Group Tour Schedule:

Oct 14/15th :

Depart from Winnipeg to fly to Shanghai, via Vancouver. 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 16th: 

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 17th:  

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. After lunch, you will take a Chinese express train from Shanghai to Suzhou, which is famous for its natural beauty and considered a paradise. You will be transferred to the Suzhou Bamboo Grove Hotel. Dinner will be at the hotel.  (B, L, D)

 

Oct 18th: 

You will visit Lingering Garden and Tiger Hill. Lingering Garden was originally laid out in 1522 AD. The whole space is artfully and appropriately handled and arranged on exquisitely pretty scales. It is a typical garden of the Ming period with elegance and exquisiteness in the southern Yangtze Valley. After lunch, you will go to Tiger Hill, which is a large hillock covering some 14,100 square metres and is 36 metres in height. Climbing the hill, you will find a number of historical sites, some of which can be traced back over 2500 years to the founding of Suzhou. Although the hill is relatively small, it has rich history. (B, L, D)

 

Oct 19th:

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Suzhou train station or bus back to Shanghai and will catch flight to Yi Chang city for the Yangtze cruise. You will then check in at the deluxe cruise ship   (Five-Star cruise).     (B, L, D)

 

Oct 20th: 

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 21st:

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 22nd:

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 23rd:

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 24th:

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 25th:

 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 26th:

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 27th:

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 28th:

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. Around 1:30 p.m, we will be transferred to the Beijing international airport for our back home flight. (B) 

Tour Cost:

Wonders of China Tour group package price:

Group price (minimum 20 passengers) $3,800* Cdn including GST and international airfare to China . 

Hotel surcharge if not sharing room: $500.00

Includes: international flight, 3 China domestic flights, 2 chinese express train tickets, air-conditioned bus, experienced escort with fluent English and Mandarin from Winnipeg, local English-speaking guide, 4 star hotel (14 nights), 39 meals, baggage handlings in each city, Chinese visa and all Canadian tax.

Please make sure your passport is valid for at least 6 months beyond the tour return date.

Tour group package price EXCLUDES travel insurance and tips.