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Start at Chongqing, you will have a full day to experience the local life and visit some cultural sites in the city, including the Giant panda hall. The marvelous Three Gorges and many intriguing historic sites along the Yangtze River will also make you unforgettable.![]()
| Tour Code: | CQ-3 |
| Destination: | Chongqing → Yangtze → Shanghai |
| Tour Price: | $1437 USD Price Details Our Promises: Unbeatable Value for Money! |
| Departure Dates: | You Choose! |
| Tour Type: | Land tour + well selected hotel + Your own English speaking guide (otherwise specified), your own driver at your own pace and schedule. |
Place & Transport: Arrive in Chongqing, Flight not included
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Chongqing)
Place & Transport: Chongqing
Today's Activities: Goose Neck Park, Panda Room in Chongqing Zoo, Ciqikou Old Town, One day tour in Chongqing
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch at Cai Xiang Yuan (Yangjiaping Branch)
- Goose Neck Park: Very popular with the locals who come here to enjoy the gardens, play Mahjohngg, make music or just relax. Nice views over the river and Chongqing, there are also a number of interesting buildings and former Embassies in the grounds, plus an enormous long painting of the Yangtze.
- Panda Room in Chongqing Zoo: Here you can see Giant pandas, Lesser pandas, Golden hair monkeys, South China Tigers and some other national protected animals.
- Ciqikou Old Town: This lively old area has been partly restored, and remains an authentic and busy community. The old wooden houses and narrow streets furthest from the river are mostly unimproved, closer to the river there are craft and souvenir shops, teahouses and music, and lots of local food and snacks. The locals certainly love their food – this is a good chance to try some.
--One day tour in Chongqing: An air-conditioned van with driver and private guide are at your disposal for the day(Chongqing)
- Cai Xiang Yuan (Yangjiaping Branch): It has accommodation for 320 dinners with 20 personal boxes. Most of dishes are cooked with local flavors and ingredients, meanwhile Cantonese dishes are available.
Place & Transport: Chongqing to Yangtze
Today's Activities: Hotel to Cruise pier Transfer (Chongqing), Board the ship before 9:30am and departs Chongqing at 10am. Shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City.(Pre-overnight accommodation is not included)
Meals: Breakfast
--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.
Place & Transport: Yangtze
Today's Activities: Shore excursion to Lesser Three Gorges.
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
--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.
Place & Transport: Yangtze
Today's Activities: Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam Site.
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
--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 competed 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.The tourists can get access to the top of the dam and enjoy different kinds of photo opportunities.
Place & Transport: Yangtze
Today's Activities: From 12:00 noon/3:00 pm shore excursion of Wuhan, visiting the Hubei Provincial Museum.
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
--The museum was built in 1953. In the museum the most precious collection is a complete set of 65 ritual bells of different sizes,which were made in the Chunqiu & Zhanguo dynasties(more than 2200 yeaers ago).Enjoy the amazing ritual bells concert.
Place & Transport: Yangtze
Today's Activities: From 9:00 am to 8:00 pm shore excursion to Huangshan ("Yellow Mountain").
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
--known as "the loveliest mountain in China", famous for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of clouds.
(Jiuhuanshan or "Mountain of the Nine Lotuses" may be substituted if weather or road conditions do not permit a visit to Huangshan.)
Place & Transport: Yangtze
Today's Activities: Full day tour of Nanjing including Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and a Qing Dynasty style Bazaar surrounding a Confucian Temple;
9:00 pm Leave Nanjing for Shanghai
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch, Chinese Dinner
--Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the building was designed to be more impressive than those of the emperors whom the father of the Chinese republic overthrew. The mausoleum, 158 meters above sea level, has 392 steps and a five-meter-high statue, and is well worth visiting.
Place & Transport: Yangtze to Shanghai, Flight No. TBA (Your arrangements)
Today's Activities: Airport Transfer (Shanghai), Cruise pier to airport Transfer (Shanghai), Cruise pier Transfer (Shanghai), Disembark at Shanghai Wusongkou wharf at 08:00am.
Meals: Breakfast
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| City | Superior Class |
|---|---|
| Chongqing | JW Marriott Hotel ChongQing |