DAY 01: BEIJING

• Arrival in Beijing and meet your local tour guide

• Transfer to the hotel and check-in

• Free time at leisure to rest after your flight

• Meals Included: None

DAY 02: BEIJING

• Visit the Temple of Heaven and enjoy a rickshaw ride through Beijing Hutongs

• Experience Peking opera mask painting in a traditional courtyard

• Walk across Tian’anmen Square and tour the Forbidden City

• Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 03: BEIJING

• Visit the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall (round-trip cable car included)

• Enjoy a local Chinese lunch

• Photo stops at the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube

• Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 04: BEIJING, XI’AN

• Explore the Summer Palace, Longevity Hill, and Kunming Lake

• Optional boating experience on the lake

• High-speed train to Xi’an and transfer to hotel

• Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 05: XI’AN

• Visit Xi’an City Wall (optional bicycle ride)

• Explore the Terracotta Warriors

• Stop at a cave-dwelling pottery workshop

• Walk through Bell Tower Square and Muslim Quarter

• Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 06: XI’AN, CHONGQING, EMBARK YANGTZE CRUISE

• Morning at leisure and hotel check-out

• High-speed train to Chongqing

• Visit Three Gorges Museum and Hongya Cave, if time allows

• Embark on your Yangtze River Cruise 

• Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 07: YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE

• Enjoy cruising through the spectacular Yangtze River

• Participate in included shore excursion(s)

• Meals Included: Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 08: YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE

• Continue cruising the scenic river with onboard amenities

• Enjoy optional cultural activities and sightseeing stops

• Meals Included: Buffet Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 09: YICHANG, SHANGHAI

• Shore excursion to the Three Gorges Dam Project

• Transfer to high-speed train to Shanghai (approx. 7.5 hrs, 1st class)

• Check-in at your Shanghai hotel

• Meals Included: Buffet Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 10: SHANGHAI

• Visit Shikumen alleys and Yuyuan Garden & Bazaar

• Tour Shanghai City History Museum (Wax Museum)

• Ascend the Oriental Pearl TV Tower for panoramic city views

• Drive through Lujiazui and walk along The Bund

• Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 11: SHANGHAI

• Free morning for last-minute shopping or exploration

• Transfer to airport for departure

• Meals Included: Breakfast