Tours China

Hong Kong • Guilin • Beijing • Shanghai

• Cruise on the Li-Jiang river
• The Great Wall and Ming Tombs
• Shanghai – China’s urban hub
• Hong Kong
• Beijing – capital of China

Experience the beauty and grandeur of Beijing, marvel at the scenic wonder of the lush valleys and rivers of Guilin and visit Shanghai, a city which has been at the forefront of China’s dramatic urban regeneration.

Day 1: Hong Kong
Arrive in Hong Kong and transfer to your hotel. Spend the evening at your leisure. Overnight in Hong Kong.

Day 2: Hong Kong
Discover the highlights of Hong Kong on a city tour. Enjoy the magnificent views of the harbour from Victoria Peak and visit popular Stanley Village. Spend the afternoon at your leisure. Overnight in Hong Kong.

Day 3: Hong Kong – Guilin
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Guilin. Spend the day at your leisure. Overnight in Guilin.

Day 4: Guilin
Today you enjoy a leisurely cruise along the Li Jiang river as it meanders amongst the towering limestone pinnacles and extraordinary rock formations. The cruise ends in the town of Yan Sho, where you can shop for souvenirs. Overnight in Guilin.

Day 5: Guilin – Beijing
Visit the legendary Fubo Hill, Reed Flute Cave and Elephant Trunk Hill. Travel to Beijing by flight. Overnight in Beijing.

Day 6: Beijing
Visit Tiananmen Square, around which are some of China’s most important buildings. After lunch, visit the Forbidden City, a vast complex built in the 15th century and which housed the imperial courts of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Overnight in Beijing.

Day 7: Beijing
Today you visit the Great Wall of China, the world’s largest structure, before you proceed to the Ming Tombs, the resting place of 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty. Overnight in Beijing.

Day 8: Beijing – Shanghai
Take a flight to Shanghai. Visit the Bund area – Shanghai’s Wall Street and the Jade Buddha Temple. Overnight in Shanghai.

Days 9: Shanghai
Spend the day at your leisure, perhaps indulging in shopping or entertainment, before you transfer to the airport for your onward flight.

Tour available as:

Air and private chauffeur-drive – Includes flights, car or mini coach, driver and pre-booked accommodation.

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• The Great Wall and Ming tombs
• Beijing – Tiananmen Square
• The Forbidden City
• Hong Kong

This unforgettable tour will introduce you to Hong Kong as well as to ancient and modern Beijing with its world-famous historical and cultural sites.

Day 1: Hong Kong
Arrive in Hong Kong and transfer to your hotel. Spend the evening at your leisure. Overnight in Hong Kong.

Day 2: Hong Kong – Beijing
Transfer to Hong Kong International Airport for your flight to Beijing. After transferring to your hotel, the rest of the day is free – perhaps to explore the city’s teeming streets or to admire traditional Chinese art at the Beihong Museum.

Day 3: Beijing
In the morning visit Beijing Zoo. You continue next to the 12th century Summer Palace before stopping for lunch. In the afternoon you visit the Forbidden City, the imperial court of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and Tiananmen Square, created by Chairman Mao Tse Tung, around which are some of China’s most important buildings including the Great Hall of the People and the Museum of Chinese History.

Day 4: Beijing
Today you visit the Great Wall of China, the world’s largest man-made structure, which stretches across 6,320 kilometres. In the afternoon you continue to the Ming Tombs, the resting place of 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty, before returning to your hotel.

Day 5: Beijing – Hong Kong
Depart from your hotel to the airport for your return flight to Hong Kong. The rest of the day is free perhaps to explore the exciting shopping at Times Square in Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui or the Temple Street Night Market.

Day 6: Hong Kong
In the morning you discover the many fascinating aspects of Hong Kong on a city tour. Enjoy the magnificent views of the harbour from Victoria Peak and visit popular Stanley Village. In the evening you transfer to the airport for your return flight.

Tour available as:

Air and private chauffeur-drive – Includes flights, car or mini coach, driver and pre-booked accommodation.

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Shanghai • Chongqing • Wuhan • Shanghai

• Chongqing – the ‘Mountain City’
• The three gorges – Qutang Xia, Wu Xia and Xiling Xia
• The scenic Yangtze river
• Shanghai – mega metropolis

This tour enables you to experience the natural and man-made wonders along the golden shores of the Yangtze river, in particular the world famous Yangtze Three Gorges – one of nature’s most extraordinary sculptures. Accommodation aboard any one of Victoria Cruises fleet of ships is in comfortable cabins. Each of the ships has a dining room, lounge, salon, restaurant, bar, business centre, library, gift shop, beauty salon, laundry service, health clinic, fitness room and an observation deck for enjoying the fabulous scenery. Telephone and fax services are available on board.

Day 1: Shanghai
Arrive in Shanghai. Spend the day at your leisure. You may explore the many exciting facets of China’s most cosmopolitan city.

Day 2: Shanghai – Chongqing
Take a morning flight to Chongqing – ‘The Mountain City’. Enjoy a brief tour of the city before boarding the cruise ship in the evening.

Day 3: Chongqing – Yangtze river
In the morning depart Chongqing for Fengdu. Discover the fascinating temples in this “City of Ghosts” on a shore excursion.

Day 4: Yangtze river
Today you sail through the Qutang and Wu gorges. Qutang is short, but dramatic and the caves on the cliffs once held the coffins of the Song dynasty warriors. Wu is the home of the sheer and narrow ‘Twelve Peaks’. Depending on river conditions, either the Daning river or the Shennong stream will be visited.

Day 5: Yangtze river
Today you sail through the Xiling Gorge – the longest as well as the deepest, its cliff walls rising up to 4,000 feet. You also visit the Three Gorges Dam.

Day 6: Yangtze river – Wuhan – Shanghai
Arrive into Wuhan in the afternoon. Transfer to the airport for your flight back to Shanghai.

Cruise also available as:

4 days/3 nights cruise only option (downstream) from Chongqing to Wuhan.
6 days/5 nights cruise only option (upstream) from Wuhan to Chongqing.
Note: The itinerary and excursions are subject to change without prior notice, depending on the rivers’ conditions.

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