Oct 6/7th:

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. You will relax for the remainder of the day.

Oct 8th: 

Your sightseeing will start by the Bund with its 100-year history. Its unique European architecture is appealing to people from all over the world.

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.

Also, you will visit the Yuyuan Garden, which is a 400-year old classic Chinese garden in the old town of ShangHai. The Portman Acrobatic Show is your after-dinner activity. (B, L, D)

Oct 9th:  

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 10th: 

You will visit Lingering Garden and Pan Gate. Lingering Garden was originally laid out in 1522 AD. The whole space is artfully and appropriately handled and arranged with exquisitely pretty scales.

After lunch, you will go to Master of the Nets Garden, which is the smallest of the Suzhou residential gardens, yet it is the most impressive because of its use of space which creates the illusion of an area that is much greater than its actual size. (B, L, D)

Oct 11th:

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Suzhou train station or bus back to Shanghai and will catch flight to YiChang city for the Yangtze cruise.

You will then check in at the deluxe cruise ship  
(Five-Star cruise).  (B, L, D)

Oct 12th: 

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 13th:

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 14th:

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 15th:

At 9:00 a.m, you will disembark from the cruise and visit Panda Museum in ChongQuing.

Around 12:00 p.m, you will take a 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 hotel. (B, L, D)

Oct 16th:

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 17th:

After breakfast, you will take a morning flight to Beijing. It's about a two hour flight.

You will visit the Temple of Heaven, the place where emperors worshipped God twice a year and prayed for a good year of harvest.

You will also see the Olympic Sites - the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube Swimming Pool Stadium.

After dinner, you will be transported to Hotel and relax. (B, L, D)

Oct 18th:

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 19th:

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 go back to the hotel to relax.
(B, L, D)

Oct 20th:

This morning 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)