Day 1 Arrival / Shanghai    
Be met at the airport and transfer to the hotel check in.

Day 2 Shanghai / Yichang
Pick up at the hotel and transfer to airport for the fight to Yichang. Be met and transfer to take a city excursion and have dinner before boarding the cruise.

Day 3 Three Gorges' Cruise (B, L, D)
Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam site. Sail through the Three Gorges dam shiplocks and the Xiling Gorge.

Day 4 Three Gorges' Cruise (B, L, D)
Excursion to Daning River Small Gorges or Shennong Stream. Pass through the Wu Gorge and the Qutang Gorge.
(You may have an optional excursion to the White Emperor City if river conditions permit.)

Day 5 Three Gorges' Cruise (B, L, D)
Shore excursion to Fengdu or Wanzhou.

Day 6 Chongqing / Chengdu (B, L)
Disembark Chongqing at 09:00am. Be picked up and transfer to take an express train to Chengdu. Pick you up at the railway station and transfer for hotel check in.

Day 7 Chengdu (B, L)
Visit Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, Jinsha Cultural Relics Museum and Jinli Old Street

-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.

Day 8 Chengdu / Lhasa (B)
Pick up at the hotel and transfer to airport. Be met at the airport and transfer to hotel for check in and acclimatization.

Day 9 Lhasa (B, L)
Visit The Potala Palace, Barkhor Street and The Jokhang Temple.

-Barkhor Street: an area of narrow streets located around Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, it is the most popular devotional circumabulation for pilgrims and locals.

-The Potala Palace: a monumental building of Lhasa served as administrative center, seat of government, monastery, fortress and the home of all the Dalai Lamas from the Fifth to the Fourteenth in the past, a UNESCO world cultural heritage site of 1994.

-The Jokhang Temple: 1300+ years old with a golden roof and the most sacred and important temple for most Tibetans..

Day 10 Lhasa (B, L)
Norbulingka, Sera Monastery and Tibet Museum.

-Norbulingka: it used to be the Summer Palace of the Dalai Lama. Among artificial gardens, Norbulingka is the biggest, the best scenic and the most historic one in Tibet. Nowadays, it is the public park for local people.

-Drepung Monastery: first built in 1416, it was once the biggest monasteries in Tibet.

Day 11 Lhasa / Shigatse (B, L)
Drive to visit Palkhor Monastery, on the way to stop at Yamdrok Lake. Overnight at Shigatze.

-Palkhor Monastery: a unique monastery housing three schools of Tibetan Buddhism: Sakya, Gelugpa and Gedang. It also features a well-known "Kumbum Stupa", meaning a hundred thousand images.

-Yamdrok Lake: one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet, it is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains with breath-taking views.

Day 12 Shigatse / Lhasa (B, L)
In the morning, visit Tashilhunpo Monastery. Then drive back to Lhasa.

-Tashilhunpo Monastery: one of the Six Big Monasteries of Gelugpa (or Yellow Hat Sect) in Tibet. It is the seat of the Panchen Lama since the Fourth Panchen Lama took charge in the monastery.

Day 13 Lhasa / exit (B)
Transfer to the airport and fly to your next destination.

Service Ends.