6 Days Shanghai Yangtze Tour

Day 1Arrive in Shanghai

Welcome to Shanghai! Our private English-speaking tour guide & driver will pick you up in time at Shanghai airport and transfer you to your hotel in downtown Shanghai. A paper board with the sign of YangtzeTour.com and your name will be held high by the guide at exit of the airport. The rest of day is free at your own leisure.

Day 2Shanghai ( B, L )

After breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up and drive to visit Yuyuan Garden. Yuyuan is the famous classical garden in Shanghai, built in 1577. The pavilions, halls, rockeries, ponds and cloisters all have unique characteristics.

After lunch at a nice local restaurant with the authentic Chinese food, you will take one hour cruising on Huangpu River. Then you visit the west side of the river that has many skyscrapers and the Bund that has many outstanding foreign buildings of the early 20th century. Afterwards, you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Day 3Shanghai – Chongqing ( B )

After breakfast at your hotel, you will drive to Pudong New District – Lujiazui, where there the futuristic, avant-garde building: Oriental Pearl Tower, Jinmao Building, Bank of China Tower, etc. You will have time to take the 88-storey Observation Deck of Jinmao Tower where you will have a spectacular view of the whole city.

In the afternoon, our tour guide will escort you to the airport and take flight to Chongqing. In Chongqing airport, our English-speaking tour guide & driver will meat you and transfer to your Yangtze Cruise Ship for starting your Yangtze River trip, overnight on the ship.

Day 4Cruise on Yangtze River ( B, L, D )

In the morning, the ship sets sail. Today you will be arranged to have a shore excursion to Fengdu Ghost City. With a history of nearly 2,000 years, Fengdu has formed a special culture of ghosts and the afterlife, well-known as the resting place of the spirit of the dead. The whole place makes an eerie feeling with deserted streets, tower buildings, empty shops and banks. It is a good place to learn about Chinese ghost culture.

Day 5Cruise on Yangtze River ( B, L, D )

The ship continues to sail. Today entering the Qutang Gorge, Cruise Ship carefully pilots its route trough the narrow course. Standing on the deck, you will see the peaks on both sides as steep as cliffs. At Wushan, disembark the ship and board a smaller vessel to explore the Lesser Three Gorges: Dragon Gate Gorge, Misty Gorge and Emerald Gorge. Then reboard the ship and sail through the Wu Gorge. ( Or firstly the ship sails into Wu Gorge, and you board a smaller vessel to explore the Shennong Stream, which is renowned for its stunning canyon scenery, boat tracker, suspended coffins, stalagmite caves and the Tujia ethnic culture.)

Day 6Depart from Yichang ( B, L )

In the morning, the ship passes through the Xiling Gorge. You will take a short excursion to visit the stunning Three Gorges Dam site, which plays an important flood control role. Then take your time to check out. Our local guide & driver will meet you on board, and take you to have lunch. Then they escort you to the airport for your flights to depart from Yichang to your next destination. Your pleasant China trip ends.