(B= Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner)
If a specific hotel listed here is unavailable,
you will stay at a comparable hotel
with the same level of service
Group
Tour Schedule:
Oct 16th :
Depart from Winnipeg to fly to Shanghai, via Vancouver.
Oct 17th:
Upon your arrival in ShangHai around 2:00 pm, you will
be picked up at ShangHai PuDong International Airport by an English-speaking
guide and transported to the hotel (Four-Star). You will
relax for the remainder of the day.
Oct
18th:
Your sightseeing will start by the Yuyuan
Garden, which is a 400-year old classic Chinese garden in the
old town of ShangHai. Shanghai is famous for silk products. A tour
of the Silk Workshop will introduce how to make silk from single or
double cocoons. ShangHai
Museum is another highlight, which displays Chinese art from ceramics
to jade to furniture. The Portman Acrobatic Show is your after-dinner
activity. (B, L, D)
Oct
19th:
You will stroll along ShangHai’s world-renowned
Old Bund with its 100-year history. Its unique European architecture
is appealing to people from all over the world. Also, you will
take a fast elevator up to 280 meters in the
TV Tower of Oriental Pearl to see a bird's eye view of Shanghai.
This tower is the highest in Asia and the third highest in the world.
Afterwards, you will experience the “Maglev Train”, the
fastest (560km/h) and first commercial train in the world.
(B, L, D)
Oct 20th:
This day will be free of scheduled activities so that
you can explore the city on your own. Detailed suggestions will
be given in a presentation. (B)
Oct 21st:
You
will take a later flight from ShangHai to Yichang, in WuHan province.
You will then check in at the deluxe cruise ship (Four-Star
cruise). (B, L, D)
Oct 22nd:
At 8:00 a.m, the cruise ship departs and goes through
the 5 shiplocks. This will take 5 hours. Then you will disembark from
the cruise ship and visit the Three
Gorges Dam, the world's largest dam. Afterwards, you
will pass the Wu Gorge, the most enchanting of the three gorges, then
XiLing Gorge, the longest one.
(B, L, D)
Oct 23rd:
You will visit the famous Shennong Stream, one of the
tributaries along the Yangtze river, and take a “Pea Pod”
boat to experience the local people’s life and beautiful scenery
along the river. (B, L, D)
Oct 24th:
You
will enjoy the beauty of Qutang Gorge, the shortest and narrowest
one. You will get off the cruise ship and visit the famous Ghost
City of Fengdu, which shows a Chinese fairytale of the severe
penalties given to sinners in hell.
It is said that Fengdu City is the origin of the ghost culture.
(B, L, D)
Oct 25th:
At 9:00 a.m,
you will disembark from the cruise and visit Panda Museum in ChongQuing.
Around 12:00 p.m, you will takea one and a half hour flight from ChongQing
to Xi’An. Upon arrival, you will enjoy the dumpling banquet.
You will then be transported to the four-star hotel. (B,
L, D)
Oct
26th:
You will see the Terracotta
Warriors Museum, the so-called "eighth wonder of the
world". Then, you will visit Big
Wild Goose Pagoda , the symbol of Xi’An City, and visit
“Hui Min Street”, the largest Muslim residential and shopping
street in Xi’an. You will appreciate the Tang
Dynasty Dancing Show after dinner. (B, L, D)
Oct 27th:
After
breakfast, you will take flight to Beijing. It will take two hours
to fly from Xi’An to Beijing. You will visit the Temple
of Heaven, the place where emperors worshipped God twice a year
and prayed for a good year of harvest. After dinner, you will be transported
to the four star Hotel and relax. (B, L, D)
Oct 28th:
You will stroll in TianAnmen Square, the largest square
in Asia. Walking through Tiananmen square, you will get to the Forbidden
City, which has 9,999.5 rooms and a guide will explain to you
why there is a half room. After lunch, you will visit Summer
Palace, the largest imperial garden in Beijing. In the evening,
famous Beijing Duck will be served.
(B, L, D)
Oct
29th:
You will see the
BaDaLing Great Wall, which is the most famous one in Beijing.
You will live the Chinese saying “you are not a true human being
until you get onto the wall” and experience the significance
of the Great Wall. Then, you will go through the Sacred
Way, which was used for the dead emperor to return to the heavens.
The Sacred Way leads you to the Ding
Ling Tomb, where 14 emperors have been buried in this good “Feng
Sui” area. After dinner, you will enjoy the famous “Gong
Fu Show”. (B, L, D)
Oct
30th:
This
day will be free of scheduled activities so that you can explore the
city on your own. Detailed suggestions will be given in a presentation.
(B)
Oct
31st :
After breakfast, you have half the day free,
before 12:00 check out, our last lunch in China and then you will
be transported to the airport for your flight home. (B, L)
Tour Cost:
Wonders of China Tour group package price: