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Tour Package: YR_06
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12 Days Yangtze River Cruise Tour
Destinations: Beijing, Xi'an, Chongqing, Yangtze River, Wuhan, Shanghai
Tour Code: YR_06
Departure: Depending on the downstream cruise date of China Regal Cruises

Tour Itinerary

Day 01 Entry Beijing
Upon your arrival in Beijing, our tour guide will pick you up at the airport and transfer to your hotel.
Day 02 Beijing (B/L/D)
Visit the Forbidden City (the Imperial Palace), the Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. Enjoy the Beijing Duck Dinner and the Peking Opera in the evening.

Forbidden City: Also called Palace Museum and is located at the center of Beijing. It was the imperial palace during the Ming (1368 - 1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties.
Tiananmen Square: The biggest downtown Square of the world, it is located in the heart of urban Beijing and large enough to accommodate an assembly of one million people.
Temple of Heaven: The place where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
Beijing Duck Dinner: Beijing Roasted duck is renowned as the most delicious food of Beijing.
Peking Opera: Beijing Opera is deemed the national opera of China. The accompanying music, singing and costumes are full of Chinese cultural facts.

Day 03 Beijing (B/L)
Take an excursion to the Badaling Great Wall and the Ming Tombs.

Badaling Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symble of China. The Great Wall extends to more than 5,000 kilometers.
Ming Tombs: Located 60 Kilometers north of Beijing, Ming Tombs consist of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors.
Day 04 Beijing - Xi'an (B/L)
Visit the Summer Palace. Transfer to the airport for flight to Xi'an. Visit the Ancient City
Wall. Enjoy the local speciality Dumpling
dinner this evening.

Summer Palace: The largest imperial garden of Ming and Qing dynasty. The whole Summer Palace covers an area of over 290 hectares including more than 3,000 buildings, such as halls, pavilions, towers, etc.
Dumpling: A traditional and popular food with a long history in China. There is a popular saying in China: "There is nothing more delicious than Jiaozi."
Day 05 Xi'an (B/L/D)
Visit the Terra cotta Warriors Museum, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Great Mosque. Enjoy the Tang Dynasty Dinner Show in the evening.

Terra cotta Warriors Museum: The most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. It is a sight not to be missed by any visitor to China.
Big Wild Goose Pagoda: The Pagoda was first built in 652 in the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzang, a prominent Buddhist scholar of the time, planned to have ahuge stone pagoda built to house the Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures he had brought back from India.
Great Mosque:Built in 742 A.D., the mosque was restored in each of the Yuan (1271 - 1368), Ming and Qing Dynasties. The distribution of pavilions, halls, towers and platforms in the mosque is compact and exquisite, blending the traditional architectural styles of Islam and Han.
Tang Dynasty Dinner Show: A performance of Chang'an music and dances that was originated in the Tang dynasty of Chinese history over a thousand years ago.
Day 06 Xi'an - Chongqing (B/L/D)
Visit the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum. Transfer to the airport for flight to Chongqing. Our guide will pick you up from the airport. Visit the Chongqing Zoo and Ciqikou old street. After dinner, board the 5 star luxurious German-made China Regal Cruises for a memorable voyage down the mighty Yangtze River.

Shaanxi Provincial History Museum: Covers an area of 70,000 square meters, the museum houses a large collection of 113,000 historic and cultural artefacts unearthed in Shaanxi, being an absolute must for every visitor to the city.
Day 07 Chongqing / Fengdu / (BLD)
The cruise ship set sail from Chongqing early in the morning. 14:30-17:00 Shore excursion to the ghost city at Fengdu. Back to the ship and continue the cruise. The Captain's Welcome Party will be held at 20:30.
Day 08 Three Gorges / Sandouping / (BLD)
07:00-07:30, sail through the Qutang Gorge, its towering rock formations have names which reflect their bizarre shapes such as Hanging Monk Rock or Rhinoceros Looking at the Moon.

08:00-09:00, pass the second gorge - Wu Gorge, celebrated for its lofty Twelve Peaks which almost blot out the sky. The guides will talk about legend of historic sites: Ancient Plank Road, Mengliang Stairway and the suspended coffins on the sheer cliffs.

10:15-13:15, disembark at Badong and take a sampan tour to the picturesque Shennong Stream. The Shennong Stream is a tributary carrying clear, cooler water into the Yangtse. The "stream" runs through steep gorges, in which the ancient asian Bahu people used to live, thousands of years ago. Back to the ship and continue the cruise.

16:00-17:00, pass the Xiling Gorge. About 66 km long, it is the longest of the Three Gorges and is entirely within Hubei Province. This gorge is full of shoals and rapid currents.

17:00-20:00, passing through the ship-lock of the three gorges dam.
Day 09 Sandouping / (BLD)
08:00-10:15, shore excursion to visit the Three Gorges Dam, it is planned to be by far the largest hydroelectric project in the world. Back to the ship and continue the cruise. Pass the eastern section of Xiling Gorge. Exit the gorges at Yichang, pass the ship lock of Gezhouba Dam. Have a music and dancing party in the evening.
Day 10 Sandouping / Wuhan / Shanghai / (BL)
Disembarkation in Wuhan at 12:00. Our local guides will get on board to meet you. Visit the Hubei Provincial Museum and the Yellow Crane Tower. Transfer to the airport for flight to Shanghai.
Day 11 Shanghai (B/L/D)
Visit the Shanghai Museum, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Yu Yuan Garden and the Jade Buddha Temple. Enjoy the Portman Acrobatic Show in the evening.

Shanghai Museum: The museum boasts over 120,000 pieces of collection, including bronze, ceramics, paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, ancient Chinese coins, jade furniture, and western art.
Oriental Pearl TV Tower: With a height of 1,245 feet, it is one of the tallest structures in Asia.
Yu Yuan Garden: A traditional Chinese park complete with beautiful pavilions, miniature lakes, bridges and rock formations.
 Jade Buddha Temple: Built in 1881, one of the famous Buddhist temples in East China. Here many ancient statues, paintings, a complete set of Buddhist scriptures (printed in the Qing Dynasty), and over 7000 other rare scriptures are kept.
Day 12 Exit (B)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your departure, end of service.

Quotation and Hotel Accommodation
Tour quotations are only applied for 2-5 peaple as a group, further discount availible for group number more than 5 people. The private guided tour is tailored for you exclusively. No other participants will be in your group and you will not take part into any tours of others on land services.

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