China Tour of Hong Kong Guilin Yangshuo Guilin Chongqing Yangtze Yichang Shanghai

Hong Kong-Guilin

Day 1.

We send the flight E-ticket details to you via email, you bring your passport to check-in the flight in Hong Kong by yourself.

Guilin transfer from the airport to the hotel.

Li River Cruise, Yang Shuo, Guilin

Day 2.

Pick up from your hotel in the morning.

Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier (about 1 hour drive) for a 4.5 hours wonderful Li River cruise with lunch aboard. You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields, farms and villages with water buffaloes, cows wondering around on both sides of the riverbank.

Disembark at the one thousand year old town Yang Shuo -one-thousand-year-old town, a lovely and relaxing place to break a journey and to soak up some of China's most beautiful scenery in the afternoon.

Have a short exploration to the old town before to be transferred back to Guilin city.

Breakfast, Lunch

Fubo Hill, Reed Flute Cave, Seven Star Park

Day 3.

Pick up from your hotel in the morning.

Visit Fobo Hill. On Fubo Hill, there are lots of rock stone carvings and Buddha statues from Tang Dynasty. From the summit you may have a bird's-eye view of Guilin city.

Then visit Reed Flute Cave -Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts" contains beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.

Then we will visit Seven Star Park - the biggest park in Guilin.

Transfer you to the hotel.

Breakfast, Lunch

Guilin-Chongqing

Day 4.

Be picked up from your hotel.

Be transferred to airport to connect flight to Chongqing.

Arrive in Chongqing. Visit the Panda Base.

Be transferred to cruise port.

Leave Chongqing at 23:30.

Breakfast, Lunch

Yangtze River Cruise Ship

Day 5.

In the afternoon, go ashore to visit Fengdu, the "Ghost City", where the Chinese believe the soul of the dead goes. They say that spirits go to heaven, and evil goes to Fengdu.

The balance of the day is free for you to explore the ship's amenities. The only people here are those who make a living from visiting cruise boats.

In the evening, you will be the guests at the captain's cocktail party.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Yangtze River Cruise Ship

Day 6.

Cruise through the two of the great Three Gorges: Qutang Gorge, framed by steep mossy cliffs and Wu Gorge, celebrated for its 12 peaks.

Then shore excursion to Shennong Stream, Shennong Stream is another tributary of the Yangtze River, and its fast-flowing, crystal clear water runs southwards through deep gorges.

Next, sail through Xiling Gorge, the last and most scenic of the Three Gorges. Pass through the five-step ship locks.

Enjoy Farewell Party in the evening.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Yangtze-Yichang-Shanghai

Day 7.

Shore excursion to the Three Gorges Dam Site, the largest hydroelectric project in the world. Construction of the dam formally began in 1994. The body of the dam was completed in 2003, and the whole construction will be competed in 2009.

Arrives in Yichang at 11:30.

Be met by our local tour guide and transferred to airport to connect flight to Shanghai.

Be picked up by English speaking tour guide and vehicle from Shanghai airport.

Yu Garden, Nanjing Road, Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the Bund, Huangpu River Cruise

Day 8.

Be picked up from your hotel at 08:30 am.

Visit Yu Garden -one of the best Suzhou-style gardens in southern China.

Then we will visit Nanjing Road. Nanjing Road is one of the most famous and bustling business streets in the world. It is also called Chinese First Business Street. It is the window for Shanghai to open to the world and also shopping paradise for people at home and abroad.


After lunch, move on to Oriental Pearl TV Tower -the world's third tallest TV and radio tower, which combines ancient concepts with 21st Century technology.

Then visit the Bund. The Bund, also called Zhongshan Road, is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. The most famous and attractive sights are the 52 various buildings of different architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance, which are also located at the west side of the Bund. The Bund was the centre of Shanghai's politics, economy and culture hundreds of years ago, consulates of most countries. Many banks, businesses and newspaper offices were settled there, and that's why we have these art-like buildings
Have a short Cruise on Huangpu River.

Enjoy Acrobatic Show in the evening.

Be transferred back to the hotel after the performance.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Departure

Day 9.

Be picked up from your hotel, transferred to the airport for Departure.

Breakfast