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13 days Yangtze tour (Down stream)
Destinations: Guilin - Chongqing -Yangtze Cruise - Yichang - Shanghai -Hangzhou - Beijing
Tour Code: TYT-06
Tour Type: Independent Private
 
* Summary : Travel deep into this huge intriguing country, from the picturesque and unspoiled city of Guilin in the south to the charming Beijing in the north. The highlight of this trip is the Yangtze Cruise that is overwhelming in its beauty and sublime in its detail. Definitely you will have a great time while enjoying the sightseeing of the world third longest river. Besides the modern city- Shanghai, its nearby country Hangzhou lives up to their name ¡°heaven on earth¡±, where you can find many beautiful classical gardens and silk culture
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Li River
 
Elephant Hill
 
Yangtze River Cruise
 
Huangpu River
 
West Lake
 
Great Wall

Day 01 Hong Kong- - Guilin
Transfer via: TBA, on your own arrangement.
Arrive at Guilin . Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 02 Guilin (B/L)
Have a private city tour to the Reed Flute Cave - the natural beauty of a large amount of stalactites and stalagmites with their endless variety of remarkable scenes and Elephant Hill which the whole hill looks very much like a giant elephant with a long trunk, is the symbol of Guilin city . Then visit the Seven Star Park - the biggest park in urban. It was named after the tale that the seven peaks of Mountain Qixing and the seven stars in the north sky falling down to the earth . Be met & transferred to your hotel.

Day 03 Guilin-Yangshuo (B/L)
Today's cruise will be on the magnificent Li River. Sailing down from Guilin to Yangshuo will definitely be a highlight of your visit to China ! We will be passing some extraordinary peaks, sprays of bamboo lining, fishermen in small boats and picturesque villages. After your arrival in Yangshuo, you will have time to explore this small oriental, but Western-influenced town.
Check in the hotel. Rest time is at free leisure.  At night, you may have fun on the West Street where its cobble streets meander by street markets crammed with food stalls and shops selling all kind of Chinese handicrafts, including hand-painted T-shirts and ethnic costumes made of batik

Day 04 Guilin -- Chongqing (B/L)
Yangshuo biking tour to Yangshuo Old Banyan Tree which is about 1,000 years old and covers an area of 1000 square meters and the Moon Hill with a hole in its peak in the shape of a half moon through which the sky can be seen, as well as the old villages. Strolling around rice fields, by doing this way, you may understand what the Chinese farmer's life is and how big change happened in China in the passed 15 years. Chinese lunch serves at local restaurant or in farmer's house. B e transferred to the airport. Take a flight to Chongqing . Arrive at Chongqing to be met and transferred to Harbor for boarding the ship.

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 ¨C Yichang - - Shanghai (B/L)
Excursion on board. Arrive at Yichang . Disembark and be transferred to Wuhan airport. Take a flight to Shanghai . Be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 08 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 9 Shanghai-train-Huangzhou (B/L)
Be transferred to the railway station to take a train to Huangzhou (soft seat) . Arrive at Hangzhou . Be met and transfer to hotel. Visit the West Lake which is the symbol of Hangzhou city as well as one of the most beautiful sights in China . Lingyin Temple which it contains a sitting statue of Sakyamuni (19.6 metres in height, including the carved aureola board at the back and the lotus seat) which is the biggest such sculpture of wood still extant in China .

Day 10 Hangzhou - - Beijing (B/L)
Visit Six Harmonious Pagoda , Tea Museum and Traditional Pharmacy Hu-Qing-Yu-Tang , which was a famous drugstore established in 1874 and became part of a museum of traditional Chinese Medicine today. Be transferred to the airport and take a flight to Beijing . Once you arrive at Beijing , you'll be met and transferred to your hotel by private vehicle and tour guide. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 11 Beijing (B/L)
Full day city tours including a visit to the Tian'anmen Square - the biggest public square in the world. Located at the north of Tiananmen Square is the Forbidden City , named Gu Gong in Chinese, it was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties, now known as the Palace Museum. After lunch visit the Temple of Heaven , the place for the emperors to worship the God (heaven) for good harvest in the past.

Day 12 Beijing (B/L)
A memorable daylong excursion combines a visit to the soul-stirring Great Wall , winding dragon-like across northern China . Drive along the Sacred Way , guarded by sculpted stone animal both real and fabulous, which are a photographer's delight, after that visit the Ming Tomb.

Day 13 Beijing - - Home (B)
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for your flight home.
Service ends.


Price details based on twin-bed room sharing in US $, exclusive of the price for ONE passager only occupying one single room for his own:

 

Using Standard Hotels

 
Dec.01¡ªMar.31
Jun,Jul,Aug,Nov
Apr,May,Sep,Oct,

 

Twin

S.Supp

Twin

S.Supp

Twin

S.Supp

Above 10 pax

1346

474 

1399

511 

1486

583 

15+1 pax or up+1 FOC

1391

474 

1444

511 

1531

583 

6-9 pax

1599

529 

1622

550 

1711

625 

2-5 pax

1876 

529 

1898

550 

1987

625 

1 pax

2812 

 

2857

 

3019

 

 

 

Using First Class Hotels

 
Dec.01¡ªMar.31
Jun,Jul,Aug,Nov
Apr,May,Sep,Oct,

 

Twin

S.Supp

Twin

S.Supp

Twin

S.Supp

above 10 pax

1431

560 

1527

638 

1660

756 

15+1 pax or up (FOC)

1476

560 

1572

638 

1705

756 

6-9 pax

1765

694 

1829

758 

1938

853 

2-5 pax

2041 

694 

2106

758 

2216

853 

1 pax

3142 

 

3272

 

3476

 

 

 

Using Deluxe Hotels

 
Dec.01¡ªMar.31
Jun,Jul,Aug,Nov
Apr,May,Sep,Oct,

 

Twin

S.Supp

Twin

S.Supp

Twin

S.Supp

above 10 pax

1701

791 

1868

941 

2027

1084 

15+1 pax or up (FOC)

1746

791 

1913

941 

2072

1084

6-9 pax

2029

919 

2164

1054 

2291

1167 

2-5 pax

2306 

919 

2441

1054 

2567

1167 

1 pax

3633 

 

3903

 

4143

 

* Note: all the "0" is in the above form are prices to be advised.
* S.Supp : Single Supplement

Remarks:
¡¡ 1) Above prices might be influenced during some holidays such as the Chinese New Year, May Day(May 01- 07) & National Day(Oct 01-07), as well as some special events.
¡¡ 2) Above prices are not definite. TCT keeps the right to offer corrected prices before it delivers final confirmation due to all kinds of unpredictable reasons.
¡¡ 3) Above prices are rated with current exchange rate which might result changes due to the fluctuation.
¡¡ 4) Children under 12 will get discount from above prices. Please indicate all details about kids concerned with bookings.
     
Price include :   Price exclude :
* Private vehicle, driver and English-speaking guide.
* All entrance fees to scenic spots.
* Meals (Chinese lunch and dinner) as shown in the itinerary table marked with "L/D".
* Domestic flight tickets with airport taxes.
* Insurance.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ See details
* Hotel accommodation based on 2 sharing one room (twin-bed room) with daily Western breakfast.
* Special room requirement is always subject to the availability upon check-in.
  * International Airfare or International train tickets before coming into China
* Visa fees.
* Tips to guides, drivers and porters.
* Personal expenses such as excess luggage fees, laundry, postage, communications and beverages
 


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