| Day 1 Chongqing ( ) |
| Upon arrival at Chongqing airport, picked up by our local English speaking tour guide and drive to visit Eling Park, Chongqing Zoo and Ciqikou Ancient Town. |
Eling Park | With its good location and beautiful natural scenery, Eling Park is one of the best places to have a birds-eye-view of the whole Chongqing city and the roiling Yangtze River. | Chongqing Zoo | In Chongqing Zoo, you can see charmly naive giant panda, lesser pandas and their offspring, golden hair monkeys and South China tigers. There are 230 kinds of more than 4500 rare and precious wild animals be shown in the zoo... | Ciqikou Ancient Town | Ciqikou Old Town was once the home of many of Chongqing's rich merchants, where you can still see lots of Ming and Qing dynasty architecture, local shops, tea houses, local Sichuan street performance and so on.. |
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| [ Optional ] Ciqikou Ancient Town: Ciqikou Old Town was once the home of many of Chongqing's rich merchants, where you can still see lots of Ming and Qing dynasty architecture, local shops, tea houses, local Sichuan street performance and so on.. |
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| Day 2 Yangtze Cruise ( B,L,D ) |
| Transferred to Chongqing pier to board the Victoria Prince for your Yangtze River Cruise. It departs Chongqing at 10:00am, later take a shore excursion to Fengdu, the "Ghost City", known for its gardens, temples and statues of ghosts and devils. |
Fengdu Ghost City | 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 bank…… |
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| [ Optional ] Gezhouba Dam: The experimental dam of the TGPGezhouba Project is located at the lower end of the Three Gorges in the suburb of Yichang City, 38 km downstream of the TGP. |
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| Day 3 Yangtze Cruise ( B,L,D ) |
| Enter the Three Gorges, one of nature's most extraordinary sculptures. The 25-milelong Wu Gorge is known for its quiet beauty and forest-covered mountains. Take an excursion through the Daning River Small gorges, very impressive. (Depending on river conditions, an alternate excursion may be substituted to Shennong Stream, which has its own attractive gorges.) In the evening, sail through the Three Gorges Dam ship locks. |
Shennong Stream | Shennong Stream is another tributary of the Yangtze River, and its fast-flowing, crystal clear water runs southwards through deep gorges. The stream races past large and small karst caves, flocks of swallows, sheer cliffs, deep gorges, waterfalls, three-colored springs, rapids, the ancient plank pat…… | 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.…… |
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| [ Optional ] Shibaozhai: ShiBaoZhai is a wooden pavilion located in Zhongxian on the south bank of the Yangtze River. It was first built in the Qing dynasty in 1650. As one of the most spectacular sites along the river, this 12-storied wooden red pavilion, with a height of 56 meters, hugs a sheer rectangular cliff. It consists of three parts: the entrance gate, a nine-storied wooden pavilion and a small temple at the top. |
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| Day 4 Yichang ( B,L,D ) |
| Shore excursion to The Three Gorges Dam Site (08h00-10h00). Sailing through the shiplocks and the shiplift of the Three Gorges Dam. |
The Three Gorges Dam | Three Gorges Dam, the largest water conservancy project ever undertaken by man and it has been a dream for several generations of Chinese people. It is 2,335 meters long, 185 meters high, 18 meters wide on the top and 130 meters wide at the bottom. |
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| [ Optional ] Xiling Gorge: Xiling gorge is known for its dangerous rapids, sharp turns, and numerous reefs and shoals. The recent construction of the Gezhouba water control project has helped calm the torrents but the charms of the scenery remain the same. |
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| Day 5 Wuhan ( B,L,D ) |
| Afternoon excursion of Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province. Visit the Huber Provincial Museum. |
Hubei Provincial Museum | The Hubei Provincial Museum established in 1953 contains the most important collections of artifacts in the province. More than 140,000 items, mainly from a big tomb excavated in 1978, are well preserved here, including 645 first class cultural relics and 16 national treasures. |
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| [ Optional ] Hubei Provincial Museum: The Hubei Provincial Museum established in 1953 contains the most important collections of artifacts in the province. More than 140,000 items, mainly from a big tomb excavated in 1978, are well preserved here, including 645 first class cultural relics and 16 national treasures. |
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