9 Days Golden Yangtze Cruise
Beijing, Chongqing, Yangtze River Cruise, Yichang, Shanghai
Tour Code: TCT-Yangtze-01
Tour Type: Private Tour
Best Travel Time: Suitable for the whole year, best from April to November.
Price from $ 1231
Tour Feature
Best combination of Yangtze River and two gateway cities Beijing and Shanghai
Great short-term China tour to see the highlights of China
Enjoy the history and culture in Beijing, leisure on cruise but not boring, stunned by skyline of Shanghai
Free enquiry and tour can be customized according to your personal requests and interests
What to Expect| Day | Destination | Highlights |
| 01 | Beijing | Transfer service to hotel |
| 02 | Beijing | Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven |
| 03 | Beijing | Summer Palace, Mutianyu Great Wall, Olympic Park, the exterior of Bird Nest and Water Cube |
| 04 | Beijing  Chongqing |
Eling Park, Chongqing People's Great Hall |
| 05 | Yangtze River Cruise | Fengdu(optional), Shibaozhai |
| 06 | Yangtze River Cruise | White Emperor City (optional), Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge, Godness Stream |
| 07 | Yichang Shanghai |
Three Gorges Dam |
| 08 | Shanghai | Jade Buddha Temple, the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Old Street, The Bund |
| 09 | Shanghai | Transfer service to airport |
Tour ItineraryMeals: No Meals
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing ★★★★
Arrive in Beijing, the capital city of China. You will be greeted and met by TCT tour guide at the airport and transferred to your hotel, whenever your flight arrives in Beijing. After check-in, free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel:Sunworld Hotel Beijing ★★★★
Sightseeing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Jingshan Park, Temple of Heaven, Panjiayuan Antique Market
| [09:00-09:30] | Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the historical city of Beijing. |
| [09:30-12:30] | You will reach the Tian’anmen Square, the largest public square in the world. Walk through the square and visit today’s highlight: Forbidden City , the largest and most complete ancient imperial palace in the world. |
| [12:30-14:00] | Lunch time at Shi Yuan Restaurant, Chinese local food, famous for the braised eggplant, vegetable ball, and diced chicken with walnuts in soya sauce. |
| [14:00-16:30] | Visit Temple of Heaven, which was used to pray for harvest by the emperors. It is China's existing largest structure for sacrifice to heaven. Shopping time at Pearl Market. |
| [16:30-17:30] | Back to the hotel, en route you can plan for the night show or the Peking duck dinner with your guide and ask for suggestions. |
| [08:00-08:30] | Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to start your tour to explore Great Wall. |
| [08:30-12:30] | Drive to Summer Palace, which is the existing largest, best-preserved imperial garden in China. Boat ride on Kunming Lake is included. Then drive directly to Mutianyu Great Wall. |
| [12:30-13:30] | Lunch time at Xiaolongpu Restaurant,famous for the vegetable food, such as fried vegetables, dry-fried beans, sweet corn cake |
| [13:30-17:30] | Visit Mutianyu Great Wall,, which section is more popular among foreign visitors. Upon arrival, you can choose to hike on the Great Wall, or take cable car up and walk around. Drive back to Beijing city, while you can take a nap in the car. Visit the exterior Bird Nest and Water Cube, the amazing architectures that built for Beijing Olympic Games. After that you will experience Chinese tea at tea house. |
| [17:30-18:30] | Back to the hotel, en route you can plan for the night activities, such as foot massage, houhai night bars and Sanlitun bar street. |
| [06:30-08:30] | Early Bird Coffee and Tea; Practice Tai Chi on board and Buffet breakfast. |
| [09:00-13:30] | Activities on board as you like. Or take Additional Shore excursion to Fengdu with extra cost. Buffet lunchis served on board. |
| [16:00-21:00] | Shore excursion to Shibaozhai. Late afternoon Captain's Welcome Reception with buffet dinner. Evening, enjoy the Minorities and Dynasty Costumes Show |
| 06:30-08:30] | Early Bird Coffee and Tea; Practice Tai Chi on board and Buffet breakfast. |
| [07:30-10:15] | Activities on board as you like. Or take Additional Shore excursion to White Emperor City with extra cost. |
| [10:45-13:00] | Sailing through Qutang Gorge & Scenic cruising of Wu Gorge, buffet lunch is served on board. |
| [15:15-21:45] | Shore excursion to Godness Stream. Evening enjoy Captain's Farewell Banquet and the Crew cabaret. |
| [06:00-07:45] | Buffet breakfast |
| [07:45-11:15] | Disembark at Maoping cruise terminal, Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam Site; transfer to the passenger center in downtown of Yichang |
| [12:30-15:30] | Your Yichang tour guide will wait for you at Yichang passenger center and transfer you to the airport. |
| [09:00-09:30] | Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the Modern city of China. |
| [09:30-12:30] | Visit Jade Buddha Temple, which is famous for the seated Buddha, encrusted with jewels, which is said to weigh 1,000 kg.Then visit the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower, while walking on Riverside Promenade Bingjiang Da Dao. |
| [12:30-13:30] | Lunch time for the local special food, Dim Sum and Steamed Bun |
| [13:30-16:30] | Visit Yuyuan Garden, which is a Chinese classic garden in city downtown, shopping time at Shanghai Old Street and Nanjing Road which is the earliest commercial street in Shanghai, you could look for some special souvenirs and silk product there. After that, enjoy a leisure walk along the Bund, famous for groups of buildings known as "a Gallery of world architecture". |
| [16:30-17:30] | Back to the hotel, en route you can plan for the night Acrobatic Show, especially the ERA show, which is one of the most popular evening entertainments in Shanghai. |
Meals: Breakfast
Free day at leisure and be transferred to the airport for return flight. We can arrange the Maglev train ride to Pudong airport if you are
interested in, or we will drive you directly to the airport.
Service Ends
Meals: No Meals
Recommended Hotel:Sunworld Hotel Beijing ★★★★
Arrive in Beijing, the capital city of China. You will be greeted and met by TCT tour guide at the airport and transferred to your hotel, whenever your flight arrives in Beijing. After check-in, free at leisure for the rest of the day.
Beijing City View
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing ★★★★
Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the historical city of Beijing.
Morning visit Tiananmen Square, the largest public square in the world;today’s highlight: Forbidden City, the largest and most complete ancient imperial palace in the world.
After Lunch time at Shi Yuan Restaurant, visit Temple of Heaven, which was used to pray for harvest by the emperors. Shopping time at Pearl Market before back to hotel.
Forbidden City
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Sunworld Hotel Beijing ★★★★
Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and drive to Summer Palace, which is the existing largest, best-preserved imperial garden in China. Boat ride on Kunming Lake is included. Then drive directly to Mutianyu Great Wall, which is more popular among foreign visitors. Upon arrival, you can choose to hike on the Great Wall, or take cable car up and walk around.
In the later afternoon drive back to downtown, photo stop at Bird Nest and Water Cube, the amazing architectures that built for Beijing Olympic Games. Experience Chinese tea at tea house before back to hotel.
Mutianyu Great Wall Beijing China
Meals: Breakfast
On Board: Victoria cruise ★★★★★
Morning at leisure before transfer to airport to catch the morning flight for Chongqing.
Arrive at Chongqing about noon time. After lunch, have a visit to Eling Park displays the layout of Suzhou gardens. You can also take excursion to Kansheng Tower where the bird’s-eye view of the Yangtze River and Chongqing city is breathtaking. And then, continue to visit the Chongqing People Grand Hall which looks like the enlarged version of the sacramental Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
Drive to Chaotianmen wharf and check-in at the Victoria cruise, which Set sail from Chongqing at 9:00 p.m.
Chongqing City View
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch& Dinner
On Board: Victoria cruise ★★★★★
Early Bird Coffee and Tea, Practice Tai Chi on board and Buffet breakfast. Activities on board as you like. Or take Additional Shore excursion to Fengdu with extra cost. Buffet lunchis served on board. Shore excursion to Shibaozhai. Late afternoon Captain's Welcome Reception with buffet dinner. Enjoy the Minorities and Dynasty Costumes Show at night.
Fengdu Ghost City
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch& Dinner
On Board: Victoria cruise ★★★★★
Early Bird Coffee and Tea, practice Tai Chi on board and Buffet breakfast in the morning. Then take Additional Shore excursion to White Emperor City with extra cost. Sailing through Qutang Gorge & Wu Gorge. After the buffet lunch, shore excursion to Godness Stream. Evening enjoy Captain's Farewell Banquet and the Crew cabaret.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel:SSAW Boutique Hotel Shanghai Bund ★★★★
Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore the Modern city of China. Visit Jade Buddha Temple, which is famous for the seated Buddha, encrusted with jewels, which is said to weigh 1,000 kg.Then visit the exterior of Oriental Pearl TV Tower, while walking on Riverside. After lunch, visit Yuyuan Garden, a Chinese classic garden in city downtown, shopping time at Shanghai Old Street and Nanjing Road, the earliest commercial street in Shanghai. After that, enjoy a leisure walk along the Bund, famous for groups of buildings known as "a Gallery of world architecture".
Meals: Breakfast
Free day at leisure and be transferred to the airport for return flight. We can arrange the Maglev train ride to Pudong airport if you are
interested in, or we will drive you directly to the airport.
Service Ends
Prices (per person in US$)| Hotel Class | Group Size | Dec. ~ Feb. | Mar. ~ Nov. |
| Economy Hotel ★★★ |
2 ~ 5 pax | $1460 | $1582 |
| 6 ~ 9 pax | $1231 | $1354 | |
| Comfortable Hotel ★★★★ |
2 ~ 5 pax | $1560 | $1706 |
| 6 ~ 9 pax | $1331 | $1478 | |
| Deluxe Hotel ★★★★★ |
2 ~ 5 pax | $1835 | $2144 |
| 6 ~ 9 pax | $1606 | $1916 |
Price includes:
Domestic flight or high-speed train as specified Private transfer between the airport or railway station, attractions, and hotels Private licensed English-speaking guide and driver service Hotel accommodation with daily breakfast on sharing basis All attraction entrance fees as specified Meals mentioned in the itinerary, Chinese local food China Life Tourist Accident/Casualty Insurance
International Air tickets or Train Tickets to enter or leave China Tips to your tour guide and driver on your own discretion China Entry Visa Fees Personal expenses Optional tours, meals, activities and servicesOptional Activities| City | Local Specialties | Nights Shows |
| Beijing | Beijing Roasted Duck | Peking Opera |
| Shanghai | Xiao Long Bao | Acrobatics Show |
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