Enjoy the onboard services and hospitality of the airline crew as you cross the international date line toward the Asian continent.

Once arriving in Chengdu, we will take domestic flights from Chengdu to Beijing. Welcome to Beijing! Upon arrival at the airport, our tour guide will be waiting for you, you will then be transported in a comfortable, non-smoking vehicle by an experienced driver directly to your hotel in Beijing. Your guide will assist you with the check-in process at the hotel.

Overnight: Beijing

At your leisure to accustom yourself to the new time zone, explore the capital city of China on your own, or join us for these optional tour programs:

Optional Tour 1: Tiananmen Square and The Forbidden City Tour with lunch at $70 per person – Get ready to be awed by the largest public square in the world, where locals stroll and play in Tiananmen Square. Then walk to the legendary Forbidden City nearby – the palace complex of the Ming and Qing dynasties from 1420 to 1912 where Chinese emperors and their household once ruled as the power and political center. This huge palace covers over 180 acres in the center of Beijing city and has been touted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the largest collection of ancient wooden structures in the world. Feel free to roam from one end of the complex peeking into the once-home of the generations of emperors and concubines, and then exit on the other side of this vast magnificent compound. Lunch will be hosted at a local restaurant.

Optional Tour 2: Peking Duck Dinner Banquet with wine served at $40 per person – Enjoy this famous culinary dish that had been served on the imperial court menu and aptly named where it had originated – the Peking (Beijing) Duck meal is characterized by servings of deliciously roasted slices of duck skins that you will wrap with steamed rice flour pancakes together with your choice of spring onion stalks and cucumber strips dosed with sweet bean sauce. Serving with a glass of wine will make this unique culinary experience even more exquisite.

Overnight: Beijing
Meals:Breakfast

At your leisure to accustom yourself to the new time zone, explore the capital city of China on your own, or join us for these optional tour programs:

Optional Tour 1: Tiananmen Square and The Forbidden City Tour with lunch at $70 per person – Get ready to be awed by the largest public square in the world, where locals stroll and play in Tiananmen Square. Then walk to the legendary Forbidden City nearby – the palace complex of the Ming and Qing dynasties from 1420 to 1912 where Chinese emperors and their household once ruled as the power and political center. This huge palace complex covers over 180 acres in the center of Beijing city and has been touted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the largest collection of ancient wooden structures in the world. Feel free to roam from one end of the complex peeking into the once-home of the generations of emperors and concubines, and then exit on the other side of this vast magnificent compound. Lunch will be hosted at a local restaurant.

Optional Tour 2: Peking Duck Dinner Banquet with wine served at $40 per person – Enjoy this famous culinary dish that had been served on the imperial court menu and aptly named where it had originated – the Peking (Beijing) Duck meal is characterized by servings of deliciously roasted slices of duck skins that you will wrap with steamed rice flour pancakes together with your choice of spring onion stalks and cucumber strips dosed with sweet bean sauce. Serving with a glass of wine will make this unique culinary experience even more exquisite.

Overnight: Beijing
Meals:Breakfast

Check out of the hotel in the morning, which is at your own leisure or join the morning optional tour.

Optional Tour: Temple of Heaven and Rickshaw Tour with Lunch at $85 per person – Visit the Temple of Heaven, a spectacular imperial complex of religious buildings located in the southeastern part of Beijing which is also a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Used by emperors of the last two Chinese dynasties as a sacred temple to pray for a good harvest during annual ceremonies, it houses a magnificent wooden circular building built on three layers of marble stone base completely void of any nail. You can also be amazed by the Echo Wall there that can transmit sounds over large distances from one end of the perimeter to the other. Chinese rickshaws used to be a common mode of transportation in Beijing in the old days. You can still ride in these rickshaws during your tour through narrow alleyways that connect between the high walls of traditional courtyard residences that are still being preserved under the encroaching skyline of the modern skyscrapers.

Depart for a flight to Chongqing, and upon arrival, the vehicle transfer will bring you to the port for boarding on the Yangtze River Cruise.

17:00-20:00 Embarkation in Chongqing.
20:30-21:00 Cruise briefing & Set Sail!

Overnight: Yangtze River Cruise
Meals:Breakfast

Cruise on the Yangtze River today.

06:30-07:00 Morning coffee, Tai-Chi Exercise;

07:00-08:30 Breakfast (buffet)

08:30-12:00 Shore excursion to Fengdu Snow Jade Cave. (included)

12:00-13:00 Lunch (buffet)

16:30-17:30 Captain Welcome Party

17:40-18:40 Dinner (buffet)

19:00-21:30 Optional "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Live Show
Overnight: Yangtze River Cruise
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Check out of the hotel in the morning, which is at your own leisure or join the morning optional tour.

Optional Tour: Temple of Heaven and Rickshaw Tour with Lunch at $85 per person – Visit the Temple of Heaven, a spectacular imperial complex of religious buildings located in the southeastern part of Beijing which is also a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Used by emperors of the last two Chinese dynasties as a sacred temple to pray for a good harvest during annual ceremonies, it houses a magnificent wooden circular building built on three layers of marble stone base completely void of any nail. You can also be amazed by the Echo Wall there that can transmit sounds over large distances from one end of the perimeter to the other. Chinese rickshaws used to be a common mode of transportation in Beijing in the old days. You can still ride in these rickshaws during your tour through narrow alleyways that connect between the high walls of traditional courtyard residences that are still being preserved under the encroaching skyline of the modern skyscrapers.

Depart for a flight to Chongqing, and upon arrival, the vehicle transfer will bring you to the port for boarding on the Yangtze River Cruise.

17:00-20:00 Embarkation in Chongqing.
20:30-21:00 Cruise briefing & Set Sail!

Overnight: Yangtze River Cruise
Meals:Breakfast

06:30-08:00 Breakfast (buffet)

08:00-11:00 Disembark at Maoping Pier. Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam (included)

Est. 12:30 Shuttle arrives in Yichang. Tour ends. For Passengers who take the optional Ship-lift Tour.

Est. 07:45 Disembark at Maoping Pier;Optional tour to Three Gorges Dam Ship-lift

Est. 10:00 Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam (included)

Est. 13:30 Shuttle arrives in Yichang. Cruise tour ends.

** Cruise itinerary is subject to change due to weather, water level, navigation and seasonal conditions.

Then you will take high-speed train to Chengdu.the capital city of Sichuan province. The tour guide will meet you and transfer to hotel.

Overnight: Chengdu
Meals:Breakfast

Today, we are planning to visit the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for an up-close observation of these fascinating animals! Sichuan is renowned worldwide as the habitat of giant pandas, and the Chengdu Research Base plays a crucial role in their research and conservation efforts. Unlike traditional zoo settings, this facility offers a more natural environment for the pandas, allowing visitors to enjoy watching them in spacious, open-air enclosures. It promises to be a delightful and memorable experience interacting with these adorable pandas.
In the afternoon,free on your own or you can take a optional tour:

Optional Program: Spicy Hotpot experience at local restaurant at $45 per person-Sichuan hotpot dates back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) when it was created in a small town on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Local boatmen cooked a kind of spicy soup with vegetables, meat and hot peppers to help them in the humid, cold weather. Over hundreds of years, hotpot evolved to become a major Sichuan cuisine.The dipping sauces are usually made of sesame oil with garlic and green onion. People can put any meat and vegetables including potato, lotus root and tofu into the pot.

Optional Program: Sichuan Opera cultural show at $59 per person-Sichuan Opera has a history spanning 300 years and your evening's entertainment celebrates the music, voice, dance and humor of the region.

Overnight: Chengdu
Meals:Breakfast                 

Enjoy your day at leisure to explore the exciting capital city of Sichuang-Chengdu on your own, or you may take our optional program to deeply explore the historical city. Tonight you will depart from Chengdu to fly back home. End of  this wonderful journey.

Optional Tour: Visting Leshan Giant Buddha with Cruise Ride at $69 per person-Leshan Giant Buddha, the largest sitting Buddha in the world, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. Leshan Giant Buddha is 71 meters high, 18 meters higher than the second largest stone Buddha of Bamyan in Afghanistan.With wonderful scenes of the Leshan Giant Buddha, numerous interesting places and contiguous scenic spots, it is just like a picture scroll with too many beautiful things. No matter whether you climb up the mountain for sightseeing or look around by water, it is sure that you must feast your eyes on the beauty, relaxed and happy and reluctant to leave. Take a cruise for an alternative perspective of the grand Buddha(For dry season, alternatively, cruise trips will be switched to hiking).

Overnight: Flight