China & Yangtze River Cruise with Hong Kong Reviews

4.7 Rating 46 Reviews

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“Harry, (Sun Qing Jun) our tour leader for the 17 days was wonderful, as were the local guides. Flights, both international and within China and fast train from Guilin to Hong Kong all excellent. My only reason for the 4 rather than 5 star was that the food was ok, but not memorable, except for those meals we ate on our own.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Outstanding trip, nice hotels, terrific itinerary, food ok. Guides Jo, Harry, knowledgable, outstanding guides, organized, cared about us, we all felt safe and comfortable with them. They spoke good English, not Chinglish. nice group of people, we were lucky all around. We became like an extended family......for 17 days Loved every minute. I highly recommend it. ZZ .”

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Posted 9 years ago

“Excellent trip. Our overall tour guide was super; very attentive to all our needs. The individual tours were very good with English speaking tour guides. The meals that were provided were very good; and ample complimentary bottled water was provided at the hotels; and bus drivers usually had extra bottled water for sale which made it convenient. Had wonderful time and would recommend the trip.”

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Posted 9 years ago

“This was my fourth tour with SmarTours and it was outstanding. There were only 13 on the tour and everyone got along and enjoyed it. Mr. Chen was an outstanding guide. Hope you can tour with him. He was like a mother hen and took great care of us -- from telling us to watch our step to extra arrangements, taking pictures of us, and just being so caring. The itinerary was great -- going to Beijing before it got too cold and ending in the warmer South. There was an upgrade in rooms on the Yangtze Cruise Ship Victoria Ana and the ship was very comfortable. The shore excursions were well planned. The Li River cruise was relaxing and so beautiful. Breakfasts were buffet style with a choice of Western, Chinese, or Japanese. Outstanding. Lunches and Dinners were family style Chinese. All food was outstanding -- as were the included and optional shows. Highly recommend this trip. Only sorry that Mr. Chen could not continue with us to Hong Kong.”

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Posted 9 years ago

“I just got back from this trip and it was terrific.....Chen our tour director was wonderful, caring ,knowledgeable, funny and spoke excellent English made us feel so welcome. Every local tour guide we had was also terrific. Thank you Harry,Vivian,john , Jenny, Jean and all the others plus the bus drivers. I spent 15 of the 17 days with a lot of fun people and we were like family after a few days....SMARTOURS you rock. Arlene”

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Posted 9 years ago

“We are new to SmarTours and have recently returned from the 17 day China/Yangtze River Cruise trip. We had an extraordinary trip. Our tour guide was "Harry" Sun. He is perhaps the best guide we have ever had and we have had many excellent guides. He was gracious and kind and took such good care or us. We lucked into a great group of 36 who were all (!) punctual and no complainers. I can't believe the wealth of sights that were included in the trip. We also took the two optional trips and they were fabulous. This has to be the BEST travel bargain ever. The hotels were all first rate and since we love Chinese food we really enjoyed the cuisine. We can't say enough about how much we packed in to 17 days. We will be great ambassadors for China and for SmarTours. Well done and thank you! Elizabeth Layous”

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Posted 10 years ago