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15 Day China Tour & Cruise

  

CHINA
15 Day China & the Yangtze 5 Star Luxury Tour & Cruise
With optional Bali Extension
May 22, 2010

$500 less per person than this years 2009 China Tour!



































 

No other company can match the quality of sites visited, the quality of hotels, the quality of food, the quality of ship and especially the quality of pricing! We really are the “The Best For Less!” Call and let us explain why we are able to deliver the best for a lot less!

Our special designed tour really is 5 Star Luxury tour!!  We are not staying in first class (3 star) or Deluxe (4 star) hotels. Our hotels are all 5 star Luxury Hotels. Our ship is the only ship on the Yangtze with all mini suites, each with a private balcony! You will never feel crowded. We have the best large quality buses that we never fill to the brim. We have the best English speaking guides! We send experienced American escorts with every group and most importantly, our special tour has been designed by us after years of experience in China so we can bring you the very best of everything!  The following is a quote from one of our passengers who went with us a year after going to China with a different company – “Your worst hotel was better than the best hotel we had with ___, and your worst meal was better than the best meal we had with ___”

Optional Extension:  “The Most Beautiful Island on Earth” – Bali
Complete information on Bali Extension can be found after the day by day itinerary!

“Whisper Perfect” Individual Head Set Receivers: We are the only ones we know of in China that supply each passenger with their own “whisper perfect” head set receiver. This year our Chinese guides raved about being able to use the receivers so they didn't have to yell and they could keep track of our group in crowds. There is no running to keep up with, or rush to stand next to the guide. You hear every word that your guides, educators or escorts have to say directly into your earphones. You can even step away from your group to take that all important picture without missing a word! It is a crime to travel around the world and miss what the guide has to share with you.
Only with us will you hear it all!

China is a vast and amazing country. We take you to the people and places that represent culture both past, present and future. Our educators, guides and escorts provide a unique opportunity to understand and experience China. We visit all of the important cities, Like Beijing, Xian with its Terracotta Warriors, and Hong Kong. In addition, our various flights inside of China allow you to visit various places other tours miss. We visit ALL the important sites in China. In addition we see the other important sites that are missed with other groups.

Here are a few things that make us better than other tours:

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Air to China: Flying to China can be long and hard. With United, Northwest, China Air and Japan Airlines your seats are so close together your knees are up under your chin. Next year ALL of our passengers will have the luxury of flying on Singapore Air (considered the best airline in the world). We will fly from the US to Beijing. Every seat has extra leg room, plus its own individual television with a huge number of movies you can play whenever you want. You can even stop and fast forward at any time. We fly you to China on the very best at prices below everyone else.
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We include both The Yangtze River and the Li River: Most tours visit either the Li River or the Yangtze. Most do not include both. With our special tour we are going to visit both! The Yangtze River with its 4000 foot cliffs, lush green landscapes and hundreds of waterfalls is more beautiful than cruising Alaska. You can soak in the beauty from your own private balcony. The Li River may be your best day in China because its beauty is unsurpassed. In 2006 we had the Li River as an option at $599 extra. With some additional negotiations and some small changes we are able to include the Li River in 2008 with out increasing the price! We have also been able to include the Li River in 2010 at no additional cost.
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Dazu: This is a must if you are going to China. A World Heritage site, Dazu has over 60,000 life size stone carvings that have been hand chiseled into rock walls by Monks over the last 2,000 years. More than half of our passengers feel the stone carvings of Dazu were more impressive than the Terracotta Warriors in Xian.
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Shenzhen and China Folk Culture Village (fashioned after the Polynesian Culture Center in Hawaii): Shenzhen is a blossoming city that has been newly created in the last 20 years. Now with over 7 million people and beautiful skyscrapers, it has nearly exceeded Shanghai in growth and industry. Here China features the China Folk Culture Village. China is filled with many different nationalities and cultures. The creators of the Hawaiian Polynesian Culture Center helped design this amazing new center. The result has been spectacular. We will visit many ethnic villages such as Mongolian and Tibetan.
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Three Gorges Dam Ship Locks: The worlds largest man made dam has five ship locks to move the ship up and over the dam. Each lock raises our ship 60 feet in the air – 300 feet in all. The Panama Canal ship locks pale in comparison. Most of the cruise ships do not experience the ship locks.
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Rural Farm Visit: See what life is really like in the countryside of China. We will visit a farm village to get up close and personal with every day living.
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Because of our government contacts and friends we have in China, we have special privileges offered to our groups that are not given to others. Give us a call and let us tell you more about why we are “The Best For Less”. No other company can deliver the quality experience you deserve in China!!!
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Wuhan: The Ancient Bell Museum: Music and bell instruments were found in a tomb dating over 2500 years ago. You will visit this special exhibit and hear a performance played on these ancient bell instruments.
•   Chongqing: See the fascinating Pandas.
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Xian Great City Wall: Most tours miss the city wall. This wall is possibly the most impressive city wall still standing in the world. The Xian ancient city wall is still in perfect condition as it was 600 years ago. It is four stories high and the top is wide enough to drive four semi trucks side by side for almost nine miles around the city. Even the moat and draw bridges are still intact.


Others Price: $4,395*
2009 Fun For Less Tour Price: $2,995*
Fun For Less Member Price: $2,595*
($2,595 price above is a cash/check discount rates.)

Call for our deeply discounted airfare on Singapore airlines

*Price includes 5 star hotels, hotel taxes, quality meals, quality buses and guides, Yangtze cruise, shore excursions, entrance fees, transfers, escorts and educators. Price does not include airfare, taxes, fuel surcharges, tips visa and fees.


Partial List of what your 5 Star Tour Includes:

 

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Option to purchase Singapore Airlines to Hong Kong and home. This is the number one airline in the world

 

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Major cities visited: Beijing, Xian, Wuhan, Yichang, Chongqing, Dazu, Guilin, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, along with many villages and the countryside

 

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5 day 4 night Yangtze River cruise (includes all side tours from the ship)

 

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5 Star Cruise Ship on the Yangtze, all rooms are mini suites with private balconies

 

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World Heritage Site: Dazu Stone Carvings – not included with other tours!
  • All transfers from airport and hotels

 

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All entrance fees, tours and shows and the best English speaking guides

 

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7 cultural or entertainment shows including the spectacular dinner show at Tang Dynasty Theater

 

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Everyday is a full day of sightseeing. We are not like others who have free days or free afternoons stuck in places where they try to sell you something. Everything is included with us

 

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Except Hong Kong - dinners daily, lunches while on the ship and full American breakfasts daily

 

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The best buses, guides and escorts

 

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“Whisper Perfect” headset receive

Tour Itinerary (Subject to Change)

Day 1 Sat. May 22: Fly to SFO
You will fly in the evening to San Francisco to catch our late night flight from California to Hong Kong.

Day 2 Sun. May 23: Fly to Hong Kong
Approximately 1:30 am depart from SFO to Hong Kong on Singapore Airlines.

Day 3 Mon. May 24: Hong Kong
This morning early you will arrive into Hong Kong. Upon arrival we will enjoy a tour of Hong Kong that includes a boat ride on old Sampans through the harbor of Hong Kong. Overnight Hong Kong.

Day 4 Tue. May 25: Hong Kong - Shenzhen - China Cultural Village – Li River
This morning we will travel into Mainland China to the city of Shenzhen and the China Cultural Village. The Chinese Government worked with the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii to create their China Cultural Villages featuring their many ethnic groups found in China, like Mongolians, Tibetans, etc. After our visit to the Cultural Village we will fly to Guilin (Li River) where we will overnight.

Day 5 Wed. May 26: Guilin and Li River Cruise
This will be a highlight day as we sail on the Li River through some of the most beautiful and unique rock formations found anywhere in the world. The scenic drive to and from the Li river is filled with terraced rice paddies. In the afternoon you will return to Guilin, possibly the most beautiful city in China.

Day 6 Thu. May 27: Guilin – Wuhan – 5 star cruise ship
This morning you will fly to Wuhan. Our morning tour will be of the Bell Museum. An ancient tomb (thousands of years old) was discovered filled with bronze bells also found in the tomb. You will enjoy a performance of these bells with authentic music compositions also found in the tomb. We will then take a beautiful drive to the 3 Gorges Dam and our 5 star luxury ship on the Yangtze. We will spend the 5 days 4 nights cruising the beautiful majestic Yangtze River.

Day 7 Fri. May 28: Cruising the Yangtze
Cruising the Yangtze can be more beautiful than cruising the inside passage of Alaska. With lush green mountains, manicured farms and fjord like 3,000 foot cliffs, you will be awe struck at its beauty. We will start our day by visiting the world's largest man made dam. We will then enter the 5 ship locks of the 3 Gorges Dam. The ship's locks of the Panama Canal pale in comparison. Each of the 5 ship locks will raise the ship 60 feet into the air. Spectacular, unique, mystic and magical are the adjectives describing the magnificent scenery along the Three Gorges, unfolding on a monumental scale, equal to the Grand Canyon. Today we will go through the Misty Gorge where you will see exquisite peaks, grotesquely shaped rocks and silvery waterfalls.

Day 8 Sat. May 29: Cruise the Yantze River and the Three Lesser Gorges
We will start our day with our shore excursion into the Three Lesser Gorges. This is one of the most beautiful places on earth. We will then return and continue sailing through Wu Gorge and on to the grandest Gorge on the Yangtze, the Qutang Gorge.

Day 9 Sun. May 30: Cruise the Yangtze River
Today we will stop to tour the ancient Shibaozhai Temple. Dating back to 1750 this temple is located on top of rock out cropping 700 feet in the air. You can enter Shibaozhai by climbing through a wood pagoda attached to the cliff. It is not as hard as it looks. You will stop on each floor as you climb to enjoy the paintings and sculptures. The view from on top of Shibaozhai of the Yangtze and the local farm lands is spectacular. Fun For Less Tours was the first to start bringing their groups to this special site. Because of us, Viking River Cruises and Uniworld Cruises have added Shibaozhai to their itinerary.

Day 10 Mon. May 31: World Heritage Site: Dazu - Xian
This morning we leave our 5 star luxury ship on the Yangtze in Chongqing and then drive back into the mountains to visit the special stone carvings of Dazu. Here monks have been carving life size stone carvings for almost 2,000 years. There are 60,000 of them! Most of our passengers have liked this site as well or better than the Terracotta Warriors in Xian. A MUST SEE IN CHINA. This place is rarely on tours offered by others and again will be one of your favorite highlights of China. We will also stop at a farming community out in the country to see what rural farm life is really like. We will then return to Chongqing and stop for a visit with the Pandas on our way to the airport and our flight to Xian.

Day 11 Tue. June 1: Xian – Terracotta Warriors
We will spend the day visiting the Terracotta Warriors, one of the world’s great archeological treasures. We will also visit the Wild Goose Pagoda. Xian is the capitol of 11 dynasties and one of the largest medieval cities in the world. This evening we will attend one of the best cultural shows you will see anywhere in the world – The Tang Dynasty Dinner and Cultural Show. This fantastic show is full of music, dance and colorful traditional costumes. Overnight Xian.

Day 12 Wed. June 2: Beijing – Great Wall
We will take a short early morning flight to Beijing and immediately start our full day excursion 40 miles north of Beijing to the Great Wall. This extraordinary 4,000 mile long fortification was built to thwart the barbarian invasions. A walk along the enormous towered and turreted wall is spectacular. Afterwards a short drive takes us to a beautiful tree and statue-lined walk along the Ming Tomb area. We will then return to Beijing to overnight.

Day 13 Thu. June 3: Beijing
This morning we will make our anticipated visit to the Forbidden City. A huge complex of palaces, pavilions, courtyards and gardens. The Forbidden City was off limits to common people for over 500 years. We will then head to the Summer Palace (the summer residence of China’s Emperors).

Day 14 Fri June 4: Beijing
This morning you will visit the Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square – you will have a free afternoon to shop at Silk Alley or relax before you flight back home.

Day 15 Sat. June 5: Beijing – home OR Optional Extension to Bali
This morning you will fly home OR take the recommended extension to the most beautiful island on earth – Bali!!!

Optional Bali Extension
5 Star Luxury at 2 Star Prices!

6 Day 5 night extension:
“Travel and Leisure” each year rate the best islands in the world – for the 5th time in a row (to no one’s surprise that’s been there) Bali was rated the number one island in the world. This is your chance to experience the #1 Island at a cost so low, you cannot afford to stay home. You will love the warm and friendly people of Bali. Your 5 star luxury beach resorts have hundreds of acres of private grounds and private beaches. Similar luxury hotels on the beach in Hawaii would cost upwards of $800 to $1,000 per night. Think what a Ritz Carlton Beach resort would be like and you have the picture of what you will have in Bali. These resorts with their many beautiful swimming pools - that include waterslides and waterfalls - are fun for any age.

You will be staying in two hotels located on different sides of the island. One of them has on its grounds and part of the resort, the number 1 golf course in all of Asia. This Greg Norman Championship course plays 7 of its holes along the ocean or out over the ocean. It is equal to or better than the beautiful courses found along the California Coast Line. Best of all you can play 18 holes with cart and caddie for under $100 when staying at the hotel.

Priced So Low you can’t miss adding it on to your china tour!

Your Optional extension includes:
   • 5 star luxury beach resorts
   • All tours of the Island & Hindu Temples
   • Balinese shows & unsurpassed shopping
   • The most beautiful rafting trip in the world
   • 2 hour Bali Massage

Fly The #1 Airline in the world – Singapore Air
Your flight will be on the number one airline in the world Singapore air.

Day by Day Itinerary:

Day 1: June 5: Fly – Bali
This morning we will fly from Beijing to Singapore on Singapore Air. We will change planes in Singapore and continue on to Bali, the most beautiful Island on Earth. You will then check into your luxury 5 star hotel located on the Beach - The Le Meridian Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort.

Day 2: June 6: Bali – Full Day Tour
Full day tour of Bali. You will enjoy beautiful layered rice paddies, enjoy the most beautiful rafting in the world as you float by moss covered cliffs and deep jungles in the middle of Bali. You will also have a private show put on by the Barong Dance Group. We will do additional shopping and visit the Monkey forest before returning to your beach resort hotel. The Le Meridian Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort.

Day 3: June 7: Bali
Free Day to enjoy your fantastic beach resort. The Le Meridian Nirwana Golf & Spa Resort

Day 4: June 8: Bali
This morning we will take a ½ day tour of Tanah Lot and spend time shopping in the local flea market. We will then transfer to the beautiful Bali Intercontinental Beach
Resort. This afternoon you will enjoy one of the great pleasures found on Bali – A two hour Bali massage followed by your own flowered bath.

Day 5: June 09: Bali
Full day to enjoy your beach resort. The Bali Intercontinental Resort and Spa Day.

Day 6: June 10: Bali
This morning you will travel to the airport and your flight back to the US and home.




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