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14 days from $3,969 total price from Los Angeles, San Francisco($3,395 air, land & cruise inclusive plus $574 airline taxes and departure fees)
An Exclusive Small Group Tour for Alumni & Friends of
The University of North Carolina
CLASSIC CHINA & THE YANGTZE
The University of North Carolina General Alumni Association presents
October 28-November 10, 2014
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 — Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City, seat of imperial power during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). Tonight we enjoy a tra-ditional 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
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CLASSIC CHINA & THE YANGTZE14 days from $3,969 total price from Los Angeles, San Francisco($3,395 air, land & cruise inclusive plus $574 airline taxes and departure fees)
Avg. High (°F) Oct NovBeijing 66 55Shanghai 72 63Chongqing 71 61
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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 Sup. First
Xian North 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.
afternoon, we tour Xian’s impressive nine-mile 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 morning 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 walk-ing tour of the Xin Tian Di shopping and enter-tainment area of reconstituted traditional homes. We continue on to beloved 16th-century Yu Yuan Gardens, whose plantings, courtyards, and pavil-
Your Tour Price Includes• 2 nights’ accommodations at Hilton Shanghai
(Deluxe)• 2 meals: 2 breakfasts• Transfer to airport
Post-Tour Extension
November 10-12, 2014
SHANGHAI - ON YOUR OWN3 days/2 nights for $245 total price
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Spend additional time exploring dynamic Shanghai, China’s most prosperous,
vibrant, and cosmopolitan city.
View Xian’s Terra Cotta Warriors on Day 7.
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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.
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• 29 meals: 12 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 8 dinners• Extensive sightseeing as described, including
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ions 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
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Dear Carolina Alumni and Friends,
Join fellow Tar Heels and friends on an exciting small group tour to classic 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 comprehensive 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.
This tour is offered exclusively to UNC alumni and friends. Space is limited to just 24 travelers. Please call today to reserve your place on this exciting and illuminating tour!
Yours in Carolina,
Douglas S. Dibbert ’70 President, UNC General Alumni Association
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