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Yangtze River Cruise
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Cities
to Visit: Beijing, Yichang, Yangtze River, Chongqing, Xi'an,
Tongli, Shanghai
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Quotation:
US $2,885/p.p.
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Single Supplement: US
$360/p.p. (just for hotels)
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Departure
time: May, June, Sept. Nov. /2002. 16 days
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 Tour
Introduction: The
highlight of this tour is the Yangtze River.
Tourists
will enjoy a non-stop parade of scenic attractions which include
the treacherous Xiling Gorge, the idyllic Wu Gorge, flanked by a
medley of craggy peaks and intriguing rock formation, and Gutang
Gorge, renowned not only for its abundant historical relics and
cultural heritage, but for its impressive mountainous landscape as
well. The
tour also include a variety of guided shore excursions to offer
tourists a first-hand glimpses of the unique and awe-inspiring
sights found off the beaten track in interior China. Highlights
include seeking the ancient cliff coffins, road ruins and Chinese
folk dance performance at Shennong Stream, exploring historic
temples at the City of Ghost and, water tables permitting, touring the
silk factory at Wanxian.
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Itinerary
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Day
01
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Arrive
in Beijing
by International Airline at late afternoon (Beijing Time), meet
your guide and transfer to CVIK
Hotel(4*). Welcome dinner. |
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Day
02
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American buffet breakfast between 07:00 - 08:30, then take bus
to Temple
of Heaven and Pearl House in the morning to begin a full but relaxed day tour.
Back to Hotel for a break, and then Tian'anmen
Square Forbidden
City, dinner show
in
Dai Nationality Style Restaurant. Back to hotel. (BLD)
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Day
03
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Leave
at 8:30 in the morning after a good sleep and breakfast, on
the way to Great Wall (one-hour drive) to visit
Cloisonné Factory, one of the most famous Chinese crafts. Deling
tomb surroundings, one of the well-known Ming Tombs, local
village. Lunch at Siwei
Restaurant, then to Great Wall. Back to hotel about 17:30,
have a break, leave again at 18:30 for Peking Duck Banquet. (BLD)
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Day
04
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Finish
your breakfast before 09:00, bus to Summer Palace, the most beautiful lake in
China. Free after lunch, Pack your luggage, leave checked-out luggage
out of your door before 22:00. (BL)
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Day
05
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Finish
your breakfast and check out of the hotel before 08:00, morning flight to
Yichang, city,
a small but an old city in the east mouth of the Three Gorges. Lunch and
city tour in
Yichang, board on cruise (King or
Queen, the only five-star cruise) after dinner. (BLD)
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Day
06- -Day 09
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Yangtze
River Cruise with three meals on ship.
(BLD)
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Day
10
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Chongqing:
Landing, transfer to Hoitak Hotel (4*), rest before lunch, and bus to
Dazu Rock Caving in the afternoon. Free after dinner. (BLD)
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Day
11
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Leave
your luggage out of your room before 08:00, breakfast and
check out hotel before 09:00, Chongqing commercial street,
Prison used in the 1940s, flight to Xi'an
after lunch. Check in Bell Tower Hotel (4*) in Xi'an,
Free till dinner and then Tang Dynasty Show. (BLD)
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Day
12
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This
is a full-day. Leave hotel at 09:00 after breakfast, City
Wall, Chinese Furniture Center after. Terra-cotta
Warriors and Horses after lunch, and then to visit a local
village. Back
to hotel at 17:30, break for one hour and then to enjoy Dumpling Banquet.
Pack your luggage. (BLD)
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Day
13
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Leave
your luggage out of your room before 08:00, breakfast and
check out hotel before 09:00, leave for Shanghai. Check in Grand You
You Hotel (4*). Lunch at Shanghai Jade
Factory to take Mongolia-style barbecue. Wandering
along the Bund, visit Children's
Palace, (BLD)
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Day
14
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Bus
to Tongli,
a typical Chinese town with traditional house, bridge.
Cruising the Huangpu
River to see the beautiful night of Shanghai. (BLD)
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Day
15
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Free
after dinner.
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Day
16
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Set off to the international
airport for home. (B)
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