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Classic quality tours of China and Tibet. Fully escorted, professional local tour guides, travel by deluxe coach, short tours, personalised itineraries for individuals or groups, basic accommodation, luxury hotels, city packages, special interest tours, tailor designed packages, off the beaten track tours, packages for: school groups, corporate, incentives : Beijing, Great Wall of China, Badaling, Huntong, Xian, Terra Cotta Museum, Yangtze Upstream and Downstream River Cruise, Yunnan, Tibet, Lhasa, Kunming, Urumqi,Kashgar, Dunhuang, Guilin, Shanghai, the Silk Road.

CLASSIC BEIJING BEIJING & THE GREAT WALL 5 days/4 nights: Saturday 29Mar-12Jul 01Nov-08Nov 08 13Sep-25Oct 15Nov-03Jan09 $474 pp twin, s/sup $240 $522 pp twin, s/sup $288 $381 pp twin, s/sup $160 sat Beijing   Met on arrival and transferred to your five star hotel sun Beijing BLD   The full day city tour includes Tian Anmen Square, Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace. mon Beijing/Badaling/Beijing BLD   Full day excursion to Badalling the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs at Changling including the Sacred Way. tue Beijing/Hutong/Beijing BLD   Visit the Temple of Heaven, in the parklands view locals doing Taiji exercises. Visit the Museum of Ancient Architecture ad history of Beijing. In the evening, Hutong Tour, a Peking Duck dinner and cultural show. wed Departure B   Breakfast and departure transfer to the airport Inclusions: twin share at 5* hotel, breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from the 2nd day, 3 full day tours, cultural show, professional English speaking tour guide, return airport transfers, local taxes Not included: international flights, personal expenses, gratuities CLASSIC TRIO BEIJING, XI'AN & SHANGHAI 10 days/9 nights: Saturday 29Mar-12Jul 01Nov-08Nov 08 13Sep-25Oct 15Nov-03Jan09 $1429 pp twin, s/sup $465 $1478 pp twin, s/sup $513 $1238 pp twin, s/sup $369 sat Beijing   Met on arrival and transferred to your five star hotel sun Beijing BLD   The full day city tour includes Tian Anmen Square, Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace. mon Beijing/Badaling/Beijing BLD   Full day excursion to Badaling, visit the Great Wall, then on to Changling and the Ming Tombs with Sacred Way. tue Beijing/Hutong/Beijing BLD   Visit the Temple of Heaven, in the parklands view locals doing Taiji exercises. Visit the Museum of Ancient Architecture ad history of Beijing. In the evening, Hutong Tour, a Peking Duck dinner and cultural show. wed Beijing/Xi'an BLD   Transfer to the airport and flight to Xian. Met on arrival and transferred to your four star superior hotel. Afternoon panoramic tour of Xi'an including the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Provincial Historical Museum. thu Xi'an/Terracotta Museum BLD   Guided tour of the Terra-cotta Museum. In the evening enjoy a traditional Dumpling Dinner and Tang Dynasty Show fri Xi'an/Shanghai B   Morning transfer to the airport and flight to Shanghai. Met on arrival and transferred to your four star hotel. Remainder of the afternoon is at leisure. sat Shanghai BLD   Full day guided city tour, including the Bund, Yu Garden, Jade Buddha Temple, a Carpet Factory. Spectacular Acrobatic Show in the evening sun Shanghai/Zhujiajiao/Shanghai BLD   Morning guided excursion to the nearby river side town of Zhujiajiao. In the afternoon guided visit of the Shanghai Museum mon Shanghai/departure B   Departure transfer to the airport and your onward arrangements Inclusions: twin share accommodation at quality hotels, breakfast daily, lunch and dinner as above, Cultural Show, Tang Dynasty Show, English speaking tour guide in each city, return airport transfers in each city, local taxes, domestic airfares Beijing/Xian/Shanghai, fuel surcharges, airport tax Not included: international flights, personal expenses, gratuities IMPERIAL CAPITALS BEIJING & CHANGDE 8 days/7 nights: Saturday 12Apr-12Jul & 01Nov 08 13Sep-25 Oct 08 $833 pp twin, s/sup $393 $913 pp twin, s/sup $473 Beijing x4nts: all meals from day 2, City tour, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Temple of Heaven, Hutong, Cultural Shows, Museum of Ancient Architecture. Coach trip to Chengde, Via Jinshanling G. Wall or Shimatai Changde x2nts: two days full board, Potala Palace Temple, Bishusanzhuang (Imperial Summer Residence), and the Small Kashilumbu Palace and Puning Temple. Beijing x1nt: Return coach to Beijing. Evening at leisure, own arrangements for dinner BEAUTY & CULTURE BEIJING, XI'AN, GUILIN & SHANGHAI 12 days/11 nights: Saturday 29Mar-12Jul 01Nov-08Nov 2008 13Sep-25Oct 15Nov-03Jan09 $1854 pp twin, s/sup $538 $1918 pp twin, s/sup $671 $1645 pp twin, s/sup $369 Beijing x4nts: all meals from day 2, City tour, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Temple of Heaven, Cultural Shows, Flight Xi'an x2nts: all meals, City tour, W.G. Pagoda, Provincial Museum, Terracotta Museum, Dynasty Show, Flight Guilin x2nts: all meals, Elephant Trunk and Piled Silk Hill, full day Cruise on the Li River, Shanghai x3nts: all meals on two days, Acrobatic Show, Yu Garden, the Bund, Jade Buddha Temple, Zhujiajiao tour, Shanghai Museum YANGTZE DOWN STREAM CRUISE BEIJING, XI'AN, CHONGQING, CRUISE, YICHANG & SHANGHAI 13 days/12 nights: Saturday 29Mar-31May 01Nov-08Nov 2008 07Jun-12Jul 13Sep-25Oct $2054 pp twin, s/sup $865 $1990 pp twin, s/sup $817 $2151pp twin, s/sup $962 Beijing x4nts: all meals from day 2, City tour, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Temple of Heaven, Cultural Shows, Flight Xi'an x2nts: all meals, City tour, W.G. Pagoda, Provincial Museum, Terracotta Museum, Dynasty Show, Flight Chongqing & Yangtze Cruise m/v Paradise x3nts: two days full board, free for dinner on one, W.W. Museum, visit Shibaozhai, Shennong Steam (Sampan), New Dam and Yichang, flight Shanghai x3nts: all meals on two days, Acrobatic Show,Yu Garden, the Bund, Jade Buddha Temple, Zhujiajiao tour, Shanghai Museum NB: This tour can be reversed commencing Wednesday from Shanghai YANGTZE UP STREAM CRUISE BEIJING, CHENGDU, JIUZHAIGOU, YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE, YICHANG, SHANGHAI 14 days/13 nights: Friday 18Apr-11Jul 11Nov 12Sep-24Oct $3092 pp twin, s/sup $1092 $3292 pp twin, s/sup $1292 Beijing x3nts: all meals from day 2, City tour, Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Temple of Heaven, Cultural Shows, Flight to Chengdu Chengdu x2nts: all meals, City tour, Dujiangyan Dam, Panda Foster Centre & the Pavilion of River View, Flight to Jiuzhaigou (at3400m) Jiuzhaigou x2nts: all meals, the scenic Huanglong, 9 Tibetan Villages Valley, and the Lakes: Panda, Mirror, Tiger, Five Flower, Rhinoceros, Peacock. Then the Waterfalls: Nourilang, Shuzheng and Pearl Shoal, Flight to Chongqing Chongqing & Yangtze Cruise m/v Paradise x3nts: W.W. Museum, Shibaozhai, Shennong Steam (Sampan), Yichang, the New Dam, Flight to Shanghai Shanghai x3nts: all meals on two days, Acrobatic Show, Yu Garden, the Bund, Jade Buddha Temple, Zhujiajiao tour, Shanghai Museum YUNNAN & THE LOST HORIZON SHANGHAI, KUNMING, LIJIANG, ZHONGDIAN, TIBET - LHASA, 'HOLY ROLL', XINING, BEIJING 15days/14 nights: Wednesday 16Apr-02Jul 03Sep-22Oct 2008 $3569 pp twin, s/sup $862 $3677 pp twin, s/sup $969 Shanghai x2nts: all meals on two days, Acrobatic Show, Yu Garden, the Bund, Jade Buddha Temple, Zhujiajiao tour, Shanghai Museum, Flight to Kunming Kunming x1nts all meals, Stone Forest and Jade Lake, Flight to Lijiang Lijiang x2nts: all meals, Black Dragon Pond, Dongba Museum, James Luck's house, Dongba Naxi (Music), Jade Peak Temple, Baisha Village, by cablecar to Jade Dragon Mountain, Tibetan Performance, Coach Trip to Zhongdian via the Tea Trade House, and Tiger Jump Gorges, Tibetan Villages and Napa Lake Zhongdian x2nts: all meals, Songzhanlin Monastery, the Ancient Town, History Museum, Flight to Lhasa Lhasa x3nts: all meals, Potala Palace, Sera Monastery, Norbuglinkha (the Dalai Lama Summer Palace), cultural performance, the Dazao Monastery. Travel by overnight sleeper train to Xi'Ning, Train/Xi'Ning: x1nt: all meals, the Warlord House, General Ma Bufang & Ethnic Museum, Xiguan Moslem Temple, Flight from Xi'Ning to Beijing Beijing x3nts: all meals from day 2, City tour, Badaling & the Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Temple of Heaven, Cultural Shows. THE SILK ROAD BEIJING, URUMQI, TURPAN, KASHIGAR, DUNHUANG, XIAN, SHANGHAI 13days/12 nights: Tuesday 06Jun-15Jul 16Sep-21Oct 2008 $3073 pp twin, s/sup $600 $3120 pp twin, s/sup $631 Beijing x1nt: arrival transfer and overnight Urumqi x2nts: all meals, Tianshan Heavenly Mountain & Lake, visit and share refreshments with Kazakstanian , Uzbekistanian & Kyrgyzatanian communities, Provincial Museum, Red Hill Park and the Bazaar Turpan x1nts: all meals, the Ruins of Jiaohe, ancient Karez the te Museum, by coach to Urmqi, Sugong Pagoda, the Flaming Mountain & Bezeklik Thousand Bhudda Grottoes, lunch with the locals, return to Urumqi and Fllight to Kashigar Kashiga x2nts: all meals, morning Moslem prayer, Sunday Bazaar, the Temple of Fragrant Concubine, Ancient Kashigar. Flight to Dunhuang Dunhuang x2nts: all meals, Mogao Grottos (Caves of the Thousands Buddha, Yumen Guan (Jade Gate Pass) the Western aspect of the Great Wall, Moon Lake and Sander Sand with camel ride, Flilght to Xian Xian x2nts: all meals, Wild Goose Pagoda, Bell Tower, Xi Guan Da Jie, Terracotta Warriors, & Bronze Chariots, the Provincial Museum, Cultural show, Flight to Shanghai Shanghai x2nts: all meals on first day, dinner at leisure on the second day, Acrobatic Show, Yu Garden, the Bund, Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Museum & People Square, Nanjing Road and Xintiandi Inclusions: twin share accommodation at quality hotels, fully escorted, return airport transfers in each city, local taxes, breakfast daily, lunch and dinner daily with few exceptions, entries to all the sites visited on tour, all domestic airfares include fuel surcharges and airport tax Not included: international flights, personal expenses, gratuities