Code: TCE-Y02 

Beijing - Luoyang - Xi'an - Wuhan - Yangtze River Cruise - Chongqing - Guilin - Hangzhou - Shanghai 17 Days

Day 01 Beijing (D)

Arrive in Beijing, the capital and cultural center of China, where virtually every boulevard and building exudes an air of importance. Transfer on arrival to your 4-star hotel. Round out your tour with stops at The Summer Palace, an oasis of tea gardens, pavilions, painted corridors, and shimmering Kunming Lake with Empress Dowager's eccentric marble boat and Tiananmen Square, the largest man-made square in the world. Stay in hotel 2 nights.

Day 02 Beijing (BLD)

Enjoy a full-day tour of the sights that make Beijing a spectacular destination: Badaling Great Wall, is one of the world's most awe-inspiring sights, the great Wall snakes along nearly 4000 miles of impossibly steep hills and harsh, rugged plains. Today you will climb Badaling Great Wall in your leisure and marvel at the manpower that went into building the world's longest structure entirely by hand and the Yonghe Palace in the afternoon, the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist temple in China, outside Tibet itself. Taste your imperial-style Peking Duck dinner before returning to hotel.

Day 03 Beijing - Luoyang (BLD)

Today you will enjoy the sprawling Forbidden City, home to 24 Ming and Qing emperors and now a repository of precious art and antiques and The Temple of Heaven. Take overnight train to Luoyang.

Day 04 Luoyang (BLD)

Arrive in Luoyang in the morning. Luoyang was the capital of 7 dynasties until the Northern Song dynasty moved its capital to Kaifeng in the 10th century AD. Today, it's hard to imagine that Luoyang was once the centre of the Chinese world and home to more than 1300 Buddhist temples. The guide will meet you up at the platform of railway station and visit Shaolinsi Temple. Stay at hotel in Luoyang 1 night.

Day 05 Luoyang - Xi'an (BLD)

You have a visit in Luoyang; Dragon Gate Grottoes, located 12 Km south of Luoyang. The grottos are among the greatest treasure troves of ancient stone carving in China, together with Dunhuang in the north-west province of Gansu and Yungang in the Shanxi Province and go to Xi'an by train after lunch. The guide will pick you up at the platform of railway station .Stay at hotel in Xi'an for 2 nights.

Day 06 Xi'an (BLD)

Arrive in Xi'an in the evening, a vital center of history, culture and archaeology. It is impossible to overstate Xi'an's importance in China's history. Here began the fabled Silk Road, here a string of dynasties made their capital, here a Neolithic culture built a village 6000 years ago, and here lies a highlight of your trip: the excavation site of 8000terra-cotta soldiers and horses, buried around the tomb of emperor Qinshihuangdi, builder of the Great Wall and other massive endeavors. Round out your tour with stops at the Museum of Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qinshihuangdi ,the North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda and 600 years old City Wall of Ming Dynasty.

Day 07 Xi'an - Wuhan (BLD)

Visit The Forest Stone Steles Museum and free market in the morning. Fly to Wuhan after lunch and transfer to Yichang by bus. Spend overnight on the boat.

Day 08 - Day10 The Three Gorges Cruise Tour (BLD)

Visit the Three Gorges dam in the morning. Then pass the ship lock and continue on the cruise. Sail on through the Xiling Gorge. The captain hosts a welcome dinner on board at first night. You will take the shore excursion to Shennong Stream or Little Three Gorges. Continue this afternoon through Qutang Gorge and Wu Gorge and see the fabled Twelve Peaks and take shore excursion to Fengdu, the “Ghost City” or Shibaozhai.

Day11 Chongqing (BLD)

Arrive in Chongqing in the morning. Chongqing, known as Ba in ancient times, is located in Southwest China. It is also known as a city of oven, mountains. Visit Eling Park, the Porcelain Street and the Chinese Tea Garden. Stay at hotel in Chongqing for 1 night.

Day 12 Chongqing - Guilin (BLD)

The green hills of Guilin, whose ethereal landscapes have been immortalized by poets and painters through the ages is one of the major attractions of the country. Visit the immense Reed flute Cave, filled with impressive grottos, pillars, and inscriptions over 1000 years old. Stay in hotel 2 nights.

Day 13 Lijiang River Cruise Tour (BLD)

A popular tourist trip is the boat ride from Guilin down the Lijiang to Yangshuo, enjoy the beautiful landscape of mountains of both banks of Lijiang River. Disembark to Yangshuo in the afternoon, go back Guilin by bus.

Day 14 Guilin - Hangzhou (BLD)

In heaven there is paradise, on earth Suzhou and Hangzhou'. So runs one of China's oldest tourist blurbs. It is the capital of Zhejiang Province, one of the most famous tourist attractions in China. The guide will meet you in the airport and transfer to hotel. The rest of the day is on you own. Stay at hotel 1 night.

Day 15 Hangzhou - Shanghai (BLD)

Visit west Lake and Six Harmonies Pagoda in the morning. Go to Shanghai by train after lunch, the largest and most cosmopolitan city, as modern any in the world. Visit Nanjing Road, the most famous shopping street in shanghai and the riverfront Bund where foreign traders left a legacy of European-style buildings. Stay in hotel 2 nights.

Day 16 Shanghai (BLD)

You have a full-day visit of Yuyuan Garden with its quintessential Chinese zigzag bridges, rockeries, and pavilions and Jade Buddha Temple.

Day 17 Shanghai - Hometown (B)

With new insights and found memories of China, you embark on your homebound journey aboard your select airline.

Meals Symbol: B=Breakfast L=Lunch D=Dinner

The trip price includes:
1. Hotel accommodations with breakfast as specified (but hotels are subject to change to the same category before finally confirmed).
2. All meals as specified in the itinerary.
3. Transfers among airports & hotels as specified in the itinerary by private car or coach with driver & English-speaking guide.
4. Entrance fees for sightseeing as outlined in the itinerary with English speaking guide.
5. Domestic flights, trains or buses as specified in the itinerary.
6. Domestic airports departure taxes have been charged with the flight tickets.
7. Travel insurance in mainland China during the above travel period.
8. Arrangements for the planning, handling, operational and communication charges.

The trip price does not include:
1. Any meals which are not included in the "The trip price includes."
Single Room Supplements (as the above quotation for accommodation is based on twin sharing room).
2. International air and train tickets for coming to & leaving mainland China. Air tickets or train tickets not specified in the itinerary on the first arrival day and last departure day.
3. Excess Baggage Charges.
4. Personal expenses: Items of a purely personal nature such as drinks, laundry, tips to guides or drivers, FAX, telephone, excess baggage charges, or sightseeing or meals which are not included in the day-to-day itinerary.
5. Insurance coverage of personal loss, illness or damages incurred during your trip.
6. Gratuities, Tips to Guides and Drivers.
7. Visa fees