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15-Day Tour of China Golden with Tibet and Yangtze Cruise

Tour Code:TE-SCC-1502
Start in:Beijing
End in: Beijing
Destinations:Beijing → Xian → Chengdu → Lhasa → YangtzeRiverCruise → Shanghai
Day 1  Arrive Beijing

Transfer via: International Flight on your own arrangement

Upon your arrival at Beijing airport, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

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Day 2  Beijing Sightseeing 

Today you will first visit the historic Tiananmen Square, and then the magnificent Forbidden City. In the afternoon, you will marvel at Beijing's splendid Temple of Heaven.

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Day 3  Beijing Sightseeing

Today's full-day excursion will take you to the majestic Great Wall, Ming Tomb and Sacred road. Enjoy a famous Peking Duck Banquet for dinner.

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Day 4  Beijing - Xian

After breakfast,you will visit the exquisite Summer Palace And then take the afternoon flight to Xian. Upon your arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free at your own leisure.

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Day 5  Xian Sightseeing

Today, you will enjoy a full-day excursion to the incredible life-size Terracotta Warriors and Horses,after lunch,visit the Ancient City Walls and then the Bell Tower.

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Day 6   Xian- Chengdu

After breakfast, you will have city tour to the Shaanxi Provincial Museum and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda before your onward flight to the next destination--Chengdu. Upon arrival at Chengdu, you will be met and transferred to the hotel,the rest of the time is free by your own leisure.

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Day 7  Chengdu- Lhasa

Today's one half day will bring you to Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. After the sightseeing, fly to Lhasa. Upon your arrival at Gonggar airport, you will be met by your local guide and transferred to the hotel in Lhasa city (2-hour drive), and you will view the Stone Giant Buddha engraved in the mountain face en route. After checking in the hotel, rest in the afternoon to get adapted to the high altitude.

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Day 8  Lhasa Sightseeing

Your sightseeing today will include the Lhasa's cardinal landmark -- Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and flourishing Barkhor Street.

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Day 9  Lhasa Sightseeing

The whole day tour will bring you to the Norbulingka Park, the Drepung Monastery and the Sera Monastery. Pay a visit to a Tibetan Family.

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Day 10  Lhasa- Chongqing

Free in the day until our local guide escorts you to the airport for your onward flight to your next destination--Chongqing. Upon you arrive at Chongqing, you will be met and transferred to the ship.

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Day 11  Yangtze River Cruise

Departs Chongqing at 08:00AM. Shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City.

- Fengdu Ghost City: constructed on the Mingshan Hill by the river bank, it is so called because of the legend which goes that about 1,700 years ago, two officials, Yin and Wang (the combination of their surnames means "Ghost King ") became Taoists here and eventually Immortals. Now with fantastic temples of underworld demons and gods, it shows the Chinese ghost culture and is a place for punishing the devil and awarding the good.

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Day 12  Yangtze River Cruise

Shore excursion to Shennong Stream by smaller vessels.
- Shennong Stream: a small tributary of the Yangtze River is 60 kilometers long and is famous for its picturesque scenery. Shennong Stream is beautiful and ancient. When you take a sampan drifting along it, which is not without risk yet exhilarating and a challenge to battle with the nature. You will be attracted and surprised by its crystal clear steam flowing swiftly from north to south through deep gorges, steep ridges and peaks, thick vegetation and wild flowers, flying birds and a plank road built along a cliff and ancient hanging coffins. Sweet love songs will be presented to you by the local ethnic people.

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Day 13  Disbarking Yichang- Shanghai

Sightseeing: The Three Gorge Dam

Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam site. And then be met and transfered to airport to take flight to Shanghai. Upon your arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to your hotel.

- The Three Gorge Dam: spanning the Yangtze at Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei province, China, construction began in 1994, it is now the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. The Dam will be 2,335 meters long, 18 meters wide, and its bottom will be 130 meters wide after completion in 2009, and by then the water level will rise to 135 meters above sea level. The reservoir began filling on June 1, 2003, and will occupy the present position of the scenic Three Gorges area, between the cities of Yichang, Hubei; and Fuling, Chongqing Municipality.

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Day 14  Shanghai- Beijing

Today, your full-day excursion of incredible Shanghai will include: Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Yuyuan Market and the Jade Buddha Temple and then take late afternoon flight to Beijing,Upon you arrival, be met and transferred to the hotel. The rest of the day is on your own leisure.

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Day 15  Beijing  Departure

Free in the day until our local guide escorts you to the airport for your flight to your sweet home.

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Private Tour Prices ( Based on per person and shown in US dollars ) 

Group size
Season
2-4 Travelers 5-9 Travelers 10 Travelers &above Children price Single supplyment
 Mar.2008-May.2008 1678 1578 1435 -- 378
 Jun.2008 1706 1606 1463 -- 378
 Jul.2008-Aug.2008 1749 1649 1506 -- 401
 Sep.2008-Oct.2008 1727 1627 1484 -- 401
 Nov.2008 1706 1606 1463 -- 378
 Dec.2008-Feb.2009 1601 1501 1358 -- 330
Remark : The above prices will daily float with the USD-RMB exchange rate, all the prices will be confirmed by the exchange rate on the day when you book this tour.
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