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Tour Code: RiverTour-River-3
- Day 1-4 in Guilin
- Day 1
Welcome to Guilin, China's most scenic city. Upon your arrival in Guilin, your personal guide will meet youand escort you to your hotel. The rest of the day is yours to relax, or start to explore this beautiful city on your own.
Day 2Today's excursion will bring you to the famous Longji Rice Terraced Fields.
Along the journey, you will trek on quiet field paths, visit a minority village inhabited by Yao and Miao people, admire their colorful clothes & traditional wooden houses, taste some of their homemade snacks, and chat about their primitive farming life, then climb to the top mound to see the amazing landscape of Longji.
Be transferred back to Guilin after the tour.
Day 3Today's highlight is Li River Cruise. Starting at Zhujiang Pier, you'll cruise down the picturesque Li River until Yangshuo. En route, stunning limestone karst scenery, pastoral views of thriving groves, rice paddies, water buffalos and working farmers make your trip relaxing & enjoyable.
Early afternoon, disembark in Yangshuo and check into your hotel. Then you will take a bike tour to explore this wonderfully laid back countryside.
Day 4After a memorable stay in Yangshuo, be driven back to Guilin for an essential city tour in the morning.
You will tour the much-loved Elephant Trunk Hill, climb on the legendary Fubo Hill, drop by a Pearl Museum and see the incredibly-formed stalactites and stalagmites at Reed Flute Cave.
Then take a flight to Chengdu, home to the cute giant pandas, and check into your hotel.
- Day 5-7 in Chengdu
- Day 5
Today comfortable transfer will take you to Bifengxia Panda Breeding Center, home to 70 giant pandas.
Here you will visit a panda museum and a panda cinema to learn more about this precious species, see the infant pandas sleeping in their incubators at a nursery, and watch the adult ones frolic with each other, wrestling, chasing, hanging from trees and doing all manner of things you've never seen.
Stay overnight in Befengxia.
Day 6In the morning, you will grasp the opportunity to be a panda volunteer in the centre. Cleaning the residence of pandas, preparing their favorite bamboos, you will make a better environment by your own hands.
Then you will take a trip to Shangli Ancient Town, one of the top 10 old towns in China. Here you will escape from the bustling of cities and enjoy the tranquility and inner-calm of nostalgic village life. After the tour, be transferred back to Chengdu for a fabulous Hot Pot dinner.
Evening, you will be free, optional to enjoy the melodious Sichuan Opera.
Day 7On this day you will have a chance to sip fragrant Chinese tea in a traditional teahouse and enjoy watching locals of different ages eating, talking, playing cards and entertaining there. Then take a relaxing stroll along Jili Old Street, a prettily restored ancient street full of flavorful snacks from all over China.
After the tour, be transferred to the airport for your flight to Chongqing wherer your local guide will pick you up and escort you to your Yangtze Cruise ship.
- Day 8-10 Yangtze Cruise
- Day 8
Your memorable Yangtze Cruise begins. Taiji lessons, Chinese medicine lectures and other onboard activities will make you in preparation for your Yangtze exploration.
Your ship will stop for a shore excursion to the Fengdu Ghost City where you can learn about China’s afterlife culture via various statues, paintings and inscriptures.
After, re-board the ship and get ready to enjoy the Welcome Party hosted by the captain in the evening.
Day 9Beside the enchanting landscape along the Yangtze River, today’s sightseeing will be highlighted by the shore excursion to Lesser Three Gorges.
You will take a smaller wooden boast to enter the fabulous gorges. Deep gorges, green mountains, crystal waters, appalling cliffs, thriving groves and perhaps native wildlifes will make this excursion a worthwhile.
After returning to your ship, the ballroom would be an ideal place to party the night away.
Day 10Today the last shore excursion takes you to the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest hydroelectric complex. Smartly mingled with local natural landscape, the Dam can boasts itself as the newest world class scenic spot on the river.
After the Yangtze Cruise, you will be met by your local guide at the disembarking pier and transferred to the airport for a flight to your next destination.
Trip Overview
This 7-13 days easy pace tour is a great getaway from the crush of big cities. Countryside and teahouse, hot pot and buttered tea, buffalo and pandas, cycling and boating— all will recharge your body and soul. Sample the laidback delights of Guilin where the view of Longshen's spectacular rice terrace trumps all else. In Chengdu, noted for adorable giant pandas, fiery cuisine and pretty girls, challenge your tastebuds with spicy hot pot, and soak in local lifestyle at a teahouse. Next, mysterious and legendary Lhasa beckons your exploration. Finally end this fun filled journey with a relaxed Yangtze cruise. — Click it to make it happen.
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