This 15-night
adventure explores China’s cradle of
culture with a 9-night cruise on the Yangtze all the way
from Chongqing to Nanjing. You’ll still see the many
wonders of Beijing, Xian and Shanghai, but on this cruise,
you uncover the roots of Chinese civilization from Jingdezhen,
birthplace of porcelain, to Mt. Jiu Hua’s remote Buddhist
Temple complex, to Nanjing, former capital of ancient China,
and Suzhou with its famed gardens. This adventure is for
those who want to really understand the origins of Chinese
culture.
ALL THIS INCLUDED
-9
night Yangtze River Cruise with balcony cabin onboard
new,
deluxe Viking Century Sun
5-star
hotel accommodations: 3 nights Beijing, 1 night Xian,
2 nights Shanghai
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tours with private English-speaking guides: Beijing/Tiananmen
Square/Forbidden City/Summer Palace/Great Wall/Sacred
Way of the Ming Tombs/Hutongs & Silk
Carpet Workshop; Xian/Terra Cotta Army; Fengdu/Snow Jade Cave; Lesser Three Gorges;
Three Gorges Dam; Viking River Cruises school; Dongting Lake/Yue Yang Tower;
Wuhan Museum; Jingdezhen/Ceramic History Museum; Mt. Jiu Hua; Nanjing/Old City
Wall; Suzhou/Silk Factory & Fishermen’s Garden; Shanghai/Bund/Shanghai
Museum
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meals: 15 breakfasts, 14 lunches & 14 dinners with
select meals at local Chinese restaurants
Welcome Cocktail & Farewell
Dinner
Cultural
Highlights: Peking Opera; Peking Duck Dinner;
Tang Dynasty dinner show; Chinese acrobatic performance
Fully
escorted from airport arrival to departure
All
intra-China flights & appropriate hotel/airport/ship
transfers
All
port charges included
BEIJING TO SHAGHAI ITINERARY
Day
1 Beijing Hotel check-in
Day
2 Beijing Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City Summer
Palace; Peking Duck Dinner & Peking Opera
Day
3 Beijing Great Wall & Sacred Way
Day
4 Beijing Hutongs rickshaw tour & Silk Carpet Workshop
visit
Xian Fly to Xian; Hotel check-in; Tang Dynasty
dinner show
Day
5 Xian Terra Cotta Army; Fly to Chongqing /
Chongqing Board your ship
Day
6 Fengdu Snow Jade Cave /
Day
7 Three Gorges Qutang & Wu Gorges /Three
Gorges Lesser Three Gorges excursion
Day
8 Three Gorges Three Gorges Dam lock transit & tour
Day
9 Jingzhou Viking River Cruises school visit
Day
10 Dongting Lake Yue Yang Tower tour & tea
Day
11 Wuhan Wuhan Museum
Day
12 Jingdezhen Ceramic History Museum
Day
13 Mt. Jiu Hua Mt. Jiu Hua excursion
Day
14 Nanjing Disembark. Old City Wall tour.
Suzhou Motorcoach to Suzhou; Silk Factory tour & Fisherman`s Garden; Motorcoach
to Shanghai
Shanghai Hotel check-in
Day
15 Shanghai Old Shanghai/Bund tour; Shanghai Museum;
Chinese
acrobatic performance
Day
16 Shanghai Hotel check-out
SHANGHAI TO BEIJING ITINERARY
Day 1 Shanghai Hotel check-in
Day
2 Shanghai Old Shanghai/Bund tour; Shanghai Museum; Chinese
acrobatic performance
Day
3 Suzhou Motorcoach to Suzhou; Silk Factory tour & Fisherman`s
Garden
Nanjing Motorcoach to Nanjing; Old City Wall tour;
Board your ship
Day
4 Mt. Jiu Hua Mt. Jiu Hua excursion
Day
5 Jingdezhen Ceramic History Museum
Day
6 Wuhan Wuhan Museum tour
Day
7 Dongting Lake Yue Yang Tower tour
Day
8 Jingzhou Viking River Cruises school visit
Day
9 Three Gorges Three Gorges Dam tour & lock transit
Day
10 Three Gorges Lesser Three Gorges excursion
Three Gorges Qutang & Wu Gorges
Day
11 Fengdu Snow Jade Cave
Day
12 Chongqing Disembark; Fly to Xian /
Xian Hotel check-in; Tang Dynasty dinner show
Day
13 Xian Terra Cotta Army; Fly to Beijing /
Beijing Hotel check-in
Day
14 Beijing Great Wall & Sacred Way
Day
15 Beijing Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City Summer
Palace; Peking Duck Dinner & Peking
Opera
Day
16 Beijing Hotel check-out
Note: Airport
escorts included with transfer when trans-Pacific air is
purchased. Schedules and activities subject to change dependent
upon water levels, port accessibility and weather. Passengers
must be able to climb ramps for ship embarkation/disembarkation;
these have a number of steep steps. Tours include up to
1-2 mile walks over steps and uneven ground. For passenger
safety and enjoyment, you should be in good physical condition
to participate in all tours. Ships and destinations in
China do not have facilities to accommodate wheelchairs
or physically challenged passengers. This itinerary is
also available in the reverse direction. Port sequence
and times may vary, and there are some variations in the
included tours in Beijing & Shanghai
