D1

Arrive in Guangzhou, meet at airport, then go to visit the 400-year-old Family Cheng's Old House in the old part of the city. In the afternoon, take a flight from Guangzhou to Guilin, check in a 4 star hotel and rest.

D2

Take a luxury boat cruise down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo, stroll in the old town, visit the colorful market, then drive back to Guilin in the late afternoon.

D3

Sightseeing in Guilin, including the Reed Flute Cave, with another beautiful name as the Art Palace of Nature, features fantastic natural stalactite and stalagmite formations, artfully illuminated by multicolored lights. Another magnificent view you will not miss is Elephant Trunk Hill. In the afternoon, take a flight from Guilin to Kunming, check in a 4 star hotel.

D4

Visit the well-known Flower & Bird Market in the old part of Kunming city, and the Dragon Gate in the Western Hill, from there you can enjoy a bird's eye view of the city and the big Dianchi Lake.

D5

Today's excursion takes you to the Stone Forest, which offers visitors a unique landscape of stark limestone pillars twisted and sculpted by the elements. The Stone Forest is home to the Sani people, a branch of the Yi minority. In the local market, you will see many Yi women selling their handmade crafts.

D6

Take a morning flight to Dali, transfer to a 4 star hotel, then go to sightseeing in the Dali old town and the 1000-year-old Three Pagodas.

D7

Visit a fishing village by the side of Erhai Lake, and the local markets in the Bai minority villages. In the afternoon, take a boat cruise on the lake, enjoy the beautiful mountain and water scenery.

D8

After breakfast, drive to Lijiang, the route reveals magnificent vistas and sweeping landscapes of wildflowers. Lijiang is a step back in time, and it still preserves much of the original architecture and lifestyle of Naxi people nearly a century ago. Check in a 3 star hotel. After lunch, stroll in the old town which is a World Culture Heritage, with a fascinating market in the center.

D9

Visit Baisha and Shuhe, both are Naxi minority villages with different characteristics. Talk to local villagers in their homes. After dinner, attend the Naxi Classical Music Concert which is an important part of China classical music.

D10

Sightseeing in the beautiful Black Dragon Pond where is an ideal place to photographing the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain(5596 m), after lunch, drive from Lijiang to Zhongdian(3200 m above sea level), on the way, sightseeing in the famous Tiger-leaping Gorge which is one of the deepest gorges in the world. Upon arriving Zhongdian, check in a 3 star hotel.

D11

After breakfast in your hotel, go to visit the Songzanlin Monastery which was built by the 5th Dalai Lama 300 years ago, then go to visit the Tibetan Medical Center, a Tibetan village nearby, and the Gyalthang old town.

D12

In the morning, visit the Tibetan free market where you will see many colorful- dressed ethnic people from villages. Then go to visit Napa Lake which is a nature reserve for birds, especially the black-necked cranes. After lunch, transfer to airport and take a flight back to Kunming, check in the 4 star hotel.

D13

Take a morning flight from Kunming to Xian, check in a 4 star hotel. After lunch, 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.

D14

Full day visit the extraordinary 2,200-year-old terra cotta warriors of China’s first Emperor, Qin Shihuang. Inside the Terracotta Museum, the warriors still stand on the actual site where peasants discovered them in 1974. Tonight, you are invited to enjoy a splendid dinner show with Tang Dynasty style performances.

D15

Visit the local markets in the morning, after lunch, take a flight from Xian to Urumqi, check in a 4 star hotel.

D16

Today you will enjoy an outing to Tianchi Lake (Heavenly Lake), one of the scenic alpine destinations in Xinjiang located on the slopes of Bogda Peak that has an altitude of 5,445 meters. In the afternoon, you will visit Nanshan Pasture, where Kazaks continue herding sheep and horses as they have for generations. After dinner, take a flight from Urumqi to Kashgar, check in a 3 star hotel.

D17

Sunday is the perfect time to visit the big market, which is said to be the largest in Asia. Then move on to visit Id Kah Mosque with its dome and minarets. The busiest, some say the biggest, mosque in China, Id Kah Mosque, occupied the central square of Kashgar, where it has stood since 1442.

D18

Visit Tomb of Abakh Hoja located in the northeast suburbs of the oasis. Two of the tombs under the doomed ceiling are draped in green: that of Abakh Hoja and that of his great granddaughter, Iparhan, who is known in Chinese history as Xiang Fei, the Fragrant Concubine. After dinner, fly back to Urumqi and overnight at the 4 star hotel.

D19

Visit the local minorities markets in the morning, after lunch, drive to Turpan, China's capital of grape, an important way station on the ancient northern Silk Road. Check in a 3 star hotel.

D20

This morning, visit the ruins of Gaochang, the walled capital of the ancient Uygur kingdom. Then move on to visit a Uygur village to meet local farmers and check out the famous "karez well", an underground irrigation system that was first installed in this region about 2,000 years ago.

D21

Visit the site of Beziklik Thousand Buddha Caves, which is located half an hour east of Turpan by car. In Uygur, "Beziklik" means simply “place of paintings.?It is a major Buddhist site in the heart of the Flaming Mountains. After dinner, visit the colorful local night market. At night, take an overnight train on soft sleeper to Dunhuang.

D22

Arrive Liuyuan railway station in the morning, transfer to Dunhuang, check in a 3 star hotel. Dunhuang is the site of one of the most priceless troves of Buddhist art the world has ever known ?the Mogao Grottoes. There are a total of 45,000 square meters of murals and over 2,000 painted clay figures. Today, Mogao has become a shrine for Buddhist art lovers, and scientists and archaeologists on site are painstakingly working to keep the art from being damaged or disappearing. After lunch, visit the Mogao Grottoes which is a World Culture Heritage.

D23

After breakfast in your hotel, transfer to airport to take a flight from Dunhuang to Beijing, check in a 4 star hotel. Stroll to visit the Tiananmen Squre.

D24

Full day visit the Forbidden City which has been the royal palace for more than 500 years, and it has 9999 rooms.

D25

Full day visit the Great Wall at Mutianyu, with cable-car going up and down the wall. On the way back to Beijing, visit the Yonghegong Lama Temple which is the most famous monastery in Beijing.

D26

In the morning, visit the enchanting Summer Palace, one of China's largest and best-preserved imperial gardens, after lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven, which features elegant 15th century Ming Dynasty architecture.

D27

Visit Hutongs, an old style residential compound, to talk to local residents. After lunch, visit Liulichang, a historic street in Beijing renowned for traditional fine art and antique stores. Then transfer to airport and take a flight from Beijing to Chongqing, check in a 4 star hotel.

D28

After breakfast in your hotel, drive about 2 hours to Dazu, visit the 1200-year-old Dazu Grottos including the largest Sleeping Buddha in China, then drive back to Chongqing in the late afternoon.

D29

Board a 4 star boat to cruise down Yangtze, shore excursion to Precious Stone Fortress, or Fengdu, the Ghost City of China.

D30

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.

D31

Today you will visit the Three Gorges Dam construction site in Sanduoping in the morning. Cruise ends in Yichang. Upon disembarking, fly to Shanghai, Check in a 4 star hotel. After dinner, take a stroll on the Bund, China's most famous waterfront stretching more than one mile.

D32

Visit Chenhuang Miao, the fascinating free market in the old part of the city, then take a lift up 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.

D33

Visit Zhouzhuang Village, which was established in 1086, the first year of the reign of Emperor Yuanyu of the Song Dynasty. In the late afternoon, drive back to Shanghai.

D34

Morning visit the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai, in the afternoon, take a flight to Guangzhou, After dinner, we will transfer you to the airport and hug you goodbye.