What To Expect

Day 1: Shanghai. O/N Shanghai.
• Shanghai

  Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 09:00 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Urban Planning Exhibition Hall in around 20 minutes ride.

  Duration: 10 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall

  At Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, you can view many textual and graphic files and architectural models, which will help you get an overall understanding of the development of Shanghai. The Urban Planning Exhibition Hall showcases the urbanization and modernization of Shanghai. You will know more about Shanghai's past and present by viewing the miniatures of the city, and rich materials about the city planning. Also, the high-tech methods are widely adopted to forecast the blueprint of Shanghai through 2020.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Yu Garden

  Next, have a relaxing time rambling in the beautiful Yu Garden.Located in the old town, Yuyuan Garden is the most famous ancient site in this city for its ingenious layout and delicate architecture. The treasure of the garden, Yu Ling Long (an exquisite jade stone), an artificial hill, is considered as one of the three most well-known peaks in Southern China.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Yuyuan Old Street

  Then,visit the Yuyuan Bazaar, also known as Yuyuan Market, is outside the Yu Garden, in the heart of Old Shanghai City, and close to the Old City God Temple. There are many traditional Chinese buildings, which nowadays are used as commercial stores to sell local products, snacks, jewelry, souvenirs, antiques and so on.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Shanghai World Financial Center

  Afterwards, go to the Shanghai World Financial Center and go up to the 100th floor for the panoramic views of the city. It is the world's 8th tallest building, and the 4th tallest structure in Mainland China. The 100th floor has a viewing gallery that is 55 meters long. It is the second highest observation deck in China. It is higher than the viewing platforms on the Canadian TV Tower (447 meters) and the Dubai Tower (440 meters).

  Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• The Bund (Wai Tan)

  After that you will come to the Bund area which is the quintessential of Shanghai area. Located on the bank of Huangpu River, travelers come to the Bund not only for the charming riverside scenery, but the unique western and gothic architectures also deserve a look. We will set aside some free time for you to stroll around the Bund and take some photos.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Shanghai

  Finally,will drive you back to your hotel, or you may enjoy your own time at Nanjing Road that is very close by.

  Duration: 18 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 2: Shanghai. O/N Shanghai.
• Shanghai

  Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 09:00 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Zhujiajiao water town in around 60 minutes ride.

  Duration: 10 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Zhujiajiao Ancient Town

  The Zhu Jia Jiao water town, is well-known throughout the country, with a history of more than 1,700 years. Covering an area of 47 square kilometers (11,614 acres), the little fan-shaped town, being regarded as Shanghai's Venice, glimmers like a bright pearl in the landscape of lakes and mountains. The three places in the water town deserve your visit: Kezhi Garden, Qing Dynasty Post Office and Fangsheng Bridge. Your tour guide will accompany you to visit these.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Jade Buddha Temple

  After lunch, will take you to the Jade Buddha Temple. Built in 1882 for the two white jade Buddha statues from Burma, the Jade Buddha Temple is a famous Buddhist shrine and an active Zen monastery. The temple plays an important role in disseminating Buddhism through cultural means, including lectures and library service, Buddhist academic publishes as well as regular Buddhist cultural activities.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Tianzifang

  Then later will conclude at Tianzifang, an old-style cultural block featuring distinctive Shikumen buildings with art studios, themed cafés and bars, and handicraft workshops.

  Duration: 40 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Shanghai

  At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.

  Duration: 18 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 3: Shanghai - Yichang by flight. O/N Victoria Cruise boat.
• Pudong International Airport

  This morning, there is no activities, just flight to Yichang catch the Yangtze river cruise boat. You may book the MU2676 15:05-17:10.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Upon arrival at Yichang, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Yichang Three gorges tourist center. Board the ship from 16:00 to 19:30 and departs Yichang at 21:30. The cruise ship company will arrange you to take a shuttle bus to the port for boarding the ship.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 4: Sailing & Shore Excursion at Three Gorges Dam. O/N Victoria Cruise boat.
• Three Gorges Dam Project

  Your cruise journey commences this morning. Sailing along the eastern Xiling Gorge, you will first disembark and pay a visit to the magnificent Three Gorges Dam Site. You may climb on the Viewing Platform located on Tianzi Mountain and have a panoramic view of the dam. Then you will be back to the ship and the cruise continues sailing into the western Xiling Gorge. Passing through this gorge is a kind of adventure because it is known for numerous torrents and dangerous shoals, but you do not need to worry about. You may also see many cultural relics in this gorge, such as hanging coffins. The Captain's Welcome Party will be held on board. You are invited to participate.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

Day 5: Sailing through Three Gorges & Shore Excursion at Shennong Stream. O/N Victoria Cruise boat.
• Three Gorges

  Sail through the Wu Gorge in the morning. Here, you will see twelve peaks standing in different postures and manners, among which the Goddess Peak in swirls of mist is the most charming and lively. After the excursion to the Shennong Stream the cruise will pass through the Qutang Gorge. It is the most dangerous and shortest of the Three Gorges on the river. Standing on the deck of the cruise ship, you will see the steep precipices standing on both banks of this narrow stretch of water.

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Shennv Stream

  According to the schedule of your cruise company, you will take a side excursion to the Shennong Stream, which is tributaries of the River. The highlight is that you will take a motorized ferry drifting along the stream, accompanied by the beautiful singings from the guide and boat trackers, who are all local Tujia minority people.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

Day 6: Sailing & Shore Excursion at Fengdu Xiaoguanshan Ancient Folk Culture Park and Mt. Shuanggui. O/N Victoria Cruise boat.
• Fengdu County

  Today, you will disembark at Fengdu Xiaoguanshan Ancient Folk Culture Park and Mount Shuanggui for an excursion. The Xiaoguanshan Ancient Folk Culture Park is a noted site for the relocation and reconstruction of architectural relics after the water rose on the Yangtze as a result of the Three Gorges Dam Project. It reproduces historic ancient residential buildings, courtyards, temples, wood carvings and city gates in the Fengdu region, providing a deep sense of its history and ancient way of life. Performances here include Sichuan opera, acrobatics, folk music, and puppet shows. Mt. Shuanggui is a national forest park known for its picturesque scenery, which integrates history, culture and modern art. After that, you will be back to the ship and the cruise continues sailing to the destination Chongqing. Tonight, you will feast on a farewell party on the cruise. Please enjoy yourself thoroughly.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 7: Disembark the cruise in Chongqing. O/N Chongqing.
• Chongqing Chaotianmen

  The cruise is scheduled to arrive in Chongqing at around 07:30 to 08:00 when your ship ride will end. Your guide will meet you on board and transfer you to Chongqing Wulong Karst and need 3hrs driving.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Wulong Karst Geological Park

  Wulong, featuring peculiar karst landforms, boasts of jaw-dropping stone bridges, caves, pits, eroded sinkholes and gorges. Wulong becomes known to foreign tourists due to Michael Bay's hit movie – Transformers: Age of Extinction, which directly shows the majesty beauty of the Three Natural Bridges in Wulong. Besides the famous movie-site, other interesting nature objects are also in this area, like Furong Cave, Longshuixia Gap and Fairy Mountain.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Wulong Tiankeng Three Bridges

  After a hearty lunch at a local restaurant, your splendid Chongqing Wulong karst tour begins with the Three Natural Bridges, the essential scenic feature of this world heritage area. Exquisitely sculptured by the hands of god, the three giant stone arch bridges are real wonders that can't be seen anywhere else in the world. Inside the tranquil scenic area, you can embrace the rugged beauty of the mountain bridges and gorges by meandering along the narrow path on the valley's bottom. During the 2 - 2.5 hours visit, you will also stop by an ancient staging post near Qinglong Bridge, which was constructed during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) for handling official business and receiving guests. The wooden-structured courtyards are still well preserved with more than 20 rooms remaining. After some free time to wander around, your Wulong trip from Chongqing concludes. You will be transferred back to your hotel. Upon arrival at around 18:30.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Chongqing

  At the end, your guide will escort you to your Chongqing hotel.

  Duration: 17 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 8: Chongqing - Xi'an by flight. O/N Xi'an.

• In the morning at 8am, your guide will meet you at the hotel lobby and drive to Chongqing airport and flight to Xi'an and may book the MU2262 10:35-12:05 for you.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Upon arrival at Xi'an, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Terracotta Army and need 60 minutes driving.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

  Your guide will reserve tickets for you online in advance and help you skip the line at the entrance of the Museum. Following your guide, you will explore the Terracotta Warriors Museum by visiting the three excavated pits, as well as the Bronze Chariots and Horses Exhibition Hall. Although the clay warriors and horses have been buried for more than 2,200 years, they are still vivid with distinct appearances. You will spend at least two and a half hours to see this amazing site.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Xi'an

  At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.

  Duration: 18 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 9: Xi'an - Beijing by flight. O/N Beijing.
• Xi'an

  In the morning,your tour guide can meet you at your Xi'an hotel lobby at 9:00am then transfer to Xi'an City Wall, need 20 minutes driving.

  Duration: 10 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Xi'an City Wall

  The first landmark visitors will encounter in Xian is the ancient City Wall, which stretches round the old city. It is also one of the most famous attractions in Xian. Today, this wall represents one of the oldest and best preserved Chinese city walls, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.

  Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Shaanxi History Museum

  Next, you continue Xi'an tour to explore Shaanxi History Museum. Unique historical and culture heritage of Shaanxi is undoubted worth the praise as treasure house of Chinese civilization, and Shaanxi History Museum is definitely a palace of art to display Shaanxi's history and culture and China's ancient civilization. There are as many as some 370,000 antiquities collected, ranging from prehistorical relics to that of the 1840s. Time spans more than one million years and the collection is superior in value, quantity, rank and species. Your guide will provide professional full explanations.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Giant Wild Goose Pagoda

  Instead of entering the temple to visit the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, we will have a photo stop here for half an hour. With suggestions from our former guests, it is enough to see the pagoda and the statue of Monk Xuanzang at the south square outside the temple. As a well-preserved ancient building and a holy place for Buddhists, the pagoda built during the Tang Dynasty was once the site for Xuanzang to translate the Buddhist sutras.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• At the end, your guide will escort you to Xi'an airport and flight to Beijing and may book the MF7198 19:00--21:30 for you. the flight takes around 2.5hrs.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Upon arrival at Beijing, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the hotel(Driver only, no guide).

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 10: Beijing. O/N Beijing
• Beijing

  Today,your tour guide can meet you at your Beijing hotel lobby at 8:00am.Then, you will be escorted to the Tiananmen Square first.

  Duration: 10 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Tiananmen Square

  At Tiananmen Square, you can take great photos of the Tiananmen Tower, Monument to People's Heroes, and Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao. The Tiananmen Square is seated in the center of Beijing City. During the past hundreds of years, it has witnessed numerous historical events and assemblies. Nowadays, it becomes a holding place for grand celebrations, military parades, and welcoming ceremonies for foreign leaders. Besides, visitors can admire the towering Monument to People's Heroes and the solemn Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao on the square. Traditional Tiananmen Tower, Zhengyang Gate and Qianmen Arrow Tower can also be found there.

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• The Palace Museum

  Then, you will be led to go across the Tiananmen Tower to visit the Forbidden City, where 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368 - 1911) lived and handled national affairs. Served as the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City is the largest and the best-preserved old wooden complex in the world. The whole palace is divided into Inner Court and Outer Court by the Palace of Heavenly Purity with the outer one for emperors to handle affairs and the inner one as the living place for the imperial family. The complex is also a giant museum with more than one million national treasures exhibited there.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Mutianyu Great Wall

  Upon arrival in the parking lot of the scenic area, you will first take an electric car to the entry, and then take the chairlift up to the 14th watchtower. Have a leisurely hike on the wall for about 2 hours, at the end take the toboggan town. The Great Wall at Mutianyu was built and restored in the early Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) and is one of the most famous sections of the Wall. Mutianyu enjoys the great reputation of "Out of all the Great Walls, Mutianyu stands apart". Roam the ancient structure and learn the history and facts that make its so famous. Your professional guide will be able to answer any questions and offer exclusive stories and facts about the Mutianyu Great Wall.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Beijing

  At the end, you will escort you to your Beijing hotel.

  Duration: 18 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 11: Beijing - Guilin by flight. O/N Guilin.
• Beijing

  In the morning, your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel and continue your Beijing tour.

  Duration: 10 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Temple of Heaven

  You will firstly visit the Temple of Heaven. It is the largest royal ceremonial building groups in China. Emperors in the past used to hold the annual sacrificial activities here to worship the heaven and pray for a good harvest. Now it has developed into a large park where you can also see local people doing exercises and more recreational activities.

  Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

  Admission Included: YES

• Back Lakes (Hou Hai)

  Next you will continue your visit to Beijing Hutong. There you will take a rickshaw to go through the old alleys and pay a visit to a Hutong family to see how the old Beijingers live. There are many popular restaurants, cafes and local food stores in the area, so we may have a lunch there. It should be a good chance to taste the local food there. Our guide will offer you suggestions. After lunch, you could stroll around Houhai Lake and explore more of the Hutong area.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Lama Temple (Yonghegong)

  After the Hutong visit, will drive you to the Lama Temple, which is regarded as the largest Buddhist temple in Beijing. It combines the various architectural styles of different groups, including Han, Manchu, Mongol and Tibet. Opened to tourists from 1981, there are hundreds of thousands of people coming here for praying and visiting every year.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Summer Palace

  An about 30-minute drive will take you to the Summer Palace, which is reputed as the museum of ancient royal gardens. Our expert guide will show you around. The whole garden mainly consists of the Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake. The Long Corridor, seven hundred twenty-eight meters (796.2 yards) in length, boasts as the longest corridor in Chinese gardens. Beginning from the Yaoyue (Inviting-Moon) Gate and ending up with Shizhang Pavilion, the corridor ingeniously links Longevity Hill with Kunming Lake. You might appreciate the exquisite murals and enjoy the melodious music while walking along there.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Finally,your guide and driver will escort you back to Beijing airport and flight to Guilin and may book the CZ3288 22:10-01:00 for you, the flight takes around 3hrs.

  Duration: 2 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Upon arrival at Guilin, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the hotel(Driver only, no guide).

  Duration: 30 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 12: Guilin. O/N Guilin.
• Guilin

  Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 08:30 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Reed Flute Cave in around 30 minutes ride.

  Duration: 10 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan)

  Upon arrival in the cave, you will into the underground karst cave and marvel at the amazing formations of stalagmites and stalactites. The Reed Flute Cave is a renowned karst cave with a great number of stalagmites and stalactites in shapes of bamboo shoots, pillars, curtains and flowers, which turns it into a splendid underground palace. Inside the cave, you could discover more astonishing sights, such as stone lions, miniature forest, pagodas and crystal chambers. Each one has a romantic or interesting story associated with it. The vivid interpretation of our guide along with the lighting add mystery to the scene. The trip to the cave lasts about 40 minutes.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: YES

• Longji Rice Terraces

  After a two-hour drive you will reach the entrance for the Longji Terraces where get the Longji entrance tickets for the rice terraces in Ping'an Village, This village has the most famous and beautiful rice terraces in Longji. The Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces is a splendid agricultural spectacle with a history of more than 650 years. The most eye-catching part of the terrace cluster is the Ping'an Village Rice Terrace, which was the earliest one discovered by tourists and photographers. Numerous narrow rice fields dug along the hill slopes form terraces connected by winding flagstone trails. There are viewing platforms for visitors to view the entire terrace fields built tier upon tier. While you are there you can also experience the minority Zhuang people's traditional way of life. It is quite interesting to help them in the fields, try on their bright-colored ethnical costumes, and visit their unique stilted houses.

  Duration: 3 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Ping'an Village

  Upon arrival, Then you will take a moderate trek along steps to Ping'an Zhuang Village. The walk up takes about 40 minutes. Your guide will take you on a stroll around the village where you can glimpse the local Zhuang peoples' unique wooden stilted houses and we can have a lunch in the village. After a short lunch break, continue your terrace exploration to the No.2 Viewing Platform(Seven star with the moon), a 15-minute walk, which is a fantastic spot for a bird's-eye view of the Longji Terraces beneath your feet. You will have enough time to take pictures and enjoy the fresh air at the platform. And then, we will head to No.1 Viewing Platform(Nine Dragons and five tigers) and need 30 minutes via the flat path.

  Duration: 1 hour

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Guilin

  Afterwards, take the private car to your Guilin hotel around 17:30pm and is free time for you.

  Duration: 18 hours

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

Day 13: Guilin. The tour end.
• Guilin

  In the morning, your guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel at around 07:45, and then escort you to the Zhujiang pier, where you will start the Guilin Li River cruise to Yangshuo(4 star boat with the buffet lunch).

  Duration: 10 minutes

  Admission Included: NOT_APPLICABLE

• Li River

  The boarding time is scheduled at 9:20am, and the whole journey takes about 4 hours. With your guide's company and interpretation, you could immerse yourself in the stunning karst landscape made up of rolling hills, verdant forests, odd caves and tranquil villages along the Li River. A buffet Chinese lunch will be offered on board before you reach Yangshuo at 2:00pm.

  Duration: 4 hours

  Admission Included: YES

• Xianggong Mountain

  After disembarkation,will drive you to see the Yangshuo Xianggong hill.You will climb for 15 minutes along a moderately sloped staircase to reach the top of Xianggong Hill. Please inform your guide in advance if you need a walking stick. Lying between the famous Yellow Cloth Shoal and the Mural Hill, Xianggong Hill is one of the greatest viewing platforms in Guilin to take in the glamour of the Li River. The supreme view of the meandering Li River making a 180-degree bend, attracts countless visitors and photographers annually.

  Duration: 40 minutes

  Admission Included: YES