• 17 day / 16 nights River Cruise with balcony cabin onboard deluxe Viking Century Sky
• 17 guided tours with private English-speaking guides: Shanghai/Bund/Silk Carpet Workshop/Shanghai Museum, Three Gorges Dam; Lesser Three Gorges; Fengdu/Snow Jade Cave; Xian/Terra Cotta Army; Beijing/Great Wall/Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs/Tiananmen Square/Forbidden City/Summer Palace
• breakfasts, lunches & dinners
• Welcome Cocktail & Farewell Dinner
• Fully escorted from airport arrival to departure
• All intra-China flights & appropriate hotel/airport/ship transfers
• All port charges included

ITINERARY

• Day 1 Shanghai Hotel check-in & free time
• Day 2 Shanghai Old Shanghai/Bund tour; Silk Carpet Workshop tour; Shanghai Museum & free time; Chinese acrobatic performance
• Day 3 Shanghai/Wuhan Free time. Fly to Wuhan. Wuhan Museum tour; board your ship
• Day 4 Yueyang Viking River Cruises school visit Three Gorges Xiling Gorge
• Day 5 Three Gorges Dam Three Gorges Dam lock transit & tour
• Day 6 Three Gorges Wu & Qutang Gorges Lesser Three Gorges Lesser Three Gorges excursion
• Day 7 Shibaozhai Shibaozhai Temple tour
• Day 8 Chongqing/Xian Disembark. Chongqing Zoo. Fly to Xian. Hotel check-in & free time Tang Dynasty dinner show
• Day 9 Xian/Urumqi Terra Cotta Army. Fly to Urumqi. Hotel check-in
• Day 10 Urumqi City tour & visit with locals
• Day 11 Urumqi/Turpan Motorcoach to Turpan. Hotel check-in. City tour; Dinner Show
• Day 12 Turpan/Kashgar Buddha Caves tour. Fly to Kashgar. Hotel check-in
• Day 13 Kashgar Id Kah Mosque tour & market visit
• Day 14 Kashgar/Beijing Fly to Beijing. Hotel check-in & free time
• Day 15 Beijing Great Wall & Sacred Way of the Ming Tombs
• Day 16 Beijing Tiananmen Square & Forbidden City; Summer Palace; Peking Duck Dinner &
  Peking Opera
• Day 17 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 which includes a 3-night cruise. Port sequence and times may vary, and there may be some variations in the included tours in Beijing & Shanghai.