Possible Port Change for Special Events in Yichang 2024
In normal circumstances, no matter you take downstream or upstream Yangtze cruises, you usually embark / disembark your ships at Chongqing Chaotianmen Port (朝天门码头), Yichang Maopong Port (茅坪码头) / Yichang Sandouping Port (三斗坪码头) at the scheduled time.
The most important news at the beginning of 2024 is port adjustment in Yichang which a great change both for cruise companies and travelers. In the whole year of 2024, Yichang New Century Port is stopped using. Instead, except for Yangtze 1 cruise ship using Yichang Sandouping Port, all other Yangtze River cruises arrange the embarkation and disembarkation at Yichang Maoping Port.
Yangtze Cruise Port Change in Yichang in 2024
Port Location Map for Yichang Yangtze Cruise Embarkation & Disembarkation
Port has been changed to Maoping (茅坪) for embarkation and disembarkation in 2024. Please make clear about the location of Yichang Sanxia Airport (宜昌三峡机场), Yichang East Railway Station (宜昌火车东站), Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal (宜昌三峡游客中心) and Maoping Port.
The cruise companies will take the responsibility to do the transfer from the nearest port Maoping to Yichang downtown for downstream cruise disembarkation (an hour bus ride) and Yichang downtown to Maoping for upstream cruise embarkation, so travelers will still have shore excursion to visit the Three Gorges Dam Site and see the spectacular view of the project parts and ship locks.
Yichang Upstream Cruise Embarkation:
If you book an upstream cruise, you need to arrive at Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal (or called Yichang No.9 Dock) or Yichang East Railway Station, and then take the tourist buses arranged by the cruise companies to Maoping Port. (You could check the details steps of bus ticket receiving and bus boarding by reading >> How to Take the Tourist Buses)
Cruises Name | Gathering Time | Gathering Places | Transportation to Embarkation |
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Victoria Cruises | 17:30~20:00 | Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal (宜昌三峡游客中心) or Yichang East Railway Station | Take the bus arranged by the cruise company to Maoping Port to embark your cruise ship. |
Century Cruises | |||
President Cruises | |||
Yangtze Gold Cruises | |||
Changjiang Cruises | |||
Yangtze Explorer | |||
Yangtze 2 | |||
Yangtze 1 | 17:30~20:00 | Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal (宜昌三峡游客中心) or Yichang East Railway Station | Take the bus arranged by the cruise company to Sandouping Port to embark your cruise ship. |
Important Embarkation Tips:
1. Address of Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal (or called Yichang No. 9 Dock): No.142, Yanjiang Avenue, Wujiagang District, Yichang City (facing Yichang Wanda Plaza) 宜昌市伍家岗区沿江大道142号 -宜昌三峡游客中心 (宜昌九码头).
2. Gathering Place at Yichang East Railway Station Address: Yichang Tourist Information Center, Chengdong Avenue, Wujiagang District, Yichang City (宜昌旅游信息咨询中心,宜昌市伍家岗区城东大道), about 30 meters ahead on the right of the exit of Yichang East Railway Station.
3. How to choose your gathering place? (1) If you take a train arriving in Yichang, you’d better use Yichang East Railway Station. At the exit, you can find the bus arranged by the cruise company heading to Maoping. (2) If you want to do city tour in Yichang downtown area, Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal will be a better choice with a shorter distance, furthermore because the buses depart more frequently there..
4. Suggested Gathering Time: Bus schedule varies in peak and off seasons. They usually run every 0.5 hour during 16:00-21:00 during peak season (middle March to end of November), and 0.5-1 hour during 19:00-21:00 during off season (December to early March). To avoid waiting for too long, you are suggested to gather at Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal or at Yichang East Railway Station during 17:30-19:00.
5. About Luggage: visitors could take the tourist bus with your luggage. Also, you can choose the luggage service, the cruise staff would transfer it from the gathering place to the front desk onboard your ship. Such service needs reasonable extra payment of about 30RMB/piece.
6. Please make sure to take the bus to Maoping Port on time, and if you miss it, contact us at once!
Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal
Yichang East Railway Station
Yichang East Railway Station (Gathering Place)
Yichang Downstream Cruise Disembarkation
All the Yangtze cruise companies will arrange worry free tourist buses and pick you up at Three Gorges Dam Site after the dam visiting and transfer you directly to Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal for disembarkation. You will arrive at Yichang downtown area around at 12:30 or 13:30.
Situation | Transportation to Yichang | Arrival Place | Arrival Time |
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Only Dam Visiting | After visiting the Three Gorges Dam Site, the cruise company will arrange the bus to transfer to Yichang downtown. | Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal (宜昌三峡游客中心) | Around 12:30 |
Dam Visiting + Ship Lift Experience | First switch to a sightseeing boat to sail through Ship Lift and then visit Three Gorges Dam. After the dam visiting, the cruise company will arrange the bus to Yichang downtown. | Around 13:30 |
Important Disembarkation Tips
1. On the disembarkation day, you’ll go through a check-out procedure and take your luggage away from the ship in this early morning. Then, you’ll begin your Three Gorges Dam tour or Ship Lift experience.
2. Luggage Consigning for Chongqing - Yichang Disembarkation: For the national policy about the security of the Three Gorges Dam Project, no large luggage (exceeding 20cm*40cm*50cm or 5kg) is allowed to be taken into Three Gorges Dam scenic area. You could consign your luggage to Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal and get the luggage consigning document from the cruise staff on the 4th cruising day morning and gather it after you are in Yichang downtown by showing that document. The service is offered by the cruise company and needs extra charge of 25RMB for each piece of luggage.
3. For you would arrive at Yichang downtown area during 12:30~13:30, we suggest you take a train after 15:30 or a flight after 16:00 for departure to the next destination. Please ask our travel consultant for ideas before booking your flight or train to best suit for your time.
4. If you need any private transfer service between Three Gorges Dam and airport / railway station, please contact us in advance.
Cruise Company Arranged Bus in Yichang
Yichang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal
>> Check more details about Maoping Port & How to Get There.
Get to Yichang Ports from Yichang Airport / Train Station
How to Get to Yichgang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal (宜昌三峡游客中心) from Airport/Train Station?
Yichang Sanxia Airport to <=> Yichgang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal |
About 30-35km | About 40-50mins driving |
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Yichang East Railway Station to <=> Yichgang Three Gorges Center Cruise Terminal |
About 9-12km | About 25-30mins driving |
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