Name: Tour China Pandas & Yangtze River Cruise | Visit China
Price: 3429.00 USD
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Accommodation

Hotel accommodation with breakfasts

Flights

Domestic airfares & train fares

Meals

A la carte lunches as itinerary specifies

Guide

Professional English-speaking Guides

Others

Entrance fees to tourist sites Yangtze River cruise with full board Tips or gratuities for hotel porters

Transport

Drivers & air-conditioned vehicles

Not included:

Others

International airfares Entry Visa fees Personal expenses Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers

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Day 1 Welcome To Beijing! Airport Pick-Up
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Welcome To Beijing! Airport Pick-Up

Upon arrival at Beijing Airport, please clear yourself through Customs. Our English-speaking guide will meet you at the arrival hall and then transfer you to the hotel. Have a good rest to restore yourself for your lovely China tour; or, as your hotel is located right in Beijing’s cultural and commercial center, while away the hours by exploring whatever may interest you in the nearby areas.
Day 2 Beijing: Tian’Anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple Of Heaven, Peking Opera
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Beijing: Tian’Anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple Of Heaven, Peking Opera

Visit the world famous Tian’anmen Square and the Forbidden City this morning. To avoid the cheap tourist restaurant as the most are doing now, we specially serve you a welcome a la carte lunch (valued at CNY 150 per person and included in our price) at a very decent restaurant, where you can have a taste of authentic Chinese food and the most famous Peking Roast Duck. In the afternoon, visit the Yonghe Temple and the Temple of Heaven. The evening will be highlighted by a lively Peking Opera Show at the Liyuan Theatre.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, A la carte welcome lunch
Day 3 Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall, Hutong Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall, Hutong Tour

Today’s highlight is to visit Mutianyu Great Wall. The round-trip cable car is included. We will specially provide red wine for a group-toasting on the Great Wall. The restaurants nearby the site are of low standard, so we do not arrange the lunch today. It may be the best that you have a big breakfast at the hotel and have some fast food for lunch by yourself. Our guide will show you some restaurants. In the afternoon, on the way back to downtown, we will have a photo stop at the Olympic National Stadium (Bird’s Nest). Afterwards, you will enjoy a Hutong tour. A rickshaw ride will take you to experience real life of old Beijing and visit a local family house in a Hutong.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

Accommodation: Hotel New Otani Chang Fu Gong (5 Stars)
Day 4 Beijing: Pandas, Summer Palace, Flight To Xi’An
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Beijing: Pandas, Summer Palace, Flight To Xi’An

In the morning, you will be able to get close to those adored pandas in the Beijing Zoo. They satisfy their hunger with around 12 kilograms of bamboo per day and could spend up to 12 hours eating. Then, visit the Summer Palace, the former imperial summer resort. As for lunch, your guide will take you to enjoy some local food in Beijing. After that, you will take a flight to Xi’an, and your guide will transfer you to the hotel.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, local flavor lunch
Day 5 Xi’An: Terracotta Army, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Tang Dynasty Dinner Show
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Xi’An: Terracotta Army, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Tang Dynasty Dinner Show

Today’s highlight is to visit the Terracotta Army, an amazing underground project, containing about nine thousand terracotta warriors, which was built by the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 – 210 BC) about 1,200 years ago.

Exclusive Experience:

* Get first-hand knowledge in the discoverer’s home.

* Craft Lesson: Make a mini terracotta warrior engraved with your own logo.

Then we’ll visit the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, part of the Buddhist architectural heritage of the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD).

* Special Treat: A dumpling dinner with Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show. (Available from April to November)

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Dumpling dinner
Day 6 Xi’An: City Wall, Muslim Quarter & Great Mosque, Shaanxi History Museum
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Xi’An: City Wall, Muslim Quarter & Great Mosque, Shaanxi History Museum

The day begins with a leisure visit to the City Wall Park, where you can observe the day-to-day life of the locals and learn to practice Tai Chi with a master. Then continue to visit the ancient City Wall for an exciting experience.

Your lunch time will be spent at the Muslim Quarter, tasting authentic local food with Muslim flavors. The most famous and typical local food is crumbled flatbread in mutton stew (Yangrou Paomo), which is highly recommended. Later, a visit to the Great Mosque is scheduled. Then you will be transferred to Shaanxi History Museum, a representative of Chinese museums, featuring collections of relics unearthed locally. If the Shaanxi History Museum is not available, the famous Forest of Stone Steles Museum will be arranged instead.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Local flavor lunch
Day 7 Xi’An To Guilin By Flight, Appreciate Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Xi’An To Guilin By Flight, Appreciate Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill

This morning, take a flight to Guilin and check in at the hotel. Our guide will accompany you to visit the Reed Flute Cave and the Elephant Trunk Hill.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Day 8 Guilin – Yangshuo – Guilin: Li River Cruise & Countryside Adventure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Guilin – Yangshuo – Guilin: Li River Cruise & Countryside Adventure

Appreciate the Li River scenery by cruising down from Guilin to Yangshuo. Disembark at Yangshuo in about 4.5 hours and walk through the famous West Street. After that, you will be driven to the countryside of Yangshuo to soak up the amazing rural views and pay a visit to a local villager’s home. Finally, we will drive you back to Guilin.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Lunch
Day 9 Guilin To Chengdu By High Speed Train
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Guilin To Chengdu By High Speed Train

After breakfast, we will send you to take a high speed train with first class seat to Chengdu. In about 5 to 6 hours, your guide in Chengdu will pick you up. If time allows, you will be escorted to the most popular park in Chengdu – People’s Park. Drink local Gai Wan tea, and have a glimpse of the China’s marriage market. Called “Blind Date Corner” in a literal sense, the market here is where parents post their children’s profiles to "help" them find their future partners.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Day 10 Chengdu Panda Base, High Speed Train To Chongqing, Board Yangtze Cruise Ship
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Chengdu Panda Base, High Speed Train To Chongqing, Board Yangtze Cruise Ship

This morning, you will visit Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Then, continue to the Wide and Narrow Alleys, with quaint restaurants for local snacks, tea houses, bars and boutiques.

In the afternoon, our guide will drop you off at the railway station and help you get on a 2-hour high speed train to Chongqing. Then, our guide in Chongqing will meet you and then escort you to board Century Glory, one of the most luxurious cruise in China. Tonight, you will be invited to attend the Welcome Party hosted by the Captain.

Yangtze River High-end Cruises - Century Glory:

* State-of-the-art amenities and 5 stars service.

* Large cabins with private balconies.

* Top observation deck and Sun deck.

* A la carte restaurants and bars.

* Themed meals, buffet dinner, alcoholic drinks, and night snacks.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, Dinner
Day 11 Yangtze River Cruise: Visit Fengdu Ghost City, Take Part In Cultural Activities
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Yangtze River Cruise: Visit Fengdu Ghost City, Take Part In Cultural Activities

Disembark at Fengdu County in the morning, and we will visit the “underworld” mentioned numerous times in Chinese classics and folklores – the Ghost City, where the spirits of the dead face the judgement of the God of Hell. Perching on a mountain by Yangtze River, the Ghost City is a compact palace complex, built 2,000 years ago by Chinese ancestors to simulate Hell. Then, get back on the ship and have a buffet lunch. Attend some cultural programs onboard.

Meals: Full board served in buffet style
Day 12 Yangtze River Cruise: Three Gorges, Shennv Stream
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Yangtze River Cruise: Three Gorges, Shennv Stream

Today, your journey through the Three Gorges officially begins. You will cruise by Qutang Gorge and Wu Gorge. Your afternoon will start with a side trip on a boat to Shennv Stream, a tributary from Wu Gorge, to get even closer to the natural primitive beauty and the tranquil life of Tujia Minority, a Chinese ethnic group who live an isolated life from the bustling outside world. Then you will get back ship and continue to cruise down the Xiling Gorge. Have a buffet dinner and watch evening artistic performances prepared for you.

Meals: Full board served in buffet style
Day 13 Yangtze Three Gorges Dam, Disembark In Yichang, High Speed Train To Shanghai
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Yangtze Three Gorges Dam, Disembark In Yichang, High Speed Train To Shanghai

Disembark for an excursion to the Three Gorges Dam. Before that, please pack your luggage and complete check-out procedures. After the excursion, the cruise company will drive you to the Three Gorges Tourist Center in Yichang. Our local guide will meet you there and escort you to the railway station for a 7.5-hour bullet train to Shanghai.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast
Day 14 Shanghai: Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, The Bund And Huangpu River
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Shanghai: Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, The Bund And Huangpu River

This morning, visit Shanghai Museum, Yuyuan Garden and explore its nearby traditional bazaar. A farewell a la carte lunch (valued at CNY 150 per person and included in our price) will be served at an elegant restaurant. After that, you will wander in the prosperous Bund area and then take a one-hour cruise tour along the Huangpu River. Today’s last stop is Tianzifang in the Former French concession, where modern art meets the old Shikumen houses and narrow alleyways.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast, a farewell a la carte lunch
Day 15 Departure From Shanghai
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Departure From Shanghai

Today you will travel to the airport for your departing flight by yourself. Due to different flight schedules, the hotel-airport transfer service is not included. But we are glad to assist you if you need. We wish you a nice journey home and memories to last a lifetime.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

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Itinerary of your trip China Pandas & Yangtze River Cruise

Welcome To Beijing! Airport Pick-Up

Beijing: Tian’Anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple Of Heaven, Peking Opera

Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall, Hutong Tour

Beijing: Pandas, Summer Palace, Flight To Xi’An

Xi’An: Terracotta Army, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Tang Dynasty Dinner Show

Xi’An: City Wall, Muslim Quarter & Great Mosque, Shaanxi History Museum

Xi’An To Guilin By Flight, Appreciate Reed Flute Cave & Elephant Trunk Hill

Guilin – Yangshuo – Guilin: Li River Cruise & Countryside Adventure

Guilin To Chengdu By High Speed Train

Chengdu Panda Base, High Speed Train To Chongqing, Board Yangtze Cruise Ship

Yangtze River Cruise: Visit Fengdu Ghost City, Take Part In Cultural Activities

Yangtze River Cruise: Three Gorges, Shennv Stream

Yangtze Three Gorges Dam, Disembark In Yichang, High Speed Train To Shanghai

Shanghai: Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, The Bund And Huangpu River

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