16-Day China Facts Tour with Yangtze Cruise

Tour Overview
A fabulous China tour with relaxing Yangtze Cruise! We'll explore a number of facts in China: Mutianyu Great Wall, Forbidden City,Terracotta Warriors, panda base, Mt. Emei, Leshan Giant Buddha, Dazu Stone Carvings, landmarks of Shanghai, Yangtze gorges and Zhouzhuang Water Town...

Day 1 Entry Beijing (no meals)
Meet your guide at  the Beijing Capital International Airport and transfer to the hotel. Then the guide will confirm your itinerary and recommend you some famous restaurants. The remainder of the day is for your own leisure.

Day 2 Beijing (B, L, D)
Make a full-day visit to the Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven. After completing the day sightseeing, you will enjoy the Beijing Roast Duck for dinner.

Day 3 Beijing (B, L)
After breakfast, take your special bus to visit the Mutianyu Great Wall. Then lunch at a local restaurant, and drive straight to visit the Sacred Way and Changling Tomb (one of the famous 13 Ming Tombs). After dinner, enjoy the wonderful Kungfu show which is applauded madly in the Red Theater.

Day 4 Beijing / Xian (B, L)
Transfer via: high speed train  (our arrangement)

Take high speed train to Xian this morning. In the afternoon, visit Grand Mosque in Muslim Quarters, where Drum Tower is located. Passing by Bell Tower, you will visit the Ancient City Wall. Biking tour on the wall is around one hour, which is optional.

Day 5 Xian (B, L）
Explore the famous Terracotta Warriors and the Tomb of Qingshihuang this morning. Back to down town in the afternoon and visit visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which is the symbol of Xian City and has a history of 1300 years.  

Day 6 Xian / Chengdu (B）
Transfer via: high speed train (our arrangement)

Take high speed train to Chengdu in the morning. In the afternoon, visit the People's Park after a short refreshing in hotel. In this quiet place, you can sit in the tea houses to drink cups of tea and see the local people how to play mahjong. Afterwards, take a walk at Kuanzhai Lanes to try famous local snacks.

Day 7 Chengdu/Leshan/Mt. Emei (B, L, D)
Visit lovely pandas this morning at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, and then drive to Leshan and visit the world's largest stone Giant Buddha (Leshan Dafo). Continue to Emei city in the late afternoon.

Day 8 Mt. Emei / Chengdu (B, L)
Visit the Emei Mountain. You will first take cable car to see the Wannian Temple (aka Monastery of Ten Thousand Years), and then visit the Qingyin Pavilion, Baoguom Temple, famous wild monkey protection region. Transfer back to Chengdu in the late afternoon.

Day 9 Chengdu / Dazu / Chongqing (B, L)
Transfer via: high speed train  (our arrangement)

Take morning high speed train to Dazu (around 1 hour). Meet your guide from Chongqing and visit  the Dazu Stone Carvings (Beishan and Baoding Shan). Take high speed train with guide to Chongqing.

Day 10 Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise (B, L, D)
Full day tour of Chongqing today. You will visit the Ciqikou Old Town,China Three Gorges Museum and experience the Cable car over the Yangtze River. After hotpot dinner in local restaurant, you will be transfer to the pier and board the ship.

Day 11 Yangtze Cruise and Shore Excursion (B, L, D)
Visit Fendu Ghost City (aka Fengdu Ghost City) in the early morning, then see Shibaozhai Pavilion on the cruise in the afternoon. The ship will dock near the white Emperor Town at night.

Day 12 Yangtze and Its Tributary Cruise (B, L, D)
The ship passes through the Qutang Gorge in the morning. Taking 6 hours to visit "Lesser Three Gorges" or "Shennong Stream" (The ship company will choose one of the two), afterward visit Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge and more...

Day 13 Yangtze Cruise/Yichang/Shanghai (B)
Transfer via: China domestic flight (our arrangement)

This morning, the Yangtze cruise ship reaches Yichang. We pay a visit to the Three Gorges Dam and disembark the ship in Yichang around 12:00. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Shanghai. Be met in the Shanghai airport and transfered to the hotel.

Day 14 Shanghai (B, L)
A full day sightseeing to the Jade Buddha Temple, the Shanghai Museum, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Yu Garden and the Yuyuan Bazaar (aka the Yuyuan Market). Enjoy the wonderful Chinese acrobatic show in the evening.

Day 15 Shanghai / Zhouzhuang / Shanghai (B, L)
Drive about 1.5 hours to Zhou Zhuang Water Town (in Suzhou) to see the Shen Family Residence, Zhang Family Residence and Mi Tower and then have a river cruise through the village. Be transferred back to your Shanghai hotel in the afternoon.

Day 16 Shanghai / Departure (B)
Be free until your local guide escorts you to the Shanghai Pudong International Airport for your homebound flight.

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