21-day China Panorama Tour
Tour code: ETC-B37
Let's get a superb panorama of China! From culture to history and religons, from Forbidden City to Great Wall, from Terracotta Warriors to pandas, from Jiuzhaigou Valley to Emei Mountain, from Stone Forest to Tiger Leaping Gorge, from the skyline in Shanghai to the lovely water town... this trip has it all.
| Tour Date | City | Tour Brief |
| 1 | Beijing | Arrive Beijing, Free Day |
| 2 | Beijing | Tian'anmen Squre, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven |
| 3 | Beijing | Mutianyu Great Wall, Ming Tombs (Changling) |
| 4 | Beijing / Luoyang | Summer Palace, Hutongs, Yonghe Lamastery, Train to Luoyang |
| 5 | Luoyang | Shaolin Temple, Dengfeng Oberservatory, Zhongyue Taoist Temple |
| 6 | Luoyang / Xi'an | Longmen Grottoes, Ancient Tombs Museum, Train to Xi'an |
| 7 | Xi'an | Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Muslim Quarter |
| 8 | Xi'an | Terracotta Warriors and Hoses Museum, Bell Tower, Old City Wall |
| 9 | Xi'an / Jiuzhaigou | Fly to Jiuzhaigou, Visit Huanglong Reserve |
| 10 | Jiuzhaigou | Jiuzhaigou Reserve |
| 11 | Jiuzhaigou / Chengdu | Fly to Chengdu, Jinsha Site Museum, Kuanzhai Alley |
| 12 | Chengdu / Leshan / Emeishan | Leshan Giant Buddha, Mt.Emei |
| 13 | Mt.Emei / Chengdu | Wannian Temple, Baoguo Temple, back to Chengdu |
| 14 | Chengdu / Lijiang | Tea House, Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, Fly to Lijiang |
| 15 | Lijiang | Lijiang Old Town, Black Dragon Pool Park, Cycling to Shuhe Village |
| 16 | Lijiang | Shigu Village, Tiger Leaping Gorge |
| 17 | Lijiang / Kunming | Fly to Kunming, Stone Forest |
| 18 | Kunming / Shanghai | Fly to Shanghai, Free Day |
| 19 | Shanghai | Yu Garden, Old City Quarters, Xintiandi, Shanghai Museum, The Bund, Oriental Pearl TV Tower |
| 20 | Shanghai | Zhujiajiao, Nanjing Road |
| 21 | Shanghai | Departure |
Day 1 Arrival / Beijing
Be met at the airport and transferred to hotel check in. The remainder of the day is at leisure.
Day 2 Beijing (B, L)
After breakfast, visit Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City.
-Temple of Heaven: A masterpiece of architecture and landscape design where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
-Tiananmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
-Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China for 24 emperors' reign during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
Day 3 Beijing (B, L)
Today's excursion takes you to Mutianyu Great Wall and Ming Tombs (Changling).
-Mutianyu Great Wall: A less visited and more original part of the Great Wall. It is situated where vegetation is luxurious and over 90 percent of the land is covered with grass, forests and fruit trees.
-Ming Tombs (Changling): Changling is the tomb for Emperor Yongle, the third Ming emperor, and his wife Empress Xu. He ruled for 22 years and made some achievements in political, military, economic, cultural and diplomatic fields.
Day 4 Beijing / Luoyang (B, L)
After breakfast, visit the Summer Palace (with a short cruise on Kunming Lake), Hutongs and Yonghe Lama Temple. Then, transfer to the Railway Station for the train (soft sleeper) to Luoyang.
-Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.
-Yonghe Lama Temple: Originally it was a prince mansion of Qing Dynasty , later changed to the head office of Lama administration.
Day 5 Luoyang (B, L)
Upon arrival, you're met to have breakfast. Then explore Shaolin Monastery, Dengfeng Observatory and Zhongyue Taoist Temple.
-Shaolin Monastery: Founded in the 5th century, the monastery is long famous for its association with Chinese martial arts and particularly with Shaolin Kung Fu, and it is the Mahayana Buddhist monastery perhaps best known to the Western world.
-Dengfeng Observatory: Built in 1276 and is the oldest observatory in China. This is where the famous astronomer and mathematician Guo Shoujing worked, he proved how long the earth takes to orbit the sun which is in fact only out by a mere 26 seconds.
Day 6 Luoyang / Xi'an (B, L)
Continue to explore Longmen Grottoes and Ancient Tombs Museum. Later, transfer to the Railway Station. Upon your arrival in Xi'an, be met and transferred to hotel check in.
-Longmen Grottoes: Located 12 km south of Luoyang, the Longmen Grottoes are one of the three most famous ancient sculptural sites in China. There are over 2100 niches, more than 100,000 statues, some 40 pagodas and 3600 tablets and steles in the caves of Guyang, Binyang and Lianhua.
Day 7 Xi'an (B, L)
A guided city tour including Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Muslim Quarters.
-Shaanxi History Museum: One of the main museums in China boasting a large collection of unearthed cultural relics of China.
-Big Wild Goose Pagoda: The city emblem, which was first built in Tang Dynasty for the storage of Buddhist scriptures taken from India by Monk Xuanzang.
Day 8 Xi'an (B, L)
Today's city tour will include Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Bell Tower, and Ancient City Wall.
-Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum: One of the most important archaeological finds in the 20 th century; an army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb since 2200 year ago.
-Bell Tower: First built in 1384, the largest and best preserved of its kind.
Ancient City Wall - The best-kept and biggest city walls in China.
Day 9 Xi'an / Jiuzhaigou (B, D)
Transfer to the airport. Be met at the airport and transferred to the hotel. Later, visit Huanglong Reserve (including a cable car).
-Huanglong Reserve: Huanglong valley is studded with terraced, colored ponds (blue, yellow, white and green) and waterfalls. It wins its fame for its breathtaking beauty of lime formations, made up of 3400 multi-colored ponds, interlace along the valley. Besides, five waterfalls, four stalactite caves and three ancient temples, are all in the same valley, which looks like a dragon winding down from snowcapped peaks of Mt. Minshan.
Day 10 Jiuzhaigou (B, L, D)
Enjoy a full-day tour of Jiuzhaigou Reserve.
-Jiuzhaigou Reserve: Deep in the heart of the 4500-meter-high, perpetually snow-clad Min Shan Range, Jiuzhaigou Scenic Reserve encloses one of the most spectacular landscapes. It was settled centuries ago by ethnic Tibetans, whose fenced villages gave Jiuzhaigou (nine stockades gully) its name. It can be considered a natural botanical and zoological garden, a home of densely growing conifers and broadleaf trees, and of rare and endangered animal species such as the giant panda, golden-haired monkey, and white-lip deer. Usually we can see the lakes swarm with fish and birds including waterfowl, kingfisher, shrikes, hoopoes and pheasants.
Day 11 Jiuzhaigou / Chengdu (B, L)
Take the morning fly to Chengdu. Be met at the airport and transferred to hotel check in. Later, pay a visit to Jinsha Site Museum and Kuanzhai Alley.
-Jinsha Site Museum: A very impressive museum built at Jinsha Ruins, featuring various tools and art pieces from around 3,000 years ago
-Kuanzhai Alley: Kuanzhai Alley is large scale legacy of old streets handed from Qing Dynasty in Chengdu, and a preserved area in the historical and cultural city. It represents vividly the original folk culture of Chengdu.
Day 12 Chengdu /Leshan/ Emeishan (B, L)
Drive to Leshan. Admire the Giant Buddha by a boating in the Min River. Later, continue the trip to Emeishan (Mt. Emei)
-Leshan Giant Buddha: About 125 km south of Chengdu, the 71m-high Giant Buddha is qualified as the largest stone-carved Buddha in the world.
-Mt. Emei: 156 kilometers south of Chengdu, Mt. Emei has been an important center of Buddhism, and it contains more than one hundred temples and monasteries, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Day 13 Emeishan / Chengdu (B, L)
Vist Wanian Temple (by tourist bus) and Baoguo Temple (up & down by cable car). Drive back to Chengdu.
-Baoguo Temple: The largest Buddhist temple in the region, the start of this pilgrimage tour to Mt. Emei.
Day 14 Chengdu / Lijiang (B, L)
Today's city tour in Chengdu will include Teahouse in the People's Park, Chengdu People's Park, Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. Then, fly to Lijiang. Upon arrival, be met and transferred to the hotel check in.
-Chengdu People's Park: Located in the downtown of Chengdu, the people's park covers an area of 11, 2639 square kilometers. With beautiful scenery, convenient traffic, it is the biggest and the first historical and landscape park open to the public.
-Giant Panda Breeding Research Base: Situated on the Axe Hill 10 kilometers north of Chengdu, 40 plus pandas as well as other endangered species like lesser pandas and black-necked crane currently reside at the base in quarters. It was awarded "Global 500" twice by the UN in the year of 1989 and 1994.
-Kuanzhai Alley: Kuanzhai Alley is large scale legacy of old streets handed from Qing Dynasty in Chengdu, and a preserved area in the historical and cultural city. It represents vividly the original folk culture of Chengdu.
Day 15 Lijiang(B, L)
Spend the whole morning exploring Lijiang Old Town and Black Dragon Pool Park. After lunch, enjoy half day cycling tour to Shuhe Village.
-Lijiang Old Town: Originally called Dayan, Lijiang is a very well preserved old town built by Naxi people with unique cultural background. It was listed as the World Cultural Heritage Sites in 1997.
Day 16 Lijiang (B, L)
Drive to see Shigu Village and Tiger Leaping Gorge.
-Shigu Village: 50 kilometers from Lijiang. It was named after a stone tablet in the shape of a drum. The Jinsha River does a U-turn at Shigu Town and flows northward, which is known as the First Bend of Yangtze River.
-Tiger Leaping Gorge: Tiger Leaping Gorge is a canyon on the upper reach of the Yangtze River, legend says a tiger could jump across the river at the narrowest point (still 25 meters wide), hence the name. Tiger Leaping Gorge offers a pleasant walk through spectacular scenery.
Day 17 Lijiang / Kunming (B, L)
Make an excursion to the Stone Forest. Then, head to the airport for the flight to Lijiang. Be met at the airport and transferred to hotel check in.
- Stone Forest: The most famous tourist attraction in Kunming - a typical formation of Karst topography.
Day 18 Kunming / Shanghai (B)
Pick up at the hotel and transfer to airport. Be met at the airport and transfer to hotel check in. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Day 19 Shanghai (B, L)
Today's sightseeing tour includes Yu Garden, Old Quarters, Xintiandi, Shanghai Museum, The Bund, Oriental Pearl TV Tower.
-Yu Garden: It used to be a private garden with 400 years' history; it features traditional architectural style of Yangtze Delta.
-Shanghai Museum: It is a large museum of ancient Chinese art. It boasts 120,000 pieces of rare and precious cultural relics in twenty-one categories, including bronze ware, ceramics, calligraphy, paintings, sculpture, furniture, jade and ivory carvings, bamboo and wood carvings, lacquer ware, oracle bones, seals, coins, and handicrafts of ethnic art.
-The Bund: Shanghai's famous waterfront to see new-erect modern skyscrapers and aged buildings of the colonial period.
-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Best viewing spot of Shanghai located by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high.
Day 20 Shanghai (B, L)
This morning, drive to visit Zhujiajiao Water Town, where we'll enjoy a very interesting boat cruise. Drive back to Shanghai to have a walk at Nanjing Road.
-Zhujiajiao Water Town with boat cruise: Endowed with another elegant name - "Pearl Stream" - the little town is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in Shanghai.
-Nanjing Road: The busiest shopping street in Shanghai.
Day 21 Shanghai / Exit (B)
Pick up at the hotel and transfer to airport.
Trip ends.
Be met at the airport and transferred to hotel check in. The remainder of the day is at leisure.
Day 2 Beijing (B, L)
After breakfast, visit Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City.
-Temple of Heaven: A masterpiece of architecture and landscape design where the ancient emperors used to pray for the God's bless of the whole nation.
-Tiananmen Square: The largest city square in the world.
-Forbidden City: The largest imperial palace in China for 24 emperors' reign during the Ming and Qing dynasties with a history of around 600 years.
Day 3 Beijing (B, L)
Today's excursion takes you to Mutianyu Great Wall and Ming Tombs (Changling).
-Mutianyu Great Wall: A less visited and more original part of the Great Wall. It is situated where vegetation is luxurious and over 90 percent of the land is covered with grass, forests and fruit trees.
-Ming Tombs (Changling): Changling is the tomb for Emperor Yongle, the third Ming emperor, and his wife Empress Xu. He ruled for 22 years and made some achievements in political, military, economic, cultural and diplomatic fields.
Day 4 Beijing / Luoyang (B, L)
After breakfast, visit the Summer Palace (with a short cruise on Kunming Lake), Hutongs and Yonghe Lama Temple. Then, transfer to the Railway Station for the train (soft sleeper) to Luoyang.
-Summer Palace: The largest and best-preserved royal garden in China with a history of over 800 years.
-Yonghe Lama Temple: Originally it was a prince mansion of Qing Dynasty , later changed to the head office of Lama administration.
Day 5 Luoyang (B, L)
Upon arrival, you're met to have breakfast. Then explore Shaolin Monastery, Dengfeng Observatory and Zhongyue Taoist Temple.
-Shaolin Monastery: Founded in the 5th century, the monastery is long famous for its association with Chinese martial arts and particularly with Shaolin Kung Fu, and it is the Mahayana Buddhist monastery perhaps best known to the Western world.
-Dengfeng Observatory: Built in 1276 and is the oldest observatory in China. This is where the famous astronomer and mathematician Guo Shoujing worked, he proved how long the earth takes to orbit the sun which is in fact only out by a mere 26 seconds.
Day 6 Luoyang / Xi'an (B, L)
Continue to explore Longmen Grottoes and Ancient Tombs Museum. Later, transfer to the Railway Station. Upon your arrival in Xi'an, be met and transferred to hotel check in.
-Longmen Grottoes: Located 12 km south of Luoyang, the Longmen Grottoes are one of the three most famous ancient sculptural sites in China. There are over 2100 niches, more than 100,000 statues, some 40 pagodas and 3600 tablets and steles in the caves of Guyang, Binyang and Lianhua.
Day 7 Xi'an (B, L)
A guided city tour including Shaanxi History Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Muslim Quarters.
-Shaanxi History Museum: One of the main museums in China boasting a large collection of unearthed cultural relics of China.
-Big Wild Goose Pagoda: The city emblem, which was first built in Tang Dynasty for the storage of Buddhist scriptures taken from India by Monk Xuanzang.
Day 8 Xi'an (B, L)
Today's city tour will include Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Bell Tower, and Ancient City Wall.
-Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum: One of the most important archaeological finds in the 20 th century; an army of terra-cotta warriors and the bronze chariots entombed in vast underground vaults at emperor Qin's tomb since 2200 year ago.
-Bell Tower: First built in 1384, the largest and best preserved of its kind.
Ancient City Wall - The best-kept and biggest city walls in China.
Day 9 Xi'an / Jiuzhaigou (B, D)
Transfer to the airport. Be met at the airport and transferred to the hotel. Later, visit Huanglong Reserve (including a cable car).
-Huanglong Reserve: Huanglong valley is studded with terraced, colored ponds (blue, yellow, white and green) and waterfalls. It wins its fame for its breathtaking beauty of lime formations, made up of 3400 multi-colored ponds, interlace along the valley. Besides, five waterfalls, four stalactite caves and three ancient temples, are all in the same valley, which looks like a dragon winding down from snowcapped peaks of Mt. Minshan.
Day 10 Jiuzhaigou (B, L, D)
Enjoy a full-day tour of Jiuzhaigou Reserve.
-Jiuzhaigou Reserve: Deep in the heart of the 4500-meter-high, perpetually snow-clad Min Shan Range, Jiuzhaigou Scenic Reserve encloses one of the most spectacular landscapes. It was settled centuries ago by ethnic Tibetans, whose fenced villages gave Jiuzhaigou (nine stockades gully) its name. It can be considered a natural botanical and zoological garden, a home of densely growing conifers and broadleaf trees, and of rare and endangered animal species such as the giant panda, golden-haired monkey, and white-lip deer. Usually we can see the lakes swarm with fish and birds including waterfowl, kingfisher, shrikes, hoopoes and pheasants.
Day 11 Jiuzhaigou / Chengdu (B, L)
Take the morning fly to Chengdu. Be met at the airport and transferred to hotel check in. Later, pay a visit to Jinsha Site Museum and Kuanzhai Alley.
-Jinsha Site Museum: A very impressive museum built at Jinsha Ruins, featuring various tools and art pieces from around 3,000 years ago
-Kuanzhai Alley: Kuanzhai Alley is large scale legacy of old streets handed from Qing Dynasty in Chengdu, and a preserved area in the historical and cultural city. It represents vividly the original folk culture of Chengdu.
Day 12 Chengdu /Leshan/ Emeishan (B, L)
Drive to Leshan. Admire the Giant Buddha by a boating in the Min River. Later, continue the trip to Emeishan (Mt. Emei)
-Leshan Giant Buddha: About 125 km south of Chengdu, the 71m-high Giant Buddha is qualified as the largest stone-carved Buddha in the world.
-Mt. Emei: 156 kilometers south of Chengdu, Mt. Emei has been an important center of Buddhism, and it contains more than one hundred temples and monasteries, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Day 13 Emeishan / Chengdu (B, L)
Vist Wanian Temple (by tourist bus) and Baoguo Temple (up & down by cable car). Drive back to Chengdu.
-Baoguo Temple: The largest Buddhist temple in the region, the start of this pilgrimage tour to Mt. Emei.
Day 14 Chengdu / Lijiang (B, L)
Today's city tour in Chengdu will include Teahouse in the People's Park, Chengdu People's Park, Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. Then, fly to Lijiang. Upon arrival, be met and transferred to the hotel check in.
-Chengdu People's Park: Located in the downtown of Chengdu, the people's park covers an area of 11, 2639 square kilometers. With beautiful scenery, convenient traffic, it is the biggest and the first historical and landscape park open to the public.
-Giant Panda Breeding Research Base: Situated on the Axe Hill 10 kilometers north of Chengdu, 40 plus pandas as well as other endangered species like lesser pandas and black-necked crane currently reside at the base in quarters. It was awarded "Global 500" twice by the UN in the year of 1989 and 1994.
-Kuanzhai Alley: Kuanzhai Alley is large scale legacy of old streets handed from Qing Dynasty in Chengdu, and a preserved area in the historical and cultural city. It represents vividly the original folk culture of Chengdu.
Day 15 Lijiang(B, L)
Spend the whole morning exploring Lijiang Old Town and Black Dragon Pool Park. After lunch, enjoy half day cycling tour to Shuhe Village.
-Lijiang Old Town: Originally called Dayan, Lijiang is a very well preserved old town built by Naxi people with unique cultural background. It was listed as the World Cultural Heritage Sites in 1997.
Day 16 Lijiang (B, L)
Drive to see Shigu Village and Tiger Leaping Gorge.
-Shigu Village: 50 kilometers from Lijiang. It was named after a stone tablet in the shape of a drum. The Jinsha River does a U-turn at Shigu Town and flows northward, which is known as the First Bend of Yangtze River.
-Tiger Leaping Gorge: Tiger Leaping Gorge is a canyon on the upper reach of the Yangtze River, legend says a tiger could jump across the river at the narrowest point (still 25 meters wide), hence the name. Tiger Leaping Gorge offers a pleasant walk through spectacular scenery.
Day 17 Lijiang / Kunming (B, L)
Make an excursion to the Stone Forest. Then, head to the airport for the flight to Lijiang. Be met at the airport and transferred to hotel check in.
- Stone Forest: The most famous tourist attraction in Kunming - a typical formation of Karst topography.
Day 18 Kunming / Shanghai (B)
Pick up at the hotel and transfer to airport. Be met at the airport and transfer to hotel check in. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Day 19 Shanghai (B, L)
Today's sightseeing tour includes Yu Garden, Old Quarters, Xintiandi, Shanghai Museum, The Bund, Oriental Pearl TV Tower.
-Yu Garden: It used to be a private garden with 400 years' history; it features traditional architectural style of Yangtze Delta.
-Shanghai Museum: It is a large museum of ancient Chinese art. It boasts 120,000 pieces of rare and precious cultural relics in twenty-one categories, including bronze ware, ceramics, calligraphy, paintings, sculpture, furniture, jade and ivory carvings, bamboo and wood carvings, lacquer ware, oracle bones, seals, coins, and handicrafts of ethnic art.
-The Bund: Shanghai's famous waterfront to see new-erect modern skyscrapers and aged buildings of the colonial period.
-Oriental Pearl TV Tower: Best viewing spot of Shanghai located by the Huangpu River with 468 meters high.
Day 20 Shanghai (B, L)
This morning, drive to visit Zhujiajiao Water Town, where we'll enjoy a very interesting boat cruise. Drive back to Shanghai to have a walk at Nanjing Road.
-Zhujiajiao Water Town with boat cruise: Endowed with another elegant name - "Pearl Stream" - the little town is the best-preserved among the four ancient towns in Shanghai.
-Nanjing Road: The busiest shopping street in Shanghai.
Day 21 Shanghai / Exit (B)
Pick up at the hotel and transfer to airport.
Trip ends.
PRICES START FROM US$3800 PER PERSON
As all of our holidays are tailor-made it isn’t possible to give an exact price on the web-site as the final cost is dependant on a number of factors. These include the number of people in your party, the season you travel, the standard of hotel (we offer a variety of standards from three-star to super-luxurious) and duration of your trip. However, as a guideline you should expect to pay from US$3800 for the opposite itinerary.Included Services
Private transfers airport/hotel/airport;
Private tours escorted by an English-speaking guide;
Accommodations with daily breakfast;
Meals specified in itinerary as B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner;
Domestic flights and trains listed;
Admission fees.
Non-included Services,
Visa arrangement;
Excess luggage charge(the luggage allowance at economy class is 20kg);
Personal expense;
Any meals not specified as "B, L or D";
Gratuties to guides and drivers.
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