Day 1 Arrive at Beijing (-/-/-)
Transfer via: International Flight arranged by you
Welcome to Beijing, where the capital, political, and cultural center of China lies. We meet you at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. After check-in, you have free time to relax.
Day 2 Beijing (B/L/D)
 Today's highlight is the visit of the Great Wall (Mutianyu Section), one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" and a symbol of Chinese civilization. A Peking Duck Dinner concludes your full day activities.
Day 3 Beijing (B/L/-)
After breakfast, begin the day's activity with a visit to Tian'anmen Square, the largest urban square in the world. Then, move on to the Imperial Palace, also known as the "Forbidden City", the biggest palace complex in the world. In the afternoon, visit Temple of Heaven, the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped heaven and prayed for good harvest.
Day 4 Beijing / Xian (B/L/-)
Transfer via: Internal Flight arranged by us
After a relaxed breakfast at hotel this morning, tour to Summer Palace, one of China's largest and best-preserved imperial gardens. In the afternoon, you will take a ride in rickshaw through some old "Hutongs", lanes or alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard) where you will visit some family. After visiting, take a flight to Xian, which is one of the oldest cities in Chinese history and has more than 3,100 years of history.
Day 5 Xian (B/L/-)
 Begin the day's activity with an once-in-a-lifetime viewing of the extraordinary 2,200-year-old Terracotta Warriors of China's first feudal Emperor, Qin Shihuang. On your way back to the city, stop at a mountain village and meet local residents. After lunch, you will visit to Big Wild Goose Pagoda which was built in 652 A.D. It contains a large volume of Buddhist scriptures which were obtained from India by the eminent monk of Xuanzang.
Day 6 Xian (B/L/-)
After breakfast, visit Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum. This roomy, modern museum contains over 370,000 relics chronicling Shaanxi civilization and culture from as far as prehistoric times. The collection is strong in ceramics, bronzes, jade pieces, gold and silver items, ancient coins, and calligraphy mainly from the pre-Ming periods. After lunch, you will visit Xian ancient City Wall, which is the most complete city wall survived in China as well as one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world and thenGreat Mosque.
Day 7 Xian / Guilin (B/L/-)
Transfer via: Internal Flight arranged by us
Take a morning flight to Guilin, which is one of China's most picturesque cities and has been a destination for travelers and an inspiration for poets and artists for thousands of years. Visit Reed Flute Cave and Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk hill resembles a huge elephant standing on the bank of the river, sucking up water with its long trunk. It is regarded as the symbol of Guilin landscape. Reed Flute Cave is a huge cave system with stunning rock formations, stalagmites and stalactites, illuminated with coloured lights. The cave can hold comfortably 1000 people.
Day 8 Guilin / Yangshuo / Guilin (B/L/-)
 Transfer via: Van and boat arranged by us
Today's highlight is cruising down the Li River, which stretches 83 kilometers from Guilin to Yangshuo. The cruise will give you a chance to savor the lovely view of the area's extraordinary limestone peaks. The cruise ends in Yangshuo. Visit local markets. Yangshuo is a charming small town with its main street lined with small hotels, countless souvenir shops and restaurants. Then, drive back to Guilin.
Day 9 Guilin / Chongqing (B/L/-)
Transfer via: Internal Flight arranged by us
Check out and depart hotel for the flight to Chongqing, which is located at the juncture of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River in the southwestern China. In the rest of the day, visit the Chongqing Zoo, The zoo is located at the western suburb of the main urban area. Pandas are most popular in the zoo. In the Panda Ground at the foot of a hill and by a little stream, visitors can see charmingly native giant and lesser pandas and their offspring. Visitors can actually play with them and take pictures with them.
Then pay a visit to the Ciqikou Ancient Town (old name Longyin Town), which is located 14 KM to the west of Chongqing city. It used to be a very important water and land communication hub in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911 A.D). There are more than a hundred tea bars with their own particular characteristics in such a small town. Here friends enjoy a chat or meet to discuss business. You will have opportunity to meet the locals and enjoy the unique folk opera in the tea bars. At the end, our guide will escort you to board your cruise ship.
Day 10 Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)
 On this day you will have a shore excursion to visit "Ghost City" - Fengdu, which is where the devil lives, according to Chinese legend. They say that spirits go to heaven, and evil goes to Fengdu.
Day 11 Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)
On this day you will have an excursion to Shennong Stream, where you will drift along the river on a traditional boat and be astounded by the natural Scenery that surrounds you, or have an excursion to the Lesser Three Gorges, where three smaller gorges will give visitors a sense of awe as the natural scenic wonders unfold in front of you. The ship company will decide which excursion you will take.
Day 12 Yichang / Shanghai (B/L/-)
 Transfer via: Internal Flight arranged by us
In the morning, you will disembark to have land excursion to the world-renown Three Gorges Dam, the largest dam in the world. Arrive in Yichang at about 1:00pm. Take a afternoon flight to Shanghai, the bustling commercial heart of China, known as "Paris of the East".
Day 13 Shanghai (B/L/-)
This morning you will visit the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, which will show you the past present and future of Shanghai, the Bund, the financial center of Shanghai known as a"museum of buildings", Nanjing Road, one of China's premiere shopping districts, Yu Garden an ancient classical garden, and Yuyuan Market, a shopper's paradise filled with local arts and crafts. In the evening you will enjoy a fabulous Acrobatic Show.
Day 14 Shanghai / Departure (B/-/-)
Transfer via: International / Internal Flight arranged by you
After breakfast, you will be escorted to the airport for your flight to your next destination.
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