City: (Tue & Sat) Beijing     Transportation: Air     Meal: No Meals
Sights: Airport-hotel transfer service
On arrival you will be met by our excellent English speakiing guide and transferred to your hotel. You will be free for the rest of the day. Beijing is the capital of China, as well as the center for culture, politics, and economy.

City: (Wed & Sun) Beijing     Transportation: Bus     Meal: B+L
Sights: Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Sacred Way
A full day excursion by seat-in coach to the Great Wall - the landmark of China. It is one of the most amazing feats of human labor. After lunch, a drive to the Ming Tombs along the Sacred Way with giant marble figures and animals guarding the tomb area for deceased emperors of the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644AD).

City: (Thu & Mon) Beijing     Transportation: Bus     Meal: B+L+D
Sights: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace
A morning tour of Tian'anmen Square, the largest public square in the world, and the Palace Museum, known as the Forbidden City; the complex of imperial palaces are home to the emperors for over 500 years in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Some of the grand halls have been used as museums for fine collections of Chinese treasures. After lunch you will be driven to visit the Summer Palace, a former summer resort for the royal family, and take a boat ride on its Lake Kunming. This evening you will be treated to a delicious Peking duck dinner.

City: (Fri & Tue) Beijing/Xi'an     Transportation: Air     Meal: B+L
Sights: Temple of Heaven, Ancient City Wall of Xian
Your sightseeing this morning is the Temple of Heaven, where the Ming and Qing emperors prayed for good harvest. It is the largest temple complex remaining in China today. After lunch, take a two-hour flight to Xi'an, the great ancient capital and the eastern end of the Silk Road. A city tour of the Ancient City Wall of Xi'an, one of few well-preserved ones in China.

City: (Sat & Wed) Xi'an     Transportation: Bus     Meal: B+L
Sights: Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda
This exciting day of sightseeing will include the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum at the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first Qin Emperor, and the Bronze Chariots. After lunch at a local restaurant, visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda which was built in 652 AD. It contains a large volume of Buddhist scriptures which were obtained from India by the eminent monk Xuanzang. The rest of day is at leisure.

City: (Sun & Thu ) Xi'an/Kunming     Transportation: Air     Meal: B+L
Sights: Shaanxi Provincial History Museum
This morning, visit the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum where you will discover how Xi'an became the cradle of Chinese culture. After lunch at a local restaurant, you will be transferred to the airport for a two-hour flight to Kunming. Arrive Kunming, meet and transfer to hotel.

City: (Mon & Fri ) Kunming     Transportation: Bus     Meal: B+L
Sights: Stone Forest, Golden Temple
Visit the Stone Forest-cluster of dark gray-lime-stone karst formations, Golden Temple-the largest Taoist (bronze-tiled) temple in China and has been preserved almost completely since it was first built. It is cast entirely in bronze weighing about 250 tons. The rest of the day at leisure.

City: (Tue & Sat ) Kunming/Hong Kong     Transportation: Air     Meal: B+L
Sights: Western Hills, Yunnan Minorities Museum
Visit the Dragon Gate on the Western Hills, the Yunnan Minorities Museum. After lunch at a local restaurant, you will be transferred to the airport for a two and half hours flight to Hong Kong, a cosmopolitan, bustling and heavily populated city in China. You are free for the rest of the day.

City: ( Wed & Sun ) Hong Kong     Transportation: Bus     Meal: B
Sights: Aberdeen, Vitoria Peak, Repulse Bay
Hong Kong is complex. On the surface it seems every building ia a high-rise sculpture of glass and steel and everypedestrian is hurrying to a meeting. But look past the shiny surfaces to the ancient culture that gives the city its exotic flavor and its citizens their unique outlook. Half day Island tour to Aberdeen Harbor, Victoria Peak, and Repulse Bay, you are free for the rest of the day.

City: (Thu & Mon ) Depart Hong Kong     Transportation: Air     Meal: B
Sights: Hotel-airport transfer service
At leisure in the morning until your transfer to the airport for departure.