Forbidden City

Huaqing Hot Springs

Shinbao Pagoda

Lesser Three Gorges

Yangtze

Day 01 London/Beijing
Depart on the overnight flight to Beijing from London Heathrow.
Day 02 Beijing
Arrive in Beijing, where you will be met and transferred to the hotel for four nights stay.
Day 03 Beijing
Full day tour to the magnificent Great Wall at Badaling and the Ming Tombs and Sacred Road.
Day 04 Beijing
Full day tour to the Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Panda Hall and Summer Palace. Enjoy the Beijing Opera in the evening
Day 05 Beijing
Visit the Temple of Heaven in the morning. Afternoon at leisure.Enjoy the Peking Duck Dinner tonight.
Day 06 Beijing/Xi'an
Taking the Hutong tour by rickshaw you start to see a real life in China, we will visit a local Kindergarten.Followed by learning how to make dumplings and lunch with a local family. Transfer to the airport in the afternoon for the flight to the Ancient city of Xi'an. Two nights in Xi'an.
Day 07 Xi'an
Day tour to China's most important archeological discovery - the life-size and lifelike Terracotta Warriors, the old imperial bathhouse of the Huaqing Hot Springs and the Great Mosque and Muslim Quarter. Dumpling dinner has been arranged.
Day 08 Xi'an/Chongqing
Morning tour visit the City Wall and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, take the afternoon flight to Chongqing for the evening cruise down on the Yangtze.
Day 09 Cruising
Sailing down on Yangtze. Shore excursion to Fengdu or Wanxian. Sailing through Xiling Gorge.
Day 10 Cruising
Sailing through Qutang Gorge and Wu Gorge. Excursion to the Lesser Gorges along the Daning River or Shennong Stream.
Day 11 Yichang/ Shanghai
Arrive in Yichang in the morning, with a visit to the Three Gorges Dam Project in the afternoon. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Shanghai. Two nights stay in Shanghai.
Day 12 Shanghai
Morning tour to the Shanghai Museum, visit Yu Garden, Old Town and Jade Buddha Temple in the afternoon. Evening Acrobatic Show has been arranged.
Day 13 Shanghai/ Suzhou/ Shanghai
Coach transfer to Suzhou in the morning, visit the Fish Net Garden, Humble Administrators Garden and Silk Factory. Returning to Shanghai in the evening.
Day 14 Shanghai/London
Transfer to the airport for your flight back to London with British Airways. Arrive in London on the same afternoon.