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Itinerary:

Day 1 Arrival in Kunming
Kunming To Lijiang Transfer by overnight train.
Arriving at Kunming in the afternoon. Bird-flower market, old houses in Kunming. Then take the evening overnight train to Dali. Stay tonight over night train

- Bird-flower market: The climate in Kunming is very much suitable for the plant of flowers and the living of birds. So the market is worth visiting.

Day 2(B, L, )
Dali
Arrive Dali in the morning. Touring the Three Pagodas, Butterfly Spring. Visiting housing architecture of the Bai ethnic minority and old town.

- Three Pagodas: are located northwest of Dali at the foot Cangshan Mountains. With Qianxun Pagoda, completed in 876 during the Tang dynasty (618-907AD).
- Butterfly Spring: In spring when the trees put forth fragrant flowers, thousands of butterflies flutter among the branches and over the spring water forming a dazzling "Kingdom of Butterflies".

Day 3(B, L, )
Dali To Lijiang Transfer via: express bus
Dali-Lijiang. (Express bus , more than 4 hours)Touring Lijiang old town and Black Dragon Park.

- The Black Dragon Pool: The park holds the Black Dragon Pool and got name because of it. The pool is listed in the Collections of Famous Pools of China because of its beauty.
- The Lijiang ancient town: The town was built in the late song dynasty and the early Yuan dynasty and was listed by the UNESCO on the list of the world's major cultural heritages in 1997.

Day 4(B, L, )
Lijiang To Kunming Transfer via: pm flight
Tour Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Yufeng Temple and Baisha Murals. Flying to Kunming in the evening.

- The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain:The mountain has 13 peaks of which the highest is 18000 feet above sea level. It is a treasure of wild plants and rare animals.
- Yufeng Temple: built in the Qing Dynasty and famous for camellias in the temple.
- The Baisha Mural: With the introduction of the Buddhism, people painted plenty of murals on the walls of temples in the Ming Dynasty.

Day 5(B, L, )
Kunming
City tour in Kunming. Tour the Dragon Gate of West Hills and Stone Forest.

- West Hill and Dragon Gate: The natural forest park in Kunming. The carvings on the cliff was made in 1751.
- Stone Forest: Lime Stones there stand like a forest and form thousands of unique shapes.

Day 6(B, L, )
Kunming To Guilin Transfer via: am flight
Flight to Guilin, city tour Reed flute cave, Elephant trunk hill, Minority dancing & singing show in the evening.

- Elephant Trunk Hill: Located at the conjunction of the Li River & the Peach Blossom River, the whole hill looks very much like a giant elephant with a long trunk, it is the symbol of Guilin city.
- Reed Flute Cave: Known as "the Palace of Natural Arts" where you can see beautiful stalactites & stalagmites, learn how they are formed.

Day 7 Guilin(B, L, )
One day Li-river cruise.(seat-in-coach), return guilin in the afternoon.
Li River Cruise: Depart from your hotel in the morning. Be transferred to the Zhujiang Pier(about 1 hour drive)for a 4.5 hours wonderful cruise.You will enjoy the picturesque mountains, peaceful green fields, farms and villages with water buffalos,cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank. Disembark at the one-thousand-year-old town Yangshuo in the afternoon.

Day 8(B, )
Guilin To Wuhan Transfer via: am flight
If the flight is available today, be transferred from hotel to airport, take the flight to Wuhan, stay tonight in Wuhan.

Day 9(B, )
Wuhan To Yichang Transfer via: express bus
Be met and be transferred to bus station, take the express bus (4hours) to Yichang, boarding on the deluxe cruise East King.(You may take the express bus in the morning to Yichang, and you may have time for visiting the dam site.) the ship will be arrive yichang about afternoon, you may pre-boarding the ship when it stop at Yichang. Yangtze cruise, Yichang-Guest Embarkation. The ship departs Yichang at 22:00.
Stay tonight East King, the only Deluxe Hotel cruise on the yangtze

Day 10(B, L, D)
Yangtze
Xiling Gorge-Passing(0630-0830)
Shennong Stream Drifiting-Shore Excursion(1030-1330)
Wu Gorge-Passing(1430-1545)
Qutang Gorge-Passing(1730-1800)"

Day 11(B, L, D)
Yangtze
Shibaozhai-Shore Excursion(0930-1230)
(or Wanxian-Shore Excursion)

Day 12(B, L, D)
Yangtze To chongqing/Chengdu Transfer via: express bus
Chongqing-Guest Disembark(0930), take the express bus to Chengdu. Be met in Chengdu bus station with private car by our English speaking guide.Half Day tour to Panda breed Reserve(if the time permit) and Sanxingdui ruins.

- Panda Breed Reserve: Where you can see pandas bred in nature.
- Sanxingdui ruins: A ruined city with a history of over 3000 years. The relics at Sanxingdui are precious cultural heritage of mankind, which contain rich historical, cultural and scientific value. Thousands of pieces of invaluable relics such as bronze ware, jade ware, gold ware, pottery, and bone ware unearthed respectively from the Sanxingdui Ruins, the No. 1 sacrificial pit, and No.2 sacrificial pit of the Shang Dynasty (cir. 16th-11th century B.C.)

Day 13(B, )
Chengdu To Xian Transfer via: pm flight
Flight to Xi'an, ancient capital for 11 centuries,and the ancient gateway to the Silk Road full of Chinese legend. In the afternoon, you are arranged to visit the Provincial Museum and the City Wall. In the evening, go to visit the Tang Dynasty Show with dinner.

- The Provincial Museum: One of the main museums in China which holds numerous unearthed cultural relics of China.
- The City Wall: An extension of the old Tang Dynasty structure boasting the most complete city wall that survives through Chinese long history.
- Tang Dynasty Show: The show that presents the palace dances and sings in the Tang Dynasty when Xian was the capital.

Day 14(B, )
Xian
Xi'an's rich history comes alive on a visit to the greatest archaeological finding of the century: the army of terra cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb.

Day 15(B, L, )
Xian To Beijing Transfer via: am flight
Be transferred to the airport for your flight to Beijing. Leisure in the afternoon. Be transferred to the theater to enjoy the Beijing opera tonight.

Day 16(B, )
Beijing
Full day Sit in coach tour to the Great Wall and Ming Tomb.

- The Great Wall: One of the seven wonders in the world and the symbol of China.
- The Ding Tomb: The only underground tomb of the thirteen tombs of the emperors in the Ming Dynasty.

Day 17(B, L, )
Beijing
Free day, you may get yourselves to the Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square.

- The Tian'anmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
- The Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.

Day 18(B, L, )
Beijing
A full day tour to The Summer Palace, the Lama Temple, Hutong tour.

- The Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.
- The Lhama Monastery: The largest 260-year-old monastery in Beijing of the Yellow sect of Lamaism.
- Hutongs: The old narrow paths where common people lived. All the Hutongs crisscross with each other, dotted with the Kindergarten, the Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Tea House, the lake, House of Gong Infante and local people's houses among them.

Day 19(B, )
Beijing
Be met & transferred from your hotel to Beijing airport and fly back home.
The tour ends.

Quotation: $2490 USD per person(Minimun Passenger 2)

Including:
1)All accommodation,
2)The meals, indicated in the above itinerary,
3)All China's domestic Airfares,
4)Your private English-Speaking Guide,
5)Your private transportations,
6)Your China Travel Insurance,

Excluding:
1) Your International airfare,
2) Your Chinese Visa Fee,
3) Your personal expenses,
4) Meals not indicated in the above itinerary,