Port
charges and cruise fuel surcharges:
$93 / China Visa -
$241 UPGRADES: Main Deck
+
$122 pp , Upper Deck +
$246 pp, JR Suite
$1,848 pp
Twin cabin for single occupancy: add 50% of the cat chosen
Rates,
additional charges and conditions are subject to change,
and to
currency fluctuation, without notice - Errors and Omissions
Excepted 261107CM
5*
deluxe hotel accommodations throughout with daily buffet
breakfast: Vivasha Resort Hotel or similar (Shanghai), Suzhou
Garden View Hotel or similar (Suzhou), Best Western Mayflower
Hotel or similar (Wuhan), Royal Garden Hotel or similar (Guilin),
Paradise Hotel (4* best available, Yangshuo), King Dynasty
Hotel or similar (Xian), Hong Kun International or similar
(Beijing)
All
domestic ground transportation, and 4 intra-China domestic
flight segments
Sightseeing
tours including entrance fees as specified in the program
English
speaking local guides in each city PLUS National guide for
all departures with 15 or more
YANGTZE CRUISE ABOARD MS VICTORIA EMPRESS
4 night upstream cruise between Yichang and
Chongqing in balcony cabin deck of your choice
All shore excursions along the route
All on board lectures, briefings, games and entertainment
arranged by the crew
SAMPLE
ITINERARY
Day 1:Arrive
from your overnight flights to China
Day 2: Shanghai Arrive PM and transfer to your deluxe hotel. Due to various
arrival times, meals are on your own.
Day 3: Shanghai - Suzhou
Depart via train
for China’s “Venice”,
the City of Canals, where you will take a tour including
a boat ride on the Grand Canal and Pan Men Gate. In the
evening visit the Garden of “Master of the Nets” with
special dinner and performance. (B, L, SD)
Day 4: Suzhou - Shanghai Return to Shanghai via either train or bus and begin your sightseeing
of Shanghai including the Bund, Yu Yuan Gardens and Nanjing
Road. Tonight, dinner at a local restaurant will be followed
by a performance of the famous Chinese Acrobats. (B, D)
Day 5: Shanghai
Visit the Children’s
Palace where gifted kids will perform for you! Tour the
Jade Buddha Temple, enjoy a Mongolian
style BBQ lunch, visit the impressive Shanghai Museum with
Audio Guide and end the day with a dinner at a local restaurant.
(B, SL, D)
Day 6: Shanghai - Wuhan
Mid-day flight to
Wuhan. On arrival, your city tour includes stops at Mao’s
Residence and the Museum of Ancient History. Dinner and overnight
at your hotel. (B, D)
Day 7: Wuhan– Yichang
EMBARKATION
After breakfast, board your bus for a 3 hour ride through
the rural China, where you will get a glimpse of the rice
paddies and country Chinese life. On arrival in Shashi, enjoy
a lunch at a local restaurant prior to visiting the unique
History Museum - home to Mr. Sui – the 1000 year old
mummy still preserved with most of his body parts intact.
After some free time in the city, continue on to Yichang
where you will board your deluxe floating hotel. (B, L, D)
Day 8:Three Gorges Dam
Begin the day with a tour of this massive wonder and then continue
sailing through the wide Xiling Gorge and the mysterious Wu
Gorge. Tonight enjoy the on board fashion show performed by
your crew. (B, L, D)
Day 9: Lesser Gorges Enjoy exploring the LesserGorges along the Shennong Stream
or Danning River in small motorized sampans. (B, L, D)
Day 10: Yangtze Riverside Towns
Today explore Shibaozhai,
Fengdu or Wanxian, typical riverside towns, where a tour will
introduce you to the local attractions.
The evening is reserved for our Captain’s Gala dinner
followed by a Karaoke party! (B, L, D)
Day
11:Chongqing- Guilin DISEMBARKATION
Bid your ship goodbye
as you disembark and continue with your China adventure.
First we stop at the Panda Zoo and
then it’s on to the unique Artist Village. After lunch
at a local restaurant, stop and tour a silk factory on your
way to the airport for your short flight to Guilin gateway
to the Li River. Transfer to your hotel. Dinner is on your
own. (B, L)
Day 12: Guilin - Yangshuo
The morning is reserved
for a half-day cruise along the mystical Li River. Explore
the bustling town of Yangshuo in the early
afternoon. Here you will have dinner followed by the brand
new “Impressions of the Third Sister Liu” light
and dance show performed under the stars by the river. Overnight
in Yangshuo. (B, L, D)
Day 13: Yangshuo - Guilin - Xian
Return to Guilin for sightseeing of the Reed Flute Cave and
Elephant Trunk Hill. Then transfer to the airport for your
flight to Xian in the afternoon. On arrival transfer to your
deluxe hotel. Dinner tonight is on your own. (B, L)
Day 14: Xian
Tour the
magnificent Terra Cotta Museum where over 8000 life sized warriors
have stood guard for the last 2000 years.
Enjoy a cooked to order lunch at the museum restaurant. Stop
at a lacquer-ware factory on your way back to the hotel.
The evening is reserved for a special dinner and the fabulous
Tang Dynasty show. (B, L, SD)
Day 15: Xian - Beijing
Mid-morning flight to Beijing. On arrival, stop to tour the
unique Temple of Heaven then continue to your deluxe hotel
for check-in. Tonight, enjoy a welcome Peking Duck dinner followed
by a performance of the Chinese Opera. (B, SD)
Day 16: Beijing
Morning sightseeing of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden Palace.
From there continue to the old Hutong part of Beijing where
you will enjoy a bicycle rickshaw-ride and visit a local
Chinese family who will cook and share their lunch with you.
Return to your hotel for an evening at leisure. Dinner is
on your own. (B, SL)
Day 17: Beijing
Morning excursion
to the Great Wall, where lunch will be served. Then visit a
local Kung Fu* school where students will stage
a performance for you featuring the techniques of this ancient
martial art. Tonight’s dinner will be at a popular
local restaurant (B, L, SD) *When closed Kung Fu school will
be substituted with a Kung Fu Theater performance in the
evening.
Day 18: Beijing
Today’s sightseeing
of the Summer Palace will include a short boat ride. The tour
portion of the day will end at
Tiananmen Square and the remaining balance of the day will
be free. Explore Beijing on your own, or join your guide for
an impromptu visit to a local marketplace (Silk Alley or similar)
where you will be able to bargain for those last minute souvenirs
and gifts. (B)
Day 19: Beijing - Home
Transfer to the airport for your flight home. (B)
