Arrival in Beijing ( Meals: -/-/- )

Beijing - Welcome to our magnificent China tour! Our guide will greet you outside the baggage claim area at Beijing Airport and escort you to the hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to explore the city on your own.

Beijing (Meals: B/L/SD)

Mutianyu Great Wall - Tourist spot: Mutianyu Great Wall — 798 Art Zone — Peking Duck Banquet. After breakfast at the hotel, the itinerary will take you to the Mutianyu Great Wall. You will take a cable car to see this crucial section of the world-famous China Great Wall. Mutianyu has a history of over 1400 years, dating back to the Northern Qing Dynasty (550-570). Standing on the wall and seeing it stretch up and down into the boundless distance is an exhilarating experience.

798 Art Zone - Next, you will visit Beijing’s 798 Art Zone, located in the northeast suburb of Beijing. The former factory plant has become a haven for artists from home and abroad. Artists gather here to open galleries, art studios, and cafes, and hold various art events, making the area a prominent name in the artistic circle. In the evening, you will enjoy an authentic and delicious Peking Duck Banquet.

Beijing (Meals: B/L/D)

Jingshan Park (Jingshan Gongyuan) - Tourist spot: Coal Hill Park — Forbidden City — Great Hall of the People — Zhengyang Gate — Dashilar Alley and Temple of Heaven. After breakfast at the hotel, visit Coal Hill Park, where you can have a bird’s eye view of the Forbidden City.

Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - Later, we will go to the Forbidden City to explore its fascinating halls and palaces. Here, you will not only learn how the emperor handled political affairs and lived their lives but also appreciate numerous ancient art treasures.

Temple of Heaven - The Temple of Heaven is where the emperors worshipped the heavens in hopes of good harvests. The Peking Opera Show will leave you with a wonderful impression.

Beijing – Xian by bullet train ( Meals: B/L/D )

Summer Palace (Yiheyuan) - After breakfast, the first stop of today’s itinerary is the Summer Palace. Located in northwest suburban Beijing, it is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. It was first built in the 12th century as an imperial palace. Occupying a total area of 304 hectares, the Summer Palace features hilly and water scenery. Kunming Lake makes up four-fifths of this royal park. The Long Corridor running east-west along the lake, as well as the Pavilion of the Fragrance of Buddha, the Sea of Wisdom, the Hall of Dispelling the Clouds, and Suzhou Street standing south to north on Longevity Hill, are the major scenic spots. The Summer Palace was added to the world cultural heritage list in 1998.

Qianmen Main Street Mall - In the afternoon, an interesting trip to the old Hutongs will let you experience Old Beijing’s culture. Accompanied by your guide and traveling along the narrow lanes, you will get a close look at the original Beijing lifestyle. Then your tour guide will see you off at Beijing train station to Xian.

Xi’an ( Meals: B/L/SD )

The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses - After breakfast at your hotel, you will visit the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, the most significant archeological excavation of the 20th century. It has been regarded as THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD!

Muslim Quarter - After lunch, we will visit the Great Mosque, one of the oldest, largest, and best-preserved Islamic mosques in China, and the Muslim Street, the hub of the Muslim community in Xi’an City. After visiting Muslim Street, you will have an optional tour to Gao Yue Song’s ancient style Folk House, formerly a high-rank official’s residence during the Ming Dynasty some 300 years ago. This house won the UNESCO Prize for Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Area in 2002, and you will be delighted to see a dying art: Shadow Play Opera performed by farmers.

Xian-Chengdu by bullet train or flight (Meal: B/L/D)

Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta) - After breakfast at your hotel, you will be taken by your private guide and driver to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, situated south of Xi’an city. As one of the main constructions in the famous Buddhist temple Da-Ci-En Temple, the pagoda is one of the most distinctive and outstanding landmarks of Xi’an City.

Xi’an City Wall (Chengqiang) - The City Wall is the most complete city wall surviving in China and one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.

Shaanxi History Museum - Shaanxi Provincial Museum is the largest comprehensive museum in the province. Take a flight from Xi’an to Chengdu tonight, where you will be greeted by your guide at the airport in Chengdu.

Chengdu (Meals: B/L/D)

Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi) - After breakfast at the hotel, you will visit the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, a non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals. Founded in 1987, the Chengdu Panda Base started with 6 giant pandas rescued from the wild. By 2008, it had 124 panda births, and the captive panda population had grown to 83.

Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum - Some of the first objects in the museum were found in 1929 by a farmer while digging a well. In the process, the farmer unearthed a large stash containing jade relics. Then, in 1986, several workers discovered sacrificial pits where they found pottery artifacts, bronze, gold, and jade, which were completely unknown in the history of Chinese art. The artifacts unearthed in 1986 convinced researchers that Sanxingdui was the Shu Kingdom’s capital over 3,000 years ago. Among the artifacts collected, the bronze proved to be the most precious due to their scientific, historical, and artistic value.

Jinli Pedestrian Street - Jinli is a shopping street in Chengdu.

Kuanzhai Alley - Kuanzhai Alley is where you can find lots of street food.

Chengdu-Shanghai by flight (Meals: B/L/D)

Dujiangyan - Dujiang Dam is an irrigation infrastructure built in 256 BC during the Warring States Period of China by the Kingdom of Qin.

Shanghai ( Meals: B/L/D)

Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan) - Meet the tour guide at the main lobby of the hotel at 08:30 and set out to visit the Shanghai Museum, which houses 110,000 historical objects and 430,000 reference pieces, followed by a walk on People’s Square.

Jade Buddha Temple - Jade Buddha Temple is named for its two jade statues of Sakyamuni, one of which was carved out of a single piece of white jade weighing one ton. After lunch, proceed with a promenade on the famous Nanjing Road, the busiest commercial center in Shanghai.

The Bund - Then, you will visit the Bund, a five-block riverfront lined with many of Shanghai’s banks and trading houses. After dinner, enjoy a Huangpu River Night Cruise Trip.

Shanghai ( Meals: B/L/D )

Yu Garden (Yuyuan) - After breakfast, head to Yu Yuan Garden and Old Bazaar. This classical Qing Dynasty garden has over 30 pavilions linked by a maze of corridors and bridges over ponds. You will have lunch in the Yu Yuan Garden area.

Shanghai World Financial Center - In the afternoon, visit the Shanghai World Financial Center, located in the center of the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone. With 101 floors above ground level and soaring to a height of 492 meters, this project embodies Mori Building’s original Vertical Garden City concept. It is a hub of culture and information and boasts state-of-the-art security. The last stop is Tianzifang alley. Tianzifang has transformed itself from legacy residential architectures and factories into an artsy area, housing bars, cafes, craft shops, design studios, galleries, and boutiques. It is ardently supported by crowds of yuppies, trendsetters, designers, and expatriates, who are drawn to the old Shikumen houses (stone-framed-door houses) and lanes with infinite novelties.

Tianzifang - The last stop is Tianzifang alley. Tianzifang has transformed itself from legacy residential architectures and factories into an artsy area, housing bars, cafes, craft shops, design studios, galleries, and boutiques. It is ardently supported by crowds of yuppies, trendsetters, designers, and expatriates, who are drawn to the old Shikumen houses (stone-framed-door houses) and lanes with infinite novelties.

Shanghai - Guilin ( Meals: B/L/D )

Guilin - Take a flight from Shanghai to Guilin in the morning, where your tour guide will meet and transfer you to the hotel in Guilin.

Reed Flute Cave (Ludi Yan) - Visit the Palace of Nature Art Reed Flute Cave. Located on the northwestern outskirts of Guilin, seven kilometers from the city center, it is a limestone cave that has existed for at least 600,000 years. The entire cave is 240 meters deep, 93 meters at the widest section, and 18 meters at the highest point.

Elephant Trunk Hill (Xiangbishan) - Elephant Trunk Hill Park is situated majestically at the southeast of Guilin city and the west bank of the Li River. Elephant Trunk Hill is regarded as the symbol of Guilin’s landscape. Originally named “Li Hill”, “Yi Hill”, and “Chenshui Hill”, the hill has a history of 3.6 hundred million years. Resembling an elephant leisurely sucking water from the river with its long trunk, this hill has been famous as Elephant Trunk Hill for hundreds of years.

Fubo Hill - Fubo Hill, which is 120 meters long, 60 meters wide, and 213 meters high, stands on its own to the northeast of the city, on the west bank of the Li River. The waves of the river are turned back when they meet the stone blocks of the hill, hence the name “wave-subduing hill”.

Guilin – Yangshuo ( Meal: B/L/D)

Li River - After breakfast at the hotel, you will enjoy the famed Li River cruise tour. The Li River cruise from Guilin to Yangshuo is the centerpiece of any trip to northeastern Guangxi Province. Gorgeous Karst peaks surprise you at each bend of the limpid river under the blue sky. Water buffalo patrol the fields, peasants reap rice paddies, and school kids and fishermen float by on bamboo rafts. With its breathtaking scenery and a taste of a life far removed from the concrete metropolis, the scenery along the Li River has become one of China’s top tourist destinations. The cruise passes through an amazing landscape of limestone peaks to the village of Yangshuo. Located 65 kilometers southeast of Guilin, Yangshuo is an ancient town that became a county in the Jin Dynasty some 1500 years ago. Yangshuo is famous not only for its attractive hills and waters but also for its abundant produce, particularly fruits such as sweet orange, tangerine, pomelo, and persimmon.

Canton (B/L/D)

Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Memorial Hall - After breakfast at the hotel, we will transfer you to take a bullet train to Guangzhou. After checking into your hotel, visit the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Situated on the original site of Sun Yat-sen’s Presidential Office on the southern slope of Yuexiu Hill, it is a memorial building built in 1931 with funds raised by the people of Guangzhou and overseas Chinese in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of China’s bourgeois democratic revolution. It is the most symbolic site of Guangzhou.

Chen Clan Ancestral Hall-Folk Craft Museum - Then visit the Chen’s Family Memorial Hall, famous for its exquisite craftsmanship, including wood, stone, and brick carving, and metalwork using copper and iron. There are also wonderful murals. Both realistic and imaginative styles were employed in the carving techniques to give the temple a magnificent yet solemn atmosphere.

Guangzhou-Hongkong (B/L/D)

Repulse Bay Beach - After breakfast at the hotel, visit Repulse Bay.

Stanley Market - Visit Stanley Market.

Victoria Peak (The Peak) - Visit Victoria Peak at night to see the lights of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong – Departure (B/–/–)

Hong Kong - Your memorable tour of China concludes today. The driver will take you to the airport for your flight back home. Our guide will see you off at the airport. Farewell!

• Train tickets and air tickets
• Lunch
• English speaking guide
• Hotel
• Dinner
• Breakfast
• Private car and driver

• Gratuities
• personal expanse