China Golden Triangle Cities & Yangtze River Cruise

Once you arrive at Beijing Airport, your professional guide will be waiting for you at the arrival hall holding a sign with your name on it. The driver will take you to the hotel and assist you in check-in process. For the rest of time, you can have a good rest in your room or manage your own activities.

Tiananmen Square, a revered place for Chinese people where you will stay for 30 minutes.

As a world-renowned imperial palace complex, it boasts magnificent ancient palatial constructions and cultural heritage. At least 2 hours are needed to appreciate its grandness. To ensure that you can taste authentic and diversified Chinese food, you will enjoy an a la carte lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) at a famous local restaurant.

In the afternoon, visit the Yonghe Temple, a solemn imperial lamasery that has survived over 300 years intact and features a blend of Han, Mongolian, and Tibetan architecture.

Drive to the Temple of Heaven to see the site where Chinese emperors worshiped.

This morning, you will be taken to Mutianyu Great Wall to experience at first hand the wonder of the Great Wall. The round-trip cable car will be arranged. Standing on the wall and looking at it, stretching up and down into boundless distance is an exciting experience and will leave a life-long memory. You can also choose to take a chairlift up and a toboggan down, which is somehow challenging but more exciting.

After the Great Wall tour, drive you back to the city. On the way, you can take photos for the Bird's Nest stadium where the 2008 Olympic Games were held.

Afterwards, you will take a rickshaw tour to explore the original Hutong alleys and have a chance to visit a local family.

After breakfast, your guide will take you to the Summer Palace, a summer resort for the royal families.

In the afternoon, drive you to the railway station and you will take a high speed train to Xi'an. Upon arrival, you will be met by a local professional tour guide and transferred to check in at the well selected hotel.

This morning you will have the chance to appreciate the amazing wonder - Terracotta Army Museum. In the museum, you can appreciate the pottery generals, soldiers with saddled horses and kneeling archers forming an impenetrable fortress to protect Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Afterwards, take a family visit to the home of the first discoverer of the Terracotta Army. And then make a mini clay warrior by yourself with the help of a local artisan.

After that, drive you back to downtown Xi'an. You will continue to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was built in the Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD) to store the Buddhist scriptures brought from ancient India.

Next, have some free time at the nearby Grand Tang Dynasty Ever-Bright City, a cult pedestrian street for locals and tourists alike to encounter cultural phenomena, like the spectacle of passers-by dressed in traditional Chinese clothes.

First, you come to the City Wall Park, the best place to know more about the local people's daily life and their entertainments. Then you will ascend the ancient City Wall. On the wall, you can walk around and feel the history of the city. Additionally, you can rent a bicycle and enjoy a special ride on the old wall. The bike rental fee is at your expense.

he merits of Chinese and Islamic cultures and is said to be the only Islamic mosque in Chinese style in the world.

Take a stroll on the lively Muslim street to savor for some local snacks.

You will visit the Provincial History Museum, which offers you an overview of the thousands of years of Chinese history and the splendid ancient cultures.

Your guide will escort you to the airport. You will take a flight to Chongqing and your local professional tour guide will expect you with comfortable transfer service. Then have a brief tour to see pandas and Ciqikou Village. Ciqikou, is an ancient village boasting folk houses dated from the Ming and Qing dynasties and spicy and mouth-watering local snacks. Transfer you to board the cruise ship. When the ship departs from Chongqing, your relaxing Yangtze River cruise tour begins.

This morning you will have a Safety, Orientation & River Briefing. You will learn the geography & river lore of China. After lunch, disembark for an excursion to the Shuangguishan National Forest Park. Around 18:00 Captain's Welcome Party presents Chinese folk dancing and music performance. You can also join in the fun.

Begin the passage with Qutang Gorge, the shortest and thegrandest of the Three Gorges. View the exquisite peaks and grotesquely shaped rocks. Pass the Wu Gorge with its famouslofty and misty peaks. Disembark for an excursion to the Shennv Stream. The trip features natural beauty and an exciting boat ride drifting along the crystal stream. The small motor boat allows you to experience a speedy adventure and have a close look at mossy rocks, verdant plants and precious animals. Then continue sailing into the western section of Xiling Gorge.

Disembark for an excursion to the Three Gorges Dam. Before that, please pack your luggage and complete check-out procedures.

After the excursion, the cruise company will drive you to the Three Gorges Tourist Center in Yichang. Our local guide will meet you there and escort you to the railway station for a high speed train to Shanghai and check in at the hotel.

This morning, Your local tour guide will pick you up at your hotel. You will visit one of the four largest museums in China, the Shanghai Museum, which specializes in exhibiting artworks from ancient times.

After that, explore Yu Garden and its nearby traditional bazaar. The symbol of the Garden is the Nine Zigzag Bridge built of granite and grass-white jade and the quaint, elegant mid-lake pavilion. Around noon, an a la carte farewell lunch (valued at CNY150.00 per person and included in our price) will be served to you at a very nice restaurant.

Take a one-hour cruise along the Huangpu River - the mother river of Shanghai. As the symbol and a microcosm of the city, the river has witnessed the glory, humiliation, despair, and prosperity of Shanghai.

Enjoy some free time on the Bund.

This day will conclude at Tianzifang, a cultural street with artsy stores, bars and restaurants.

Your guide and driver will meet you in the hotel at the appointed time and see you off at the airport. If you wish to extend your China tour package to other destinations, please contact your travel consultant to further discuss.