C and Bea Tours & Cruises, Inc. - China and Yangtze River Cruise
China and Yangtze River Cruise
Departs 2011: 4/9, 5/7, 9/17, 10/22
12 Days
Departs:
April 9, 2011
20 Meals Included
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Experience the spectacle that 3,000 years of Chinese history has produced, while relishing in the excitement of visiting China soon after the country has hosted the 29th Olympiad.
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Day 1
  • Transpacific flight to Beijing. Cross the International Date Line
  • Day 2
  • Tour begins on arrival Beijing and transfer to your hotel
  • Evening at leisure
  • Day 3
  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Excursion of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City
  • Optional excursion to the Summer Palace
  • Welcome Peking Duck Dinner
  • Breakfast
    Dinner
    Day 4
  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Full day excursion to the Great Wall of China – lunch included
  • Breakfast
    Lunch
    Day 5
  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Morning excursion to the Temple of Heaven
  • Fly from Beijing to Xian
  • Evening at leisure
  • Breakfast
    Day 6
  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Visit the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang and the Terra Cotta Warriors
  • Optional Orientation excursion of the city of Xian
  • Optional Tang Dynasty dinner evening and show
  • Breakfast
    Day 7
  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Fly from Xian to Chongqing
  • Tour of Chongqing - lunch included
  • Embark the Victoria Empress
  • Captain’s Welcome Aboard reception and dinner
  • Victoria Empress sails from Chongqing
  • All Meals
    Day 8
  • Breakfast, lunch and dinner onboard
  • Arrive Fengdu or Shibaozhai (river conditions permitting)
  • Excursion either to Lanruo Dian Pagoda or Snowy Jade Cave
  • Afternoon cruise the Yangtze River
  • All Meals
    Day 9
  • Breakfast, lunch and dinner onboard
  • Cruise the Qutang and Wu Gorges before arrival in Wushan
  • Excursion along the Daning River “Small Gorges”
  • Afternoon cruise through the Xiling Gorge Victoria Empress descends the Three Gorges Dam ship locks
  • All Meals
    Day 10
  • Breakfast and lunch onboard
  • Arrive Maoping and visit the awe inspiring Three Gorges Dam
  • Sail from Maoping to Yichang
  • Disembark Victoria Empress and transfer to airport
  • Fly from Yichang to Shanghai with transfer to your hotel
  • Evening at leisure
  • Breakfast
    Lunch
    Day 11
  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Excursion of Shanghai including the Bund, Pudong and the French Concession
  • Afternoon optional excursion to YuYuan Gardens
  • Farewell dinner at your hotel
  • Breakfast
    Dinner
    Day 12
  • Breakfast at your hotel
  • Transfer to Shanghai Airport for flights home, crossing the International Date Line
  • Arrive home

    Accommodations
    Days Two through Four - The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Beijing, China or similar
    Days Five and Six - Holiday Inn Greenland Century City, Xian, China
    Days Seven through Nine - Aboard the Victoria Empress of Victoria Cruises
    Days Ten and Eleven - The Hilton, Shanghai, China or similiar

    Optional 2-night extension to Spectacular Hong Kong – Fragrant Harbor
    To make your trip to China even more special, why not explore Hong Kong on a fascinating two-night extension. Discover a city where wonders never cease. A city where year after year, season after season, people of all ages are beguiled by its charms. Hong Kong is a destination which offers something for everyone. Marvel at gleaming skyscrapers soaring over the magnificent and busy harbor. Like the infamous Chinese “junk” boat, a relic of the past, Hong Kong has survived the currents of change and the storms of ideology, and sailed gently from one century into the next. It is a city which has shown an uncanny mastery of modern finance and commerce yet one which can seem lost in an ancient world of Chinese traditions.
    Hong Kong may be small as tourist destinations go, but it is filled with a wealth of incredible things to see and do. Steeply rising Victoria Peak gives a superb 360-degree view of the whole city and on a clear day you can see much of the New Territories to the north as well as the myriad of South China Sea Islands. Take a sampan ride in Aberdeen Harbor or visit the Museum of History.

    Call for more details and pricing

  • Breakfast
    Includes:
  • Airfare, Fuel Surcharge & Departure Tax
  • Hotel lodging
  • Port charges
  • 20 Meals
  • Ports as listed
  • Optional excursions at an additional cost
  • Fully escorted
  • Operated by Mayflower Tours
  • $60 in Mayflower future travel credits

    *Fuel surcharge and departure tax are subject to change and are not in our control.

    Philadelphia airport transfers can be added at an additional cost.

  • Please call for prices
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