Tour Itinerary
Hotel/apartment pick-up by our well-trained English-speaking tour guide & private car/van at 9:00am. Then drive to the Beijing Zoo to visit the Giant Panda House. Afterwards visit the Beijing Aquarium, which is the world's largest inland aquarium. It is located on the north bank of the Chang River within the Beijing Zoo.
After that, board a cruise boat from the Beijing Zoo Port and begin your exciting Changhe River cruise tour. The boat passes through the Zhenjue Temple, National Library of China, Purple Bamboo Garden, Wanshou Temple and stops at the South Ruyi Gate Pier of the Summer Palace. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, this waterway was only reserved for the emperor and royal families to travel to the Summer Palace.

Enjoy a typical Chinese lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Summer Palace, the largest and most complex imperial garden existing in China. After a whole day of touring, transfer back to your hotel around 5:00pm.
Changhe River: The Changhe River is an ancient river which has over 700 years history. It was a renowned tourist attraction during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and later it became the private river course for the royalty and the nobility to go to the Summer Palace. Nowadays, it still attracts a large number of travellers.
Tip: During the tour, we will arrange for you to visit the pearl/silk market or cloisonné factory. If you are not interested in this, please feel free to inform the tour guide.

Tour Includes
Private air-conditioned car/van
Well-trained English-speaking tour guide
Admission fees
Boat cruise fee
Chinese Lunch
Free-bottled mineral water

Tour Excludes
Personal expenses
Tips to guide and driver

Note:
A. The duration of the cruise is one hour.  You will need to transfer to another boat in the Purple Bamboo Garden. This takes about 3 minutes on foot.
B. Be cautious when taking photos from the boat, it is said that the river has eaten many cameras.
C. Be careful during the cruise tour, avoid standing close to the edges of the boat.
D. Please don't board or disembark until the boat comes to a complete halt.
E. The night before the tour, our tour guide will call or leave a message at your hotel room to discuss the pick-up time.
F. The Changhe River cruise may be cancelled due to bad weather.