D1

Arrive in Beijing, meet at airport and transfer to a 4 star hotel. After dinner, stroll to visit the Tiananmen Square.

D2

Visit the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. Enjoy a Beijing Duck dinner.

D3

Full day visit the Great Wall at Mutianyu, with cable-car going up and down the wall.

D4

Visit the Temple of Heaven, and the Hutongs, after lunch, take a flight to Xian, check in a 4 star hotel. Then go to visit the ancient Wild Goose Pagoda, and the city wall which is still largely intact and one of the most complete ancient city walls in China.

D5

Full day visit the extraordinary 2,200-year-old terra cotta warriors of China’s first Emperor, QinShihuang. Inside the Terracotta Museum, the warriors still stand on the actual site where peasants discovered them in 1974.

D6

You enjoy a free morning in Xian. After lunch, take a flight to Chengdu, check in a 4 star hotel. Enjoy the well-known Sichuan food dinner.

D7

Get up early. Your guide will take you to the airport for flight to Lhasa Gong Gar Airport. You will be greeted by your Tibetan tour guide and driven about two hours to Lhasa City. Check into a 3 star hotel upon arrival and relax for the rest of day to adjust the high altitude.

D8

After breakfast, you will begin your exploration to this Holy City. Visit the Potala Palace, where the Dalai Lama used to preside. In the afternoon, visit the Jorkang Temple, which is located at the very center of Lhasa. Later you can stroll along the Barkor Bazaar where Tibetan shops present Tibetan medicines, hand-made crafts, etc.

D9

Today's sightseeing includes the Tsepung Monastery, one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet. After lunch, visit Sera Monastery and Norbulingka Temple which is the summer palace of Dalai Lama.

D10

Take a morning flight back to Chengdu. Your local guide will meet you at the airport and drive to Wolong Mountain area where the giant pandas live. Stay overnight at a 2 star hotel.

D11

You can spend the whole day hiking into the Panda Reservation Center, playing and taking pictures with the giant pandas. Late afternoon, drive back to Chengdu and check in a 4 star hotel.

D12

Morning relax in Chengdu, you can visit the tea house or local free market to see how Chengdu people enjoy their life, to experience the tea house culture which is well known in all China. After lunch, drive 4 hours from Chengdu to Dazu. Check in a 3 star hotel.

D13

Visit the 1200-year-old Dazu Grottos which is a world culture heritage. In the afternoon, drive 2 hours from Dazu to Chongqing, enjoy a famous hot pot dinner. Then board a 4 star boat to start your four day journey on the grand Yangtze River.

D14

Today you begin your downstream cruise. Arrive at Fengdu, the legendary Ghost Town. You will visit the Mingshan Hill's temples. Continue to sail to Badong.

D15

The cruise will sail through the most magnificent Qutang Gorge, the first of the Three Gorges. Then you will be transferred to a small sampan for an excursion to the Mini Three Gorges. Return to the cruise and you will pass the Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge.

D16

You will be taken on a bus to cross the Three Gorges Bridge to see this controversial project up in the close. The project includes the five-step dam construction. Upon returning to the cruise, you will sail through the Gezhou Dam ship lock.

D17

Your cruise will arrive at Wuhan around 12:00N. Your local tour guide will meet you at the pier, city tour if time permits. Then fly to Shanghai. Check in a 4 star hotel.

D18

Visit the Bund, China's most famous waterfront stretching more than one mile, and the East Pearl Tower, the highest TV tower in Asia, from there you can enjoy a bird's eye view of the fast-growing metropolis, in the afternoon, stroll the Nanjing Road, the No.1 shopping street in China.

D19

After breakfast in your hotel, drive to Hangzhou. You will now know why Hangzhou is praised along with Suzhou as "paradise on earth". The day's activities begin with a cruise on the beautiful West Lake with stops at a typical teahouse and jewel-like pagodas. In the afternoon, visit the centuries old Lingyin Temple. Stay in a 4 star hotel.

D20

After breakfast in your hotel, drive to Suzhou, a city of gardens and waterways. Your first stop today is the well-arranged and elegant Lingering Garden, Suzhou landmarks. Afterwards attend a demonstration of local silk embroidery needlework at the National Embroidery Institute. After lunch, visit the Hanshan (Cool Hill) Temple and Tiger Hill. Stay in the 4 star hotel.

D20

After a relaxed breakfast in your hotel, we will transfer you to the Shanghai airport and hug you goodbye.