D1

Arrive in Shanghai, meet at airport and transfer to your hotel.

D2

Full day tour to the "Old Town", Yuyuan Garden, TV Tower, the Bund (waterfront promenade) and Shanghai Museum. 

D3

Fly to Yichang. Visit a school and interact with teachers. Check into IHotel in the evening.

D4

On the drive to Shengnongjia, the National Forest Park, we will visit the Birthplace of Wangzhaojun, the famous Han Dynasty Concubine. Then we will check into Shennong Hotel.

D5

Full day excursion to Shengnongjia National Forest, including Shennong Peak, Thousand Year -Tree, many fantastic peaks, crags, streams and valleys. Unusual, beautiful plants and animals create this area into the only primeval forest in the mainland. Shennongjia known as "Shennong Ladder" is identified as the "Roof of Mid China".

D6

Drive through the picturesque Hongping and Yantian scenic spots on our third day of touring Shennongjia Forest.

D7

Return drive to Yichang. Check into Hotel.

D8

Board cruise ship and set sail at 8 o'clock in the morning, past the world's largest ship lock at monumental Gezhouba Dam. The will enter the longest of the Three Gorges, Xiling Gorge and then sail through the Three Gorges Dam construction site.

D9

Early morning, transfer to small river craft on the narrow Shennong Stream to explore the Parrot and Dragon Boat Gorges. Continuing upstream, we will pass Wu Gorge and Qutang Gorge.

D10

On the way upstream, we will dock and visit the ancient Shibaozhai Wooden Tower.

D11

River cruise ends in Chongqing. You will go on a city tour that will include Sichuan Art Gallery, the Zoo to view the Giant Pandas and other sites of interest. In the afternoon you will fly to Xi'an and check into Hotel.

D12

Morning trip to see the Excavations of the Terra-Cotta Warriors, one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. You will then visit Hua Qing Imperial Hot Springs and Banpo Neolithic Village.

D13

Morning flight to Beijing, the capital of China, visit to Tiananmen Square, the famous Forbidden City and the Imperial Palace. A Peking Duck Banquet will precede after checking into 4 star hotel.

D14

Visit the Summer Palace and the palace of worship of the Qing emperors-the Temple of Heaven. Walking tour through the ancient neighborhoods dating from the Ming Dynasty, Beijing's Hutongs.

D15

A tour to the Great Wall of China, a cable car is available to the summit. On return, drive along the famed Sacred Way, visit the museum of the Ming Tombs.

D16

After a relaxed breakfast in your hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for your departure.