10-Day Guangzhou to Beijing Tour | Cantonese Flavours & Yangtze Cruise

Your Guangzhou to Beijing tour starts with the following arrangements. Meet your guide and driver at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and transfer to the city hotel. No visits are scheduled on the arrival day. Rest after the flight, or ask for a nearby meal and short walk if you feel like going out. The actual terminal, luggage requirements and pickup point are confirmed in advance.

Walk among Shamian’s historic commercial and consular buildings before exploring Xiguan’s arcade streets and local building details. Your guide places these districts in the context of river trade and the city’s changing neighbourhoods, without assuming access to private homes or every historic interior.

The planned teahouse lunch introduces yum cha through the agreed small-dish selection and tea. Dietary requirements and the exact meal scope are confirmed with the venue. Later, visit the Canton Tower observation level on your booked ticket for Pearl River views when visibility permits; the ticket does not imply all rooftop rides or special experiences.

Shamian Island · Xiguan Old Town · Canton Tower

Fly to Chongqing on the confirmed morning economy service, provisionally about two hours in the air, and meet your local guide and driver. The intended city programme includes Liziba’s viewing area and Hongyadong’s evening lights before the pier transfer. Allow airport travel, meals, luggage and queues within the actual boarding window.

The cruise check-in deadline takes priority. This flight, night-view and embarkation sequence must be checked against the season’s lighting time and the booked vessel; if they do not fit, agree a revised night-view arrangement or extra stay before booking rather than promising a late boarding exception. Begin the three-night standard balcony stay, with porter service and the confirmed embarkation meal scope.

Liziba Station · Hongyadong

Follow the operator’s planned Fengdu Ghost City group visit, using the temples, figures and symbolic gates to understand popular beliefs about morality and the afterlife. The hillside has numerous steps and slopes, and the cableway is an optional extra when operating.

Back aboard, lunch, dinner and the scheduled shipboard activities follow the confirmed package. The evening performance and any craft or lecture are announced by the crew, with programme changes possible. A private land guide is not automatically accompanying every passenger group ashore or delivering a personal onboard programme.

Fengdu Ghost City

Pass the Kuimen cliffs and the changing scenery through Qutang and Wu gorges on the downstream sailing. Follow the crew’s actual viewing announcements rather than relying on a guaranteed midday passage or particular weather.

The planned Goddess Stream trip uses the operator’s booked small sightseeing boat and return arrangement. Its narrower waterway provides a different view from the main ship. White Emperor City is optional and separately paid on this itinerary. After reboarding, enjoy the included meals and shared evening programme within the selected sailing’s actual scope.

Qutang Gorge · Wu Gorge · Goddess Stream

Disembark according to the cruise programme and join the planned Three Gorges Dam visit. The engineering museum, visitor viewpoints and River Closure Memorial Park are included as identified on the final ticket, with document checks and internal transport arranged through the operator. The optional ship lift has its own fare and operating decision.

Meet the Yichang private team at the confirmed cruise-transfer endpoint, normally the Three Gorges Tourist Center for this plan, and receive your luggage. Continue to the hotel with the rest of the day free. The handover time changes if an optional excursion or navigation delay changes the cruise release.

Three Gorges Dam

Take the confirmed morning economy flight from Yichang to Beijing, provisionally about 2.5 hours in the air. Confirm Capital or Daxing and the actual terminal, since the city transfer and sightseeing margin differ. The local team meets you for the intended afternoon Temple of Heaven visit.

Explore the booked halls and park route as opening and last-entry times allow, learning how imperial ritual shaped the buildings and layout. Activities seen in the park belong to local visitors’ own routines, not a guaranteed performance. The flight must arrive early enough for the planned ticketed section.

Temple of Heaven Highlights

Use the confirmed reservations and original documents for the Tiananmen and Forbidden City sequence. Allow about three hours in the palace’s accessible halls and courts, with your guide connecting ceremonial space and court life. No normally closed room or private route is implied by the tour.

Continue to Jingshan for the stepped climb to the palace viewpoint, or agree the appropriate accessible park route if that climb is unsuitable. The palace’s Monday closure and advance ticket availability must be reconciled with the fixed sailing and flight dates before booking; any reordering is agreed rather than assuming entry can always be secured.

Tiananmen Square Reservation for Foreigners & Visiting · Forbidden City Tickets · Jingshan Park Forbidden City View

Drive roughly 1.5–2 hours from the city to Mutianyu before local traffic, entry and shuttle time. Walk the agreed restored wall section at a pace that allows rests, remembering that towers are linked by steep and uneven steps. The planned local lunch follows the wall visit.

A chairlift ascent or toboggan descent is an optional separately paid choice, subject to the operator’s weather, age and other requirements. Cable access does not remove the walking burden on the wall, and crowds are not guaranteed to be lighter than at another site. Return to your Beijing hotel after the visit.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Keep the morning free according to your flight. Meet your private team for the transfer to the confirmed Beijing Capital or Daxing Airport and terminal, allowing road congestion, luggage and the airline’s check-in procedures. Extra city visits or a changed departure point are separately arranged, with no compulsory last-minute stop on the way out.