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14 days from $4,269 total price from Los Angeles, San Francisco($3,695 air, land & cruise inclusive plus $574 airline taxes and departure fees)
An Exclusive Small Group Tour for Alumni and Friends of UCLA
CLASSIC CHINA & THE YANGTZEMarch 31 - April 13, 2015
This tour is provided by Odysseys Unlimited,
six-time honoree Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Tour Operators award.
Day 1: Depart U.S. for Beijing, China
Day 2: Arrive Beijing We arrive in the Chinese capital and transfer to our hotel. After time to relax we meet our tour director for a walking tour of the area surrounding our hotel. Dinner is on our own.
Day 3: Beijing After this morning’s briefing with our tour director, we begin our discovery of this 2,000-year-old city at vast — and infamous — Tia- nanmen Square, and the Forbidden City, seat of imperial power during the Ming and Qing dynas-ties (1368-1911). Tonight we enjoy a traditional Peking Duck dinner at a local restaurant. B,D
Day 4: Beijing/Great Wall Our day begins with a rickshaw ride through Beijing’s ancient back roads and alleys (hutongs). Here we visit the home of a local family for a rare glimpse of the traditional communal life-style that is fast disap-pearing. Then we make a brief photo stop at Olympic Park, site of the 2008 Olympic Games. This afternoon we encounter the Great Wall, the incredible collection of ancient defense installa-tions (and UNESCO World Heritage site), that stretches more than 5,500 miles and where we visit the Mu Tian Yu section by cable car. B,L,D
Day 5: Beijing This morning we tour the splendid Temple of Heaven complex where China’s emperors once worshipped. Later this afternoon we tour the Summer Palace, formerly the royal retreat with beautiful gardens and tem-ples that is now a park attracting both visitors and locals. B,L
Day 6: Beijing/Xian This morning we fly to Xian, once among the world’s greatest cities that devolved into a provincial backwater until the accidental discovery of the Terra Cotta Warriors in 1974 — considered among the most significant archaeological finds of the 20th-century. This afternoon, we tour Xian’s impressive nine-mile
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CLASSIC CHINA & THE YANGTZE14 days from $4,269 total price from Los Angeles, San Francisco($3,695 air, land & cruise inclusive plus $574 airline taxes and departure fees)
Avg. High (°F) Mar AprBeijing 52 70Shanghai 55 66Chongqing 65 73
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Yangtze River
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YellowSea
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DestinationAirRiver CruiseExtension (air)Entry/Departure
Map Legend
Hong Kong
Your Small Group Tour Highlights
Beijing touring, including Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, Great Wall ... Beijing hutong tour and home visit ... Traditional Peking Duck dinner ... Xian’s Terra Cotta Warriors ... Three-night Yangtze River cruise including Three Gorges and Smaller Gorges ... Cruise aboard Premier Ship of Victoria Cruises ... Included shore excursions ... Visit to site of new Three Gorges Dam ... Shanghai sightseeing: acclaimed Shanghai Museum, the Bund, Yu Yuan Gardens
Day Itinerary Hotel Rating
1 Depart U.S. for Beijing
2-5 Beijing Sofitel Wanda
Beijing Deluxe
6-7 Xian Sheraton Xian Sup. First
North City Class
8-10 Yangtze
Victoria Cruises Sup. First
Cruise Class
11-13 Shanghai Hilton
Shanghai Deluxe
14 Depart Shanghai for U.S.
Ratings are based on the Hotel & Travel Index, the travel industry standard reference.
Comprehensive in scope yet briefer in duration than many China tours, this relaxed, well-paced journey combines monumental Beijing, a cruise on the fabled
Yangtze, fascinating Xian, and cosmopolitan Shanghai. Traveling in your prized small group, you’ll have the good fortune to meet local people and to experience a host of China’s highlights, both ancient and of the moment.
Cover Photo: China’s Great Wall winds across the varied landscape for more than 5,500 miles.
Tour the historic Forbidden City complex on Day 3.
city wall and moat. Tonight, we enjoy a special dinner of traditional Chinese dumplings. B,L,D
Day 7: Xian Our day begins at Small Wild Goose Pagoda (c. 652 ce), among China’s most acclaimed Buddhist temples. After lunch we visit the museum housing the renowned Terra Cotta Warriors, the more than 7,000 life-sized soldiers created to guard China’s first emperor in the afterlife. We see these astounding pieces, each with an individually sculpted face, standing in military formation in three separate vaults. The entire complex is now a UNESCO World Heritage site. B,L,D
Day 8: Xian/Chongqing This morning we fly to Chongqing, where we visit the zoo housing the beloved pandas. Following dinner at a local res-taurant, we board our Victoria Cruises ship and set sail this evening. B,L,D
Day 9: Yangtze Cruising – Fengdu Prized for its haunting natural beauty, the Yangtze is one of the world’s busiest and longest (3,600 miles) rivers. This morning we visit one of its most popular towns, the “ghost city” of Fengdu. On board this afternoon a river guide tells us about the Yangtze and the Three Gorges Dam then we enjoy a talk on Chinese medicine. Tonight: Captain’s Welcome Dinner. B,L,D
Day 10: Yangtze Cruising – Qutang Gorge/Lesser Gorges/Wu Gorge/Xiling Gorge After traversing Qutang, the shortest of the Three Gorges, mid-day we disembark in Wushan to board a small ferry for an excursion along the Daning River to the stunning Lesser Gorges. Lined with sheer cliffs and steep mountains, the Lesser Gorges recall scenes from ancient Chinese scroll paintings. Back on board our Yangtze ship
late afternoon, we enter beautiful and tranquil Wu Gorge, then reach the scenic western section of 42-mile long Xiling Gorge, with swift rapids and churning whirlpools. Later tonight we enter the locks of the immense Three Gorges Dam. B,L,D
Day 11: Yangtze Cruising – Three Gorges Dam/Xiling Gorge/Shanghai We tour the site of the immense Three Gorges Dam Project this morn-ing then continue cruising through Xiling Gorge and Gezhouba Dam to Yichang. Here we disembark and fly to Shanghai, the “Paris of the East.” B,L
Day 12: Shanghai Our day begins with a walking tour of the Xin Tian Di shopping and entertainment area of reconstituted traditional homes. We continue on to beloved 16th-century
Your Tour Price Includes• Air transportation Shanghai/Hong Kong inclusive
of airline taxes and departure fees• 3 nights’ accommodations at Langham Place
Hotel (Deluxe)• 3 meals: 3 breakfasts• Transfers to/from airport
Land only guests: $1,195
Post-Tour Extension
October 13-16, 2015
HONG KONG – ON YOUR OWN
4 days/3 nights for $995 total priceSingle Supplement: $495
Explore this dazzling Chinese city on your own: great shopping, a mouth- watering diversity of cuisine, and a
vibrant city scene.
Tour Departs: March 31, 2015
Prices include international airfare and all taxes, surcharges, and fees.
Los Angeles, San Francisco $4,269
Portland (OR), Seattle $4,469
Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston,
$4,669
Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix
Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Miami, Orlando, $4,769 Tampa, Washington, DC
Land only (transfers not included) $3,295
Please call if your city is not listed. Prices are per person based on double occupancy in an outside cabin and include airline taxes, fuel surcharges, and departure fees of $574, which are subject to change until final payment is made.
Single travelers please add $995.
All tour prices above (excluding airline taxes, fuel surcharges and departure fees) are guaranteed.
Business Class upgrade on round-trip Trans-Pacific flight: $3,495 per person in addition to the above costs (upgrade is subject to availability and pricing is subject to change).
Due to Chinese visa restrictions, no registrations can be accepted within 45 days of the tour departure.
Please Note: This trip involves full days of sight-seeing and significant amounts of walking on stairs and uneven surfaces. You should be in good physical con dition to enjoy the tour to the fullest.
For reservations and information, pleasecall UCLA Alumni Travel at
310-206-0613Email: [email protected]
Your Tour Price Includes
• Round-trip air transportation from listed cities; all flights within itinerary
• 12 nights’ accommodations: 3 nights aboard Superior First Class ship of Victoria Cruises; 9 nights in Deluxe and Superior First Class hotels
• 29 meals: 12 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 8 dinners• Extensive sightseeing as described, including
all entrance fees• Services of an Odysseys Unlimited Tour Director• Private motorcoach transportation throughout
your trip, including shore excursions• Luggage handling for one bag per person• Gratuities for local guides, dining room servers,
airport and hotel porters, and all drivers
Yu Yuan Gardens, whose plantings, courtyards, and pavilions create the illusion of mountains, caverns, and lakes. After lunch together we tour the acclaimed Shanghai Museum of ancient Chinese art and artifacts. Tonight we dine on our own then attend an acrobatics show. B,L
Day 13: Shanghai This morning we visit the Bund, the mile-long riverside embankment where foreign investors – and their buildings – once held sway over Shanghai. The remainder of the day is at leisure. Tonight we toast our China adventure at a farewell dinner. B,D
Day 14: Depart for U.S. We depart Shanghai for our return flights to the U.S. B
“Time flows away like waTer in a river.”
– ConfuCius
Victoria Cruises Premier Ships
All Cabins: Private balcony; satellite TV with HBO
Launched/Rebuilt: 2004-2011 Air Conditioning: Yes Registry: Chinese Decks: 5 or 6 Crew: 121-189 Passenger Capacity: 218-378
We view Xian’s amazing Terra Cotta Warriors on Day 7.
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Dear UCLA Alumni and Friends,
We invite you to join us on an exciting small group tour to China. From the capital of Beijing to fascinating Xian, and the fabled Yangtze River to cosmopolitan Shanghai, you will experience China’s ancient past as well as its fast-moving present on this inclusive tour.
Begin in China’s modern-day capital, the 2,000-year-old city of Beijing, and visit its legendary sites including Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and, of course, the Great Wall. Enjoy a special rickshaw ride along Beijing’s ancient alleyways, where you’ll experience a traditional way of life. Continue on to Xian, site of the excavated terra cotta army of more than 7,000 life-size warriors. From there fly to Chongqing and board your Victoria Cruises ship for a three-night cruise on the fabled Yangtze, and see the spectacular Three Gorges Dam. Conclude your tour in Shanghai, a dazzling city that epitomizes 21st-century China. A 4-day/3-night extension to Hong Kong is also available.
This air-inclusive small group tour is limited to 24 UCLA alumni and friends. Please call today to guarantee your place on this comprehensive China tour!
Regards from Westwood,
Christel Pailet, Director, Alumni Travel
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