China is filled with extraordinary locations – after all, a tour will not be complete without various visits to the Great Wall or the Forbidden City. A cruise tour along the Yangtze River is a great way to check out the attractions that this country has to offer. Along this river cruise tours, you will not only be viewing awesome natural beauty like for instance, the Three Gorges, but you will also be learning about the history or the culture of this area.
Exploritas
Elderhostel has offered lifelong learning adventures from long back in 1975, and they are now using the name Exploritas for its cruise tours or trips. Exploritas provides a wide variety of cruise tours along the Yangtze River, each of them with different focus. One outing will be visiting various China icons like a Qin tomb in Xi`an or the Forbidden City and then will set sail along the Yangtze River, on the river portion, you will be getting a crash course in ecology, modern Chinese society, geology or traditional medicine. Another trip provided by Exploritas will feature the Yangtze and Li rivers and will include various discussions with several Chinese students and a demonstration by a landscape painter.
Exploritas
11 Avenue de Lafayette Boston
(800) 454 5768
exploritas.org
Smithsonian Journeys
Smithsonian Journeys will provide a tour which will include a Yangtze River cruise plus various visits to 5 spots which have been designated by the United Nations as World Heritage Sites. The river tour will start at the Red Pagoda, which is an architectural gem from the nineteenth century, and will continue with touring the towering Three Gorges area. The outing`s 5 heritage sites will include Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, Ming and Qing imperial palaces and the mausoleum of the Qin emporer from Xi`an.
Smithsonian Journeys
P.O. Box 23182
(877) 338 8687
smithsonianjourneys.org
Discover Yangtze
You will be having a wide variety of options for touring with DiscoveryYantze.com. For a short tour, you will be spending 2 days sailing along the Yangtze River on a hydrofoil ship. If you will be wanting something a little more longer, you should take a 9-day tour, which will start in Shanghai to Chngqing and flying to Guilin where you will be cruising along the Li River. If you will be having time for a more in-depth exploration, a 3-week tour will include cruises along the Li and Yangtze rivers as well as various visits to Chengdu, where you can view giant pandas; history-rich Zhenyuan; Longsheng, which is the home of renowned terraced landscapes; and Zhangjiajie, also known for its extraordinary forest lands.
Discover Yangtze
4-12 Datong St. Yuzhong District
(86) 1398 3733 949
discoveryyangtze.com