D01 |
Date |
Beijing |
Day |
|
Arrival Beijing transfer to hotel |
|
|
Lunch at hotel |
|
PM |
Visit Temple of Heaven, a praying and
sacrificial place of the Ming and Qing Emperors |
|
|
Visit Flea Market |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: L |
D02 |
Date |
Beijing |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Full day visit Great Wall (Badaling), that has been built from 770-475 B.C. – climbing on top on
the 2484 miles long Great Wall is really an experience. Afterwards the Summer Palace, the
summer-residence of the former emperors with one of the biggest and best
preserved gardens in China and visit a pearl factory enroute and enjoy a 45
mins Foot Massage |
|
|
Lunch at commune |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D03 |
Date |
Beijing |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
AM |
Visit Tiananmen Square where the Mao’s
Mausoleum and the Congress Hall are located, then
the Forbidden City with the
emperors palace in the heart of Beijing (So called because it was off
limits for 500 years, covering an area of 250 acres, protected by an 10.7m
high wall, marked off by towers at each corner) |
|
|
Lunch at Nauge |
|
PM |
Visit the Hutongs, lanes or Alleys formed by lines
of Siheyuan (a compound with houses around a courtyard) where old Beijing
residents live, witness the vicissitude of the city by a trishaw |
|
|
Peking Duck Dinner at Daong Peking
duck restaurant |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L/D |
D04 |
Date |
Beijing/ Lhasa |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Transfer to airport for flight to
Lhasa via Chengdu |
|
|
Arrival
Lhasa transfer to hotel |
|
|
Lunch at hotel |
|
|
Visit Bakhor Street, all round the
street are shops |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D05 |
Date
|
Lhasa |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Visit
Potala Palace, and walking down around at the Dschokhang, the Tibetan
Tomb in the heart of the old city. Lunch at hotel |
|
|
Rest of day free for leisure |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D06 |
Date
|
Lhasa |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
AM |
Visit Ganden Monastery and Golden
Reliquien-Stupa (located inside the Gandan Monastery) |
|
|
Lunch at hotel |
|
PM |
Visit
Sera Monastery, debating of hundred of monks every day afternoon |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D07 |
Date
|
Lhasa/ Gyantse |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Coach to
Gyantse (about 7 hours) via Kampa La Pass, pass by the Yamdok Yutsho,
colour of water of the lake is blue, with lunch box at the lakeside and
dinner enroute |
|
|
Arrival Gyantse and transfer to
hotel |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L/D |
D08 |
Date
|
Gyantse/ Shigatse |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Visit the Palkhor Chode Monastery
(Kumbum) and Dzong (Old Fort) in
Gyantse |
|
|
Coach to
Shigatse (about 2-3 hours) visit Shalu Monastery enroute |
|
|
Arrival Shigatse with lunch
enroute |
|
|
Rest of the day free for leisure |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D09 |
Date
|
Shigatse |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Visit
Tashilhunpo Monastery with lunch |
|
|
Rest of day free at leisure |
|
|
Dinner at hotel |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L/D |
D10 |
Date
|
Shigatse/ Lhasa |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Transfer to Lhasa via the highland
with lunch and dinner enroute, visit Dolma Lakhang
in Nethang enroute |
|
|
Arrival Lhasa transfer to hotel |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D11 |
Date
|
Lhasa/ Chengdu |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Transfer to airport for flight to Chengdu |
|
|
Arrival Chengdu, visit the main
wholesaling street, tea house |
|
|
Lunch at local restaurant |
|
|
Visit Panda baby
feeding center |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D12 |
Date |
Chengdu/ Dazu |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Coach to Dazu (about 3.5 hours) and visit Stone Inscription in Baoding Shan Hill and
Bei Shan Hill with lunch and dinner enroute |
|
|
Arrival Dazu transfer to hotel |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L/D |
D13 |
Date |
Dazu/ Chongqing/
Sanctuary cruise |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
AM |
Free at leisure |
|
|
Coach to Chongqing from Dazu
(about 2 hours), and then evening board the Sanctuary cruise |
|
|
Dinner on board |
|
00h00 |
Cruise leaves Chongqing |
|
|
Overnight on board |
Meal: B/D |
D14 |
Date |
Sanctuary
cruise |
Day |
|
Sailing on board (with breakfast, lunch,
dinner) |
|
|
D14-D16 sailing through Qutang
Gorge/ Wu George, Daning River Small Georges or Shennong Stream, Three Gorges
Shiplocks |
|
|
Overnight on board |
Meal: B/L/D |
D15 |
Date |
Sanctuary
cruise |
Day |
|
Sailing on board (with breakfast,
lunch, dinner) |
|
|
Overnight on board |
Meal: B/L/D |
D16 |
Date |
Sanctuary
cruise / Yichang/ Shanghai |
Day |
|
Sailing on board (with breakfast) |
|
|
Arrival Yichang and transfer to
airport for flight to Shanghai with lunch enroute |
See remarks |
|
Arrival Shanghai and transfer to hotel |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D17 |
Date |
Shanghai |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
AM |
Visit the Jade Buddha Temple with
a 2M high sitting white Jade Buddha and the 400 years old Yu Garden, decorated with masterpieces of
architecture. Visit the famous bund |
|
|
Lunch at Xian Qiang Fong |
|
PM |
Free for leisure |
|
|
Evening Acrobatic Show |
|
|
Hotel accommodation |
Meal: B/L |
D18 |
Date |
Shanghai |
Day |
|
Breakfast at hotel |
|
|
Transfer to Longyang station and
take the Maglev train to airport for flight |
Meal: B |
* * * * * * * * End of
Program * * * * * * * * |