As the boat enters Wu Gorge, My attention is attracted by the Twelve Peaks. These two lines from an ancient poem describe the admiration of travelers for the Twelve Peaks in Wushan. Even today, when a ship steams through Wu Gorge, passengers will all…

Homepage>Cruise Guide>Three Gorges’ Most and Leasts Do you know the following Mosts and Leasts in the Yangtze Three Gorges? The river is narrowest at Fan Shoal, the upstream entrance to Wu Gorge, where the navigation channel is only 50 meters wide at the low-water…

We are booked for a cruise departing Yichang on 16 November. The cruise is part of a tour through SNA Travel Group. Could I please clarify if any tours ashore are included as indicated on your website? Also, would it be possible to upgrade…

Homepage>Cruise Guide>First Steamer to Pass the Three Gorges The first steamer to sail along the Three Gorges was S. S. Lichuan, which arrived at Chongqing from Yichang in early 1898, the 24th year of the Qing Emperor Guangxu’s reign. Previously, only wooden junks negotiated…

Homepage>Cruise Guide>Yangtze River We Chinese call the Yangtze River, Chang-jiang, which means “Long River”, or just “Jiang” — river.  (We called another main river, Yellow River,  “He”, sounding like “her”) The longest river in China and the third-longest river in the world, the 6,300 kilometer…