This 12-day Viking River Cruises tour starts with three days in Beijing, where tourists visit to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall at Badaling and the Ming Tombs at Chanping. Then it's on to an overnight stop in Xi'an to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. An afternoon flight to Chongqing precedes a six-day cruise down China's most famous river, the Yangtze. During the cruise, the ship goes through the Three Gorges, where the world's largest dam is being built. There's a stop to tour the dam, and then a cruise by smaller boat through the Lesser Three Gorges. There are also stops at two small towns. The cruise ends in Wuhan, where passengers fly to Shanghai for a quick tour before going home.
Imperial Jewels of China
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This tour starts and ends in Shanghai, a city famous for its Bund Promenade along the Huangpu River. From Shanghai, visitors fly to Chongqing to begin their cruise down the Yangtze. The tour stops at Fengdu and Snow Jade Cave. The tour also goes to Nanjing and the canal town of Suzhou, which is famous for its gardens and silk fabrics.
Yangtze Explorer
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Woodland Hills, CA 91367
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This tour is centered around an 11-day cruise on the Yangtze from Chongqing to Nanjing. There are more stops than the Yangtze Explorer tour. The stops include Dongting Lake, China's second-largest freshwater lake, and Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China, where pottery has been made for 1,700 years. The tour also visits Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai.
China's Cultural Delights
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Woodland Hills, CA 91367
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The 16-day Roof of the World tour includes not only the six-day Yangtze River cruise, but also three days in Tibet in the Himalaya Mountains. Stops in Llasa include the 1,300-year-old Jokhang Temple; the Potala Palace, home of the Dalai Lamas for centuries; and Sera Monastery, where new Buddhist monks are trained. The tour also takes in key sites at Beijing, Xi'an and Shanghai.
Roof of the World
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5700 Canoga Ave.
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
(800) 304-9616
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