Day 1 | BEIJING Arrive and check in. |
Day 2 | BEIJING Great Wall - A day at the Great Wall with a 3-5 hour hike along one of the less visited sections. |
Day 3 | BEIJING - XI'AN Visit Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. Overnight train to Xi'an. |
Day 4 | XI'AN Morning guided tour of the Terracotta Warriors. Free afternoon to explore the Great Mosque and other sights. |
Day 5 | XI'AN - LUOYANG Free morning for further exploration before a train ride to Luoyang, ancient capital and centre of Buddhism, where we spend the night.
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Day 6 | LUOYANG - YICHANG An opportunity to join in early morning exercises in the park. Later we have a guided tour of the magnificent 6th century Longmen Grottoes and the White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist temple in China. Overnight train to Yichang.
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Day 7 | YICHANG Morning arrival in Yichang and transfer to our cruise boat. (LD) |
Day 8 | YANGTSE RIVER CRUISE We cruise up the Yangtse River, passing through the spectacular Three Gorges. Along the way we stop for excursions. (BLD)
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Day 9 | As above |
Day 10 | CHONGQING TO YANGSHUO Disembark in Chongqing and take a flight to Guilin. A short bus ride takes us to Yangshuo. (B)
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Day 11 | YANGSHUO A full free day to explore Yangshuo. Perhaps hire a bike and cycle along small tracks through the fields, or venture into one of Yangshuo's many cave complexes.
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Day 12 | YANGSHUO - Another free day. Perhaps stay in town and shop, or take a lesson in Chinese cooking, calligraphy or tai'chi.
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Day 13 | YANGSHUO - GUILIN - GUANGZHOU - Afternoon transfer back to Guilin. Overnight train to Guangzhou.
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Day 14 | HONG KONG Arrive in Guangzhou before taking the express train over the border and through the New Territories to Hong Kong.
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Day 15 | HONG KONG Tour ends.
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This trip takes you on a journey through the very heart of this vast country. At the end, you'll probably feel like you've driven, flown, train-ed, sailed, biked and hiked every inch of this land - and that's because you have. 
