Cultural China & Tibet with Yangtze River Cruise and Mongolia 2013 / 2014

Highlights & Sightseeing

Cruise:
Deluxe 4-night cruise from Yichang to Chongqing in a Deluxe Stateroom with two lower beds, private facilities, and balcony

Shanghai:
Sightseeing with a Local Guide including headsets; visit the Bund, Yu Yuan Gardens, the Shanghai Museum, and a silk factory; attend an acrobatic show; welcome dinner

Yichang:
Begin your Yangtze cruise aboard the Century Legend

Three Gorges Dam:
Sightseeing of the impressive dam site with a Local Guide

Shennong Stream:
Enjoy a boat excursion down one of the Yangtze’s lesser gorges including sampan ride

Shibaozhai:
Walking tour

Chongqing:
Visit a local zoo to see pandas

Lhasa:
Sightseeing with a Local Guide; visit the Summer Palace, a Tibetan’s home, a Tibetan monastery, a Tibetan hospital, Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, and a local bazaar

Xi’an:
Enjoy “The Tang Dynasty” dinner show; sightseeing with a Local Guide including headsets; visit the Dayan Pagoda and Terracotta Warriors, lacquer workshop, noodle-making demonstration, and calligraphy class

Beijing:
Sightseeing with a Local Guide including headsets; Hutong tour by rickshaw; visit the Forbidden City, Imperial Palace, Tian’anmen Square, Summer Palace, Great Wall, cloisonné workshop, and Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs; Peking Opera performance; Peking Duck farewell dinner

Ulaanbaatar:
Sightseeing with a Local Guide, visit the National History Museum, the Natural History Museum, Bogd Khan Winter Palace, and the Gandan Monastery; Mongolian folklore performance

Gobi Desert:
Sightseeing with a Local Guide; visit Eagle Valley National Park, sand dunes, Cemetery of Dinosaurs, and a camel breeders camp

Meals

B: American breakfast daily L: 14 lunches D: 16 dinners including a welcome dinner in Shanghai and a Peking Duck farewell dinner in Beijing

Hotels

Shanghai Fairmont Peace Hotel (D), Yangtze Cruise Century Legend, Lhasa Four Points by Sheraton (F), Xi’an Golden Flower by Shangri-La (SF), Beijing China World Hotel (D), Ulaanbaatar Kempinski Hotel Khan Palace (D), Gobi Desert Three Camel Lodge (BA)

NOTES:

• This trip is for travelers who are fit. You will visit regions reaching almost 14,000 ft. in elevation.
• Accommodations in the Gobi Desert are in traditional Mongolian gers with private bathroom and shared shower facilities.