Depart from your gateway city to Beijing. Lose a day crossing the dateline.

Meet your guide and transfer to the Grand Wang Fuying Hotel Executive floor.
Relax the rest of the day.

Enjoy a full day at Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven.
In the evening, enjoy a Beijing Duck dinner.
L D

Enjoy a full day visiting the Mutianyu Great Wall, Hutong and the Beijing Pandas.
B L

In the morning, a visit to the Summer Palace.
In the afternoon, transfer to the airport for a flight to Xian. Meet and transfer to the Hyatt Hotel.
Enjoy the Tang Dynasty Show and a dumpling dinner.
B D

Visit the Terra Cotta Warriors and the Provincial Museum.
B L

Enjoy a full day on the Mt. Huashan Day Tour. (Cable car tickets are not included.)

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your morning flight to Chengdu. Meet and transfer to Ya'an city and check-in at the Ya'an Ibis Hotel. Enjoy an evening dinner.
B L D

After breakfast, you will have an early drive to the Bifengxia Reserve to begin volunteering. You will spend 2 full days volunteering. Time will be alotted to take pictures and play with the young pandas.
B L D

Continue volunteering and join other activities.
B L D

Morning check-out and drive back to Chengdu. Visit the Panda Institute and Jinli Folkways. Spend the night at the Sofitel Wanda Hotel or a similar hotel.
B L

Morning check-out then transfer to the airport for your departing flight back to your gateway city. Optional extension to stay at Bifengxia - see below.
B

Morning train to Chongqing for a visit to the Stillwell Museum, sightseeing in a cable car over the Yangtze River, a visit to Eling Park, then board a cruise in the evening after dinner.
B L D

Sept 25-26 - Yangtze Cruising
Yangtze Cruising (full board or B L D).

Sep 27 - Yichang
Disembark then transfer to the Wuhan Airport for the flight to Guilin. Upon arrival, meet and transfer to the Sheraton Hotel. Relax the rest of the evening.
B

Sep 28 - Guilin
Check-out in the morning. Take the Li River cruise to Yangshou where you will stay overnight at a 4 star hotel.
B L D

Sep 29 - Hong Kong
After breakfast, return to Guilin for more sightseeing. Transfer to the Shenzhen Airport for an evening flight to Hong Kong. Meet and transfer to the YMCA on Salisbury Road where you will check-in to a room with a harbor view.
B L

Sep 30 - Hong Kong
Enjoy a half day tour of Hong Kong Island with a dim sum lunch. The rest of the day will be yours to shop on your own.
B L

Oct 1 - USA
Check-out and transfer to the airport for your designated flight back to your gateway city.
B