Return International flight
All-inclusive sightseeing in up to seven destinations
Everything as detailed including gratuities and onboard entertainment
Finest dining - a total of 51 meals
Perhaps tips to local drivers and tour guides, no more than $5 per person per day if required
Beijing-Yichang-Chengdu-Xi’an-Luoyang-Shanghai
Day 1: Flight from Melbourne at night, arrive Beijing in the morning. To hotel, have lunch, then free inner city tour, perhaps Heaven Temple.
Day 2: Take a tour of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Enjoy an afternoon at leisure then indulge in an authentic Peking Duck with show this evening.
Day 3: Great Wall of China
Day 4: Summer palace private cruise, then fly to Yichang, Embark Yangzi Explorer
Day 5: Tour the Three Gorges Dam
Day 6: Shennong Stream, Wu Gorge, Qutang Gorge
Day 7: Visit Shibaozhai ancient town
Day 8: Disembark ship at Chongqing, then take train to Chengdu
Day 9: Visit Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, enjoy delicious traditional food
Day 10: To Xi’an, inner Xi’an city day tour and night view
Day 11: Visit terracotta army museum
Day 12: Bullet train to Luoyang (2.5 hours). Visit Longmen Grottoes and White Horse Temple.
Day 13: Bullet train to Zhengzhou (0.5 hours). Visit Shaolin Temple, watch Chinese KongFu show.
Day 14: Bullet train to Shanghai (2.5 hours). Visit shanghai city and night view from the famous Bund (Wai tan). Perhaps cruise the Huangpu River.
Day 15: Coach to Hangzhou. Visit west lake cultural landscape.
Day 16: Coach to Suzhou. Visit UNESCO the classical garden of Suzhou.
Day 17: Back to Shanghai. Free day tour in Shanghai.
Day 18: Flight from Shanghai to Melbourne.