Beijing/Yichang/Cruise/Chongqing/Xian
Guilin/Hong Kong
16 Days, 14 nights

Fly via All Nippon Airways. Cross the international date line.

Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel, RENAISSANCE BEIJING HOTEL or PARK PLAZA
HOTE:.(B)

A full-day city tour today visits the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square. Tonight enjoy a Peking duck dinner followed by Beijong Opera performance. (B,L,D)                                                         

Today you will visit the Great Wall and Ming Tombs. (B,L)

Day 5 (Sun) Beijing/Yichang

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Yichang. Upon arrival and after dinner, transfer to the Orient Royal China Cruise ship and begin your journey up the Yangtze River. (B,L,D)

Day 6 (Mon) Cruise (Sandouping)

Pass through the Xiling Gorge East. Visit Sandouping, the site of the Three Gorges Dam. When completed in 2008, it will be the largest dam in the world.  This evening enjoy the captain's welcome party. (B,L,D)

Day 7 (Tue) Cruise (Wushan)

Pass through the Xiling Gorge West, Qutang and Wu Gorges. At Wushan, enjoy a boat ride on the Shennong Stream. For many, this is the highlight of the cruise, where, if you are lucky you can see migrating sturgeon in the clear waters. (BL,D)

Day 8, (Wed) Cruise, (Shaibaozhai)

Today's shore excursion takes you to Shibaozhai, gem of Chinese architecture. There you will find an 11 story-high red wooden pavilion built against a protruding rock with sheer cliffs on the north bank overlooking the Yangtze.

Day 9 (Thu) Chongqing/Xian

Disembark the cruise after lunch and transfer to the airport for your flight to Xian. On arrival, transfer to the  GRAND MERCURE HOTEL Hotel. (B,L)

Day 10 (Fri) Xian 

Today's full-day tour includes the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the City Wall and the tomb of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang Di with its terra cotta army and the Shaanxi Provincial Museum. Tonight enjoy a Tang Dynasty dinner and culture show. (B,L,D)

Transfer to the airport for your flight to Guilin. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel. THE WATER FALL HOTEL (B,L)

Day 12 (Sun) Guilin

A full-day tour today includes a cruise along the Li River. Dinner tonight at a local restaurant. (B,L,D)

Day 13 (Mon) Guilin/Guangzhou/Hong Kong
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Guangzhou. Sightseeing as time permits before boarding a train to Hong Kong. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to the GREAT EAGLE HOTEL (B,L)

Day 14 (Tue) Hong Kong
A morning tour visits Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen Fishing Village and Stanley Market. (B)

Day 15 (Wed) Hong Kong  
Today is at leisure. (B)

Day 16 (Thu) Return home*
Transfer to the airport for your Cathay Pacific flight home

For add-on fares from US cities and land only costs, contact Cameron Tours. TOUR COST IN US DOLLARS

Orient departure taxes and US departure tax is not included. Chinese airport taxes are included.
China visa fee is not included.