China Delights

Our guide will meet you outside the customs at Beijing Airport after you retrieve your luggage and clear the customs, and then transfer you to our well-selected hotel. After a short break, you will take a rickshaw tour of the historic Hutong area to admire the Drum and Bell Towers and traditional courtyards.

Meals: No meals, advice freely available

Your private deluxe China tour begins with the grand Tiananmen Square. After photo-taking, our guide will accompany you to the splendid Forbidden City to admire the luxurious imperial palaces during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368 - 1911). You will also visit the Treasure Gallery and Hall of Clocks to appreciate rare objects as well as the elaborate clocks of the royal family.

After strolling around these palaces, at noon we will serve you an a la carte lunch at a popular local restaurant. Then we will proceed to the Summer Palace, which is bestowed with brilliant natural and humanities views. You will put yourself in the midst of the joyful scenery with a short painted pleasure boat trip on Kunming Lake. At night, we will arrange a marvelous Kung Fu show for you to feel the unique charm of Chinese martial art and seats with good views in the 5th, 6th, 11th or 12th Row will be reserved.

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch

An exciting day awaits you! After breakfast, we will drive for about 1.5 to 2 hours to the Mutianyu Great Wall. To save your energy, we will arrange you take the round-trip cable car instead of climbing up and down the mountain trail under the Great Wall. Standing on the watchtower, you can have a nice view of the surrounding mountains. Lunch is at your own expense. You may ask our guide for recommended restaurants nearby.

We will have a brief stop to view the appearance of the unique Bird Nest on our way back to downtown. You can take some good photos of this great construction. A visit to Beijing without the crispy, tender and tasty Peking duck would be a great pity. Among multifarious restaurants, Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant is one of the most famous ones and we will arrange today's dinner there.

Meals: American breakfast, Roast Duck Dinner

After breakfast, you will take a private car ride to the Temple of Heaven. Our guide will accompany you as you linger around the temple and introduce the ancient sacrificial ritual to you. Before visiting, you will learn some of the basics of Tai Chi in a nearby park for one hour. A visit to the Yonghe Lama Temple, the largest and best preserved lamasery in China is followed.

After enjoying an a la carte lunch at a nice restaurant, you will be transferred to the airport to take an afternoon flight to Xian. Our local guide will pick you up at Xian airport and transfer you to the hotel.

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch

The Terracotta Army Museum is considered the symbol of Xian by most visitors. After breakfast, our guide will escort you directly to this grand museum, which contains a wonderful and multifaceted military troop from the Qin Dynasty (221 - 207 BC) including over 8,000 pottery soldiers, 400 horses, 100 chariots and numerous weapons. On the way back to downtown, we will stop by the Huaqing Aegean International Hot Sprig Resort to have a la carte lunch. The afternoon tour will include the Ancient City Wall and the prosperous Muslim Quarter. You can have a cycling trip on the City Wall or tour around by a battery powered cart.

You will experience the marvelous Tang Dynasty Dinner Show tonight, which will take you back to that dreamy and prosperous period over 1,100 years ago. You will be served delicate imperial food of the Tang in the meantime. Our guide will escort you back to your hotel after the show.

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch, Tang Dynasty dinner show

Today's private Xian tour will start with the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum, which boasts over 370,000 historical relics from stone tools of remote times to artifacts before 1840. Next we will head for the Small Wild Goose Pagoda to feel the Buddhist culture and enjoy the tranquil atmosphere.

At noon you will visit a local family to taste authentic home-cooked dishes. You can also learn some Chinese cooking methods while the hostess is preparing the food. Afterwards you will be escorted to the airport for your onward flight to Guilin. Our local guide will pick you up at the airport and escort you to your check-in at the hotel.

Meals: American breakfast, Home-cooked lunch

With the company of our guide, you will visit the Reed Flute Cave and Elephant Trunk Hill in the morning. The former is famed for a large amount of shiny stalactite while the latter one resembles a giant elephant standing by a river. Lunch will be served at the White House Hotel Guilin located in the former residence of General Bai Chongxi (1893 - 1966). After that, we will continue this private Guilin tour to the Seven Stars Park, which houses a karst cave with a river flowing through reflecting the dazzling stalactite on the water. Then you will be accompanied for a leisurely walk in the Ronghu and Shanhu Lakes Scenic Area. You will have a self-paid dinner at your preferred restaurant.

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch

Enduring memories are created today as you drift down the picturesque Li River to Yangshuo by a 4-star cruise ship. We will book the upper floor seat for you. Simple buffet lunch will be served onboard, but it might not be to your taste, so we kindly suggest you have a big breakfast at the hotel. Upon arrival after around 4.5 hours, a fascinating rural scenery sightseeing tour will then be arranged.

Dinner is not included. It is suggested you head for the West Street in Yangshuo, where you can have plenty of diverse options for dining. After that, you will enjoy the Impression Sanjie Liu performance. The show is staged at the Li River and it is a top live-action performance in China, demonstrating the traditional lifestyle of the minority Zhuang People. Stay overnight at the hotel in Yangshuo will bring you a different experience.

Meals: American breakfast, Lunch

This morning you are free to spend your time at your pleasure. You can rent a bicycle to further explore the idyllic scenery of Yangshuo. If you just want to relax, you may find a sidewalk café to have a drink while enjoying beautiful scenes outside the window. At noon, you may choose a restaurant on the West Street to take lunch.

In the afternoon our guide will transfer you to Guilin Airport for your flight to the glamorous Shanghai. After meeting our local guide at the airport, you will be transferred to our well-selected downtown hotel.

Meals: American breakfast
Accommodation: The Peninsula

We will start today's luxury China tour with the World Financial Center to take pictures of this unusual-shaped skyscraper as well as the surrounding modern buildings. After that you will be escorted to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, which illustrates the city's achievements in planning and construction. At lunch time, our guide will take you to the Xian Qiang Fang Restaurant to try some authentic local cuisine.

After lunch we will proceed to the Yuyuan Garden, which is regarded as a bright pearl among classical gardens in southern China, as well as the nearby commercial blocks. We then continue our private China tour to the Bund Area and then board a cruise ship there to take in scenery on both banks of the Huangpu River.

After disembarking, please find a nearby restaurant to have dinner. At night, our guide will take you to the Shanghai Circus World to enjoy the exciting Era Acrobatic Show. You will return to your hotel by a private car after the show.

Meals: American breakfast, A la carte lunch

Today, we will arrange a whole day's trip to Nanxun Water Town. Upon arrival by a comfortable car ride, you will loiter around this well-preserved old town with the company of our guide. In the old days, Nanxun was a town mainly of wealthy merchants, so it is rich in manors that were elaborately designed and constructed; some were even influenced by western architectural styles with stained glass, fireplace, Roman columns, European fountain and other western features found there.

Meals: American breakfast

Today your 12-day China tour package will draw to an end. A comfortable private hotel-airport transfer is arranged according to your flight schedule, and our guide will help you to board your homebound flight. We hope to serve you again in the future!

Meals: American breakfast