14-day Beijng Xi'an Guilin Shanghai & Yangtze Cruise Tour

Day 1Arrival in Beijing

Upon arrival in Beijing, our guide will meet you at the airport. A private transfer will take you to the hotel for short relax, and then take a leisure walk around the hotel nearby.

Day 2Beijing

Your today tour starts with a morning strolling across the world's grandest city central square, Tiananmen Square, witnessed many historical events and significant celebrations through over 500 years. Then you will enter from its south gate to the Forbidden City, the world's largest palace complex where the emperors and his family had once worked and lived.

Go on a visit to Beijing Hutongs - the old lanes and courtyard houses. Take a rickshaw or bike to explore Beijing's charming lanes. The visit to a local family, who've lived in the Hutongs for generations, offers a local perspective of history, and is a highlight of the Hutongs for most.

Options: Peking Opera for night show and Beijing Roast Duck for dinner.

Day 3Beijing

After breakfast, you will pay a morning visit to the world's greatest man-made projects, the Great Wall at Mutianyu section, set up as a military fortification more than 2,000 years ago. Then vist the Sacred Road of Ming Tomb, ancient emperor's mausoleum group of the Ming Dynasty.

On the way back to Beijing downtown, you will have a stop for an outside look of two famous Olimpic site: Bird Nest (National Stadium) and Water Cube (National Aquatics Center).

Day 4Beijing/Xi'an

After breakfast you will pay a morning visit to Temple of Heaven, once a site where the emperors offered sacrifices to the heaven, it is even larger than the Forbidden City. Its main buildings progressing from south to north are the Circular Mound Altar, the Imperial Vault of Heaven and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest.

After lunch you will be driven to train station for the bullet train to Xian (5 hours), another of China's ancient capitals. Upon arrival in Xian, your local guide will meet you and escort you to the hotel for rest.

Day 5Xi'an

After breakfast at your hotel, your guide will meet you and you will be driven to visit the incredible Terracotta Warriors. Go to visit the Daqin terra-cotta making factory see all kinds of models of Terracotta Warriors. After lunch you will be driven to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, where Housed in a huge temple complex, the ancient pagoda was built to house Buddhist Sutras brought to China from India.

Option: In the evening you may choose to enjoy an amazing Tang Dynasty Show, which bring the pageantry and music of the ancient Tang Dynasty to life.

Day 6Xian/Guilin

After breakfast, your guide will meet you and you will be driven for a morning visit to the Shaanxi History Museum to discover Xian amazing history. After that you will go on a visit the Ancient City Wall for a walk or take a bicycle ride along the top of Xian Ancient City Wall to get a bird's eye view of this amazing ancient city. Then visit Xi'an Muslim Street for a relax.

In the late afternoon you will be driven to the airport for your flight to Guilin. Upon your arrival in Guilin, your guide will meet you and escort you to check in hotel for a rest.

Day 7Guilin/Yangshuo

After breakfast at the hotel, our guide and driver will transfer you to the pier to board the ship for Li River cruise (4 hours) from Guilin to Yangshuo. It is one of the great waterways to admire the picturesque scenery along the river sides. Upon arrival at Yangshuo, you will have a stroll along the famous West Street. This is a vibrant place alive with cafes, pubs, restaurants and where many westerners gather.

Tips: Today we kindly suggest you have a larger breakfast at the hotel this morning as the lunch provided on the cruise is less than adequate. The cruise arrives at terminal Yangshuo at around 13:30 to 14:30 according to the different water flows. There are many cafes available in Yangshuo.

Optional activites for late afternoon:
1. Attend a Chinese cooking course in a cooking school
2. Learn Taiji for 1-2 hours.
3. Li River Beer Fish is recommended for dinner.
4. Night show options : Commorants Fishing or Impression Liu Sanjie

A cruise along the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo is an unforgettable experience for stunning scenery. In Yangshuao, there's something interesting such as lumbering water buffaloes pulling carts or cooling off in the river, fishermen gliding along on their narrow bamboo rafts, and if you're very lucky you might see one of the famous fishing cormorants.

Impressions of Liusanjie performance. The Performance, directed by Zhang Yimou, China's premiere movie director and director of the Beijing Olympics' Opening Ceremony, is made up of hundreds of people and is performed on the Li River with the mountains as the backdrop. It is an unforgettable experience.

Day 8Yangshuo/Guilin

There are three options for morning enjoyment: a countryside biking, a bamboo rafting on the Yulong River and a helicopter tour over Yangshuo.

Then back to Guilin city for a visit to the Reed Flute Cave. The cave's many bizarre stalagmites and stalactites make visitors feel like they have stepped into another world. Then visit the Reed Flute Cave. Today's tour will end with a relax walk around the Dongxi Alley.

Day 9Guilin/Chongqing

After breakfast, you will take a morning flight from Guilin to Chongqing. Upon arrival, you will be transfered to Three Gorges Museum and then be picked up to board your river cruise vessel and meet your crew at a welcome reception.

Day 10Yangtze Cruise

Today's shore excursion will be to Fengdu Ghost City or Shibaozhai Village (denpends on the ship).

Day 11Yangtze Cruise

Today's Yangtze River sightseeing will be highlighted by a shore excursion to Lesser Three Gorges. Take a sampan to go thru the beautiful narrow gorges of Shennong Stream (where is ideal for a sampan-pulling performance), then deep intothe fabulous gorges. Deep gorges, green mountains, crystal waters, appalling cliffs, thriving groves and perhaps native wildlife make this excursion worthwhile.

Day 12Yichang/Shanghai

The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric complex. Smartly mingled with local natural landscape, the dam can boast as the newest world-class scenic spot on the river. Disembark in Yichang around 11:30am, meet the local guide and take the afternoon flight from Yichang to Shanghai. You meet the local guide and are escorted to your hotel.

Day 13Shanghai

After breakfast, you will start a full day tour in Shanghai to visit the Shanghai Museum, Town God's Temple, Shikumen, Old Concession Area. Then you will have a bird view of Shanghai city on the top of Jinmao Tower and enjoy coastal sight at the Bund of Shanghai.

Acrobatic performance for night show option.

Day 14Shanghai Departure

Afer breakfast, you will take a morning relax until a transfer to at the Shanghai Pudong Airport for the flight to next destination.

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