7-Day Guilin, Chongqing and Yangtze River Tour | Karst Shores & Gorges

Your Guilin, Chongqing and Yangtze River tour starts with the following arrangements. Meet your Guilin airport team and begin the planned afternoon visits if the confirmed arrival leaves sufficient time. Reed Flute Cave’s illuminated passages introduce limestone formations, with stairs, damp surfaces and lighting to consider. Continue to Elephant Trunk Hill’s permitted riverside visitor area before the hotel transfer.

An early enough arrival is essential for both visits and a break after the flight. A late arrival requires an agreed itinerary adjustment before booking; the two sites are not silently removed or promised after their final-entry times.

Reed Flute Cave · Elephant Trunk Hill

Transfer to the pier on your actual Li River ticket for the planned roughly four-hour cruise toward Yangshuo. The booked vessel and service determine the precise sailing time, seating and any meal; this river boat is separate from the Yangtze ship later in the trip. Karst peaks and village riverbanks are viewed as conditions allow, without a guarantee of particular animals or fishing scenes.

After the Yangshuo hotel handover, join the agreed guided cycling route near the Yulong River. Confirm bicycle fit, helmets, distance and any child equipment before travel; a suitable alternative is agreed for guests who do not ride. Impression Sanjie Liu is an optional evening performance with a separate ticket, operating decision and return transfer.

Li River · Yulong River

Transfer from your countryside hotel to the actual Yangshuo railway station and take the booked second-class morning service toward Chongqing. Yangshuo Station is outside the town centre, so the road transfer and boarding buffer must be included. Confirm the direct service or any actual connection for your date rather than assuming the title alone guarantees a through train.

Meet the Chongqing team for Shancheng Alley’s steps and hillside paths, then the multi-level setting around Kuixing Building. Keep a hotel and meal break before the planned Hongyadong evening viewpoint. The actual train arrival must leave time for these visits; restored scenic streets and modern visitor structures are described as such.

Shancheng Alley · Kuixinglou Square · Hongyadong

Walk Ciqikou’s old trading lanes, view passing monorails at Liziba and continue to the Great Hall of the People square, with the hall exterior as the planned introduction. Visit the Three Gorges Museum when the booked opening and reservation permit, focusing on river landscapes, relocated heritage and the dam’s effect on communities. Museum closure and last-entry times must fit the cruise departure date.

Collect the luggage and transfer to the confirmed ship boarding point. The booked three-night standard balcony cabin, porter help, embarkation meal and safety arrangements are checked against the actual sailing. Land sightseeing ends with enough margin for boarding rather than relying on a fixed late departure for every vessel.

Ciqikou Ancient Town · Liziba Station · Chongqing Great Hall Exterior · Three Gorges Museum

Join the operator’s planned Fengdu Ghost City shore excursion, where hillside temples, statues and symbolic tests present ideas about judgement and ethics. Slopes and steps remain part of the route; an operating cableway is a separately priced option, not an automatic part of the included main visit.

Return for the ship meals and shared activities. The planned War Fires of the Three Kingdoms performance follows the selected ship package’s actual venue, ticket and operating notice. Confirm whether it is a shore event and how the return transfer works, rather than treating a large outdoor production as a show available inside every ship.

Fengdu Ghost City

Watch the downstream passage through Qutang and Wu gorges from the ship’s accessible viewing areas. Your operator announces the actual passing times, allowing for navigation, visibility and weather. The scenery is shared with the other passengers, and no particular light or quiet private deck is promised.

Join the planned small-boat Goddess Stream excursion when operating, then return for meals and the day’s entertainment. White Emperor City is a separately paid shore option on this version of the route, unlike sailings that include it. Any selection must fit the ship’s shore-return instructions, with the actual ticket and walking demand explained before you commit.

Qutang Gorge · Wu Gorge · Goddess Stream

Leave the ship at its confirmed port and follow the booked Three Gorges Dam programme, including the engineering museum and River Closure Memorial Park where specified in the sailing’s ticket. Security, visitor documents, internal transport and any optional ship-lift diversion are checked with the operator.

At the confirmed Yichang cruise-transfer endpoint, meet your private reception team and luggage for the onward airport or railway-station transfer. Choose a sufficiently late service after the operator’s actual release time is known. Do not book a tight morning departure on the assumption that disembarkation ends all the dam visits or that the final handover happens at the ship’s berth.

Three Gorges Dam · Three Gorges Project Museum · River Closure Memorial Park