Day 1: USA to Beijing Flights

Day 2: Beijing

Arrive Beijing, Transfer to Beijing Hotel by private car

Overnight: Four Seasons

Day 3: Beijing

Private full day tour of Beijing

Meet your guide in the lobby of the hotel. You will set off on a tour of Beijing city. Highlights include the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, China National Museum, and the Summer Palace with a lake cruise. Typical lunch is included during the tour. Cruise only available April through October.

Overnight: Four Seasons (B – L)

Day 4: Beijing

Private full day tour of the Great Wall and Beijing Hutongs

Meet your guide in the lobby of the hotel. You will set off on a tour outside the city to a section of the wall where you can take a Fresh Air Break at Mutianyu. Here your guide will educate you on the wall before allowing you free time to roam the wall on your own. Break for an included schoolhouse restaurant lunch (included). Return to Beijing where you will meet your Rickshaw driver who will escort you through the old town of Beijing by rickshaw. Return to your hotel afterwards. In the evening you will be transferred to a local restaurant specializing in Peking Duck. Dinner included.

Overnight: Four Seasons (B – L – D)

Day 5: Xian

Private transfer to the airport

Regional flight – Beijing to Xian

Private transfer to your hotel in Xian

Private afternoon tour of Xian

After you have checked into your hotel, your guide will escort you to a local restaurant where you have an included dumpling lunch. After lunch you guide will take you on a private tour of Xian. You will walk along the top of Xian City Wall for a birds’ eye view and history lesson. Continue to the Xian City Museum where you will explore the exhibits before a special white glove experience at the Daming Palace Art Museum where you put on a pair of gloves and handle hundreds of years old artifacts, brought to you for this special occasion. In the evening you will be transferred to enjoy the Tang Dynasty Dinner Show, a dinner followed by a spectacular cultural show. Overnight: Xian Hilton (B-L-D)

Day 6: Xian

Private full day tour including the Terracotta Warrior Dig Site.

You will be met and driven to the outskirts of town where the world famous Terracotta Warriors are located. Here you will spend the morning exploring various exhibits with your private guide. The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century.

Break for an included lunch before visiting the Great Mosque of Xian and the Xian Bell Tower. In the evening you will be transferred to enjoy the Tang Dynasty Dinner Show, a dinner followed by a spectacular cultural show.

Overnight: Xian Hilton (B-L-D)

Day 7: Chengdu

Private airport transfer

Regional flight – Xian to Chengdu

Private transfer to your hotel in Chengdu

Private afternoon tour of Chengdu.

Meet your guide in the lobby and you will be taken on a tour of the city. Enjoy a walking tour of the old town. Start at Wenshu Temple – a 1,000 year old temple, the commercial Jinli Street with a blend of old and new Chengdu shops, and The Sichuan Cuisine Museum which includes Historic Sites & Buildings.

In the evening you will enjoy a world famous production of the “Face-off Opera”

Overnight: Temple House Hotel (B)

Day 8:Chengdu

Private full day Dujiangyan Panda Research Center

Here you will arrive and spend the day learning about the Panda Research and orphanage center and have a special photo with a baby Panda. Return to Chengdu in the Afternoon and to your hotel.

Overnight: Temple House Hotel (B)

Day 9: On board Yangtze Explorer

Private transfer to the train station

1^st Class on high speed rail – Chengdu to Chongqing

Private transfer to Cruise Pier & Cruise departure to Fengdu

Overnight: Yangtze Explorer Main Deck (B-D)

Day 10: On board Yangtze Explorer

Full day of activities from the cruise

Highlights include: Morning Tai Chi exercises, Buffet Breakfast, Group excursion to Fengdu to visit the market and local school, lunch buffet, historical lecture and discussions, Chinese medicine demonstration, Chinese arts & Craft demonstration, Afternoon high tea, Cruise welcome reception with captain’s dinner – a la carte, and ending with a crew show performance.

Overnight: Yangtze Explorer Main Deck (B-L-D)

Day 11: On board Yangtze Explorer

Full day of activities from the cruise

Highlights include: Qutang Gorge Viewing, Buffet Breakfast, Wu Gorge Viewing, Tai Chi exercises, Cruising Shennong Stream on a poled longboat, Lunch Buffet, historical lecture and discussions, Afternoon high tea, Chinese Tea lecture and tasting, Costumed Farewell dinner.

Overnight: Yangtze Explorer Main Deck (B-L-D)

Day 12: Shanghai

Private full day tour

After breakfast meet your guide to visit the Three Gorges Project Dam Site and Exhibition Center. Return collect your bags before departing the ship for good and meeting your guide who will take you on a tour of Yichang village. Stop at the Museum of Chinese Sturgeon to learn about the regions important fish before spending some time at the local market shopping for curios.

Regional flight – Yichang to Shanghai

Private transfer to Shanghai hotel

Overnight: The Peninsula Hotel (B)

Day 13: Shanghai

Private full day tour

Walking tour of the Bund, a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. See the different architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance. End your tour of the Bund with a trip to the Shanghai World Financial Center and journey to the top of the building for a towering view of the city. Break for a lunch (Included) before you are taken to the old French Concession. With its European style cafes, quiet, leafy, tree lined avenues and Tudor houses nestled in beautiful gardens interspersed with hole-in-the-wall eateries and local colors and flavors, it is a popular tourist destination. Continue to the Shanghai Museum. Here is the Museum of Chinese Art. A collection of cultural items including ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy. Evening transfers to Shanghai Acrobatics Show.

Overnight: The Peninsula Hotel (B-L)

Day 14:Shanghai

Half day private tour

Meet your guide in the lobby and enjoy a morning tour. Visit Yuyuan Garden, a nearly 500 year old classical garden with pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and cloisters which all have unique characteristics. Continue to the Shanghai Museum. Here is the Museum of Chinese Art. A collection of cultural items including ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy.

Afternoon is at your leisure to self-explore and visit local markets.

Overnight: The Peninsula Hotel (B)

Day 15: Flight Back home

Private transfer to the mag-lev station

Tickets to ride the mag-lev train with your guide directly to the airport

International flights – Shanghai to USA (B)