Tour Code:  OC-130 "VP"U
Shanghai-Chongqing Guilin Chengdu Xian Beijing upstream (in "Prince" ship 9days8nights)
Day01,  Arrive at Shanghai, take taxi by yourself to Shanghai 4* Shanghai hotel or Hongqiao (Rainbow) hotel or central area Blue Palace hotel for night, check in with your passports.
Day02,  By private car and private English speaking guide service, at about 07:30-08:30 pick you up from your hotel and drive to Suzhou, visit The Humble Administrator's Garden (Zhuozheng Yuan in Chinese, This garden was built around 1509AD during the Ming Dynasty by the imperial inspector, covers an area of 52,000 square meters or 13 acres, is the largest Garden in Suzhou), the Grand Canal, and the Silk Factory (China's leading silk producer in Suzhou), and to understand how the silk is processed from the silkworm to the final woven cloth, of course you can buy silk products for memerial, and overnight in 4*Bamboo Zhuhui or similar hotel.(B/L)
Day03, Drive to Hangzhou, visit the West Lake: take boat cruise (ticket) to the Three Fairy Islets in the middle of the lake, among which Three Pools Mirroring the Moon is the most attractive one, also you will see the nine-turn bridge in the islets, then walking along the Su Causeway; and visit the Dragon-well-Tea Plantation, the Tea house for shopping tea, in the evening you can enjoy the Hangzhou WestLake Immpersion performance (cost extra), overnight in 4* Lakeview (Wanghu) hotel or Daysinn hotel.(B/L)
Day04(Ship departure date), Drive to Shanghai, and visit (Yuyuan Garden, Jade Buddha Tempple if time permits), the Bund and Nanjing Road for shopping, in the afternoon transfer to board ship, cruise depart at 17:00 from Shanghai.(B/L/D)
Day05, 12:00-18:30, Half day shore excursion to Nanjing, visiting Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and a Qing Dynasty style bazaar surrounding a Confucian Temple. (B/L/D)
Day06, Shore excursion to Huangshan Mountain from 07:00 to 17:00.(b/L/D)
Day07, Shore excursion to Wuhan Hubei Provincial Museum from 16:00 to 19:00.(B/L/D)
Day08, Participate activities on board.(B/L/D)
Day09, 07:30 arrive Yichang, then sails through Gezhouba Dam 08:00-09:30, and 13:00-15:30 excursion to the Three Gorges Dam site, sails through the Dam ship lock from 16:00 to 20:00.(b/L/D)
Day10, 09:00-14:00 Shore excursion to Daning River for Small Three Gorges.(B/L/D)
Day11, 08:30-12:00 shore excursion to Fengdu.(B/L/D)
Day12, 09:00 arrive Chongqing, transfer to Chongqing A'port for flight to Guilin, in the afternoon sightseeing in Guilin downtown to visit Reed-Flute Cave and Elephant Trunk Hill, overnight in in 4* Guishan Grand hotel or New Century hotel.(B/L)
Day13, Drive to Pier for Lijiang River boat cruise (if water lower, then only driving car for sightseeing along the river), enjoy the Lijiang Picturesque to Yangshuo, walking in Yangshuo town, in the evening drive to Guilin A';port for flight to Chengdu for night in 4* Xinhua International hotel or similar.(B/L)
Day14, In the morning pick you up and transfer to visit Chengdu Panda Base, you can take panda for photo in you arm (cost extra), in the afternoon or late to take flight to Xi'an, in Xian pick you up and tranfer to overnight in 4* Prince hotel or Diamond Int'l hotel for night. (B/L).
Day15, Full day sightseeing to visit Big Wild Goose Pagoda and City Wall, the Terra-cotta Warriors Museum and Horses the Eighth World Wonder, overnight Xi'an 4* Prince hotel.(B/L)
Day16, Drive to Xi'an A'port for flight to Beijing, pick you up at Beijing A'port and tranfer to Mutianyu (Badaling is too crowded, we will arrange Badaling Great Wall instead of Mutianyu if you prefer to) GreatWall , overnight in Beijing 4* Redwall hotel or Qianmen hotel. (B/L/D)
Day17, Visit Tian'an Men Square , Forbidden City and Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, overnight in Beijing. (B/L)
Day18, Take taxi by yourslef to Beijing international a'port for flight departure.(B)
Departure date: please view Yangtze crusie ship schedule  for the Day04 (Ship departure date) marked.
Quotation : (departure date basis on Day04)
2820USD/p.p. for Day04 falls in Apr, May, Sep, Oct, and land single supplement 460USD, ship single supplement 850USD;
2530USD/p.p. for Day04 falls in Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Nov, land single supplement 380USD, ship single supplement 700USD.
Private tour service in Shanghai, Chongqing, Guilin, Chengdu, Xian and Beijing; group tour service  in ship with their land excursions from Shanghai to Chongqing arranged by ship Corp.
Note: Ship sightseeing / excursions / schedule maybe adjusted.
If trip falls on 28Sep-07Oct, then cost adjusted up.

Included:
1, Group service in Ship: standard cabin( 5* ship with private toilet and private bathroom or showerroom),  one bed in standard (2beds cabin) cabin, meals marked, excursions with its entrance fee for sightseeing and English speaking guide service and land transportation if necessary for sightseeing.
2, Private land service: local style meals marked, transfer (for both pick-up and drop-off) and transportation marked by private car, accommodation in marked hotel or similar (2 persons basis), entrance fee for sightseeing, private English speaking guide service, economic cabin air tickets of Chongqing-Guilin-Chengdu-Xian-Beijing with its a'port construction fee and fuel surcharge, tour body insurance.
Excluded:
Taxi fee, photo with panda, tip to guide and driver, any other service not included above.
Note: Section of Chongqing-Guilin-Chengdu-Xian maybe arranged as Chongqing-Chengdu-Guilin-Xian-Beijing, and Chongqing-Chengdu by train or express bus ticket.

All above subject to our confirmation