Historical China! (13 nights/ 14 days)

Day 01 Arrive in Beijing Arrive in Beijing. Meet & assist at the airport and transfer to Xin Qiao Hotel or Similar for overnight stay.

Day 02 Beijing After breakfast embark on a full day visit of the Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace. Return to the hotel for overnight stay at Xin Qiao Hotel or similar.

Tiananmen Square: Located at the center of Beijing City is Tiananmen Square, where you can visit Tiananmen Tower, Monument to the People's Heroes, Great Hall of the People, Mao Zedong Memorial Hall and see the national flag raising ceremony. Thousands of people come to the Square every day. It is the must place to visit in Beijing City. Forbidden City: The Forbidden City stands in the center of Beijing. It is protected by high walls and a moat on all four sides and consists of dozens of halls and courtyards. The emperors of two dynasties, the Ming and the Ching, lived here with their families and hundreds of court ladies and palace eunuchs. From their throne in the Forbidden City they governed the country by holding court sessions with their ministers, issuing imperial edicts and initiating military expeditions Summer Palace: Located 15km from Beijing, the Summer Palace is the largest and best-preserved royal garden in China. The Summer Palace has a history of over 800 years. Early in the Jin dynasty, an imperial palace named Golden Hill Palace was built on the present site of the Summer Palace.

Day 03 Beijing After breakfast embark on a full day tour of the Great Wall and Ming Tomb. Peking Duck Dinner. Return to the hotel for Overnight stay. The Great Wall : One of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands, mountains and plateaus stretching approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles ) from east to west of China. With a history of more than 2000 years, some of the section of the great wall are now in ruins or even entirely disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing attractions all around the world owing to its architectural grandeur and historical significance. Ming Tomb : Ming Tombs consist of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors. So it is also called Thirteen Ming Tombs. Located on the southern side of the Tianshou Mountain in Changping County about 50 Kilometers north of Beijing.

Day 04 Beijing / Shanghai Breakfast at hotel. Visit the Temple of Heaven. Transfer to Shanghai Hotel or similar for overnight stay. The Temple of Heaven : The Temple of Heaven is a worthwhile visiting place in Beijing. It is much bigger than the Forbidden City and smaller than the Summer Palace with an area of about 2,700,000 square meters. The Temple was built in 1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifice to Heaven. As Chinese emperors called themselves "The Son of Heaven" ,they dared not to build their own dwelling,"Forbidden City" bigger than a dwelling for Heaven.

Day 05 Shanghai / Wuhan After breakfast vist the Jade Buddah Temple, Yu Garden and the Nanjing Road. Transfer to Qin Chuan Hotel or similar for overnight stay. Yu Garden: Yuyuan is a 400 year old classical Chinese garden in the Old Town of Shanghai, not far from the Bund. Pan Yunduan spent twenty years and all his savings building it to please his parents in their old age.

Day 06 Wuhan / Yichnag After breakfast embark on a visit of the Yellow Crane Tower,Ancient City of Jinzhou. Transfer to embark on the cruise "Pinghu 2000" or similar. Overnight stay on board.

Day 07 Yangtze River Cruise Breakfast on board. After breakfast rest of the day at leisure for your own activities. Overnight on board.
 

Day 08 Yangtze River Cruise Breakfast on board. After breakfast disembark and transfer to Windsor Guishan hotel or similar for overnight stay.

Day 09 Yangtze River Cruise After breakfast rest of the day at leisure for your own activities. Overnight stay at Windsor Guishan Hotel or similar.
 

Day 10 Chongqing / Xian Visit of the Panda Zoo. Transfer to Xi Qi Hotel or similar for overnight stay.

Day 11 Xian Breakfast at hotel. Embark on a full day tour of visiting the Wild Goose Pagoda and the Ancient city wall. Return to the hotel for overnight stay.

Day 12  Xian / Guilin Breakfast at hotel.Embark on a full day tour of the Terra-cotta Warriors, Huaqing Hot Spring and Neolithic Banpo Village. Transfer to Guilin Plaza Hotel or similar for overnight stay. Terracotta Warriors : The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at this site, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum, Lintong County, Shaanxi province. It is a sight not to be missed by any visitor to China. Huaqing Hot Spring : Located about 35 kilometers east of Xian city at the foot of the Lishan Mountain is a must for every visitor to Xian. For centuries emperors came here to bathe and enjoy the scenic beauty, and it has been a favorite spa since the Tang Dynasty. Huaqing Hot Springs can be conveniently visited on returning from the Terracotta Army site.

Day 13 Guilin Breakfast at hotel. Visit the Li River Cruise, Yangshow Town, Reed Flute Cave, the Trunk Hill and the Fubo hill. Return to the hotel for overnight stay. Reed Flute Cave : With its location five kilometers northwest of the downtown of Guilin, the Reed Flute Cave is a brilliant cave marked on almost all travel itineraries. The cave got its name from the verdant reeds growing outside it, with which people make flutes. Inside this water-eroded cave is a spectacular world of various stalactites, stone pillars and rock formations created by carbonate deposition. Illuminated by colored lighting, the fantastic spectacle is found in many variations along this 240-meter-long cave. Walking through the serried stone pillars, tourists feast their eyes on changing spots, feeling they are in a paradise where the Gods live. Trunk Hill : Situated majestically at the southeast of Guilin city and west bank of Li River, Elephant Trunk Hill is regarded as the symbol of Guilin landscape. Originally named "Li Hill", "Yi Hill" and "Chenshui Hill", the hill has a history of 3.6 hundred million years. Resembling an elephant leisurely sucking water from the river with its long trunk, this hill is famous as Elephant Trunk Hill for hundreds of years. Fubo Hill : With half of the hill stretching into the river, Fubo Hill, which is 120 meters long, 60 meters wide and 213 meters high, stands on its own to the northeast of the city, on the west bank of the Li River. The waves of the river are turned back when they meet the stone blocks of the hill, hence the name "wave-subduing hill".

Day 14 Guilin / Hong Kong Breakfast at hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Evening transfer to the airport for connect flight to Colombo.

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