The Original Yangtse Cruise

Day 1 Fly overnight from London to Shanghai.

Day 2 Visit the Bund and Nanjing Road. Three nights at the 4-star Holiday Inn Downtown Shanghai.

Day 3 Visit Yu Garden, Jade Buddha temple and Urban Planning Museum. Acrobatic show.

Day 4 By rail to Suzhou. Visit the Garden of the Master of the Fishing Nets, Panmen Gate, a silk reeling factory and enjoy a short canal cruise.

Day 5 Visit the Shanghai Museum and the Xintiandi area. Embark on MS Victoria Prince.

Day 6 Nanjing; afternoon visit to the Sun Yat Sen Mausoleum, Confucius Temple area and market.

Day 7 Visit the resort of Mount Huangshan.

Day 8 Sail to Wuhan. Visit the Hubei Provincial Museum.

Day 9 Sailing on the Yangtse.

Day 10 Reach Yichang and sail through the Gezhouba Dam. Visit the Three Gorges Dam project and traverse the new dam.

Day 11 Sail through Wu Gorge and visit the Daning River and Lesser Gorges. Enter Qutang Gorge.

Day 12 Morning visit to Fengdu temple.

Day 13 Disembark in Chongqing. Visit the Zoo, old town area and market. Fly to Xian for two nights at the 4-star Grand Mercure.

Day 14 Visit the Terracotta Warriors and Great Wild Goose Pagoda. Tang Dynasty dinner and show.

Day 15 Fly to Beijing for three nights at the 4-star Gloria Plaza Hotel.

Day 16 Visit Tian An Men Square, the Forbidden City and Summer Palace.

Day 17 Visit the Great Wall and Ming Tombs. Peking Duck dinner.

Day 18 Return flight reaches London later the same day.