Day 1 – Beijing
Arrival Beijing transfer to hotel.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit Temple of Heaven, a praying and sacrificial place of the Ming and Qing Emperors.
Visit Flea Market.
Meal: Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 2 – Beijing
Breakfast at hotel.
Full day visit Great Wall (Badaling), that has been built from 770-475 B.C. – climbing on top on the 2484 miles long Great Wall is really an experience. Afterwards the Summer Palace, the summer-residence of the former emperors with one of the biggest and best preserved gardens in China and visit a pearl factory and enjoy a 45 minutes Foot Massage.
Lunch at local restaurant
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 3 – Beijing
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Tiananmen Square where the Mao’s Mausoleum and the Congress Hall are located, then the Forbidden City with the emperor’s palace in the heart of Beijing (So called because it was off limits for 500 years, covering an area of 250 acres, protected by a 10.7m high wall, marked off by towers at each corner).
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit the Hutongs, lanes or Alleys formed by lines of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard) where old Beijing residents live, witness the vicissitude of the city by a trishaw.
Peking Duck Dinner at local Restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: New World Courtyard Hotel or similar
Day 4 – Beijing / Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Xian.
Arrival Xian.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Visit the ancient City Wall, the Grand Mosque, the Stele Forest, a collection of 2300 stone boards and we take a walk around the old City area, an ancient cultural street Shuyuan. If time permits, we can visit a big free market of Chinese Medicinal Herbs, there are thousands of herbs/ leaves/ plant roots/ tree Corsican.
Evening Tang Dynasty Show.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 5 – Xian
Breakfast at hotel.
Full Day visit Terracotta Warriors with more than 6000 life-sized terracotta figures of soldiers and horses in perfect battle array are showing the superb sculptural art of that time. Lunch at local restaurant. On the way back to the city and visit Wild Goose Pagoda.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Bell Tower Hotel or similar
Day 6 – Xian / Guilin
Breakfast at hotel.
Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Guilin.
Arrival Guilin.
Visit the Reed Flute Cave with its multi-coloured lighting and fantastic stalactites and stalagmites and Fubo Hill with lunch at local restaurant.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Park Hotel or similar
Day 7 – Guilin / Yangshuo
Breakfast at hotel.
4 hours boat trip to Yangshuo on the Li River, we pass some extraordinary peaks, sprays of bamboo lining, the riverbanks, fishers in small boats and picturesque villages with lunch at local restaurant.
Arrival Yangshuo and transfer to hotel.
Free for leisure.
If you are interested in large-scale performance, you can ask the guide about the performance expresses the beautiful scenery of the Li River –named Impression – Liu Sanjie. Creatively
combines the classical Sanjie Liu's Songs, ethnic groups’ Culture and the fishing lights together,
to reflect the harmonious atmosphere between human beings and the nature. The performance
lasts for 70 minutes and 600 plus actors and actress are involved. This show is optional –
please see remark 06.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Regency Holiday Hotel or similar
Day 8 – Yangshuo / Guilin / Chongqing
Breakfast at hotel.
Bike tour to the countryside, small villages, rice fields, fruit trees.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Coach back to Guilin and transfer to airport for flight to Chongqing.
Arrival Chongqing transfer for a downtown walking, and we will take the cable car to pass through the Jialing Jiang River to experience local people’s life, you may meet the peasant who sells their poultry in this cable car.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Holiday Inn Hotel or similar
Day 9 – Chongqing / Dazu / Victoria Cruises
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Zoo of Pandas, and then coach to Dazu, we visit Baoding Shan Caves, then the Beishan Caves, and sculptures from Tang Dynasty with lunch local restaurant.
Back to Chongqing and then transfer board the Victoria Cruises.
Cruise leaves Chongqing.
Overnight on board.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Day 10 – Yangtze River (Victoria Cruises)
Sail on board (with breakfast, lunch, dinner) from Chongqing to Yichang.
D10-D12 sailing through Qutang Gorge/ Wu George, Daning River Small Georges or Shennong Stream, Three Gorges Shiplocks.
Overnight on board.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 11 – Victoria Cruises
Sailing on board (with breakfast, lunch, dinner).
Overnight on board.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 12 – Yangtze River (Victoria Cruises) / Yichang / Wuhan
Sailing on board (with breakfast).
Arrive Yang Jia Wang, visit the Three Gorges Dam site, at about 12h00 the ship arrives Yichang. Lunch at local restaurant. And then transfer with coach to Wuhan.
Arrival Wuhan transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Sentosa Hotel or similar
Day 13 – Wuhan / Guangzhou
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit Province Museum to see the Bronze Cloche of 2,000 years ago, visit the famous Yellow-Crane-Tower. If time permit, we can take a walk in the East Lake Park.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer to airport for flight to Guangzhou.
Arrival Guangzhou and transfer to hotel.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Hotel（☆☆☆☆）: Canton Hotel or similar
Day 14 – Guangzhou / Hong Kong
Breakfast at hotel.
Visit the Chan’s Ancestor Temple, walking through the old street in Shamian Island where you can see what’s left behind from the olden day with those colonial style English, French Architecture and Nan Yue Museum.
Lunch at local restaurant.
Transfer to train station for train to Hong Kong.
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch.
Above Quotation included:
01. Accommodation, breakfast and meals as mentioned above.
02. All private transfer and tours as mentioned above with English/German/French speaking guide (English speaking guide on cruise).
03. Sightseeing entrance fee.
04. Domestic air ticket (economy class) with tax and fuel surcharge of PEK/XIA, XIA/KWL, KWL/Chongqing, Wuhan/Canton.
05. Train ticket SHA/Suzhou, Suzhou/SHA of soft seat.
06. Based on Victoria cruise.
07. Train ticket from Guangzhou to Hong Kong.
Above Quotation not included:
01. Other than the above itinerary.
02. China visa fee.
03. Personal expenses.
04. Service during free time.
05. Tips for tour guide, driver and luggage boy.
Remarks:
01. Blackout dates:
Golden week: 01-03 May and 01-07 Oct 2009 and Chinese New year: 26 Jan-01 Feb.
02. There is no Yangtze cruise between late Nov and early March due to the weather.
03. Rate for all Yangtze cruise includes Full broad on cruise and off shore program with English speaking guide. Other language speaking guide is subject to availability and with a surcharge.
04. Victoria cruise: 04* hotel at VQ, VS, VE.
05. D07 lunch served on Li River cruise are not suitable for European tourist (taste, hygiene ) , so lunch will be provided in Yangshuo, after the Li river cruise.
06. Lau Shen Jie Show in Yanghsou: Creatively combines the classical Sanjie Liu’s Songs, ethnic groups’ Culture and the fishing lights together, to reflect the harmonious atmosphere between human beings and the nature. The performance lasts for 70 minutes and 600 plus actors and actress are involved. Please note that the show will be cancelled if it rains.
07. Surcharge to be applied in Guangzhou over the dates of Canton Trade Fair (15 Apr-06 May 09 & 15-31 Oct 09)：USD220 per night per room（4-star hotel）.
