China Cruise Tour

16 Day CM China Cruise Tour

Itinerary

Day 01 Australia/Beijing

Depart from Australia to Beijing. Upon arrival into Beijing, you will be met by our guide and transfer to your hotel in Beijing. Touring program starts the next day.

Day 02 Beijing

After breakfast, enjoy day tour to the Great Wall of China, the Badalin or Mutianyu section, away from the crowds, taking a cable car ride and climbing the ramparts. We are in discussion about another attraction we can take you in the afternoon near Badalin Great Wall, where not many tourists go, will send you details. In the evening, we will take you to the restaurant of your choice*, we’ll recommend plenty options. (B) Optional heli sightseeing tour over the Wall, massage treatment in the evening.

Day 03 Beijing

After breakfast, visit Forbidden City, the vast complex of palaces, which was home to successive Emperors for more than 500 years. After lunch, we tour the Tian’anmen Square, the biggest public square in the world and Summer Palace, the largest and the best preserved of all imperial palace gardens, and take a boat ride on its Lake Kunming if weather permits. Evening visit to the Beijing Olympic stadium – the bird’s nest before diner and other activities. Dinner at your own arrangement. (B)

Day 04 Beijing

After breakfast, participate in a morning Tai Chi class at the Temple of Heaven, the 500 year old Temple houses altars on which sacrifices and offerings were laid to the gods in a glorious setting of gardens, tress and sculptures. Pedicab ride through the old alleyways of Beijing, courtyard gardens, experience local life on a family visit and kindergarten if opens. Leisure after lunch. Dinner at your own arrangement. (B)

Day 05 Beijing/Xian

Moring at leisure. Be transferred to the airport in the afternoon for a flight to Xian. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to Sofitel or similar 5 star hotels. After dinner at your own arrangement., you will enjoy a traditional Tang Dynasty show. (B)

Day 06 Xian

After breakfast, morning tour to the greatest archaeological discovery of the century, more than 2,000 year-old Terracotta Warriors interred with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Afternoon to Banpo Museum , where built on Banpo Neolithic remains village which dates back to 6,000 years ago. Walk or bike tour on the ancient city wall, followed by visit to Muselin quarter. Dinner at your own arrangement. (B)

Day 07 Xian/Guilin

After breakfast, a short city tour, transfer to airport for your flight to Guilin. Be met and greeted upon arrival and transferred to your hotel Homa Libre. Art classes scheduled for the afternoon Evening at leisure and enjoy Homa Libre fine dining. Dinner at your own arrangement. (B)

HOMA Libre marks a renaissance in Asian hospitality. Nestled between a limestone peak and a pine forest, and featuring a unique sloping roof covered with grass, the hotel sits in harmony with its environment. The only Chinese hotel member of the prestigious Relais & Chateaux alliance, it offers guests a level of style and design never before available in China.
Options to explore Yuzi Paradis and its arts:

. art classes
. biking
. village visit

Day 8 Guilin

After breakfast, visit Reed Flute Cave(lu, a site of wonderful limestone caves, showcasing a dazzling variety of stalactite and stalagmite stone formations. after lunch, visit the Elephant Trunk, situated majestically at the southeast of Guilin city and west bank of Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill is regarded as the symbol of Guilin landscape. Dinner at your own arrangement. (B)

Day 9 Guilin/Yangshuo

Drive to Yangshuo and get on boat ride to experience the best scenery of Guilin. You will also have a chance to roam Yangshuo’s local market in the afternoon. The well-known West Street in Yangshuo also called Foreigner Street, which has the history of 1400 years. Late Evening, enjoy an Impressional Liu SanJie show. Dinner at your own arrangement. Stay overnight in Yang Shuo.(B)

Day10 Guilin/Chongqing

After breakfast drive from Yangshuo to Guilin, mid afternoon flight to Chongqing, Be met and greeted upon arrival and enjoy a city tour and dinner before pre-board your cruiser for Yangtze River cruise tour.(B)

Day 11 Yangtze River Cruise

After breakfast, start your spectacular cruise along the mighty Yangtze River. Relax on deck or in the lounge, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the magnificent Three Gorges. Sailing downstream, view the Qutang , Wu and Xiling Gorges, and enjoy a side trip up Shennong Stream. Shore excursions include Fengdu , the " Ghost City “. (B/L/D)

Day 12 Yangtze River Cruise

Enjoy your cruise along the river today. (B/L/D)

Day 13 Yichang / Shanghai

Disembark at Yichang. After short city tour, transfer to airport for your morning flight to Shanghai. Upon arrival Shanghai Airport, catch the Maglev Train in to Shanghai city where you will be greeted by our guide and transferred to the Radisson New World or similar 5 star hotel. Rest of day at leisure. (B)

Day 14 Shanghai

After breakfast, morning tour to the Bund, a popular promenade along the Huangpu River, where the old meets the modern in Shanghai , then to the Old Town with its winding alleyways, lined with shops, tea houses and restaurants, and to the elegant and tranquil Yu Garden. In the afternoon, visit the Shanghai Xintiandi, which is a new tourist attraction in downtown Shanghai, featuring the city’s unique " Shikumen " houses and a maze of narrow alleys, which have been converted into specialist F & B, retail, entertainment and cultural facilities .Dinner at your own arrangement. (B)

Day 15 Shanghai / Xitang / Shanghai

After breakfast, your guide will pick you up at the hotel and transfer to Xitang, covering a distance of 90km from Shanghai. The town, where Mission Impossible was filmed, is densely distributed with rivers and has a very quiet natural environment. 9 rivers converge in this town, dividing it into 8 sections, but many bridges link this water town together. Inside the town, there are many well-preserved architectural groups constructed during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Lunch will be at a local restaurant. Return to Shanghai late afternoon. Dinner at your own arrangement. (B)

Day 16 Shanghai / Home

At leisure before transfer to the airport for your flight back home. (B)