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President 1 cruise ship is 90 meters long and 16.8 meters wide with 5 decks. It has four types of cabins: president suites, deluxe suites, deluxe stand rooms, standard rooms.

Envision yourself cruising the famous Yangtze River, flowing with it across the centuries, through breathtaking gorges, this exciting 3-night Yangtze River Cruise offers spectacular sites and scenery. Your trip highlights include: Chongqing, Fengdu, Shennong Stream, Three Gorges Dam, and Yichang.
 
DAY 1: ARRIVE CHONGQING
Fly from Shanghai to Chongqing by Air China flight CA4542 (11:30/14:00)
Upon arrival will be transferred by private van to the cruise pier. Most passengers usually board after dinner. The boat will depart Chongqing at around 9:00 PM.
 
DAY 2: FENGDU EXCURSION
Cruise by small towns whose existence is tied to the waters of the Yangtze. First stop is the town of Fengdu. For this shore excursion, you'll climb the many stairs to the Temple of the Emperor of Hell. This area is filled with temples and garish statues of demons and devils. In classic Chinese superstitious style, many myths and stories are connected to the ghosts, and your guide will describe how it's become a testing ground for whether souls are sent to heaven or hell. An interesting part of this shore excursion is comparing the partly-submerged rubble of the old town of Fengdu with the shiny new housing across the water, where the Fengdu inhabitants were re-housed. Join the captain in the evening for welcome drinks and dinner. (B,L,D)
 
DAY 3: SHENNONG STREAM EXCURSION
Rise early this morning and be on deck as you sail through the towering cliffs and mountains of the gorges Qutang and Wu Gorge. In the afternoon, transfer to smaller boats for a trip up a tributary of the river. An interesting 3 hour shore excursion, Shennong Stream is an area of the Yangtze that has changed considerably since the water level has risen. On the motorized boat ride up the tributary, the scenery changes into a narrow gorge, passing hanging coffins and local hillside villages. Where the gorge widens slightly, you transfer into smaller boats pulled by teams of "trackers" who wade thigh-deep through the water. Trackers were once the main method of pulling boats along parts of the Yangtze River. After tracking upstream, the boats are released to cruise back down with the current before joining the ferries again back to the Yangtze River cruise. Later, enter Xiling Gorge (B,L,D)
 
DAY 4: THREE GORGES DAM PROJECT
Visit the site of the enormous Three Gorges Dam Project. At any given time, up to 30,000 laborers are involved in the dam's construction. This project is China's biggest hydraulic engineering project, located in the middle section of Xiling Gorge. Its completion in 2009 will flood 20 towns and involve the relocation of 1.3 million people. The project includes the main dam, flood discharge gates, sand discharge gate, 5-level ship lock and a single-level ship elevator. Visiting the project site gives you the chance to see the dam from different perspectives. The outdoor platform is set high enough to get good overall views of this enormous project, and an indoor area contains a scale model of the entire dam site. Return to the boat after the excursion and journey one and a half hours to Yichang. Disembark here and transfer to Yichang airport for China Eastern MU5460 (16:20/17:50) (B, L)

President One Departure Dates

The President On2 2012 Departures