Shanghai-Yichang-Yangtze Cruise-Chongqing-Chengdu-Lhasa-Kunming

Day 01 Home- - Shanghai     Stay: Shanghai
Transfer via: TBA, on your own arrangement.
Arrive in Shanghai. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day. 

Day 02 Shanghai (B/L)      Stay: Shanghai
Visit the famous Jade Buddha Temple with a 2m high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400-year old Yu Yuan Garden decorated with masterpieces of Ming architecture, as well as the Old Town & the Bund . You also have a chance to visit the Shanghai Museum and the famous Nanjing Road among crowds.

Day 03 Shanghai –Zhouzhuang- Shanghai (B/L)      Stay: Shanghai
One day Zhouzhuang village tour. Drive to Zhouzhuang Village , an ancient village in south of China (about 2.5 hours driving). Visit Shen Family Residence, Zhang Family Residence and Mi Tower as well as cruise on the small river through the village. Be transferred back to Shanghai late in the afternoon.

Day 04 Shanghai-- Yichang (B/L)      Stay: On ship
Be transferred to the airport. Take a flight to Yichang . Be transferred to harbor and embark the boat. Start your Yangtze River Cruise.

Day 05 Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)      Stay: On ship
Cruise excursion

Day 06 Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)      Stay: On ship
Cruise excursion

Day 07 Yangtze River Cruise (B/L/D)      Stay: On ship
Cruise excursion

Day 08 Yangtze River Cruise – Chongqing - - Chengdu (B/L)      Stay: Chengdu
Arrive in Chongqing . Disembark and be transferred to visit General Stewell Museum who was chief commander of US forces in the China-Burma-India Theatre during World War II. Then you will visit Erling Park where tourists can take a bird\¡¯s eye view of the whole city of Chongqing . After that visit People\¡¯s Hall which it is a giant traditional building with a large square. Be transferred to Chongqing airport. Take a flight to Chengdu . Arrive in Chengdu . Be met & transferred to the hotel with your private guide & vehicle.

Day 09 Chengdu (B/L)      Stay: Chengdu
One day tour to visit Dufu Thatched Cottage which is a cottage restored in Ming Dynasty and a memorial for a great Tang Dynasty poet, Du Fu. Visit Wuhou Temple , which was built by Li Xiong in the Western Jin Dynasty (about 1,100 years ago) in memory of Zhuge Liang, prime minister of Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period(220-80AD). Finally visit the Panda Research Centre where you can see the Panda and Wangjiang Park is your next destination.

Day 10 Chengdu - - Lhasa (B/L)      Stay: Lhasa
Be transferred to the airport. Take a flight to Lhasa . Arrive in Lhasa. Be met & transferred to your hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Day 11 Lhasa (B/L)     Stay: Lhasa
In the morning, visit the Potala Palace, Lhasa\¡¯s cardinal landmark combined originality with harmony. After lunch, find out the Jokhang Temple built in 7th century by Songtsan Gambo , the Tang Princess Wen Cheng and Nepalese Princess Bhrikuti. It is the spiritual center of Tibet, the Holy of Holies and the destination of millions of Tibetan pilgrims. Then take a stroll in Barkhor Street. It is a quadrangle streets surrounds the Jokhang and a place where Tibetan culture, commerce, religion and arts assemble.

Day 12 Lhasa (B/L)     Stay: Lhasa
Full day trip to Trupeng Monastery which was the largest and richest of the three major Yellow Sect monasteries in Lhasa. Then take a visit to the Sera Monastery - the last of the three principal Yellow Sect monasteries to be built in Lhasa comprises a great sutra chanting hall, a college and 32 sections. It once housed nearly 10000 monks and is proud of its glorious history during the Ming Dynasty. Afterwards take a visit to Norbulingka and the Carpet Factory .

Day 13 Lhasa - - Kunming (B)      Stay: Kunming
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for a flight to Kunming . Arrive in Kunming. Be met and transferred to hotel.

Day 14 Kunming (B/L)      Stay: Kunming
One day tour to visit Stone Forest which is located 90km south of Kunming . It is a process of weathering and erosion.You will find that nature has created an art gallery of stone sculpture here. Then visit Sani village en route when return to the city.

Day 15 kunming--Home (B)     Tour End
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for your flight home.
Service ends

Price include :   
* Private vehicle, driver and English-speaking guide.
* All entrance fees to scenic spots.
* Meals (Chinese lunch and dinner) as shown in the itinerary table marked with "L/D".
* Domestic flight tickets with airport taxes.
* Insurance.?????????
* Hotel accommodation based on 2 sharing one room (twin-bed room) with daily Western breakfast.
* Special room requirement is always subject to the availability upon check-in.  

 Price exclude : 
* International Airfare or International train tickets before coming into China
* Visa fees.
* Tips to guides, drivers and porters.
* Personal expenses such as excess luggage fees, laundry, postage, communications and beverages

1) Above prices might be influenced during some holidays such as the Chinese New Year, May Day(May 01- 03) & National Day(Oct 01-07), as well as some special events.
2) Above prices are not definite. ECT keeps the right to offer corrected prices before it delivers final confirmation due to all kinds of unpredictable reasons.
3) Above prices are rated with current exchange rate which might result changes due to the fluctuation.
4) Children under 12 will get discount from above prices. Please indicate all details about kids concerned with bookings.