Day 01 Home - - Shanghai
Transfer via: TBA, on your own arrangement.
Arrive at Shanghai . Be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 02 Shanghai (B/L)
Visit the famous Jade Buddha Temple with a 2m high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400-year old Yu Yuan Garden decorated with masterpieces of Ming architecture, as well as the Old Town & the Bund . You also have a chance to visit the Shanghai Museum and the famous Nanjing Road among crowds.
Day 03 Shanghai ¨CZhouzhuang- Shanghai (B/L)
One day Zhouzhuang village tour. Drive to Zhouzhuang Village , an ancient village in south of China (about 2.5 hours driving). Visit Shen Family Residence, Zhang Family Residence and Mi Tower as well as cruise on the small river through the village. Be transferred back to Shanghai late in the afternoon.
Day 04 Shanghai- - Yichang (B/L)
Be transferred to the airport. Take a flight to Yichang . Once you arrive at Yichang . Be transferred to harbor and embark the boat. Start Yangtze River Cruise.
Day 05 Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)
Cruise excursion
Day 06 Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)
Cruise excursion
Day 07 Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)
Cruise excursion
Day 08 Yangtze River Cruise ¨C Chongqing - - Chengdu (B/L)
Arrive at Chongqing . Disembark and be transferred to visit General Stewell Museum who was chief commander of US forces in the China-Burma-India Theatre during World War II. Erling Park Where tourists can take a bird's eye view of the whole city of Chongqing . After that visit People's Hall which it is a giant traditional building with a large square, where plenty of people do morning and evening exercise everyday. Be transferred to Chongqing airport. Take a flight to Chengdu . Arrive at Chengdu . Be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 9 Chengdu (B/L)
One day tour to visit Dufu Thatched Cottage which is a cottage restored in Ming Dynasty and a memorial for a great Tang Dynasty poet, Du Fu. After that visit Wuhou Temple , which was built by Li Xiong in the Western Jin Dynasty (about 1,100 years ago) in memory of Zhuge Liang, prime minister of Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period(220-80AD). Finally visit the Panda Research Centre where you can see the Panda and Wangjiang Park
Day 10 Chengdu - - Lhasa (B/L)
Be transferred to the airport. Take a flight to Lhasa . Once you arrive at Lhasa , you'll be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Day 11 Lhasa (B/L)
Have a full day trip to Potala Palace which contains various chapels and mausoleums for previous Dalai Lamas. The 13-story palace stands 117 metres high and has over 1000 rooms. Then take a visit to the Jokhang Temple which was originally built in 647 A .D. It is said the site was chosen personally by the wife of King Songtsan Gampo, the Tang Princess Wen Cheng. Afterwards visit the Barkhore Street which is the oldest street in Lhasa and remains very traditional. It is a place where Tibetan culture, economy, religion and arts assemble and a place to which a visit must be paid.
Day 12 Lhasa (B/L)
Full day trip to Trupeng Monastery ; it was the largest and richest of the three major Yellow Sect monasteries in Lhasa and also became the most powerful. Then take a visit to the Sera Monastery - the last of the three principal Yellow Sect monasteries to be built in Lhasa comprises a great sutra chanting hall, a college and 32 sections. It once housed nearly 10000 monks and is proud of its glorious history during the Ming Dynasty. Afterwards take a visit to Norbulingka and the Carpet Factory .
Day 13 Lhasa - - Kunming (B)
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for a flight to Kunming . Arrive at Kunming , be met and transferred to hotel.
Day 14 Kunming (B/L)
One day tour to visit Stone Forest which is located 90km south of Kunming . It is a process of weathering and erosion, nature has created an art gallery of stone sculpture here. Then visit Sani village en route when return to the city.
Day 15 kunming-Home (B)
Be transferred to the airport.Service ends.
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