18 Days Tour In China: Beijing>Yunnan>Chengdu>Shanghai

18 Days Tour In China: Beijing>Yunnan>Chengdu>Shanghai

Follow the 18-day tour and visit the most essential parts of these 4 places: Beijing>Yunnan>Chengdu>Shanghai.
Whether it's an ordinary or bustling street, or those famous historical attractions, or beautiful natural landscape, you'll never miss them, it will be a wonderful trip surrounded by half China.

Highlights：

-Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City

-One day tour of the Great Wall

-Temple of Heaven, The Old Summer Palace

-Lashihai, Yulong Snow Mountain, Lanyue Valley, Shuhe Ancient Town, Lijiang Ancient City

-The First Bend of the Yangtze River, Tiger Leaping Gorge,Potatso National Park

-The Ganden Sumtseling Monastery, Duke Zong Ancient City

-Butterfly Spring Park, Erhai Lake，Dali Ancient Town, Three pagodas

-The Sunrise On Mount Emei, The Leshan Giant Buddha, Bianlian show.

-Panda Bears Reproduction Center, Chunxi Street

-Yu Garden, The Jade Buddha Temple

Itinerary

Day 1: BEIJING

Pass By: Beijing, Beijing
We will pick you up at the airport and transfer to the hotel..

Free time in Beijing

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Beijing

Day 2: Beijing

Stop At: North of Tian'anmen square, Dongcheng District, Beijing China
Visit of Tian An Men Square, heart of the city. Later we will visit the Forbidden City, an architectural complex with palaces and pavilions in which the color red predominates.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Stop At: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 China
Visit the Summer Palace, and its imperial gardens. One of its attractions lies in Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Beijing

Day 3: BEIJING / GREAT WALL / BEIJING

Stop At: The Great Wall at Badaling, Badaling, Yanqing District, Beijing 102112 China
In the morning we leave for the Great Wall, where we will take a walk through this great engineering work. On the way back to the city we will make a stop at the Olympic facilities.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Beijing

Day 4: BEIJING

Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
In the morning we will visit the Temple of Heaven, masterpiece of great beauty.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Stop At: Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan), Qinghuan West Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100007 China
In the afternoon we visit the old summer palace.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Beijing

Day 5: Beijing> Lijiang (Airplane)

Pass By: Lijiang, Lijiang, Yunnan
In the morning departure to Lijiang by plane.

Free time in the afternoon.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Lijiang.

Day 6: Lijiang: Lashihai, Shuhe Ancient Town, Lishui Jinsha, Lijiang Ancient City

Stop At: Lashi Sea, Yulong, Lijiang, China
Arrive in Lijiang to visit Lashihai Wetland Park. Lashihai is located 10 kilometers west of Lijiang City and is the largest plateau lake in Lijiang. (The cost does not include riding)
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Shuhe Ancient Town, 2 Miles North West of Lijiang Ancient Town, Lijiang 674100 China
After lunch, visit Shuhe Ancient Town.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Yulong (Jade Dragon) Mountain, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Yulong County 674100 China
Transfer by bus to visit the Jade Dragon Mountain
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Lijiang, Lijiang, Yunnan
Lishui Golden Sands: Enjoy the Lishui Sands show.

Lijiang Old Town: Free time, we recommend you visit the old town of Lijiang at night.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in: Lijiang

Day 7: Lijiang> Shangri-La (Car, 3h)

Stop At: Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia), 100 km NW of Lijiang Hutiaoxia Town, Shangri-La County 674402 China
We will visit Changjiang first Bay, Tiger Leaping Gorge Trail, and Pudacuo National Park
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Shangri-La

Day 8: Shangri-La>Lijiang

Stop At: The Kalachakra Mandala, Changzheng Ave, Xianggelila Shi, Diqing Zangzuzizhizhou Tancheng Square, Shangri-La County China
After breakfast, we will visit the "The Kalachakra Mandala", then take a bus to Shangri-La and visit the "Duke Zong Ancient City".

Return to Lijiang by car.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in: Lijiang

Day 9: Lijiang> Dali （Car）：Butterfly Spring Park, Erhai Lake

Stop At: Butterfly Spring Park, North of Dali, Dali 671000 China
After breakfast, we will take a bus to Dali to visit Butterfly Spring Park (90 minutes). Each year, thousands of butterflies will fly from all directions to Butterfly Springs, forming a spectacular landscape of the world.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Erhai Lake, No.55 Zhongshan Road, Dali 661000 China
After lunch, we will take a great cruise to visit Erhai (120 minutes)
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation: Dali

Day 10: Dali>Kunming

Stop At: Dali, Dali, Yunnan
After breakfast, we will take a bus to Dali Ancient Town and visit Dali Ancient Town (approximately 150 minutes) (including Dali Old Town maintenance fee 30 yuan / person)
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes

Stop At: Chongsheng Three Pagodas, Under Yingle Peak, Dali 671000 China
In the afternoon, we will go to the three towers of the Chongsheng Temple, the picturesque place of Dali (the battery car is not included, the travel time is 120 minutes).
Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Dali, Dali, Yunnan
At night, we will go to Dali train station and return to Kunming by train at night.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation: Kunming

Day 11: Kunming / Chengdu

Pass By: Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan
Departure by plane to Chengdu, the city of Panda Bears.

Free time in Chengdu

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Chengdu

Day 12: Mount Emei

Stop At: Mount Emei (Emeishan), Emeishan 614201 China
On this day we will go to Mount Emei. Mount Emei is a mountain located in the province of Cuatro Valles, in the old area of the State of Shu, in southwest China. It is one of the four sacred mountains of Buddhism in the traditional Han area.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Monte Emei.

Day 13: LESHAN / CHENGDU

Stop At: Leshan Giant Buddha (Da Fo), No.2435 Lingyun Street, Shizhong District, Leshan 614000 China
On this day, after enjoying the sunrise on Mount Emei, we will go to Leshan to visit Leshan's Giant Buddha.
The great Buddha of Leshan is the statue carved in stone of the tallest Buddha in the world. It was built during the Tang dynasty.
Duration: 5 hours

Pass By: Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan
At night, we will return to Chengdu to see the Bianlian show.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Chengdu.

Day 14: CHENGDU

Stop At: Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi), No.1375 Xiongmao Avenue the Outside Northern Third Ring Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu 610081 China
Visit the Panda Bears Reproduction Center, to see authentic panda bears in captivity.

In the afternoon we will walk through Chunxi Street.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Chengdu.

Day 15: CHENGDU / SHANGHAI

Pass By: Shanghai, Shanghai
Departure to Shanghai, the largest shopping center in China and one of the largest ports and metropolis in the world.

Free afternoon in Shanghai.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Shanghai

Day 16: SHANGHAI

Stop At: Yu Garden (Yuyuan), No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200010 China
We visit the Jade Buddha temple and the Mandarin Yuyuan Garden with more than 20,000 m and about 30,000 landscape scenes. It also has kiosks, shrines, pavilions. Lunch. We take a walk along the Malecon and Nanjing Street.

Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Shanghai

Day 17: SHANGHAI

Pass By: Shanghai, Shanghai
On this day we will visit the Palace of Art of China and Sinan Mansion in Shanghai.

Free time in the afternoon.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Shanghai.

Day 18: END THE TRIP

Pass By: Shanghai, Shanghai
We will send you to the airport and the tour ends.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.