Program Summary

Highlights

Visit a traditional Tibetan Medicine Hospital for insights into the precepts of Tibetan medicine and treatments.
Explore the famous terracotta warriors found in the tomb of a Qin Emperor.
Observe traditional Chinese acupuncture.
Witness Tibetan rural life in a small village.
Led by Chinese Foreign Affairs Office staff and university graduates fluent in English.

Program Particulars
Optional tai chi and Chinese conversation classes. Note: Program cost excludes two meals so you may explore local fare.
Activity Particulars
Walking up to three miles daily; uneven terrain; steep steps at docks, often steps without railings. Altitudes from 6,200 feet with gradual transitions to a high altitude of 11,380 feet.

Day 1
Overnight flight from the U.S.A. 1 night
Days 2-4
Arrival Beijing 3 nights
Discuss China’s land and peoples and explore a university campus with students. Expert guides narrate excursions to the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. At a 200-year-old opera/teahouse, sip tea while enjoying Chinese Opera and celebrate with an authentic Peking duck dinner.
Lodging: Centrally located hotel.
Days 5-7
Fly to Xi’an 3 nights
After discussing Chinese cultural history, visit Xi’an’s unparalleled Museum of History and the world-famous terracotta horses and warriors found in a Qin Emperor’s tomb. A campus excursion and lunch with university students illuminates contemporary Chinese lives.
Lodging: Four-star hotel beside the People’s City Square.
Days 8-10
Fly to Kunming 2 nights
Fly to Dali 1 nights
Visit the Kunming Institute of Music and Fine Arts for a demonstration of Chinese music. Stroll through the old city of Dali and explore an island temple, a fishing village and an elegant trio of Tang Dynasty pagodas on a boating excursion. Meet villagers in their homes, view a special Bai dance performance and take part in the “Three Tastes of Tea” ceremony.
Lodging: Five-star hotel along Green Lake Park and four-star hotel with views of Mount Cangshan.
Days 11-14
Coach to Lijiang 2 nights
Fly to Chengdu 1 night
In one of the best-preserved cities in all of China, discover the rich Naxi history at a small country village that was home to Joseph Rock and enjoy a concert of Daoist music by Naxi elders. At Chengdu’s Panda Institute, discover the history and habitat of this endearing and endangered species.
Lodging: Four- and three-star hotels.
Days 15-18
Fly to Lhasa (Tibet) 4 nights
Tibet University faculty discusses Tibet’s traditions and contemporary life, demonstrate thangka painting and illuminate texts at the University Library. Experience the beauty of Tibetan music and dance performed by university students. Explore the revered Jokhong Temple, a traditional medicine hospital, the Dalai Lama’s Summer Palace and the magnificent Drepong Monastery that once housed 10,000 lamas.
Lodging: Three-star hotel.
Days 19-22
Fly to Chongqing 1 night
Board Yangtze River study cruise 3 nights
After exploring the Ming residences and tea houses of Chongqing, embark at the Yangtze waterfront. Sailing through the Yangtze’s gorges, examine area history, culture, ecology, traditional medical practices and modern life. Visit river towns and the Three Gorges Dam and pass through exquisite narrow gorges of a Yangtze tributary aboard traditional boats.
Lodging: Four-star hotel and a first-class Yangtze River cruise ship.
Days 23-25
Disembark Yichang
Fly to Shanghai 3 nights
Departure
Explore Shanghai’s chic Xin Tian Di district, the new Shanghai Museum and the 16th-century Yu Garden and enjoy a creative vegetarian dinner at Longhua Temple and an acrobatics performance. From Shanghai’s famed Bund, marvel at the skyscrapers and Art Deco buildings across the harbor.
Lodging: Four-star hotel.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: In Flight
(Saturday)
In Transit:
International flight to Beijing.

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Day 2: Arrive China’s Capital/Welcome Meeting
(Sunday)
Afternoon: Arrive at Beijing International Airport where your group leader/national guide will be waiting for you. After check-in and a short rest, get together for a Welcome Meeting at your hotel.
Dinner: In hotel dining room.
Evening: At your leisure.
Accommodations: Orient Hotel
Meals Included: Dinner

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Day 3: Great Wall/Sacred Way/Tian’anmen Square/ Peking Duck
(Monday)
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: This morning visit the Great Wall. As you walk the Wall in the mountains outside Beijing, enjoy glorious vistas of the Wall as it climbs and cascades over the distant mountains.
Lunch: at a restaurant nearby the Wall
Afternoon: On your way back to Beijing visit the Sacred Way, the entrance alley to the Ming Tombs and also known as the Alley of Animals because of the monumental animal sculptures that line the way. (We won’t enter the Tombs themselves as all artifacts have been removed.) Before returning to your hotel stop at Tian’anmen Square.
Dinner: Celebrate with a Beijing specialty: Peking Duck dinner.
Evening:Join your group leader to learn some useful Chinese phrases.
Accommodations: Orient Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 4: Hutongs/Family Lunch/University Talk/Beijing Opera
(Tuesday)
Breakfast: After tai ji exercise beside our hotel, enjoy a buffet breakfast.
Morning: Explore ‘hutongs’ (residential lanes and alleys) near Beihai Park. Visit the former residence of Song Qing Ling (political activist and wife of Dr. Sun Yat Sen) and families in their courtyard homes.
Lunch: Lunch is hosted by local families.
Afternoon: Coach to Beijing Normal University for a Talk: China’s Land and Peoples. Following that, enjoy a brief tour of their campus.
Dinner: at nearby hotel
Evening: At a nearby theater, enjoy a taste of Beijing opera, a unique art form that uses brilliant costumes, mannerized make-up, acrobatics and martial arts, various types of falsetto singing, and exuberant percussionists. The performance is presented with English and modern Chinese supertitles above the stage. Chinese Opera is an ‘acquired taste’ for Western ears. For an introduction to Beijing Opera and its traditions, try to see the film ‘Farewell My Concubine.’
Accommodations: Orient Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 5: Forbidden City; fly to Xi’an
(Wednesday)
Breakfast:This morning, before breakfast, begin to practice the gentle art of tai ji exercise. Following, enjoy hotel buffet breakfast.
Morning: Explore the Forbidden City – the 250- acre imperial compound that was once the residence and seat of the Qing Emperors and ‘forbidden’ to all others.
Lunch: En route to Beijing airport.
Afternoon: This afternoon we fly to Xi'an, the capital of China during the Tang Dynasty.
Dinner: at your hotel
Evening: Join your national guide to learn some useful phrases in Chinese.
Accommodations: Royal Garden Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 6: Terra Cotta Warriors/English Corner
(Thursday)
Breakfast: Enjoy optional tai ji followed by hotel buffet breakfast at your hotel.
Morning: This morning experience one of the most astounding archeological discoveries of the 20th century -- the huge tomb site of the Qin Emperor, containing an army of life size terra cotta infantrymen, cavalry, horses, and graceful archers.
Lunch: at restaurant near the tomb site
Afternoon: The rest of the afternoon is at your leisure.
Dinner: at hotel dining room
Evening: On the campus of Xi'an International Studies University, chat with students and local citizens at their 'English Corner' -- a weekly event where they come to practice spoken English.
Accommodations: Royal Garden Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 7: Cultural History/History Museum/Dumpling Dinner
(Friday)
Breakfast: hotel buffet breakfast.
Morning: At Xi’an International Studies University a Talk, 'Chinese Cultural History'discusses Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism as a way of understanding Chinese ‘character’; after, enjoy informal chats with English-speaking students as they show you their campus
Lunch: at University Dining Room
Afternoon: Explore Shaanxi History Museum which illuminates China's dynastic history. The museum's extensive collection -- the best in China -- provides a window and perspective for understanding China's rich and enduring culture.
Dinner: Enjoy a dinner of special dumplings for which Xi'an is famous.
Evening: Join your group leader for informal Chinese conversation practice.
Accommodations: Royal Garden Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 8: fly to Kunming: Chinese Classical Music
(Saturday)
Breakfast: Enjoy tai ji before hotel buffet breakfast.
Morning: This morning fly to Kunming, known as the city of eternal spring because of its year-round mild weather.
Lunch: in flight
Afternoon: The renowned Kunming Institute of Music and Fine Arts presents a private concert and an introduction to the music of China.
Dinner: At hotel dining room or restaurant.
Evening: Join your national guide to learn Chinese phrases.
Accommodations: Grand Park Kunming
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 9: Nationalities Museum and Talk/Free Afternoon
(Sunday)
Breakfast: Practice tai ji steps and then enjoy hotel buffet breakfast.
Morning: Learn about the many nationalities of Yunnan Province and about government policy in a talk at Yunnan's Nationalities Museum. Then enjoy the splendid artifacts and costume on display in its galleries.
Lunch: at restaurant.
Afternoon: Free afternoon or join your Program Leader to enjoy lovely Green Lake Park where local people come to exercise, play traditional musical instruments, sing, dance, air pet birds and join each other for a game of mah jong.
Dinner: at hotel or restaurant.
Evening: Get together with your program leader to learn some Chinese conversation.
Accommodations: Grand Park Kunming
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 10: Shaping Market/Three Pagodas/Three Tastes of Tea
(Monday)
Breakfast: Practice tai ji before hotel's buffet breakfast.
Morning: This morning, take an early flight of about 30 minutes to the town of Dali and explore the traditional Bai people's market at Shaping. This huge weekly market is one of China's most exciting with brilliantly clad women and children selling local produce, hand-made artifacts and cloth (both old and new). As well, itinerant dentists and barbers ply their trade along with bakers and vendors of local traditional hardware. Stop off at a local tie-dye workshop before lunching at Bai courtyard restaurant.
Lunch: Lunch at Bai restaurant.
Afternoon: On the way back to your hotel, stop at the elegant 9th century Three Pagodas. The rest of the afternoon is at your leisure. Feel free to drop off at Dali center or continue back to your hotel.
Dinner: On West Street.
Evening: Enjoy Bai ceremony of 'Three Tastes of Tea' and a performance of local dance.
Accommodations: Asia Star Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 11: Lake Erhai/Fishing Village/coach to Lijiang
(Tuesday)
Breakfast: hotel buffet breakfast.
Morning: Leave early for Lake Erhai port to take a boat to Guanyin Temple. Travel along the opposite shore of Lake Erhai where you can explore an ancient Bai fishing village. Instead of staying on the main street, be sure to explore the back alleys and lanes. Most families will welcome you to step into their courtyards for a look. Often, there will be horses and livestock there too.
Lunch: at restaurant
Afternoon: After lunch, take a coach to the town of Lijiang.
Dinner: At hotel dining room.
Evening: Watch 'Beyond the Clouds,' the award-winning British documentary on life in Lijiang.
Accommodations: Senlong Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 12: Old Town/Free pm or visit Yuhu Village/Daoist Music
(Wednesday)
Breakfast: After morning tai ji, hotel buffet breakfast.
Morning: Enter Lijiang old center through its market venue and explore this charming town with streams and arching bridges. After, get together at the town center for lunch.
Lunch: lunch of your own choosing; there are restaurants in the center of town with English menus. Or join your national guide where he/she will have lunch.
Afternoon: Take the afternoon at your leisure or depart from hotel for Yuhu Village, former home of anthropologist and horticulturalist, Joseph Rock. We’ll explore the village and visit Rock’s home, now a small museum.
Dinner: In hotel dining room.
Evening: Concert of Daoist music at Xuan Ke's recital hall.
Accommodations: Senlong Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

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Day 13: fly to Chengdu: Folk dance and music
(Thursday)
Breakfast: hotel buffet breakfast.
Morning: This morning fly to Chengdu in Szechuan Province.
Lunch: Lunch en route
Afternoon: Before dinner High Altitude Orientation
Dinner: dinner at hotel with folk dance and singing performance
Evening: Practice Chinese with your group leader.
Accommodations: JinYu Sunshine Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 14: Panda Institute; fly to Lhasa: ‘Tibetan Life’/ Norbulingka
(Friday)
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: This morning, fly to Lhasa, capital of Tibet. On the way to the airport stop at Chengdu Panda Research Institute and hope to be there during the pandas’ feeding time (when they are most active). Pandas an endangered species are indigenous to the province of Szechuan only.
Lunch: En route.
Afternoon: Later this afternoon, visit Tibet University; after a Talk which introduces Tibetan Life, take a short tour of the university; then visit Norbulingka, the summer palace of the Dalai Lama which contains his residential quarters. (Note that although Tibet uses ‘Beijing time,’ it is actually about 2 hours ‘later’ than Beijing.)
Dinner: At hotel dining room.
Accommodations: Himalaya Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 15: Jokhang Temple/Bokhor Bazaar/Tibet Museum/Thangka Painting
(Saturday)
Breakfast: hotel buffet. (because of altitude, we will not practice tai ji in Lhasa)
Morning: Explore the heart of Lhasa, Jokhang Temple, the most revered temple in Tibet dating from the 7th century. Pilgrims come from all of Tibet, some walking for years, to worship here. Surrounding the Temple, the Bokhor Bazaar offers an exciting array of Tibetan goods both old and new -- tools, fabric, thangkas, jewelry, and yak hides.
Lunch: At a restaurant overlooking the Bokhor and that serves Tibetan and international dishes.
Afternoon: After lunch, explore the Tibet Museum, home to a rich collection of cultural relics, antique thangkas, scriptures, costumes, and folk art.
Dinner: At hotel dining room.
Evening: Learn about traditional Thangka painting (Tibetan religious scrolls) through a talk and demonstration by a Master at Tibet University.
Accommodations: Himalaya Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 16: Grasslands/ Country Village and school/Tibetan Medicine
(Sunday)
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: Travel to Nomadic grasslands beyond Lhasa where pastoral families raise yak, sheep, goats and horses. If it is grazing season, visit with nomadic families and then observe Tibetan rural life in a small village. Visit its primary school and meet with its dedicated director.
Lunch: Enjoy a picnic lunch in this pastoral landscape.
Afternoon: Continue to explore this very small and natural village. On the way back to Lhasa, stop at the city's Traditional Tibetan Medicine Hospital. For those who would like to continue on to your hotel, feel free to do so.
Dinner: at restaurant or hotel
Evening: Informal Chinese conversation with your group leader
Accommodations: Himalaya Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 17: Drepong Monastery/ Potala Palace /Tibetan Music and Dance
(Monday)
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: Explore the magnificent Drepong Monastery at the edge of town.
Lunch: at hotel
Afternoon: This afternoon explore the Potala Palace, seat of the Dalai Lama and probably the world's most awe-inspiring princely residence and palace.
Dinner: dinner at restaurant or hotel
Evening: Enjoy an exuberant evening of Tibetan music and dance at Tibet University.
Accommodations: Himalaya Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 18: Free morning/ fly to Chongqing
(Tuesday)
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: In the late morning, depart for airport for your flight to Chongqing, the port city on the Yangtze River.
Lunch: en route
Afternoon: We fly to the port city of Chongqing situated beside the Yangze River.
Dinner: at your hotel
Evening: Chinese conversation practice with your national guide
Accommodations: Holiday Inn Yangtze-Chongqing
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 19: free morning/old section/ Yangtze Embarkation
(Wednesday)
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: This morning is at your leisure.
Lunch: at your hotel
Afternoon: Explore Chongqing's Old Section, one of China's best preserved active old towns where you can visit Ming and Qing Dynasty houses, meet with families, or climb up to the higher levels of town for views of the Jialing River.
Dinner: Enjoy a hotpot dinner to celebrate embarkation.
Evening: Board your Yangtze vessel and, as you depart, view the hill city of Chongqing at night.
Accommodations: Victoria Cruise Lines
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 20: Shibaozhai/Captain’s Welcome
(Thursday)
Breakfast: Ship's buffet
Morning: A shore excursion to Shibaozhai, or Wanzhou will be your first stop on the Yangtze. This evening, the Captain invites you to a welcome reception. Times for cultural programs and talks will be announced on a daily basis.
Lunch: Ship's buffet
Afternoon: Ship's cultural programs and talks will be announced on a daily basis.
Dinner: This evening, the Captain invites you to a welcome reception before dinner aboard.
Evening: Performance of Chinese music and dance
Accommodations: Victoria Cruise Lines
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 21: Yangtze River Cruise/Yangtze Gorges/Chinese Music and Dance
(Friday)
Breakfast: Ship's buffet.
Morning: Today, pass through the magnificent Yangtze Gorges and cruise in sampans up a mini-gorge on a pristine tributary of the Yangtze where you can catch glimpses of red monkeys amongst the trees, goats clinging to the craggy cliffs, and 'hanging coffins' secured in the cliff face by the Bo people centuries ago.
Lunch: Ship's buffet.
Afternoon: Discuss traditional Chinese medicine and consider the Yangtze's influence on China. Where possible, your national guide will also continue instruction in tai ji and Chinese conversation.
Dinner: Ship's buffet.
Evening: Evening entertainment includes performances of Chinese music and dance.
Accommodations: Victoria Cruise Lines
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 22: Three Gorges Dam Site/Disembarkation/fly to Shanghai
(Saturday)
Breakfast: Ship's buffet.
Morning: This morning, take a short coach ride to the Three Gorges Dam site. From an observation deck, enjoy a bird's-eye view of the dam, five-step ship lock, diversion canal, and power station. A nearby exhibition displays a dam model; a briefing will explain this project, one of the largest construction ventures ever.
Lunch: Early lunch before disembarkation at the city of Yichang.
Afternoon: Take a late afternoon flight to Shanghai.
Dinner: at a local restaurant.
Accommodations: Equatorial Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 23: Shanghai Museum/Xin Tian Di/ Bund/Pudong/Acrobatics
(Sunday)
Breakfast: hotel buffet
Morning: Visit the Shanghai Fine Arts Museum. This 'state-of-the-art museum is home to China's finest collection of paintings, ceramics, bronzes and sculptures and is an awe-inspiring testimony to China's long and rich culture. If you like, join your local guide on Shanghai's new metro or reach the museum via our coach.
Lunch: Coach to Shanghai’s Xin Tian Di district – a restoration project that has set a benchmark for Asia. Walk about this new and fashionable area; take lunch on your own in one of its many cafes or international cuisine restaurants.
Afternoon: This afternoon, stroll on the Bund, Shanghai's Huangpu River promenade, to view the busy river activity and the iconic art deco and neo-classic buildings dating from the time of 'foreign concessions' in Shanghai. Travel to the other side of the river to the newly developed area of Pudong --until recently undeveloped farmland and now a glittering forest of skyscrapers.
Dinner: Dinner in a restaurant on the way to a performance by the famous Shanghai Acrobatics Troupe
Evening: Enjoy an evening of amazing skill and prowess at a performance by the world-famous Shanghai Acrobatics Troupe. Acrobatics have, for thousands of years, been considered as one of the 'treasures' of Chinese performing arts and figure in other genres such as Chinese Opera.
Accommodations: Equatorial Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

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Day 24: Yu Garden/Longhua Temple
(Monday)
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: This afternoon, explore Shanghai's historic old section and the nearby Yu Garden, whose classical pavilions, fountains, and arching bridges exemplify traditional Chinese garden landscaping.
Lunch: At Longhua Temple, enjoy imaginative vegetarian cuisine prepared by Temple monks.
Afternoon: This afternoon is at your leisure.
Dinner: Enjoy a Farewell Dinner at a nearby restaurant.
Evening: At your leisure.
Accommodations: Equatorial Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Day 25: Departure for U.S. or Post-Program Travel
(Tuesday)
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: Depart for Shanghai airport for International departures or post-program travel.
Meals Included: Breakfast

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Free Time Opportunities

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Lhasa

Bicycling
Rent a bicycle and explore the city on your own.
Bokhor Bazaar and Jokhang Temple
Beyond the main circle of the Bokhor Bazaar are wonderful alleys and lanes worth exploring. Behind Jokhang Temple there is a small Muslim section as well as old residential dwellings.
Lhasa River
Walk along the Lhasa River.
Tibet Museum or Norbulingka
Revisit the Tibet Museum or Norbulingka

Meal and Lodging

Accommodation Summary:

Orient Hotel
Beijing, China
3 nights

Royal Garden Hotel
Xi'an, China
3 nights

Grand Park Kunming
Kunming, China
2 nights

Asia Star Hotel
Dali, China
1 night

Senlong Hotel
Lijiang, China
2 nights

JinYu Sunshine Hotel
Chengdu, China
1 night

Himalaya Hotel
Lhasa, Tibet
4 nights

Holiday Inn Yangtze-Chongqing
Chongqing, China
1 night

Victoria Cruise Lines
Yangtze River Vessel, China
3 nights

Equatorial Hotel
Shanghai, China
3 nights

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Additional Details:

Orient Hotel

Type: Three-Star Hotel
Description: This newly renovated 3 star hotel is located in the heart of Beijing, not far from Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City. The central courtyard building of this historic hotel dates from 1918. Situated close to a small and old residential neighborhood of 'hutongs' (pedestrian alleys and lanes), the hotel offers wonderful opportunities for exploration by foot in the nearby area. With no high buildings around it, the Dong Fang Hotel offers distant views of Beijing city.
Ship Information: n/a
Contact info: 11 Wanming Street, Beijing,  100050 China
phone: +86 10 6301-4466

Room amenities: Private bath and shower, AC, TV, safe deposit box, free high speed internet access, hair dryer, long distance direct dialing, mini-bar. Rooms will be no smoking but hotel has smoking areas.
Facility amenities: AC, daily laundry, cafe, bar, restaurants, beauty salon, business center, currency exchange
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes
Additional nights prior: Check with Program Provider.
Your Program Provider can make arrangements for pre-program hotel nights.

Royal Garden Hotel

Type: Four-Star Hotel
Description: Located inside the city walls in the heart of 'downtown' Xi'an, the Royal Garden is close to the city's main attractions, including the Bell Tower and Muslim Section.
Ship Information: na
Contact info: 334 DongDaJie (East) Street
Xi'an, NA  710001 China
phone: +86 29 87690000

Room amenities: air-conditioning, television, mini-bar, hair dryer
Facility amenities: laundry service, business center, coffee bar, room service,
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes

Grand Park Kunming

Type: Five-Star Hotel
Description: One of the Kunming’s finest hotels situated near the city’s famous and beautiful Green Lake Park.
Ship Information: n/a
Contact info: 20 Hong Hua Qiao
Kunming,  650031 China
phone: +86 -871-538-6688

Room amenities:Satellite TV, international direct-dial phone, air conditioning, hairdryer, iron/ironing board, broad band internet access, safe deposit boxes
Facility amenities: 24-hour Room Service, 24-hour Concierge, Business Center, Fully Equipped Fitness Center, Swimming Pool & Whirlpool, Sauna and Massage, Shops, Deli Corner, Laundry and Valet Service, Foreign Currency Exchange
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes

Asia Star Hotel

Type: Four-Star Hotel
Description: A 20 minute walk to the city walls and gate of old Dali town, this wonderful hotel boasts views of the exquisite Lake Erhai and the snow-capped peaks of Changshan Mountain. Shuttle to old town also available.
Ship Information: n/a
Contact info: Dali Old Town South Suburb Dali City,  671003 China
phone: +86 -872-267-0009

Room amenities: air conditioning, TV, mini-bar
Facility amenities: beauty salon, fitness center, currency exchange, restaurants
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes

Senlong Hotel

Type: Four-Star Hotel
Ship Information: n/a
Contact info: Minzu Road Dayan Town Lijiang,  674100 China
phone: +86 -888-512-0666

Room amenities: air conditioning, TV
Facility amenities: business center, restaurants, shopping, beauty salon
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes

JinYu Sunshine Hotel

Type: Four-Star Hotel
Description: Situated in the east of Chengdu City, the JinYu Sunshine Hotel is just opposite the Xinhua Park. It is about 40 minutes from the airport
Ship Information: n/a
Contact info: 88 Shuanglin Road Chengdu 610066,   China
phone: +86 28 66138888

Room amenities: Satellite television, mini-bar, hair dryer, laundry service, air-conditioning, international direct-dial telephone, private bathroom with shower
Facility amenities: Gym, Internet access, bar, currency exchange, beauty salon, barber shop, western restaurant for westenr and American breakfast
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes 

Himalaya Hotel

Type: Three-Star Hotel
Description: The Himalaya hotel is situated within walking distance of Lhasa's old section and the Lhasa River.
Ship Information: n/a
Contact info: 6 East Limkhor Road Lhasa,  850000 Tibet
phone: +86 -891-6322-1111

Room amenities: air conditioning, TV, mini bar, hair dryer
Facility amenities: fitness center, currency exchange, shopping, beauty salon
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes 

Holiday Inn Yangtze-Chongqing

Type: Four-Star Hotel
Description: Situated overlooking the Yangtze River.
Ship Information: n/a
Contact info: 15 Nanping North Road Chongqing,  400060 China
phone: +86 23 6280 8888

Room amenities: air conditioning, TV, coffee maker, hair dryer, internet access, in-room safe, iron, mini bar, refrigerator
Facility amenities: fitness center, outdoor swimming pool, restaurants, bar, business center, beauty salon, currency exchange, gift shop
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes

Victoria Cruise Lines

Type: Cruise Ship
Ship Information: First class Yangtze River Cruise ship. All boats in Victoria Cruise Lines have iron, double-bottom hulls and have been built or totally refurbished between 2001-2004. Total capacity of 130-266 persons.
Contact info: 57-08 39th Ave Woodside, NY  11377 USA
phone: 212-818-1680

Room amenities: air conditioning, TV, all outside cabins with picture windows, private bathrooms with showers. Lower berth single beds.
Facility amenities: fitness center, internet access, laundry service, beauty salon, barbershop, shopping, currency exchange, bar
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.

Equatorial Hotel

Type: Four-Star Hotel
Description: This pleasant four-star hotel is within walking distance of Shanghai's former French quarter and Huaihai Road, known for its 'upscale' shops.
Ship Information: n/a
Contact info: 65 Yanan West Road Shanghai,  200040 China
phone: +86 -21-6248-1688

Room amenities: air conditioning, TV, hair dryer, iron, mini bar
Facility amenities: fitness center, swimming pool, beauty parlor, barbershop, shopping, currency exchange, bar
Smoking policy: Smoking policies vary by facility. During all group events and activities, smoking is prohibited.
Elevators available: Yes
Additional nights after:
Contact your Program Provider.
Your Program Provider can make arrangements for post-program hotel nights.