Code: TCE-Y21 

Beijing - Shanghai - Xi'an - Wuhan - Yangtze River Cruise - Chongqing - Guilin - Hongkong  16 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. Visit the Lama Temple in the afternoon, the most renowned Tibetan Buddhist temple in China, outside Tibet itself. Stay in hotel 2 nights.

Day 02 Beijing (BLD)

Enjoy a full-day tour of the sights that make Beijing a spectacular destination: The Summer Palace, an oasis of tea gardens, pavilions, painted corridors, and shimmering Kunming Lake with Empress Dowager's eccentric marble boat. 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.

Day 03 Beijing - Shanghai (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; Tiananmen Square, the largest man-made square in the world; the temple of Heaven and Wangfujing Street, a shopping street in Beijing. Take overnight train to Shanghai, the largest and most cosmopolitan city, as modern any in the world.

Day 04 Shanghai (BLD)

Arrive in Shanghai in the morning, have your breakfast in hotel. Round out your tour with stops at 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 05 Shanghai (BLD)

You have a full-day visit of Yuyuan Garden with its quintessential Chinese zigzag bridges, rockeries, and pavilions and the Qibao Old Town, Longhua Temple. Enjoy acrobatic show after dinner.

Day 06 Shanghai - Xi'an (BLD)

Fly to Xi'an, 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 stops at old city and Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Stay in hotel 2 nights.

Day 07 Xi'an (BLD)

Round out your tour with stops at the Museum of Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qinshihuangdi and Visit The Terracotta Army Museum which is famed the Eighth Wonder of the world and The Forest Stele Museum.

Day 08 Xi'an - Wuhan - Yichang (BLD)

Take flight to Wuhan and transfer to Yichang by bus, get on board, starting your Yangtze River Cruise trip.

Day 09 - Day 11 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.

Day 12 Chongqing (BLD)

Arrive in Chongqing in the morning, guide will meet you on the

boat. Chongqing, known as Ba in ancient times, is located in Southwest China. It is also known as a city of oven, mountains and fog.  Visit Eling Park and the view of Chongqing city. Stay at hotel 1 night .

Day 13 Chongqing - Guilin (BLD)

This morning you will fly to Guilin, 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 Reed Flute Cave. Stay at hotel in Guilin 1 night.

Day 14 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. Disembark to Yangshuo in the afternoon, stay in Yangshuo for 1 night after dinner.

Day 15 Yangshuo - Guilin - Hongkong (BL)

Ride bike to visit Yangshuo old city after breakfast. Go back to Guilin in the afternoon. Take flight to Hongkong. Stay in hotel 2 nights.

Day 16 Hongkong - Hometown (B) 

Visit Hongkong islands and 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