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Chongqing-Yichang Cruise Line

Chongqing–Yichang: 4 Days and 3 Nights Downstream Cruise Route

The itinerary is the highlight of Yangtze River downstream cruise. Presently, it is the most popular and valuable route among the Yangtze Three Gorges cruise.

The cruise past traditional farmlands and scenes of daily life, extraordinary scenery with dramatic cliffs and rock formations shroulded in mist and the Three Gorges Dam, one of the largest construction projects in the world.

Day 1: Boarding cruise ship at about 21:00, and beginning your Yangtze River cruise.

Day 2: Having shore excursion in Fengdu city in the afternoon. Explore something funny onboard, and preparing for the Captain's welcome party. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Shore Excursion Sites: Shibaozhai and Wanzhou)

Day 3: Today is the highlight of your whole Yangtze River cruise, with visiting the world-famous Three Gorges. Then, at Badong, you can have a shore excursion for Shennong Stream. You can also see the Three Gorges 5-stage ship locks. The Lesser Three Gorges and Daning River wil be your amazing shore excursion sites. (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

Day 4: In the morning, docking at Sandouping to visit the world-famous Three Gorges Dam.

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Cities & Attractions

• Fengdu – "City of Ghost" due to the mountain Ming Shan dedicated to the afterworld with statues of ghosts and devils as well as graphic wax depictions of life in hell.
• Wanxian - Stop at this former treaty port to visit the produce market selling seasonal delicacies like live eel and mountain mushrooms
• Shibao Zhai – Majestic 11-story wooden monastery painted red on an island and built into a cliff. Climb to the top on the interior spiral staircase for a striking view over the river.
• Lesser Three Gorges – Cruise up the Daning River past the cliffs of Longmen Xia and wild monkeys.
• Three Gorges – The river snakes through the triad, Qutang Xia (gorge), Wu Xia and Xiling Xia, which are phenomenal, extending nearly 120 miles through sheer precipices interspersed with wide valleys.
• Qutang Gorge – The shortest, rockiest and most narrow of the three
• Wu Gorge – Sail around the twelve peaks of the Wu Mountains, creating a diverse and whimsical landscape
• Shennong Stream – Located in the Wu Gorge, sail up the narrow stream past Parrot and Dragon Boat Gorges, Han dynasty plank roads and three hanging coffins of the extinct Bai people, over one thousand years old.
• Xiling Gorge – Known for its uniquely shaped rock formations with quirky names like Ox Liver, Horse Lungs and Yellow Cat. This used to be the most dangerous part of the journey before rocks were removed in the 1950s.
• Three Gorges Dam – This marvel of engineering is harnessing the power of the Yangtze for energy and curbing the river's tendency to flood. Unfortunately the project has also caused the relocation of thousands of people, the moving and flooding of numerous cultural sites and environmental damage.

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