This tour is one of our Smithsonian Journeys Signature tours and is designed for small groups of 16 to 24 Smithsonian travelers. Throughout the tour, you will be accompanied by one of our exceptional Smithsonian Study Leaders, all top experts in their fields. This tour represents outstanding travel value, featuring included international airfare.
Throughout this tour, travel in the company of an exceptional Smithsonian Study Leader. Diane Perushek has worked as head of the East Asian libraries at Princeton and Cornell Universities, and is current Director of Global Relations at the University of Hawai‘i. Diane will be on the September departure. Elizabeth Childs-Johnson has a PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts in New York City, and is a Sinologist specializing in Chinese art and archaeology. She will be leading the October 13th departure. Dorothy (Dottie) Borei, Emerita Professor of East Asian History at Guilford College in North Carolina, has taught American college students in Beijing and Hangzhou during five fall semesters for China Educational Tours and Duke University. She has also been the director of several summer programs for faculty and students in both China and Japan, and in addition has traveled individually to South Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Dottie will lead the October 20th departure.
Visit with a local family in one of Beijing's quickly-disappearing communal neighborhoods.
Gaze upon the imposing ranks of the Terra-cotta Warriors of Xi’an from a private platform that offers intimate viewing.
Travel through the heart of China on a three-day Yangtze River cruise and transit partway through the locks of Three Gorges Dam.
Stop at the Children's Palace in Shanghai to meet young students studying the arts.
This tour features the following World Heritage sites in China:
The Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing
The Summer Palace and Garden, Beijing
The Temple of Heaven, Beijing
The Great Wall, Beijing
The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi'an
To see a complete list of all our tours featuring World Heritage sites, click here.
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