Yangtze River Cruise Upstream (5 Days)

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Visitors arrive at Yichang. 

17:30-21:00 Yichang Three Gorges Visitor Center or Yichang East Railway Station transfer to Maoping Harbor for embarkation. 

Start your cruise with a luxurious stateroom and a variety of entertainment on board.

06:30-07:00 Complimentary morning tea, morning coffee and refreshments

06:30-07:00 Tai Chi Morning Practice

07:00-08:30 Breakfast buffet

07:30-13:00 Visit the Three Gorges Family Village or Qu Yuan Temple (Optional: 295RMB/person) (Self-care, RMB 220/person at Qu Yuan Shrine)

You can attend cultural lectures, movie screenings, scenic spot introductions, relaxing massages, karaoke and other activities, or visit the Three Gorges Family on shore at your own expense. You can choose to participate voluntarily, and you have to pay for your own expenses if any.

Three Gorges Family sells shore excursions for you, the fee includes entrance fee, guide fee, scenic bus and boat fee, pier berthing fee and navigation fee. Management fee.

The Three Gorges People's House, with its picturesque style and the clever combination of rocks, waterfalls, caves and springs, makes the whole scenic area like a fairyland. The dreamy scenery of the river. The white walls and blue tiles on the stone slabs, the bridges and flowing streams, the dangling foot buildings, the fusion of the essence of the Three Gorges culture, the BaBa wind and Chu charm, the present and past of the gorge, at a glance.

12:30-13:30 Lunch buffet

13:45 Exchange for sightseeing boat over the boat lift (Optional attraction 295 RMB/person self-care)

Shore Excursions Three Gorges Dam

14:30-17:00 Disembarkation tour [Three Gorges Dam].

Transfer from the pier to a tour bus via the Xiling Yangtze River Bridge to the double-lane, five-stage locks on the north shore and visit the locks at the middle bulkhead. Then drive to the Three Gorges Dam tourist area and visit the altar ridge to see the dam model and panoramic view of the dam. Then proceed to the south bank spillway dam and visit the downstream longitudinal cofferdam. Return to the cruise ship after about 2.5 hours.

17:00-18:00 Cultural activities

18:15-19:00 Captain's Welcome Reception

19:00-20:30 Dinner Buffet

21:00 Victoria Fashion Show

06:30-07:00 Complimentary morning tea, morning coffee and refreshments

06:30-07:00 Tai Chi Morning Practice

07:00-08:15 Breakfast buffet

08:30-11:00 Transfer to a small boat for an excursion to Shennong River.

Shennong River is an ever-flowing stream on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Badong County, Hubei Province, running from south to north through a deep mountain canyon with a total length of 60 kilometers. On both sides of the stream, the mountains stand tall, winding and peaked. Three natural gorges with distinctive features, namely Longchang Gorge, Parrot Gorge and Shennong Gorge, have been formed. The deep pools, waterfalls, hanging coffin trestles, primitive boats, native customs and stalagmite caves are all amazing.

11:30-12:30 Lunch Buffet

12:45 (Est.) Sailing through Wuxia Gorge

Listen to the live commentary on the sixth floor sun deck and experience the beauty of the Qutang Gorge for yourself.

14:45 Sailing through Qutang Gorge

Cruise past the Qutang Gorge with a magnificent view of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River from the boat

The cruise passes through the Qutang Gorge, where you can listen to the live commentary on the sixth floor sun deck. You can listen to the live commentary on the sun deck on the sixth floor and experience the magnificent "Kui Men" for yourself (RMB 10). (Pattern on the back).

15:30-18:00 Dock at Fengjie and disembark for a tour of the White Emperor City (optional attraction 295 RMB/person self-care)

Free time. You may voluntarily participate in cultural lectures, movie watching, swimming, fitness activities, or a shore excursion to the White City at your own expense. If you incur expenses, you have to pay your own expenses. White Emperor City is a shore excursion attraction for sale, the fee includes entrance fee, guide fee, scenic bus and boat fee, dock mooring fee and navigation management fee. The White Emperor City is located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River in Qutang Gorge, Fengjie County, Chongqing.

Located on the north bank of the Yangtze River at the mouth of Qutang Gorge in Fengjie County, Chongqing, Baidi City is the best place to see the "Kui Men and the World". Famous poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Fan Chengda, Lu You, etc. have all climbed the White Emperor and visited Kui Men. The city is also known as the "City of Poetry". The picturesque scenery of Baidi City is full of historical relics, including Ming Liang Hall, Wuhou Ancestral Hall, Guanying Pavilion, Wangjiang Tower and other buildings, as well as Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. Gold-painted statues of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and an exhibition of hanging coffins in the Wind Box Gorge.

19:00-20:30 Dinner buffet.

18:30-21:00 Large-scale performance--Return to the Three Gorges (Optional attractions 330 yuan/person self-care)

21:00 Victorian Crew Arts Show

06:30-07:00 Complimentary morning tea, morning coffee and refreshments

06:30-07:00 Tai Chi Morning Practice

07:00-08:15 Breakfast buffet

08:30-12:00 Cultural activities

12:00-13:15 Lunch buffet

14:00-17:00 Cultural activities

13:30-16:30 Disembarkation tour to Fengdu Xiaoguanshan Folk Culture Park and Shuanggui Mountain

Shuangguishan Ancient Folk Culture Park is a typical residential complex of Sichuan during the Ming and Qing dynasties, recreating the historical style of Fengdu's ancient dwellings, temples and city gates, and has important historical, artistic and research values.

Shuanggui Mountain National Forest Park is located on the bank of the Yangtze River in Fengdu County, Chongqing, with a total area of 100 hectares. The park is famous for its verdant trees, birds chirping, ravines and steaming clouds, which is known as a dangerous, secluded and ancient place.

13:30-17:30 Disembarkation tour to Fengdu Ghost Town (Optional attraction 295 RMB/person self-care)

Free time. You can participate in cultural lectures, movie screenings, scenic spot introduction, leisure massage, karaoke and other activities or visit the ghost town of Fengdu on shore at your own expense. You can choose to participate voluntarily, and you have to pay for your own expenses if any.

The fee includes entrance fee, guide fee, scenic spot bus and boat fee, wharf berthing fee and navigation management fee.

Fengdu Ghost Town, also known as "Youdu" and "The Hometown of Chinese Divine Comedy", is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Fengdu County, downstream of Chongqing City. It is famous for its many buildings and forms representing the netherworld, such as the Hall of Heavenly Son, Nahe Bridge, Hwangcheon Road, Wangxiangdae, and the Hall of Medicine, and is rich in ghosts. The culture is famous all over the world. Return to the cruise ship after about 2.5 hours.

19:00-20:15 Captain's Farewell Dinner (Table meal)

18:30-23:00 Checkout

07:00-08:15 Breakfast buffet

9:00 Chongqing harbor - Passengers departing from the ship, end of pleasant journey.