33-day Majestic China Tour
Beijing, Taiyuan, Pingyao, Xi'an, Luoyang, Shanghai, Yangtze cruise, Chengdu, Lhasa, Zhongdian, Lijiang, Dali, Kunming, Guilin, Hong Kong
Tour highlights:
Beijing: The Great Wall, the Forbidden City
Pingyao: Ancient town
Xian: Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum
Luoyang: Longmen Grotto
Shanghai: the Bund and Yu Garden
Yangtze cruise: the Three Gorges
Chengdu: Panda Breeding Center
Lhasa: Potala Palace
Zhongdian: Songzanglin Monastery
Lijiang: Tiger Leaping Gorge, ancient town
Dali: Erhai Lake cruise
Kunming: The Stone Forest
Guilin: Li River cruise, Yangshuo
Hong Kong: a shopping paradise for tourists
Itinerary:
Day 1 Arrival in Beijing
Day 1 Arrival in Beijing Arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport. Our guide will greet you at the exit of Arrival Hall & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day. Stay at Bamboo Garden Hotel.
Day 2 Beijing
Full day trip to the Tian'anmen Square,
the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven.
Day 3 Beijing
Full day trip to the Great Wall and Ming Tomb.
Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.
Day 4 Beijing/Taiyuan
Visit the Summer Palace, and 3-wheel rickshaw tour to Hutong. Transfer to train station and take an overnight train to Taiyuan.
Day 5 Taiyuan/Pingyao
Be met and transfer to have breakfast, visit Jin
Ancestral Temple, Family Qiao Courtyard House,
and proceed to Pingyao.
Day 6 Pingyao/Xian
Visit Ancient town, Double Forest Temple.
Take an overnight train to Xian.
Day 7 Xian
Be met at the train station and transfer to hotel for breakfast. Visit the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum, and the Wild Goose Pagoda.
Day 8 Xian/Luoyang
Visit Old City Wall, and old city quarters. Transfer
to take an early afternoon train to Luoyang.
Be met and transfer to hotel.
Day 9 Luoyang
Drive to Shaolin Temple to see the hometown
of Chinese martial arts, visit Pagoda Forest and
local Martial Art School.
Day 10 Luoyang/Shanghai
Visit Longmen Grottoes. Take an afternoon flight to Shanghai. Be met and transfer to hotel.
Day 11 Shanghai
Visit Yu Garden, Shanghai Museum,
and the Bund (Nanjing Road).
Day 12 Shanghai
Drive to Zhujiajiao to see an ancient water town.
Free afternoon.
Day 13 Shanghai/Yichang
Free morning. Take afternoon flight to Yichang and transfer to board a 4 star cruise.
Day 14 Yangtze Cruise
Shore excursion to Three Gorge Dam.
Day 15 Yangtze Cruise
Shore excursion to Lesser Three Gorges.
Day 16 Yangtze Cruise
Shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City.
Day 17 Chongqing/Chengdu
Disembark at Chongqing in the morning.
Transfer to board train to Chengdu.
Be met and transfer to hotel.
Day 18 Chengdu
Visit Panda Breeding Center, Qingyang Daoist Temple and Jinshan Cultural Relics.
Day 19 Chengdu
Transfer to fly to Lhasa. Be met and transfer to hotel. Free time for acclimatization
Day 20 Lhasa
Full day tour to Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple
and Barkhore Street.
Day 21 Lhasa
Full day tour to Drepung Monastery, Sera
Monastery and visit the Tibetan Family.
Day 22 Lhasa/Zhongdian
Take flight to Zhongdian. Visit Nixi Pottery Village, and Old Town.
Day 23 Zhongdian/Lijiang
Drive to Lijiang. Visit Tiger Leaping Gorge on the way. Bet met and transfer to hotel.
Day 24 Lijiang
Drive to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain to take a
cable car to Cloud Fur Meadow. Then visit
Baisha Mural and Lijiang old town.
Day 25 Lijiang/Dali
Free morning, transfer to take express bus
to Dali. Be met and transfer to hotel.
Day 26 Dali
Take a cruise at Er Lake, visit the nearby fishing village and Family Yan Compound, batik factory.
Day 27 Dali/Kunming
Take a morning flight to Kunming. Be met and transfer to visit West Hill by cable car and Dragon Gate.
Day 28 Kunming/Guilin
Visit the Stone Forest, and take an afternoon flight to Guilin. Be met and transfer to hotel.
Day 29 Guilin/Yangshuo
Take a leisurely cruise down Li River, and check
in the local hotel. Free time at the rest of the day.
Day 30 Yangshuo/Guilin/Hong Kong
Biking to the countryside to see the local farmer's
life. Drive to Guilin and visit Reed Flute Cave.
Then transfer to airport and fly to Hong Kong.
Be met and transfer to hotel.
Day 31 Hong Kong
Free day.
Day 32 Hong Kong
Free day.
Day 33 Hong Kong exit
Transfer to airport and fly to your next destination.