HC07 Beijing, Yangtze River Cruise and Shanghai 12 Days
This itinerary is great for first time visitors. You can visit the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Summer Palace and the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. You will also enjoy watching people doing Taichi exercise in Beihai Park in the morning and visit a family living in a traditional courtyard style home. Of course, you will enjoy the great cuisines too, such as Peking Duck.
Of course, you will also explore the Yangtze River in a lurious cruise ship. You will be able to enjoy the mighty Three gorges and dam site relaxily.
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Day By Day Itinerary
Day 1: USA / Beijing
Fly to Beijing, the capital of China.
[Meals: in-flight dinner, breakfast and lunch]
Day 2: Arrive Beijing
Our tour guide will greet you at the airport and escort you to the hotel.
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 3: Beijing
Visit Tiananmen Square. Stroll through the courtyards and palaces of the imposing Forbidden City, once the exclusive enclave of Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors. Then visit Jingshan park, enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the palace and the city. Then tour Beijing's old Hutong (”narrow lanes”) area by old fashioned pedicab. Visit a local family living in a court-yard-style home known as Siheyuan. Then enjoy a relax walking tour at Houhai and a Peking Duck Banquet at Quanjude Restaurant.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; "Quanjude" Peking Duck Banquet Dinner]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 4: Beijing
Experience the thrill of walking on the Great Wall at Mutianyu, the most beautiful and original part of the wall (Optional: You can take the cable car up and slide down on a summer toboggan). Then explore the landscaped grounds and pavilions of the Summer Palace.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Beijing Kuntai Royal Hotel - 4.5 star]
Day 5: Beijing / Yichang
Visit the Temple of Heaven, where the Emperors prayed for harvest in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Then visit Beihai Park, the largest royal garden next to the Forbidden City. Fly to Yichang at night.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Gezhouoba hotel - 4 star]
Day 6: Yichang
Visit Yichang downtown, then board the finest cruiser on Yangtze River.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner]
[Ship: Victoria Jenna - 5 star]
Day 7: Yangtze River Cruise
Excusion to the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest dam, measuring 606 feet high and 6,500 feet long. Then the ship passes the ship lock and sails through Xiling Gorge, the longest one of the Three Gorges.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner]
[Ship: Victoria Jenna - 5 star]
Day 8: Yangtze River Cruise
Yangtze River Cruise: The cruiser sails through Wu Gorge. Then excursion to Small Gorges. Then the cruiser sails through Qutang Gorge.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner]
[Ship: Victoria Jenna - 5 star]
Day 9: Yangtze River Cruise
Morning shore excursion to Fengdu or Shibaozhai.
[Meals: American & Chinese Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner]
[Ship: Victoria Jenna - 5 star]
Day 10: Arrive Chongqing / Shanghai
The cruiser arrives Chongqing in the morning, visit Panda Museum and Erling Park. Fly to Shanghai at night
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast; Lunch; Dinner]
[Hotel: Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park - 5 star]
Day 11: Shanghai
Visit the Old City Bazaar and the tranquil Yu Yuan Garden. Enjoy a traditional Shanghai Dumpling lunch. Bus tour of Pudong District. Take a picture of the highest tower of Asia, the Oriental Pearl Tower. Then visit Binjiang Park.
[Meals: Breakfast; Lunch]
[Hotel: Grand Mercure Shanghai Century Park - 5 star]
Day 12: Shanghai / US
The tour guide will send you to the airport to fly home.
[Meals: Buffet Breakfast]
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