Day 1 Arrival Hong Kong
Arrival Hong Kong Airport. Met and transferred to your hotel. Free for rest of the day.
Day 2 Hong Kong (B)
Whole day free on your own.
Day 3 Hong Kong - Guilin (B)
After breakfast, take flight from Hong Kong to Guilin.
Day 4 Guilin (B,L)
One day City tour of Reed Flute Cave. The Reed Flute Cave is a brilliant cave marked on almost all travel itineraries, located 5 kilometers northwest of the downtown Guilin. Next visit Elephant Trunk Hill. Elephant Trunk Hill is located on the western bank of Li River Scenery, the shape of the hill is just like a huge elephant drinking water from the river with its trunk.
Day 5 Guilin - Yangshuo (B,L)
Pick up from your hotel early the morning around 7:30am. Then drive about one hour to get to the Zhujiang Pier. Then start to take cruising on Li River. The cruising on the Li River is the highlight of the tours in Guilin. You will have lunch on board. You will enjoy the pretty mountains, green fields, farms and villages with water buffalos, cows wondering around on both sides of the river bank.
Day 6 Yangshuo - Guilin (B,L)
Biking in beautiful Yangshuo. Visit Yangshuo Moon Mountain. It is a hill with a natural arch. Viewed from different places, the moon takes on different shapes, forming a marvelous spectacle in Yangshuo. The next attraction is Big Banyan Tree, located 7.5km south of Yangshuo, one of the main scenic attractions of Yangshuo County. The banyan tree is famous for its age and towering beauty that 17 meters high, 7.1 meters around the trunk and covers an area of 1000 square meters.
Day 7 Guilin - Wuhan - Jingzhou - Yangtze (B,L)
On board a cruise for the night
Day 8 Yangtze (B,L,D)
Visit Jingzhou Ancient City and Jingzhou Museum. The Museumand Ancient City have been set up for more than 2,000 years since Qin Dynasty, it’s not only a historic places of interest but also a famous scenic area.
Day 9 Yangtze (B,L,D)
Take cruise at 8:30. Shore excursion to The Three Gorges Dam. Three Gorges Dam is a Chinese hydroelectric river dam which spans the Yangtze River in Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei province, China. As of 2008, it is the largest hydropower-complex project in the world, more than five times the size of the Hoover Dam. China has embarked on the greatest project since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal -- the Three Gorges Dam project.
Day 10 Yangtze River On Board (B,L,D)
Shore excursion to Shennong Stream. Shennong Stream is part of the Shennongjia Natural Preserve. The length of the stream is 60km (36 miles). The Shennong Stream is a tributary with clear water coming into the Yangtse River. The "stream" runs through steep tributary gorges. It was said that once the ancient asian Bahu people used to live on the sides of the streams thousands of years ago.
Day 11 Yangtze River On Board (B,L,D)
Excursion to Fengdu ( Ghost City ). Fengdu County is located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, about 170km downstream from Chongqing city. Fengdu is well known for its “Ghost City” in China. It is a must see shore excursion place on the Yangtze cruise.
Day 12 Yangtze - Chongqing - Lhasa (B)
Arrival in Chongqing about 9:00am. Our local tour guide will meet you at the port. You will be transferred to the Chongqing Airport. Take flight for Lhasa.
Day 13 Lhasa (B,L)
Visit Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Barkhor Street.Potala Palace: Potala Palace is the architectural and religious wonders, former winter home of the Dalai Lama.Jokhang Monastery: A 1,300 years old golden-roofted shrine, smaller and more manageable than the Potala.Barkhor area: An outdoor market, lined with the stalls, selling all kinds of goods.
Day 14 Lhasa (B,L)
Today’s highlight is a visit to the Sera Monastery, located a few miles to the north of Lhasa. Enjoy a Tibetan Song & Dance Performance after dinner. Then we will pay a visit to the Nobulingka, means “Jeweled Garden”, was constructed as a summer palace for the Dalai Lama. In the afternoon, come to the western suburb of Lhasa to visit the extraordinary Drepung Monastery founded in 1416.
Day 15 Lhasa - Gyantze (B,L)
Drive to Gyantze. Get off at the Yamdrok Yumtso Lake and transfer to your loacal hotel. First visit the Gyangtse Old Street. Then move on to Palkhor Monastery. Built as a Tibetan monastery, it is very different from other monasteries, reputed as the lord of Tibetan monastery.
Day 16 Gyantze -Shigatse (B,L)
Drive to Shigatse and check in the local hotel. Visit Tashilunpo Monastery, represents the Tibetan super architecture art in the last Tibetan spirit, attracts thousands of tourists and Buddhists to worship and travel every year.
Day 17 Shigatse - Lhasa (B,L)
After having a breakfast, we will drive back to Lhasa. Enjoy the grassland views on the way.
Day 18 Lhasa Exit (B)
Transfer to airport for departure.
