient crossroad for trade continues with mercantile activities. In 1997, the Old Town of Lijiang was listed into the World Cultural Heritage List. ( B+L )
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Day 13: Lijiang ~ Dali Xinhua Village |
Pick up from your hotel and take 2 hours drive for Dali. On the way, visit the Xinhua Village. Xinhua Village is famous for hand-made silver handicrafts for over thousand years. Visit local houses and then head for Dali. Meet our ethnic Bai minority guide and visit the Old Dali. The ancient city of Dali was first built in the early of Ming Dynasty and its South and North Watching- Towers are still intact nowadays. The Foreign Street here is another attraction of Dali. (B+L)
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Day 14: Xizhou Ethnic Bai Village Cruise on Erhai Lake
Three Pagodas Temple Dali Q Kunming |
Morning tour features the local market of ethnic Bail group and then enjoy a boat ride on Erhai Lake. Disembark at Jinsuo Island and visit the fishing village. After lunch, visit the Three Pagodas Temple. Transfer to airport and take an evening flight for Kunming. On arrival, meet our local guide and check in your hotel. (B+L)
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Day 15: Stone Forest Golden Temple Kunming Q Guilin |
Pick up from your hotel and take ride for the Stone Forest, roughly 100km from Kunming. For this topographical turmoil the place is dubbed "No. 1 Wonder in the World" . Transfer back to Kunming & visit the the Golden Temple. The 6m-high Taoist temple was built in 1671 and weighting an 250 tons. Transfer to airport to connect the flight for Guilin. Meet our local guide and check in your hotel. (B+L)
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Day 16: Li River Cruise Yangshuo |
Enjoy a downstream cruise on the Li River which moves gently between Guilin's lovely peaks, stopping at the village of Yangshuo. This evening you can join an optional river boat excursion to watch the cormorant fishing. (B+L)
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Day 17: Yangshuo Banyan of a Thousand Years Moon Hill |
Pick up from your hotel and cycling to the Banyan of a Thousand Years. The enormous Banyan is 1,400 years old and measures 17m high, 7.1m wide and spanning an area of over 1,000 square metres. Then visit the Moon Hill, a limestone pinnacle with a moon-shaped hole square in the middle. Enjoy local lunch at Moon Hill Village and then cycling back to Yangshuo. Explore the West Street on your own. (B+L)
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Day 18: Guilin-Longji-Guilin Ethnic Yao Village Terraced Rice Paddies |
Pick up from your hotel and take a 2.5 hours drive for ethnic Yao village and Longji terraced rice paddies. Upon arrival, visit the ethnic Red Yao Village. The Red Yao people never have hair cut during whole life and it is listed in the World Guinness Records. Take a 2 hrs drive back to Guilin. This evening you can join an optional river boat excursion to watch the cormorant fishing(US$20 per person. (B+L)
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Day 19: Reed Flute Cave Elephant Trunk Hill Guilin Q Chonging Yangtze River Tour |
Pick up from your hotel and visit the picturesque Reed Flute Cave. Then visit the Elephant Trunk Hill. Transfer to airport and take afternoon flight for Chongqing. On arrival in Chongqing, meet our local guide and board the deluxe cruise ship at 21:00 and start our memorable Yangtze River tour. (B+L)
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Day 20: Yangtze River Cruise Fengdu Ghost City |
Disembark at Fengdu, the "Ghost City" for an excursion. Enjoy the Captain's Welcome Party presents Chinese folk dancing and music performance after dinner. (B+L+D)
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Day 21: Yangtze River Cruise Shennong Stream |
Sail through the Qutang Gorge, the shortest and the grandest of the 3 Gorges. Followed by the Wu Gorge with its famous lofty and misty peaks. Disembark at Badong and visit the Shennong Stream. Take a boat ride drifting along the crystal stream. Then sail into the western section of Xiling Gorge. Stay overnight at Sandouping which is adjacent to the Three Gorges Dam. (B+L+D)
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Day 22: Three Gorges Dam Yichang Q Shanghai |
Disembark at pier in the morning and visit the Three Gorges Dam. Pack your luggage and complete check-out procedures after lunch. Meet by our guide on board and transferred to airport for Shanghai. Meet our local guide and transfer to hotel. ( B+L )
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Day 23: Jade Buddha Temple Yuyuan Garden The Bund The People's Square Old French Concession Area |
Our sightseeing this morning is the Jade Buddha Temple and Yu Yuan Garden. After lunch, tour the Bund, Old French Concession Area, the White House and Pudong New Shanghai-The People's Square. ( B+L )
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Day 24: Departure Q |
You will be transferred to the airport for departure or at leisure.( B ) |