Classic China - Rail
Cruise 13 days / 14 days
HongKong, Wuhan, upstream Yangtze cruise, Chongqing,
Xian, Beijing
Cost $2485USD/person
That's HongKong, China!
Day 1 : HONG KONG
Arrival Hong Kong, free leisure on your own.
HongKong hotel included.
Day 2 : HONG KONG
A further day free at leisure.
HongKong hotel included.
Day 3 : WUHAN
Fly to Wuhan, you will be met by your private
guide and driver. Enjoy a short city tour of the historic Yellow
Crane Tower before boarding the Victoria
Cruise where you'll spend the next five nights. During the next few
days, when not on deck, you may attend lectures on Chinese medicine,
calligraphy, history or the Three Gorges Dam project, or enjoy the various
amenities onboard including outdoor jacuzzi, fitness center, massage
serivce, game room and beauty salon. (L, D)
Victoria Cruise Sailing on Yangtze
Day
4 : YANGZI RIVER CRUISE
Cruise set sail in the morning. Your first port of call is at Yueyang. Enjoy a shore excursion to the attractive Yueyang Pavilion, a scared temple complex with a history dating back to the Tang Dynasty in the 8th century. (B, L, D)
Day 5 : YANGZI RIVER CRUISE
This morning sail through the Three Gorges Dam Site ,the largest water engineering project in man-kind history to date. This afternoon prepared yourself for a breathtaking scenery as your cruise enters the magnificent Xiling Gorges and Wu Gorges. (B, L, D)
Day 6 : YANGZI RIVER CRUISE
This morning enjoy a fantastic ride on sampan along the crystal waters
of the Shennong Stream .This afternoon continue to sail through the Qutang Gorge. (B, L, D)
Yangtze River ,China
Day 7 : YANGZI RIVER CRUISE
Morning enters the lush mountain range of Chongqing. This afternoon your
cruise dock at Fengdu, known as the "City of Devils." Here
you see numerous devil-like statues in temples dotted on the lush
Mingshan Hill since the Tang Dynasty in 10th-century A.D. (B, L,
D)
Day 8 : CHONGQING
Morning disembark cruise at Chongqing. Your private guide and driver
will meet you onboard.
Later
this afternoon return to Chongqing and take a short flight to Xian.
Private transfer to the hotel of your choice for 2 nights. (B, L)
Day 9 : XIAN
Private grand tour of Xian, covering the Terracotta Warriors, Big Goose
Pagoda, Forest of Steles and Shaanxi Provincial Museum. (B,L)
Day 10 : XIAN
After a leisurely breakfast at hotel, your guide will take you for a walk on the massive Ancient City Walls and see the Bell Tower. You'll then have some leisure time to stroll along the South Gate, a lively pedestrian quarter where you'll see locals practising Tai Chi exercises, street artists demonstrating their wonderful skills, and vendors selling their hand-made craftworks.
Fly to Beijing this afternoon, transfer to hotel. (B,L)
Day 11 : BEIJING
Your guide will take you for a grand city tour visiting the Tiananmen
Square, Great Hall of People, Chairman Mao Mausoleum, Forbidden City
and Temple of Heaven. (B, L)
Day 12 : BEIJING
A day trip outside Beijing to visit the Great Wall of China and the Summer Palace. This evening, a cultural performance is included - your choice of peking opera, acrobatics show or puppet show in a local teahouse. (B, L)
* Cultural performance is excluded in Standard Class.
Great Wall, China Day 13 : BEIJING
Free day at leisure in Beijing
Day 14 : BEIJING
After breakfast, transfer to airport for your connecting flight home.
End of itinerary.
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