Explore
Tibet on this exotic 13-night adventure including Beijing,
Xian, Shanghai and a 3-night Yangtze River cruise. You’ll
discover the many faces of China, from her imperial treasures
in Beijing and Xian, to bustling Shanghai and the unique
beauty of the Yangtze’s gorges. But with this journey,
you’ll also experience the “Roof of the World,” Lhasa,
Tibet, nestled at the foot of Mt. Everest. You’ll
visit Jokhang Temple, considered the holiest of Buddhism;
Potala Palace, former home of the Dalai Lamas, and much
more. Truly, this is an adventurer’s journey-of-a-lifetime.
ALL THIS INCLUDES
3-night
Yangtze River Cruise with balcony cabin onboard deluxe
Viking Century Sky
5-star
hotel accommodations: 3 nights Beijing, 1 night Xian,
1 night Chengdu, 3 nights Lhasa (4-star/best
in city), 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; Lhasa/Jokhang Temple/Barkhor Market/Tibetan
Museum/Potala Palace/Sera Monastery; Fengdu/Snow Jade Cave; Lesser Three
Gorges; Three Gorges Dam; Shanghai/Bund/Shanghai Museum
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meals: 13 breakfasts, 12 lunches & 12 dinners with
select meals at local restaurants
Welcome
Cocktail & Farewell Dinner
Cultural
Highlights: Peking Opera; Peking Duck Dinner; Tang Dynasty
dinner show; Tibetan family visit & tea; Chinese
acrobatic performance
Fully
escorted from airport arrival to departure
All
intra-China flights & appropriate hotel/airport/ship
transfers
All
port charges included
CRUISE ITINERARY
Day
1 Beijing Hotel check-in & free time
Day
2 Beijing Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City; Summer
Palace; Peking Duck Dinner & Peking Opera
Day
3 Beijing Great Wall & Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs
Day
4 Beijing/Xian Hutongs & Silk Carpet Workshop tour.
Fly to Xian.
Hotel check-in. Tang Dynasty dinner show
Day
5 Xian Terra Cotta Army & Big Wild Goose Pagoda tour;
Night Market visit
Day
6 Xian/Lhasa Free time. Fly to Lhasa. Hotel check-in;
Tibetan family visit & tea
Day
7 Lhasa Jokhang Temple visit & Barkhor Market; Tibetan
Museum tour
Day
8 Lhasa Potala Palace visit; Sera Monastery tour
Day
9 Lhasa/Chongqing Fly to Chongqing. Board your ship
Day
10 Shibaozhai Shibaozhai Temple tour
Day
11 Three Gorges Qutang & Wu Gorges
Lesser Three Gorges Lesser Three Gorges excursion
Day 12 Three Gorges Dam Three Gorges Dam lock transit & tour
Lesser Three Gorges Xiling Gorge
Day
13 Jingzhou Viking River Cruises school visit
Day
14 Wuhan/Shanghai Disembark. Wuhan Museum tour.
Fly to Shanghai. Hotel check-in & free time
Day
15 Shanghai Old Shanghai/Bund tour; Shanghai Museum& free
time; Chinese acrobatic performance
Day
16 Shanghai 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. The altitude in Lhasa
is very high and may affect some people.
