“China Exotic Wonders & Shangri-La”

17 days/15 nights, April-October 2009. Highlights: Visit Olympic venues in Beijing/Great Wall at Mutianyu/51,000 statues to honor the Buddha at Yungang Caves, Datong/1,400-year-old Hanging Temple on Hengshan Mountain/Ming-era walled city of Pinyao/in Chengdu, Giant Panda Breeding Research Center/in Le Shan, the tallest stone Buddha in the world/Naxi folk music performance in Lijiang/Bai Minority State Museum in Dali/Stone Forest near Kunming/depart from Shanghai. From New York, from $3,499. Land only, from $2,899. Single supplement, $650. China Spree (Blaine, WA; 866/652-5656, www.chinaspree.com).