Yangtze River Travel Information

Guided China Tour Yangtze River Travel Information Yangtze River is the life blood and the mother river of the Chinese Nation. There is no exaggeration of its colourful description and over 6,300 km long. She is the longest and largest river in China and only surpassed by the Amazon River in South America and the Nile in Africa. The river start from an area called Tongtian, the melting snows and ice in the Tanggula Mountain chain in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau. The river travel from west to east through Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yannan, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces and the city of Shanghai and finally flowing into the East China Sea. The most spectacular scenic attractions are the Three Gorges. Yangtze River has enormous and inexhaustible hydroelectric resources reaching 200 milion kilowatt. The main trunk of the river navigable as long as 2,800 kilometer, and Yangtze is also known as the Golden Channel. The middle reach is famed as Abundant Land and lower reach the Land Flowing with Milk and Honey. Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chongqing many cities standing alongside the river with their economic cultural and historical importance. For the west we called in English ‘the Yangtze’ represent the whole river but in Chinese name ‘Chang Jiang’ meaning a very long river. April bringing heavy rainfall to begin the rainy season and the main flood season is from June to August. November is a dry season for the Yangtze. The Yangtze River Cruise with downstream itinerary will travel from Chongqing, Yichang, Wuhan, Huangshan, Nanjing, and Shanghai. The upstream itinerary will be in a reverse order and can take up to 9 days for the whole tour. However, most popular cruise tour is 4 days between Chongqing to Yichang, so that visitors and travel to other cities by land or by air. The attractions along the Yangtze River will be the Fengdu Ghost City, Shibaozhai, Qutang Gorge, Lesser Three Gorges, Wu Gorge, Xiling Gorge, Three Gorges Dam and Mount Huangshan. Recommend to use all 5 stars American owned Yangtize River Cruise example the Victoria – full broad facilities with good food, good services and entertainment daily on board.