Itinerary (B: Breakfast; L: Lunch; D: Dinner)

Day 01: Arrive in Shanghai
When you arrive in Shanghai, your guide will greet you at the airport and take you to your hotel where you will have time to relax and settle down.

Day 02: Shanghai (B/L/D)
Today's excursion takes you to Nanjing Road, the Bund, the Yu Garden, and the well-known Temple of City Patron.

Day 03: Shanghai / Yichang (B/L/D)
Morning free at leisure. After lunch, fly to Yichang, city tour upon arrival, then you will be transferred to the cruise for overnight.

Day 04: On the Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)
Passing through Three Gorges Dam
Sail through Three Gorges shiplock and Xiling Gorge
Day 05: On the Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)
Shore excursion to Daning River Small Gorges or Shennong Stream
Passing through Wu Gorge / Qutang Gorge
Day 06: On the Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)
Shore excursion to Shibaozhai or Wanzhou

Day 07: Chongqing / Guilin (B/L/D)
Disembarkation at Chongqing City at 09:00,Next you will be driven to the airport where your guide will meet you on board and see you off for the flight to Guilin. After landing in Guilin, you will be met by another guide and with a half-day tour of Elephant Trunk Hill, Afterwards, you are escorted to your hotel to check in.

Day 08: Guilin / Yangshuo (B/L/D)
Cruise on the famous Li river.Enjoy the splendid mountains, lush green pastures, farms, villages, and animals with a 4.5 hour cruise down the Li River. Guests are picked up at the Zhujiang Pier and escorted down to the thousand year old town of Yangshuo, where visitors can explore the town, then be taken to your hotel to rest.

Day 09: Yangshuo / Guilin / Chengdu (B/L/D)
You will have a free morning to explore the city on your own. After lunch, you will be driven back to Guilin and take a flight to Chengdu. After your arrival, you will be met at the airport and then be taken to your hotel to rest.

Day 10: Chengdu / Lhasa (B/L/D)
This morning you will first visit the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. Then you will be driven to the airport for your flight to Lhasa, Tibet. Upon your arrival in Lhasa you will be met by your guide and driven to the hotel to check-in. The first day in Lhasa there will be hardly any activities planned due to the change in oxygen levels. You are suggested to do as little as possible to give your bodies' time to adjust to the thin air. Dinner will be held at the local restaurant in the city.

Day 11: Lhasa (B/L/D)
The day begins with a tour of the Dalai Lamas' Summer Palace, Norbulingka and the exciting sutra-debating in the Sera Monastery. Next you will visit the world famous Potala Palace. Dinner will be served for you at the hotel.

Day 12: Lhasa (B/L/D)
Today you will visit the Jokhang Temple, the most sacred place for Tibetan Pilgrims. Around the temple is Barkhor Street, a place where you can bargain for souvenirs. After lunch, you will go to the Tibetan Museum. If you would like, we can also arrange a tour to the workshop of the Lhasa Carpet Factory for a visit of making traditional Tibetan carpets and also the Tibetan Traditional Hospital. Tonight's dinner will be served at the hotel.

Day 13: Lhasa / Xian (B/L/D)
Take a flight to Xian, the ancient capital city of China. Tonight's dinner will consist of an imperial dumpling banquet followed by a show of dancing and music from the Tang Dynasty.

Day 14: Xian (B/L/D)
After eating breakfast, you will visit the Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses, widely regarded as the eighth wonder of the world and then visitthe Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Day 15: Xian / Beijing (B/L/D)
Morning you will visit the ancient City Wall followed by the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. After lunch, fly to Beijing. When you arrive in Beijing, your guide will greet you and take you to your hotel where you will have time to relax and settle down.

Day 16: Beijing (B/L/D)
Today you will visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the largest and most intact structures of the imperial palace. This was where 24 Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors ruled China for over 500 years. After lunch, visit the Summer Palace. In the evening you will attend a famous Chinese Acrobatic Show.

Day 17: Beijing (B/L/D)
The highlight of today's tour is a trip to the Great Wall of China, the only man-made structure on Earth that can be observed from the moon. After lunch, you will visit the Ming Tombs, the burial site for 13 of the Ming emperors. For dinner, you will enjoy the famous Peking Roast Duck.

Day 18: Depart from Beijing (B)
After breakfast, transfer to airport to catch your flight to the next destination.
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