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19-Day Classic China & Yangtze River Super Value
Code: 7YS19VU
ESCORTED/LOCALLY GUIDED
Beijing
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Shanghai • Upstream Yangtze River Cruise • Chongqing • Xi'an • Guilin •
Guangzhou • Hong Kong
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DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY: |
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Day 1 • Depart San Francisco for Beijing
Fly transpacific aboard United Airlines. |
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CHINA |
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Day 2 • Arrive Beijing
Upon arrival, you are met and escorted to your hotel.
Presidential Plaza Beijing |
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Day 3 • Beijing |
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Tour Tiananmen Square, then on to the Imperial Palace's Forbidden
City, including admission to living quarters and jewelry sections.
Then tour the exquisite Summer Palace with a boat ride on Lake
Kunming (weather permitting). Enjoy a Peking Duck dinner party this
evening.
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Party |
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Day 4 • Beijing |
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Behold the astonishing Great Wall today. After lunch, visit a
cloisonné factory. Then walk along the Sacred Way to the Ming Tombs
and Chang Ling Exhibition Hall. After dinner, attend an exciting
show, “The Legend of Kung Fu.”
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Show |
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Day 5 • Beijing |
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The day is free to explore. Perhaps join our optional Hutong tour:
a pedicab ride takes you through the Hutong district's ancient
narrow streets. Visit Gu Lou (Drum Tower) and enjoy the views of
the city below.
MEALS: American Breakfast |
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Day 6 • Beijing/Shanghai |
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Today, fly to cosmopolitan Shanghai, China's center of commerce.
The rest of the afternoon is free to explore at your leisure. After
dinner this evening, attend an acrobatic show.
Hua Ting Hotel & Towers
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
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Day 7 • Shanghai |
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Full day tour shows Nanjing or Huai Hai Road and the rich dynastic
collections at the Shanghai Museum. In the afternoon visit the Jade
Buddha Temple, a carpet factory, The Bund and see a charming
performance at the Children's Palace.
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch |
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Day 8 • Shanghai/Yichang* |
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Morning is free in Shanghai. Fly to Yichang. Then, board your
cruise ship and begin your cruise upstream.
Victoria Cruises' ship
MEALS: American Breakfast, Dinner
*If direct flight is not available, fly to Wuhan and travel by
motor coach on to Yichang. |
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Day 9 • Yangtze River Cruise: San Dou Ping/Xiling Gorge
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Stop at San Dou Ping to see the Three Gorges Dam Project. Board the
ship and sail through the dramatic Three Gorges ship lock before
continuing through Xiling Gorge, longest of the famed Three Gorges.
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
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Day 10 • Yangtze River Cruise: Wu Gorge/Daning River Small Gorges
or Shennong Stream/Qutang Gorge |
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Early this morning, marvel at Wu Gorge's deep zigzagging valley. At
Wushan, take an excursion via cruiser up to see the Daning River's
splendid Small Gorges. Continue by sampan to the picturesque
mini-gorges of the Ma Du River with its clear, swift running water,
unusual rock formations, and monkeys and goats along the banks.
Depending on the water level of the Yangtze River, your excursion
may be on Shennong Stream with its equally spectacular small
gorges. Depart Wushan, passing through dramatic Qutang Gorge,
walled with steep mossy cliffs that crowd the sky.
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
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Day 11 • Yangtze River Cruise: Shibaozhai* |
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shore excursion at scenic Shibaozhai shows its 12-story wooden
pagoda. Over 400 years old, this magnificent pagoda is known as the
“Pearl of the Yangtze.”
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
*Alternate shore excursion may visit Fengdu or Wazhou.
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Day 12 • Yangtze River Cruise: Chongqing/ Xi'an |
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Disembark in Chongqing. Visit the Stilwell Museum where you will
see an intriguing collection of World War II memorabilia of the
famed Flying Tigers. Fly to Xi'an. Check into your hotel.
Sheraton Xi'an Hotel
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
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Day 13 • Xi'an |
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An extraordinary day begins as you tour the life-sized terra-cotta
army, no two alike, buried with the emperor for over 2200 years;
Circle Vision Movie; Bronze Chariot, and the collections at the
renowned Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum. Tonight, enjoy a
fabulous Tang Dynasty dinner show.
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Show |
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Day 14 • Xi'an/Guilin |
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Fly on to Guilin, heart of a magnificent landscape. Highlights are
the Reed Flute Cave and Fu Bo Hill's dramatic rock formations.
Sheraton Guilin Hotel
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
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Day 15 • Guilin |
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cruise along the Li River reveals the haunting beauty of Guilin's
mist-wrapped peaks surrounding the river en route to Yangshuo.
Sheraton Guilin Hotel
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner in Hotel |
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HONG KONG |
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Day 16 • Guilin/Guangzhou/Hong Kong |
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We fly to Guangzhou and enjoy a tour of Chen Clan Temple and Dr.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Transfer by train to Hong Kong.
InterContinental Grand Stanford
MEALS: American Breakfast, Lunch |
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Day 17 • Hong Kong |
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Our Hong Kong Island tour passes through Stanley Market, Repulse
Bay included is a sampan tour of the floating community at Aberdeen
and a ride up to Victoria Peak to obtain spectacular panoramic
views of the city and its splendid harbor.
MEALS: American Breakfast |
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Day 18 • Hong Kong |
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Day at leisure to shop and explore on your own. Perhaps join one of
our optional tours.
MEALS: American Breakfast |
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Day 19 • Depart Hong Kong for San Francisco. |
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Fly home aboard United Airlines. |
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CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS:
BEIJING: 4 Nights
Presidential Plaza Beijing
Tiananmen Square • Forbidden City's Imperial Palace • Summer Palace
with Lake Kunming Cruise • Peking Duck Dinner Party • Great Wall •
Cloisonné Factory • Sacred Way to Ming Tombs • Chang Ling
Exhibition Hall • “The Legend of Kung Fu” Show
SHANGHAI: 2 Nights
Hua Ting Hotel & Towers
Nanjing or Huai Hai Road Shops • Shanghai Museum • Jade Buddha
Temple • Carpet Factory • The Bund • Performance at the Children's
Palace • Acrobatic Show
YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE: 4 Nights
Victoria Cruises' ship (outside cabin
with balcony)
Victoria Cruise Upstream • Yichang; San Dou Ping (Three Gorges Dam)
• Daning River's Small Gorges or Shennong Stream • Shibaozhai
CHONGQING: Day Tour
Stilwell Museum
XI'AN: 2 Nights
Sheraton Xi'an Hotel
Terra-Cotta Warriors • Bronze Chariot • Circle Vision Movie •
Shaanxi Provincial Historical Museum • Tang Dynasty Dinner Show
GUILIN: 2 Nights
Sheraton Guilin Hotel
Li River Cruise • Reed Flute Cave • Fu Bo Hill
GUANGZHOU: Day Tour
Chen Clan Temple • Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
HONG KONG: 3 Nights Inter Continental Grand Stanford Hotel
Stanley
Market • Repulse Bay • Sampan ride at Aberdeen • Victoria Peak |
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ALL INCLUSIVE
FEATURES:
• Round-trip
transpacific air transportation
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United Mileage Plus ® members: earn frequent flyer credit with the
purchase of each air/land tour package
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All intra-China air/land transportation
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Escorted throughout China by a professional Tour Manager; locally
guided in Hong Kong
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13 nights in deluxe hotels; 4 nights on Victoria Cruises’ ship in
outside cabin with balcony
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16 breakfasts, 12 lunches, 11 dinners
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Round-trip transfers between airport and hotel, baggage handling,
hotel taxes and service charges
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$100,000 Automatic Flight Insurance for transpacific air ticketed
by PDT
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USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program |
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SUNDAY DEPARTURES; THURSDAY ARRIVALS ON UNITED AIRLINES: |
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Tour Cost (Per Person)† |
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Departure
Date |
Return
Date |
LAND ONLY |
AIR & LAND
from
San Francisco |
AIR & LAND
from
New York |
Single
Supp. |
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2007: |
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Apr
8 |
Apr 26 |
$2,933 |
$3,518 |
$3,678 |
$1,280 |
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Apr
15 |
May 3 |
$2,933 |
$3,518 |
$3,678 |
$1,280 |
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Apr 22 |
May 10 |
$2,933 |
$3,518 |
$3,678 |
$1,280 |
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Apr 29 |
May 17 |
$2,933 |
$3,518 |
$3,678 |
$1,280 |
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May
6 |
May 24 |
$2,933 |
$3,518 |
$3,678 |
$1,280 |
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May
13 |
May 31 |
$2,933 |
$3,518 |
$3,678 |
$1,280 |
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May 20 |
Jun 7 |
$2,933 |
$3,678 |
$3,838 |
$1,280 |
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May 27 |
Jun 14 |
$2,933 |
$3,678 |
$3,838 |
$1,280 |
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Jun
3 |
Jun 21 |
$2,803 |
$3,548 |
$3,708 |
$1,160 |
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Jun
10 |
Jun 28 |
$2,803 |
$3,548 |
$3,708 |
$1,160 |
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Jun 17 |
Jul 5 |
$2,803 |
$3,648 |
$3,808 |
$1,160 |
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Jun 24 |
Jul 12 |
$2,803 |
$3,648 |
$3,808 |
$1,160 |
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Jul
1 |
Jul 19 |
$2,713 |
$3,558 |
$3,718 |
$1,090 |
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Jul 15 |
Aug 2 |
$2,713 |
$3,558 |
$3,718 |
$1,090 |
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Aug
5 |
Aug 23 |
$2,713 |
$3,558 |
$3,718 |
$1,090 |
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Aug 19 |
Sep 6 |
$2,933 |
$3,778 |
$3,938 |
$1,340 |
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Sep 2 |
Sep 20 |
$3,023 |
$3,768 |
$3,928 |
$1,420 |
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Sep
9 |
Sep 27 |
$3,113 |
$3,858 |
$4,018 |
$1,470 |
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Sep
16 |
Oct 4 |
$3,113 |
$3,858 |
$4,018 |
$1,470 |
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Sep 23 |
Oct 11 |
$3,243 |
$3,988 |
$4,148 |
$1,580 |
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Sep 30 |
Oct 18 |
$3,243 |
$3,988 |
$4,148 |
$1,580 |
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Oct
7 |
Oct 25 |
$3,243 |
$3,988 |
$4,148 |
$1,580 |
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Oct
14 |
Nov 1 |
$3,243 |
$3,988 |
$4,148 |
$1,580 |
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Oct
21 |
Nov 8 |
$3,243 |
$3,988 |
$4,148 |
$1,580 |
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Oct 28 |
Nov 15 |
$3,243 |
$3,988 |
$4,148 |
$1,580 |
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Nov 4 |
Nov 22 |
$2,873 |
$3,458 |
$3,618 |
$1,270 |
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Nov
11 |
Nov 29 |
$2,803 |
$3,388 |
$3,548 |
$1,190 |
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Nov 18 |
Dec 6 |
$2,803 |
$3,388 |
$3,548 |
$1,190 |
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Dec
2 |
Dec 20 |
$2,533 |
$3,198 |
$3,358 |
$930 |
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Dec 9 |
Dec 27 |
$2,533 |
$3,378 |
$3,538 |
$930 |
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2008: |
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Jan
6 |
Jan 24 |
$2,573 |
$3,238 |
$3,398 |
$980 |
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Jan 13 |
Jan 31 |
$2,573 |
$3,238 |
$3,398 |
$980 |
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Feb
17 |
Mar 6 |
$2,573 |
$3,158 |
$3,318 |
$980 |
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Mar 2 |
Mar 20 |
$2,803 |
$3,388 |
$3,548 |
$1,160 |
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Mar
16 |
Apr 3 |
$2,803 |
$3,388 |
$3,548 |
$1,160 |
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*EarlyBird
Savings are valid only on departure dates indicated in RED and are
applicable to final payment.
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Special Notes:
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Other Gateways: For domestic Add-On airfares from interior U.S.
cities to San Francisco, refer to Add-On Fare Chart below.
• Air taxes and fuel surcharges are additional and subject to
change.
• Land Only rate does not include transpacific air, or initial
arrival and final departure transfers in Asia.
• Tour fares are subject to change. |
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BUSINESS CLASS AIR UPGRADE AVAILABLE |
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UNITED AIRLINES ADD-ON AIRFARE CHART |
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ZONE 1: Not Applicable |
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Honolulu, HI |
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ZONE 2: No Additional Charges |
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