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Our guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the hotel. Stroll along the Bund if time permits.

 

Today tour the Shanghai Museum and the Yuyuan Garden. Later, you will visit a local family to experience the local people's life. Tonight's dinner will feature Shanghai cuisine at the renowned 260-year old Wang Bao He restaurant. After dinner, you'll go to the Shanghai Centre Theatre and see the fabulous Portman Acrobatic Show. (B+L+D)

 

This morning tour the Jade Buddha Temple. Then take flight to Wuhan. You will have the opportunity to visit the Hubei Provincial Museum. Tonight enjoy your dinner at a local renowned restaurant. Then you will embark on the deluxe German-made cruise ship. At 19:00, the ship sets sail up the mighty Yangtze River. (B+L+D)

 

Enjoy a full day cruise sailing on the majestic Yangtze River. (B+L+D)

 

Today, visit the monumental Three Gorges Dam Project at Sandouping. (B+L+D)

 

Today, you'll stop at the town of Badong and take a small junk up the Shennong Stream and enjoy the spectacular natural scenery. (B+L+D)

 

Take a land excursion to Wanxian County to visit the local market and enjoy the youth acrobatic show there. (B+L+D)

 

At 10:00 our cruise ends in Chongqing. You will then have the opportunity to visit the Panda House in Chongqing Zoo and the Residence of General Joseph W. Stilwell. Enjoy a sumptuous buffet lunch at the 4-star Holiday Inn Yangtze. Then take a flight to Xian and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

 

Tour the astounding Museum of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses. Then we'll return to the city for an excellent Cantonese lunch. In the afternoon, explore the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the City Wall. Tonight you'll enjoy Xian's famous dining specialty, the Dumpling Banquet. After dinner you'll be entertained by the marvelous Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Show. (B+L+D)

 

Visit the magnificent Shaanxi Provincial History Museum. After enjoying a delicious a la carte lunch at a local cuisine restaurant, visit the Great Mosque, the center of Xian's sizeable Muslim community. Then take a late afternoon light to Beijing and transfer to the hotel. (B+L)

 

Today you will walk on the most visited segment of the Great Wall, Badaling. To avoid the tourist eateries at the Wall, you will be taken to a local popular Sichuan restaurant for lunch. After lunch, you will visit the Ming Tomb and the ornate Summer Palace on the shores of the immense Kunming Lake. (B+L)

 

You will walk through Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven.  Tonight you will feast on Peking Duck Dinner at a famous restaurant.  Following dinner you will witness a lively Peking Opera performance at the Liyuan Theatre. (B+L+D)

 

You will be transferred to the airport to board your homeward bound flight filled with memories of your exciting journey to this most amazing land. (B)