11 Days Beijing, Chongqing, Yangtze River, Yichang, Wuhan, Guilin And Shanghai Tour

Tour Code: GCN_08
Tour Type: Private Tour Package
Best Travel Time: Suitable for the whole year, best from April to November.

Tour Itinerary

Day 01	Arrive in Beijing Arrive in Beijing, our guide will meet you at the airport or railway station, and then transfer you to the downtown hotel. The rest of the day is free for your will, have a rest or take a walk near your hotel.
Day 02	Beijing (Breakfast, Lunch) After breakfast at hotel, visit the Tiananmen Square, then walk north to explore the Forbidden City. Later you will tour to the Summer Palace. Optional program in the evening: Peking Opera, Kungfu Show or Chinese Acrobatics. Tiananmen Square: The name of the square comes from the Tiananmen Gate, which is located on the north side of the square. Tiananmen was the main gate of the royal palace (Forbidden City) of both the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Forbidden City: The Forbidden City served as the royal palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and 24 emperors once lived there over a period of 500 years. Constructed from 1406 to 1420, covering an area of 720,000 square meters, it served as the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese imperial government. Summer Palace: Covering an area of 2.95 square kilometers, the Summer Palace is a well-preserved royal garden. It is a large landscape garden based on Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill. In 1998, the Summer Palace was listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.
Day 03	Beijing (Breakfast, Lunch) After breakfast, you will have an excursion to the Mutianyu Great Wall. After lunch, visit the Temple of Heaven. Drive back to downtown Beijing, stop by the Bird's Nest (Olympic National Stadium) and Water Cube (National Aquatics), to view the unique constructions and take some photos. Mutianyu Great Wall: With a length of 2,250 meters opened to the tourists, this section of Great Wall is considered the most beautiful in Beijng. The whole area is like a garden on a mountaintop. Mutianyu Great Wall has 25 watchtowers. There are abundant natural springs which feed a great variety of plants and fruit trees. The scenic beauty is excellent especially in spring and autumn. Temple of Heaven: Originally built in 1420 during the Ming Dynasty, it is famous for its 38-metre-high Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest. The Temple of Heaven is a circular construction, and is also a good example of China's ancient architectural art.
Day 04	Beijing - Chongqing (Breakfast, Lunch) This day you will explore Hutongs by rickshaw to know more about the life of local Beijing people. After lunch, you will be transferred to the airport for the flight to Chongqing. Upon your arrival at Chongqing airport, our local local guide will meet you and send you to the port for Yangtze River Cruise boarding. Hutong: Old lanes, alleys or small streets, formed by rows of courtyards where old Beijing residents lived. It is in these gray-tiled long lanes that families play, buy goods, gossip, and connect. In the past, hutongs are home to celebrities, business owners and officials. Now Hutong is the first choice for visitors who are interested in learning about the Beijing's history and traditional culture.
Day 05	Yangtze River Cruise (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) Start sailing along the Yangtze River in the morning. Enjoy the marvelous scenery along way. 08:30-10:00 Shore excursion to the 400-year-old Shibaozhai Temple or Fengdu City which has formed a special culture of ghosts and the afterlife. The shore excursions are subject to the arrangement by cruise company. 13:00-17:00 Participate activities on board. 18:00 Captain's welcoming banquet, then 20:00 enjoy singing, dancing and music performance by the cruise staff in the evening.
Day 06	Yangtze River Cruise: Qutang Gorge - Wu Gorge (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) 08:00-10:00 Sailing through the spectacular Qutang Gorge and the pretty Wu Gorge. 10:00-13:30 take shore excursion for Shennong Stream or Lesser Three Gorges (depending on different cruise itineraries). You have the option of visiting White Emperor City. After that, return to the cruise ship for viewing the Xiling Gorge scenery. 20:00 Singing & Dancing Concert. 20:00-24:00 Pass the ship locks of the Gorges Dam.
Day 07	Yangtze River Cruise - Yichang - Wuhan - Guilin (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) See the great project of Three Gorges Dam after breakfast. Return to the ship and ready for check-out. The ship will arrive in Yichang at around 11:30 and our guide will pick you up on board. Afterwards, transfer you to the Wuhan Airport to take the afternoon flight for Guilin. Met and transferred to your hotel. Arrive in Guilin, our English speaking tour guide will meet you at Liangjiang International Airport and transfer to your hotel with private air-conditioned vehicle. After claiming your luggage, you will easily find our guide holding a welcome sign with your name on it.
Day 08	Guilin - Li River Cruise - Yangshuo (Breakfast, Lunch) Today's highlight is taking the Li River Cruise. Li River Scenic Zone is one of the largest and most beautiful karst landscape tourist areas in China. In the morning, be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier, which takes about 50 minutes' driving. Then aboard the boat to start the cruise down to Yangshuo that takes about 4-5 hours. Cruising on the crystal clear Li River, visitors will view many limestone peaks and bamboo groves along the riverbank like a traditional Chinese painting; water buffaloes pulling the plough; fishermen and their cormorants glide on narrow bamboo rafts. Have lunch on the boat. After disembarking the boat, ramble in the West Street - the most ancient stone slate street in Yangshuo which was first built in 590 A.D.. Tour to countryside and villages.
Day 09	Yangshuo - Guilin - Shanghai (Breakfast, Lunch) Drive 1.5 hours back to Guilin. Tour to the Reed Flute Cave and the Elephant Trunk Hill. Enjoy a leisure walk from the picturesque Fir Lake to the Banyan Lake and the Southern Ancient Gate. You will be accompanied by tour guide to Guilin airport to board flight for Shanghai. Reed Flute Cave: The cave contains some of the most extraordinary underground scenery in Guilin. Inside the cave are a large number of stalagmites, stalactites, stone curtains, stone pillars, and stone flowers. Illuminated by the colorful lights, the cave looks like a dazzling and splendid underground palace. Elephant Trunk Hill: It looks like an elephant dipping its trunk into the Li River, hence the name. A pagoda that was constructed in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is found on the hill. The Elephant Hill Park is the most visited park in Guilin.
Day 10	Shanghai (Breakfast, Lunch) Tour to the visit Yuyuan Garden. Afterwards, explore the nearby Chenghuang Miao bazaars and XinTianDi. After lunch, take a stroll over The Bund and Nanjing Road. Yuyuan Garden: First constructed in 1559 as a private garden, the classical Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) garden covers an area of 20,000 square meters. Inside the garden, there are elegant pavilions, grottoes, zigzag bridges crossing streams, fresh greenery and lotus ponds teaming with goldfish.
Day 11	Shanghai - Departure (Breakfast) You will be accompanied by tour guide to Shanghai airport to board flight for onward destination. End of our services.

Hotels For This Tour

City	Luxury	Standard	Comfortable
Beijing	Crowne PLaza Hotel	Sunworld Hotel	King Parkview Hotel
Guilin	Sheraton Hotel	Guilin Plaza Hotel	Grand 0773 Hotel
Yangshuo	Green Lotus Hotel	New Century Hotel	Ai Yuan Hotel
Shanghai	Renaissance Yuyuan	Galaxy Hotel	Holiday Inn Express

Quotation For The Above Tour
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1. Your name and nationality;
2. The number of persons in your party, if there are children, please let us know their age;
3. Your travel date;
4. Would you like 5-star luxury hotels or standard 4-star hotels or comfortable 3-star hotels for your tour;
5. If you would like us to tailor make a new tour for you that is different from above tour, please let us know your requests.

Tour Quotation Inclusions
1. Entrance fees for sights.
2. Meals as listed in the itinerary: Daily American or Chinese breakfast at the hotel, Chinese lunch and dinner in local Chinese restaurant as specified in the itinerary.
3. Personal Guide and private transport between airport or railway station and hotel and all the sights by air-conditioned vehicle.
4. Hotels: twin sharing bases with private facilities.
5. China Life Tourist Accident / Casualty Insurance. We highly recommend that you purchase full coverage travel insurance from your country of origin.
6. The economic class air tickets of the domestic flight or soft berth / seat train tickets between cities as specified in the itinerary.
7. Guiding service: All normal sightseeing tours in each city with English-speaking guide and admission fees where applicable. Our guide will not fly with you from one city to another. Upon your arrival at each city, a new local guide and driver will pick you up, be with you for local tour and see you off after you finish the itinerary of each city. The cruise shore excursion is in-group assigned by the cruise company.

Tour Quotation Exclusions
1. The international or domestic air / train charge of arrival and departure.
2. Visa Fees.
3. Excess Baggage Charges.
4. Personal Expenses.
5. Meals: Any meals which are not specified.
6. Single Room Supplement.
7. Optional programs which are not specified in the above itinerary.
8. Gratuities, Tips to guides or drivers.

What is single supplement?
The hotel is based on double occupancy. If the visitor travels alone or the number of the travelers is odd (such as 3,5, 7...), who stays in one single room has to pay the single room supplement. As the hotel is on double occupancy.