Day 1   Hometown / Shanghai

Your adventure will begin with a flight from your hometown to Shanghai by Japan Airlines or Air Canada. Your Canadian tour escort will accompany you from Vancouver to Beijing.

Day 2   Arriving Shanghai

When you arrive in Shanghai, China’s most populous city and eaport, you’ll be greeted by your local guide and transferred to your 5 Star hotel. Relax or explore Shanghai at your leisure.

Hotel: Renaissance Shanghai Zhongshan
Park (5 Star)

Day 3   Shanghai

Tour the ultra-modern Shanghai Museum, Pudong Development Zone and get a closer look at the famous Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Then visit Yu Yuan Garden, People’s Square. Afterwards, take a walk along the famous “ “Bund”, you will be amazed at the beauty of historical architecture. Tonight enjoy your Huangpu River Night Cruise. (B/L/D)

Day 4   Shanghai ~ Suzhou ~ Tongli (Water Village) ~ Shanghai

This morning you’ll take a coach ride to Suzhou. Visit Master-of-Nets Garden and enjoy an interesting Suzhou Canal Cruise Tour; this “Venice of the East”, will pleasantly surprise you. Later visit a functioning silk factory. After lunch, you’ll visit the Water Village of Tongli, which has a history spanning over 1,000 years. Return to Shanghai in the late afternoon. (B/L/D)

Day 5   Shanghai / Yichang ~ Yangtze River Cruise

A relaxing morning is yours to explore dynamic Shanghai before taking a flight to Yichang. After dinner, you’ll board the deluxe Victoria Cruises – Queen. Explore the ship and your stateroom before starting to revel in every splendid and amazing moment. (B/L/D)

Yangtze Cruise Ship: Victoria Cruises - Queen (a 5 Star Deluxe American Managed Cruise Ship - Outside Cabin with Balcony)

Day 6   Yangtze River Cruise

After a brief introduction to the Cruise, a shore excursion at Sandouping takes you to the “Three Gorges Dam”, the biggest hydro-electric dam in the world. This afternoon, you will passthrough the first gorge - Xiling Gorge, the longest and historically the most hazardous of the famous “Three Gorges”. Tonight, you'll engoy an enthuiastic Crew Cabaret Show.  (B/L/D)

Day 9   Chongqing

Visit the Ming Dynasty City Wall before taking a flight to Chongqing. You will visit the Chongqing Zoo to see lovely and charming Pandas. You’ll also visit an old preserved section of Chongqing in which you can admire a famous Qing Dynasty style architectural complex – Hu Guang Guild House. Evening you’ll enjoy a Sichuan Flavour Dinner plus a night bus tour to People’s Square for famous Square Dancing. (B/L/SD)

Hotel: JW Marriott Hotel (5 star)

Day 10   Chongqing / Xi'an

Take a flight to Xi’an - one of China's ancient capitals and the start of the famous Silk Road. Upon arrival, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. This evening, you enjoy a well-known Xi’an Special Dumpling Banquet while being entertained by the colourful Tang Dynasty Show. (B/L/SD)

Hotel: Sofitel Xi’an on Renmin Square (5 star)

Day 11   Xi’an (Exclusive visit Private Artefact Room)

Another unforgettable tour is visiting the Museum that houses the most exciting archaeological discovery of the 20th Century - the excavation of more than 6,000 Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses.You’ll visit a functioning Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses reproduction factory on the way. In the afternoon visit Shanxi Provincial Museum including an exclusive visit to the Private Artefact Room where you could hold the national treasures with a white-glove. Tonight a Western Dinner will be served in the hotel and enjoy your
Xi’an Night Tour to a fascinating Muslim Quarter Market. (B/L/WD)

Day 12   Xi'an / Beijing

Today you will visit the historic Ming Dynasty City Wall before taking a flight to Beijing, the capital of China. After lunch, take a close look at the 2008 Olympic Stadium (The Bird’s Nest and The Water Cube). Evening entertainment is a dazzling Beijing Acrobatic Show. (B/L/D)

Hotel: Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel (5 star)

Day 13   Beijing

You will be exploring the very heart of Beijing after breakfast. The trip starts from Tian’anmen Square, the largest public square in the world - the square and its surrounding areas are home to some of China's most historic monuments and government edifices. Then take a tour to the Forbidden City, the largest existing ancient architectural complex in China. In the afternoon, you will visit Summer Palace - an enchanting panorama of lake, landscape, pagodas and pavilions. This evening, you will enjoy a special Peking Duck Dinner and a bus tour to experience Beijing by Night (Donghua Gate Food Fair). (B/L/SD)

Day 14   Beijing (Great wall Restoring Work)

Have an inspiring day tour to the world famous Great Wall (Juyong Pass), which winds dragon-like across northern China. Enjoy time to walk along its ramparts and absorb the breathtaking views. Afterwards, you could participate in “Great Wall Restoring Work” at the Remnant Section of Great Wall. In the afternoon, visit the tomb of Emperor Yongle (Zhu Di) Changling - one of the Ming Tombs at the burial site of thirteen
Ming Dynasty Emperors. (B/L/D)

Day 15   Beijing

Begin the day with a visit to the beautiful Temple of Heaven. Then take a novel Rickshaw Tour through the ancient alleyways of Beijing’s Hutong - one of Beijing's 700-year-old traditional cottage neighbourhoods. A
personal visit to a family in one of the “Quadrangles” has been arranged, and you’ll be treated to a delightful
Family Lunch at the home of one of local families! After this unusual lunch, you’ll make a visit to the busiest
shopping area - Wangfujing. Tonight you will have a Farewell Dinner. (B/L/SD)

Day 16   Beijing / Hometown

After breakfast, bid farewell to China and depart for Canada and arrive home on the same day. (B)