Day 1. Arrive in Shanghai (IM)
Welcome to Shanghai, you will be greeted by the tour guide and then transferred to you Hotel. Check in, take a good rest.

Day 2. Shanghai (American breakfast, Lunch, Special Dinner)
Today, the city tour starts with a visit to Shanghai Old Street (Cheng Huang Miao shopping mall). Visit Yu Garden -one of the best Suzhou-style gardens in southern China. In the afternoon, spend some free time at Shanghai Museum. With special exhibits and a collection of 120,000 precious works of art, this has become a favorite destination for tourists and local people. You can easily spend a few hours to examine its rich and high-quality collection of ancient Chinese bronze, ceramics, painting and calligraphy. After Special Shanghai Cuisine dinner, enjoy a fabulous Acrobatic Show.

Day 3. Shanghai (American breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Walking at famous Lujiazui Financial Street and Xintiandi Stone Houses, they are unique architecture style combine western and Chinese style. After that, go to take a look at Jade Temple. It is one of Shanghais few Buddhist temples. The temple has a number of ancient sculptures, rare paintings and Buddhist scriptures. these are all the inestimable culture relics. The construction of the temple is in the magnificent architectural style of the Song Dynasty. Still inhabited by monks, the temple consists of three main halls and two courtyards. Set Sail from Shanghai in the late afternoon.

Day 4. Cruise the Yangtze (American breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Full day excursion to Nanjing Confucius Temple and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's Mausoleum. Located on the bank of Qinhuai River, the Confucius Temple in Nanjing was built in Song Dynasty, a place to worship and consecrate Confucius, the great philosopher and educator of ancient China. Today, the surrounding has become Nanjing's main amusement area, quite alive on weekends. Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Tomb is located in the Zhong Mountain Scenic Area in the east suburb of Nanjing City. As the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of the Republic of China, it is considered the Holy land of Chinese people both home and abroad. With deep historical significance, magnificent architecture and beautiful scenery, it is a must see when traveling in Nanjing.

Day 5. Cruise the Yangtze (American breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Excursion to Yellow Mountain(Huangshan Mountain) or Mountain Jiuhuashan. Together with the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Great Wall, Yellow Mountains has become one of the great symbols of China. The strange pines, absurd stones, sea of clouds and hot springs are the four wonders of Yellow Mountains. Bordered on the Yangtze River in the north and overlooked the Mt. Yellow Mountains in the south, Mt. Jiuhuashan is well-known to the world with the richly variegated landscape, the ancient temples are tucked away amid the dense woods, and the air reverberates with the tolling of the bells at dawn and dusk. It is thus famed as the "No.1 Mountain in Southeast China.

Day 6. Cruise the Yangtze (American breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Today's short excursion is Hubei Provincial Museum. Located on the bank of beautiful East Lake, Hubei Provincial Museum was established in 1953 and covers an exhibition area of 2,400 square meters (0.59 acres). The museum boasts of having great musical instruments collections, bronze wares and lacquer wares. Despite the small size of the museum, there are 140,000 precious cultural relics collected from the Stone Age to modern in the Hubei Provincial Museum. Among them, more than 600 listed as national class exhibit items, which makes museum famous and became the emphases of others.

Day 7. Cruise the Yangtze (American breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Enjoy the beautiful scenery on our Yangtze River tour.

Day 8. Cruise the Yangtze (American breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
The ship sails through Xiling Gorge, the longest one of the Three Gorges. We disembark to visit the massive Three Gorges Dam Project in the morning, the Dam is the world's largest dam, measuring 606 feet high and 6,500 feet long. In 1997, the cofferdam was completed and the main structure begun. The dam has two five-stage locks to raise and lower ships to the different river levels. Each lock in the five stages is 65 feet high and 910 feet long.

Day 9. Cruise the Yangtze (American breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Wu Gorge is famous for its quiet beauty. Disembark at Wushan where we board small riverboat for a leisurely ride through Shennong Stream, which offers clear running waters, picturesque rock formations, and even monkeys and goat along its banks, Drifting along the Shennong Stream in sampan is the unique way experiencing the beauty of Shennong Stream, a sampan is about 40 foot long, 6 foot wide, usually steered by six boatmen. Sail through Qutang Gorge, the shortest and most dramatic one of the Three Gorges.

Day 10. Cruise the Yangtze (American breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
The first shore excursion will be 'Ghost City' Fengdu, which contains numerous statues of devils and ghosts that roam the afterworld. Fengdu model after the Chinese Hell in Taoist mythology, built over 1800 years ago. In the evening, join the Captin's Farewell Dinner Party.

Day 11. Chongqing (American breakfast, Lunch)
Take morning flight to Beijing. In the afternoon, transfer to Beijing Hutong -ancient city alley in Beijing . Many of them were built during the Yuan (1206-1341), Ming (1368-1628) and Qing (1644-1908) dynasties surrounding the Forbidden City .Take rickshaw to visit the ancient Beijing Hutong including Lotus Flower Market, Local family, Shicha Lake , Kindergarten and Bar Street .

Day 12. Beijing (American breakfast, Lunch, Special Dinner)
Beijing, the capital city, is also the second largest city in China with population of 17.4 million. Your full day tour begins at the Tiananmen Square. It is one of the largest public squares in the world, and contains the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Great Hall of the People, the Museum of History and Revolution, and the Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall (with Mao's embalmed body). Next, you will tour the Forbidden City (The Imperial Palaces), which is the imperial palace for Ming and Qing emperors for 500 years. The Third Ming Emperor YongLe moved the capital of China to Beijing in early 1400. UNESCO cited "The Imperial Palaces provide outstanding examples of the greatest palatial architectural ensembles in China". Go to see lovely and fat pandas at Beijing Zoo. Summer Palace is described by UNESCO as "a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design". Later you can enjoy a walk along Lake Kunming. Visit a local Pear Store before fill your stomach with a fabulous Peking Duck Banquet. You'll be served with carved crispy duck skins. Roll it up in small tortilla slice with cucumber, onion, and special sauce to give you a mouthwatering experience that you won't forget.

Day 13. Beijing (American breakfast, Lunch, Special Dinner)
The Great Wall of China is another world heritage site, also considered to be one of the new seven wonders of the world. It is the dream destination for millions of Chinese and people around the world to fulfill the famous Chinese saying "One cannot be a successful person without a visit to the Great Wall". A stone monument can be found on site with the late Chairman Mao's inscription of the same phrase in Chinese. You will then have a Seminar on Chinese Jade Culture at a local Jade Museum. Admire the beautiful Bird's Nest National Stadium and the Water Cube up close before you spend the rest of the day at Capital Museum; Watch the 'Legend of Kungfu' after dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 14. Beijing/Home (American breakfast)
Finish the Splendid China tour, transfer to the airport, fly back home or start Post-Trip Extensions.