Yangtze Explorer
- Chinese Name:长江探索号
- Itinerary: Chongqing → Yichang (4 Day 3 Nights) ；Yichang → Chongqing (5 Day 4 Nights)
- Daparture: Chongqing → Yichang (Every Thursday)； Yichang → Chongqing (Every Sunday)
- Recommendation Rating: 5 Stars
- Year of Renovation: 2025
- Length: 104 meters
- Width: 16 meters
- Number of Decks: 6
- Passenger Capacity: 148
- Gross Tonnage: 7,389 tons
- Deluxe Suites: 58
- Ambassador Suites: 12
- Kissinger Suite: 1
- Rockefeller Suite: 1
- Gates Suite: 1
- Buffett Suite: 1
Yangtze Explorer
If you have only one chance in your lifetime to choose a cruise for a tour of the Yangtze Three Gorges, please choose the Yangtze Explorer.
Yangtze Explorer
A Refined Luxury Cruise Through the Three Gorges
Discover the beauty of China’s Yangtze River aboard the Yangtze Explorer, a luxury cruise designed for travelers who value comfort, privacy, and a more relaxed way to experience the Three Gorges.
A More Comfortable Way to See the Yangtze
Instead of changing hotels every day or following a rushed sightseeing schedule, a Yangtze River cruise allows you to unpack once and enjoy the journey at a comfortable pace. From your private cabin, you can watch the landscape gradually change—from riverside towns and traditional villages to the dramatic cliffs of the Three Gorges.
The Yangtze Explorer offers a more intimate cruising experience, with comfortable accommodation, carefully arranged dining, and attentive onboard service. It is particularly suitable for international travelers, couples, families, and guests from Hong Kong and Taiwan looking for a quieter and more convenient way to explore the Yangtze.
Experience the Three Gorges
Depending on your itinerary, the cruise may include visits to some of the region’s best-known attractions and cultural sites, as well as scenic sailing through the Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge, and Xiling Gorge. Shore excursions provide opportunities to learn more about local history, culture, and everyday life along the river.
Travel with a Trusted Local Partner
As a Chongqing-based travel agency, we understand the Yangtze River cruise system and the practical needs of international visitors. We can assist with cruise reservations, transfers, hotel arrangements, sightseeing, and itinerary coordination before and after your cruise.
Our goal is simple: clear arrangements, reliable service, and a smooth travel experience from start to finish.
Let us help you experience the Yangtze River at a comfortable pace—with the scenery outside your window and professional local support along the way.
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Why Choose Yangtze Explorer?
A More Relaxed Way to Discover the Yangtze
Comfortable Accommodation
Enjoy the convenience of staying in the same cabin throughout your cruise, with comfortable private accommodation and views of the Yangtze River.
A More Intimate Cruise Experience
The Yangtze Explorer provides a more refined and relaxed cruising environment, suitable for travelers who prefer a quieter experience rather than a large-scale cruise atmosphere.
Scenery at Your Own Pace
Wake up to changing river landscapes, dramatic mountains, traditional riverside communities, and the spectacular Three Gorges.
Thoughtful Shore Excursions
Selected shore excursions allow you to explore important cultural and scenic attractions along the Yangtze while learning more about the history and everyday life of the region.
Professional Local Support
Booking with a Chongqing-based travel agency means you have a local team available to assist with cruise arrangements, transfers, hotels, and sightseeing before and after your cruise.
The Yangtze Explorer Cruise Experience
A Yangtze River cruise is more than transportation—it is a comfortable way to experience one of China’s most important rivers.
Spend your days enjoying the changing scenery from the ship, relax in your cabin between excursions, and discover historic towns, cultural sites, and spectacular river landscapes along the way.
As the ship enters the Three Gorges, the scenery becomes increasingly dramatic. Steep cliffs rise from the river, mist may linger around the mountains, and the narrow waterways create some of the most memorable views of the journey.
For international travelers visiting China for the first time, the cruise also provides an easy opportunity to combine nature, history, culture, and relaxation in one journey.
What to Expect
Before Your Cruise
Our local team can help coordinate your hotel, private transfer, cruise check-in, and pre- or post-cruise arrangements in Chongqing and other cities along your itinerary.
On Board
Enjoy your private cabin, onboard dining, public areas, river views, and a relaxed daily rhythm. There is no need to pack and unpack every day.
During Shore Excursions
Depending on your cruise itinerary, you may visit scenic areas, historical sites, local communities, and cultural attractions along the Yangtze.
After Your Cruise
We can continue to assist with your onward transfer, hotel arrangements, airport or railway station transfers, and connections to your next destination in China.
One booking, one local contact, and a clearer travel arrangement from beginning to end.
What’s Included
Your exact inclusions depend on the selected cruise itinerary and cabin category.
Typically, your cruise package may include:
- Private cabin accommodation
- Meals served on board
- Scheduled shore excursions
- Onboard entertainment and activities
- Cruise service and daily housekeeping
- Port and cruise-related charges
Optional Services
We can also arrange additional services according to your travel plans:
- Private airport or railway station transfers
- Chongqing hotel accommodation
- Private sightseeing tours
- English-speaking guide services
- Pre- or post-cruise China tours
- Private car services
- Customized multi-city itineraries
We will clearly confirm what is included before you make your booking, so there are no unnecessary surprises.
Book with Confidence
Your Local Yangtze River Travel Partner in Chongqing
Booking a Yangtze River cruise from overseas can sometimes feel complicated, especially when you need to coordinate hotels, transfers, cruise schedules, and sightseeing arrangements.
As a local travel agency based in Chongqing, we provide practical assistance before, during, and after your cruise.
We believe good travel service is not about making unrealistic promises. It is about clear information, accurate arrangements, responsive communication, and reliable local support.
Before confirming your booking, we will explain the cruise route, cabin category, inclusions, departure information, and additional services clearly.
If you need assistance during your journey, our local team can also help coordinate transportation and other arrangements in Chongqing and along the Yangtze River.
You enjoy the river. We take care of the details.