DAY
1
Destinations:
Arrive in Shanghai
Today's Activities:
Your guide will meet you at airport and take you to your hotel.
Afterwards, you'll be free to explore on your own or you can ask your guide for suggestions. You may wish to take in Shanghai's famous pedestrian shopping street, Nanjing Dong Lu or stroll the shady French Concession thoroughfare Hengshan Lu.
Meals:
No Meal
DAY
2
Destinations:
Shanghai
Today's Activities:
In the morning, you'll visit Jade Buddha Temple, home to two rare and treasured jade statues of Buddha.
After lunch, the guide will take you to Yuyuan Garden, a classical Chinese garden and a must-see for tourist. Next process to Shanghai's famous Bund.
In the evening, you're invited to attend a thrilling acrobatics show.
You'll be brought back to your hotel after the show.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
3
Destinations:
Shanghai
Today's Activities:
Our guide will take you from your hotel to visit the Shanghai Museum and its outstanding collection of ancient Chinese art, including bronzes, ceramics, paintings and calligraphy.
After lunch, you'll head to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, where you can take in amazing city views.
Afterwards, you'll be brought back to your hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
4
Destinations:
Shanghai-Kunming
Today's Activities:
Your guide will meet you at the airport and escort you to hotel.
After chekc in and a short break, you will be taken to the Wooded Western Hills which filled with lush vegetation, blooming flowers and green grassland, is extraordinarily beautiful and thus, dubbed " the most beautiful place in Yunnan".
In the afternoon, transfer to Dianchi Lake, which is a must-see attraction in Kunming.
Afterwards, you'll be brought back to your hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
5
Destinations:
Kunming
Today's Activities:
Your guide will meet you at the hotel.
Over the course of the day, you will tour Green Lake Park, Shilin Stone Forest and several surrounding Sani minority villages.
Afterwards, come back to hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
6
Destinations:
Kunming-Dali
Today's Activities:
You'll travel to Dali by air and be brought to your hotel. After check-in, you will visit the three Pagodas of Chongsheng Monastery.
After lunch, you'll take a cruise on Erhai Lake and enjoy a three-course tea in the style of the Bai people.
In the afternoon, you'll visit a Bai village, learn how they make their unique batik cloth and tour the traditional courtyards of Xizhou Town before being returned to hotel after dinner.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch + Dinner
DAY
7
Destinations:
Dali-Lijiang
Today's Activities:
Travel to Lijiang by coach and you will be brought to your hotel.
After check-in, you'll visit Lijiang's charming Dayan Town where you can roam the streets, explore local shops and sample regional Naxi specialties.
Afterwards, you'll be returned to your hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
8
Destinations:
Lijiang
Today's Activities:
Your guide will meet you at your hotel in the morning and take you to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain for a full day tour to enjoy the serene beauty of a natural glacier by ropeway. Moving down from the mountaintop, you can see rivers and pools formed by melting snow running along the valley floor and through the forests.
Afterwards, come back to hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
9
Destinations:
Lijiang-Kunming-Xi'an
Today's Activities:
You'll arrive by plane in the morning and be greeted by your local guide.
Afterwards, we'll visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an's signatural landmark and the home of original Buddhist scriptures brought from India during the Tang Dynasty.
Then it's off to the Provincial History Museum, which features artifacts dating back over 6,000 years.
Afterwards, come back to hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
10
Destinations:
Xi'an
Today's Activities:
You'll enjoy a tour of the Terracotta Army Museum where life-sized infantrymen, archers, officers and their horses guard the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shihuang.
Afterwards, you will visit the City Wall that still encompasses the center of Xi'an.
Later, you'll have a sumptuous dumpling dinner and enjoy a Tang Dynasty Show.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch + Chinese Dumpling for Dinner
DAY
11
Destinations:
Xi'an-Beijing
Today's Activities:
You'll fly to Beijing and in the afternoon tour the Temple of Heaven, where the emperors prayed for good harvests, sought divine approval and atoned for the perceived sins of the people.
Afterwards, come back to hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
12
Destinations:
Beijing
Today's Activities:
In the morning, you will be taken to visit Tian'anmen Square, the largest public square in the world, and the Palace Museum, better known as the Forbidden City. Built in 1420, it was here that 24 emperors lived and ruled for over 500 years.
After lunch you will be driven to visit the Summer Palace, a former summer resort for the imperial court, and take a boat ride on Lake Kunming.
You will have delicious Beijing Roast Duck for dinner.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch + Beijing Roast Duck Dinner
DAY
13
Destinations:
Beijing
Today's Activities:
In the morning, we'll make an excursion to the Badaling Great Wall, one of the world's greatest architectural wonders.
After lunch, we'll visit to the Ming Tombs, with its Sacred Way and giant marble statues guarding the tombs of Ming Dynasty emperors (1368-1644AD).
Afterwards, come back to hotel.
Meals:
Western Breakfast + Chinese Lunch
DAY
14
Destinations:
Depart Beijing
Today's Activities:
You'll be brought to the airport for your departure flight after breakfast.
Your tour in China with much memories ends.
Meals:
Western Breakfast
