Tour Package No.19: 12-Day Naturally Beautiful China & Yangtze River Cruise Downstream (from US$2592 per peson)
Shanghai/Zhangjiajie/Chengdu/Jiuzhaigou/Yangtze River Cruise/Shanghai 12 days / 11 nights
Tour Code: SZJYS

All inclusive;
5-star hotel in Zhangjieajie, Chengdu and Jiuzhaigou and 4-star hotels in Shanghai;
4-star Yangtze River Cruise ship;
Complimentary Accidental Travel Insurance in China;

The BUND		Zhangjiajie		Jiuzhaigou		Three Gorges

Package Features:

This tour will take you to the modern city of Shanghai where you will see the fast development of the city, Mother’s Nature Oxygen Bar --- Zhangjiajie, 76 percent of which is covered by mountains and forests, fairland Jiuzhaigou with a large number of lake groups, waterfalls, rich variety of endangered plants and fauna, the beautiful Three Gorges where you will see the picturesque scenery along the Yangtze River and Three Gorges Dam --- one of the largest construction ever undertaken by mankind.

Hotels and Cruise Ship:

Shanghai (3 nights): 4-star hotel
Galaxy Hotel or similar

Zhangjiajie (2 nights): 5-star hotel
Best Western Premier Hotel or similar

Chengdu (1 nights): 5-star hotel
Crown Plaza Hotel or similar

Jiuzhaigou (2 nights): 5-star hotel
Sheraton Hotel or similar

Yangtze River Cruise Ship (3 nights): 4-star ship
Yangtze Paradise or similar

Guarantieed Departures and Pricing (all inclusive): Guarantieed Departures and Pricing

Land service includes:

-- 8 nights of hotel accommodation with buffet breakfast in hotel;
-- all transfers and transportation within the tour by luxury A/C coach;
-- all meals as listed in the itinerary (7 lunches and 7 dinners in local restaurant or on board);
-- Yangtze River Cruise ship fee including 3 nights of accommodation, meals on board and shore excursions;
-- all entrance fee to the scenic spots indicated in the itinerary;
-- quality English speaking tour guide service
-- domestic airfare Shanghai /Zhangjiajie/Chengdu / jiuzhaigou/ Chongqing & Yichang / Shanghai with tax and the fuel surcharges

Land service does NOT include:

-- roundtrip International airfare with tax;
-- extra personal expenses;
-- tips to tour guide, driver & porters

Remarks:

--Date for F-1 Race in Shanghai is unknown yet, one or two departures would be cancelled when
the date for F-1 Race is confirmed. .
-- Please indicate Tour CODE “SZJYS” or “Tour Package No.19” at time of booking
--There is no FOC and further discount for children under 12.
-- Please provide passport names and passport numbers at time of booking.
-- The above prices are based on the exchange rate of 1:7 between Chinese Yuan and US Dollar. If any further devaluation of US Dollar at time of booking, we have to charge the balance.

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1 (Fri) to Shanghai (No meals)
Arriver in Shanghai, met and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Shanghai.

Day 2 (Sat) Shanghai (B.L.D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to the Bund, which is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years and Yu Garden, a representative of the classical architectural style acknowledged as an architectural miracle in the region southeast of the Yangtze River.
Lunch.
Afternoon visit the Shanghai Museum, a large museum of ancient Chinese art.
Dinner.
Acrobatic Show in the evening.
Overnight in Shanghai.

Day 3 (Sun) Shanghai / Zhangjiajie (B, L, D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning Tour in Shanghai to French Concession, the area of Shanghai once designated for the French, and
Oriental Pearl TV Tower, the worlds’ third tallest TV and Radio Tower, on top of which you may have a bird’s-eye view of the city.
Lunch.
Afternoon tour to Jade Buddha Temple, a venerable and famous Buddhist temple and shopping at Carpet Factory.
Late afternoon airport transfer for your flight for Zhangjiajie, about 2 hours’ flight.
Arrive at Zhangjiajie, met and transferred to your hotel.
Dinner.
Overnight in Zhangjiajie.

Day 4 (Mon) Zhangjiajie (B, L, D).
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning tour to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, known as China’s first national forest park, Emperor Mountain Reserve and take cable car up to the Terraced Fields in air.
Lunch.
Afternoon tour to Suoxi Gully Reserve, and visit Golden Whip Stream
Dinner.
Overnight in Zhangjiajie.

Day 5 (Tue) Zhangjiajie/ Chengdu (B, L, D).
Breakfast in hotel.
Continue visit in Zhangjiajie and local ethnic villages & Tu Ethnic Minority Family Museum and visit Yellow Dragon Cave.
Lunch.
Afternoon airport transfer for your flight for Chengdu, about 1 hour’s flight.
Arrive in Chengdu, met and transferred to your hotel.
Dinner.
Overnight in Chengdu.

Day 6 (Wed) Chengdu / Jiuzhaigou (B, L, D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Morning airport transfer for your flight for Jiuzhaigou (45 minute by the flight)
Jiuzhai Airport is at an elevation of 3400 meters above sea level, the 3th highest elevation airport in the world. It is specially built up for the visiting Fairyland Jiuzhaigou (Nine Tibetan Villages Valley) and Huanglong Scenic Area. The airport is located between Jiazhaigou & Huanglong (Yellow Dragon), 32 km northwest forward to Jiuzhaigou and 74 km southeast forward to Huanglong. After we land at the airport, we first drive to explore the beauty of Huanglong for the rest of the day with lunch.
Buffet dinner in hotel.
Overnight in Jiuzhaigou.

Day 7 (Thu) Jiuzhaigou (B, L, D)
Breakfast in hotel.
Explore the fantasy of Jiuzhaigou for the whole day
Morning we take bus 18 KM deep into Jiuzaigou (Nine Tibet Villages Valleys) including
visit Panda Lake, Mirror Lake, Tiger Lake, Five Flower Lake, Rhinoceros Lake,
Peacock River & Lake, Nourilang Waterfall, Shuzheng Waterfall, Pearl Shoal Waterfall
etc for the whole day.
Lunch and dinner.
Overnight in Jiuzhaigou.

Day 8 (Fri). Jiuzhaigou/Chongqing (B, L, D)
Breakafast in hotel.
Continue explore the fantasy land of Jiuzhaigou again
Morning we enter into Jiuzhaigou again by visit Long Lake and some others we have not covered
Afternoon airport transfer for your flight for Chongqing, about 1 hour’s flight.
Arrive in Chongqing, met and transferred to the city to visit General Stillwell’s Museum, the former home and operational base of the American General whose forces included the Flying Tigers.
Dinner.
Transfer to the dock for boarding the Yangtze River Cruiseship --- MV. Paradise before 8 p.m.
The ship sets sailing at mid-night.
Overnight on board.

Day 9 (Sat) Yangtze River Cruise (B.L.D)
Three meals on board.
Cruise & shore excursion to Shibaozhai (Stone Treasure Fortress), a 12-story wooden structure which contains interesting and historic artifacts on each floor.
Overnight on board.

Day10 (Sun) Yangtze River Cruise (B.L.D)
Three meals on board.
Cruise & shore excursion to Shennong Steam by Sampan, where you will enjoy not only the beautiful scenery along the river, but also see cliff-wallows swishing in the air, groups of monkeys sporting among the trees, Shoals of fish swimming in the clear water, as well as ancient coffins in the rocky crevices left by the Ba people, Shennong colorful pebbles.
Overnight on board.

Day11 (Mon) Yangtze River Cruise/Shanghai (B.L)
Breakfast in hotel.
Cruise & shore excursion to the Three Gorges Dam, one of the largest construction ever undertaken by mankind.
Lunch.
Disembark at Yichang at 13:30.
Met by tour guide where you disembark and transferred to airport for your flight for Shanghai. About 2 hours’ flight.
Arriver in Shanghai, met and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight in Shanghai.

Day12 (Tue) Shanghai/departure (B)
Breakfast in hotel.
Airport transfer for your flight home or extending your stay.