ROMTravel – World Cultures Tour Let our experts be your guides Middle Kingdom The Essence of May 10 – 28, 2018

Uncover the roots of Chinese civilization Day 10 Chengdu Day 18 Hong Kong while cruising the Yangtze River, the essence Spend time with the Giant Pandas. Behind- Tour Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, and Stanley of China. As early as the Three Kingdoms the-scenes visit to the Sanxingdu Museum. Market. Sampan ride to visit the floating Period (220–265 AD), the Yangtze has played Fiery “hot-pot dinner”. Explore Kuan Zhai community at Aberdeen. Farewell dinner at an a pivotal role in the history, culture and Lane or Tai Koo Le. exclusive private club. economy of China. The gorges were a natural Day 11 Chengdu Day 19 Hong Kong barrier to protect against invaders from the Visit the Grand Buddha at Lingyun Temple. Individual departures from Hong Kong. north, and during World War II protected Board our private boat to view the Leshan Hotels against the Japanese invasion. Buddha, standing 71m (233 feet) tall, carved Beijing Fairmont Hotel 3 nights th This is an amazing journey through the out of the hillside in the 8 century. Private Cruise Yangtze Explorer 4 nights Middle Kingdom. Highlights include nine tour of the Museum. Evening J.W. Marriott Hotel 1 night UNESCO World Heritage Sites showcasing performance of the Bianlina Show. Chendgu Shangri-la Hotel 3 nights timeless treasures, vibrant ethnic cultures, Day 12 Chengdu – Lijiang Intercontinental Hotel 2 nights unique architecture, breathtaking landscapes, Fly to Lijiang. Explore the Old Town, home Xian Westin Hotel 3 nights state-of-the-art entertainment, and haute to the Naxi people, with narrow, cobbled Hong Kong Marco Polo Hotel 2 nights cuisine. We will have VIP experiences with streets, crisscrossed canals. Their ancient Resource Person behind-the-scenes visits and private access. rituals and Dongba culture are now believed Dr. Chen Shen is the ROM's Vice-President, to be a vanishing way of life. World Cultures, Senior Curator and Bishop Tour Itinerary and Highlights Day 13 Lijiang White Chair of East Asian Archaeology. He is Cable car to the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Day 1 Beijing also a professor of East Asian Studies at the Visit Yu Fen temple. Attend the Impression of Individual arrivals in Beijing. Welcome University of Toronto. Chen curated the 2014 Lijing Cultural Show by Zhang Yi Mou. Tour dinner. exhibition, “The ”, and “The the former residence of Joseph Rock and walk Day 2–3 Beijing Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta around Yuhu Village. Private tour of the Forbidden City; the Army” in 2010. Day 14 Lijiang – Xian ; Tiananmen Square; the Great ROMTravel Coordinator Wall; the ; a rickshaw ride Visit Dongba Cultural Research Centre; Baisha village and mural before flight to Xian. Marion Ho is a long-time ROM volunteer, a in the Hutong neighbourhood; a scrumptious past Co-Chair of ROMTravel, a past Chair of Peking duck dinner and Peking opera. Day 15 Xian Special access to the Terracotta Warriors site. Hospitality, ROM Docents, DMV Programs Day 4 Beijing – Wuhan – Yichang and Events, and has led previous trips to Flight to Wuhan and high-speed train to Lunch with the archaeologists. Tour Muslim quarters and Great Mosque. Enjoy a Tang China; Southeast Asia; Maya sites in Mexico Yichang to embark on a 4 night Yangtze and Guatemala; and Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet. cruise with executive cabins and free wifi. Dynasty show and dumpling banquet. Day 16 Xian Day 5-7 River Cruise At Qianling, visit the Tomb of Princess Captain’s welcome dinner. Shore excursions Tour Cost Per Person to the Three Gorges Dam Site; the Shennong Yongtai, adorned with murals of scenes from the Tang court. See the city of Xian from the Double Occupancy $10,295 Stream; and Fengdu Ghost City. Sail through Single Supplement 3,150 the narrowest and most dramatic Qutang City Wall and visit the Big Wild Goose Gorge. Pagoda. Day 17 Xian – Hong Kong Tour begins at Beijing (PEK) Airport. Day 8 Chongqing Tour ends at Hong Kong (HKG) Airport. Explore the Dazu Rock Carvings, with 50,000 Fly to Hong Kong, the “Pearl of the Orient”. Stroll along the Kowloon waterfront and be International flight costs to/from your home carvings located in rock shrines or as rock and China are NOT included. reliefs, dating to 650 AD, depicting Buddhist, mesmerized by the spectacular city lights Photos Confucian and Taoist beliefs. from across Victoria Harbour and perhaps catch the Symphony of Lights. . Buddha Statue, Leshan, courtesy of Wikipedia Day 9 Chongqing – Chengdu and Ariel Steiner Visit Ci Qi Kou Old Town and Hongyadong . Map courtesy of Tour East Holidays to see the Diaojiaolou architecture. High- . Yangtze River, courtesy of Tour East speed train to Chengdu. Holidays . Terms & Conditions Middle Kingdom: The Essence of China May 10 – 28, 2018 Tour Cost advise NOT to do so. It is for the sole use of trip participants, ROMTravel and Double Occupancy: $10,295 per person the travel agency, and will not be shared with anyone else. Single Supplement: $ 3,150 Insurance Tour cost does NOT include international flight costs to/from your home Comprehensive insurance to afford protection against penalties caused by and China. Tour East Holidays can assist with booking flights. cancellation of trip due to injury, illness or death of tour participant or Tour Cost Includes member of participant's family is recommended. It is underwritten by First North American Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Manulife Financial. The . Group coach transfer from Beijing Airport to hotel on Day 1 for those arriving insurance premium is non-refundable and must be submitted at time of deposit. at the arrival time of the ROMTravel Coordinator. Group coach transfer from A waiver will be necessary if insurance is not taken. Ontario taxes are hotel to Hong Kong Airport on Day 19 for those departing at the departure included in the quoted prices. The rates quoted are subject to change until time of the ROMTravel Coordinator. insurance policy is issued. . Internal flights: Beijing–Wuhan; Chengdu–Lijiang–Xian–Hong Kong. Based on accommodation in double occupancy room (tax included) . Porterage of one standard sized suitcase per person at the hotels. . Ground transport in private air-conditioned coach for transfers and excursions Age Deluxe Non- Age Deluxe Non- as per itinerary. Private boat. Public train and cruise ship transportation. Medical Medical . Shared accommodation in double occupancy room with private facilities. To 59 $729.00 $653.40 70-74 $1,436.40 $979.56 . Meals: Buffet breakfast daily, 15 lunches and 10 dinners, including choice of 60-64 $893.16 $758.16 75-79 $1,770.12 $1,377.00 water, soft drinks or local beer. Bottled water daily on the bus. Welcome 65-69 $1,033.56 $861.84 80-84 $2,360.88 $1,485.00 Reception with wine & finger foods. Welcome & Farewell dinners with wine. For single accommodation, or for those aged 85 & over, or for other . All visits, entrance fees, speakers’ fees and events as per itinerary. comprehensive & non-comprehensive coverages, contact Tour East Holidays. . All taxes and tips for all goods and services, drivers, hotel, restaurant and Royal Ontario Museum Responsibility guiding staff related to the basic tour; all hotel and local taxes. Neither the Royal Ontario Museum nor the Department of Museum Volunteers . Services of a Resource Person, a ROMTravel Coordinator, and a Travel of the Royal Ontario Museum, or any member thereof, assumes any Agency Escort. responsibility for the financing, arranging or the conducting of the tour, nor . Services of English-speaking local guides. Services of Tour East Holidays. shall be liable for damages or loss to person or property that might occur in . Pre-trip orientations; post-trip reunion. A travel handbook. connection with this tour however arising, whether by negligence or . China Visa fees for Canadian passport holders. otherwise, and whether or not a member of the Royal Ontario Museum Not Included staff or the Department of Museum Volunteers accompanies the tour. The . International flight costs to/from your home and China. applicant by applying to join the tour hereby agrees to this limitation of . Items of a personal nature, e.g., laundry, telephone calls, internet access. liability on the part of the Royal Ontario Museum, the Department of . 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