Itinerary of 7-9 Days Yangtze Cruise Tour - Victoria Prince Cruise

• Victoria Prince Cruise offer the guide for the local history and culture, you could attend the Tai Chi, calligraphy, painting, etc.. The guests could study how to speak mandarin and acupuncture within the ship. The TV and movie is various in the room for you to enjoy them.

  The cuisine in this ship is various, include Chinese traditional cuisine and western cuisine, the restaurant offer free coffee, tea, local beer, lunch and dinner. The traditional perform in the Yangtze River club is welcome by the guests, if you are interested in disco, there is a dancing room wait for you.
  

  Voyage: Chongqing to Shanghai (Down Stream)
  Please note: this cruiser has stopped the voyage on Aug.4th from Chongqing to Shanghai.

  Days	Chongqing to Shanghai (Down Stream)
  Day 1	Departs Chongqing at 10:00AM. Shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City or New Wanxian County.  - Fengdu is where the devil lives, according to Chinese legend. They say that spirits go to heaven, and evil goes to Fengdu. The town is overlooked by Ming Shan Hill, home of Tianzi, the King of the Dead. The whole place has an eerie feel to it with deserted streets, tower blocks, empty shops and banks. The only people here are those who make a living from visiting cruise boats.
  Day 2	Shore excursion to Lesser Three Gorges.  - The Lesser Three Gorges are the three separate valleys of the Daning River: Dragon Gate Gorge, Misty Gorge and Emerald Gorge. These lie on the lower reaches of the Daning, which flows into the Yangtze River. The gorges are truly spectacular. Sheer cliffs soar up towards the sky from the brown-green water. Mountain tops hover above the ribbon of mist, disconnected from their roots. Its "subtle mountains, clear waters, pretty rocks, dangerous rapids, sharp turns, fantastic caves, and stalactites in various shapes" create the timeless beauty that you see in Chinese landscape paintings. Monkeys, mandarin ducks and other water birds can be seen loitering on big boulders in this area. In addition to the wonderful natural scenery there are a number of historical places of interest along the way, such as a suspended coffin, boat coffin, and remains of ancient plank walkway.
  Day 3	Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam Site.  - Three Gorges Dam, the largest water conservancy project ever undertaken by man and it has been a dream for several generations of Chinese people. The construction of the  dam formally began in 1994. The body of the dam was completed in 2003, and the whole construction will be completed in 2009. It will be 2,335 meters long, 185  meters high, 18 meters wide on the top and 130 meters wide at the bottom. Since Sep 1st, 2005, the first 1000 tourists each day get access to the top of the dam and enjoy different kinds of photo opportunities.
  Day 4	Shore excursion to Wuhan.
  Day 5	Shore excursion to Yellow Mountain.
  Day 6	Shore excursion to Nanjing.
  Day 7	Arrives in Shanghai WuSongkou Dock in the morning 9:00AM.

  
  
  

  Voyage: Shanghai to Chongqing (Up Stream)
  Please note: this cruiser has stopped the voyage on July 27 and Aug.10th from Shanghai to Chongqing.

  Days	Shanghai to Chongqing (Up Stream)
  Day 1	Meet in WuSongkou No. 4 dock, Shanghai (address: No. 251 SongBao Road, Baoshan District, Shanghai) arrive before 15:00PM, Departs at 17:00PM.
  Day 2	Shore excursion to Nanjing(half day).
  Day 3	Shore excursion to Yellow Mountain.
  Day 4	Shore excursion to Wuhan.
  Day 5	Sailing on Yangtze for a whole day.
  Day 6	Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam Site.  - Three Gorges Dam, the largest water conservancy project ever undertaken by man and it has been a dream for several generations of Chinese people. The construction of the dam formally began in 1994. The body of the dam was completed in 2003, and the whole construction will be completed in 2009. It will be 2,335 meters long, 185 meters high, 18 meters wide on the top and 130 meters wide at the bottom. Since Sep 1st, 2005, the first 1000 tourists each day get access to the top of the dam and enjoy different kinds of photo opportunities.
  Day 7	Shore excursion to Lesser Three Gorges.  - The Lesser Three Gorges are the three separate valleys of the Daning River: Dragon Gate Gorge, Misty Gorge and Emerald Gorge. These lie on the lower reaches of the Daning, which flows into the Yangtze. The gorges are truly spectacular. Sheer cliffs soar up towards the sky from the brown-green water. Mountain tops hover above the ribbon of mist, disconnected from their roots. Its "subtle mountains, clear waters, pretty rocks, dangerous rapids, sharp turns, fantastic caves, and stalactites in various shapes" create the timeless beauty that you see in Chinese landscape paintings. Monkeys, mandarin ducks and other water birds can be seen loitering on big boulders in this area. In addition to the wonderful natural scenery there are a number of historical places of interest along the way, such as a suspended coffin, boat coffin, and remains of ancient plank walkway.
  Day 8	Shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City or New Wanxian County.  - Fengdu is where the devil lives, according to Chinese legend. They say that spirits go to heaven, and evil goes to Fengdu. The town is overlooked by Ming Shan Hill, home of Tianzi, the King of the Dead. The whole place has an eerie feel to it with deserted streets, tower blocks, empty shops and banks. The only people here are those who make a living from visiting cruise boats.
  Day 9	Arrives in Chongqing at 08:30AM.

  The cruiser keeps the right to change and adjust the above itinerary in accordance with the temporal weather, navigation situation and other temporary occurrences.