​2019 The Extraordinary Yangtze 8 Days

Leading in Luxury River Cruises on China’s Yangtze
5-Star Cruise — Century Sky
Sailing from Shanghai to Wuhan
7 Days and 6 Nights Cruise plus 5 Included Shore Excursions

​(Tour Code: CS7D19)

Visiting Cities: Shanghai / Taizhou / Nanjing / Yangzhou / Nanjing / Chizhou / Jiujiang / Wuhan

Day01 Shanghai Arrival (Jul 3rd, Jul 16th, Jul 29th, Aug 11th, Sep 15th, Sep 28th, Oct 11th, Oct 24th, Nov 6th, 2019)
When arriving in Shanghai, you will be greeted by our professional tour guide at the Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport and then transferred to the hotel. The rest of the day will be free for your own leisure.
Hotel: Central Hotel Shanghai 4* or similar

Day02 Shanghai (B, L, D)
After hotel breakfast, begin our wonderful city tour by visiting Yu Garden,

which was first built in 1559 during the Ming Dynasty. Then visit the Old

Town. Lastly, stop by Jade Buddha Temple. After the city tour, transfer to

Shanghai International Cruise Harbour in the afternoon. The cruise is

departing around 21:00 pm and sailing for Suzhou. You can come to sun

deck to enjoy the scenes of the Shanghai Bund, The Universal Expo of

architectures, the Oriental Pearl Tower and Lujiazui finance and trade

zone. You don’t want to miss it.

Day03 Taizhou (B, L, D)
After breakfast, you’ll join the Excursion: Taizhou Day Trip includes Ancient City Wall + Tower & Gardens visiting + Lunch at the Ancient Town + Fengcheng River smaller boat tour
Around 15:30 back to the cruise for onwards cruise itinerary.
Taizhou is a prefecture-level city in central Jiangsu Province in eastern China. Situated on the north bank of the Yangtze River, it borders Yangzhou to the west. Hu Jintao, former President of the Communist Party of China considered Taizhou his home town as did Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous Peking opera artists in modern Chinese history.
**Century SKY sets sail to Wuhan after you come back from the excursion. Either leave yourself in the library, gym, bar or enjoy the reading and relaxing in somewhere onboard. Of course, you could join the variety of onboard activities!

Day04 Yangzhou (B, D)
In the morning, you will enjoy free morning tea and coffee in the bar. If the weather permits, you can also practice Tai Chi with a professional trainer on the sunshine deck. After breakfast, you may visit the famous Slender Lake and a relax walking along “Dongguan Ancient Street” to explore China’s Southeast typical tradition and custom element. Back to ship for Dinner. And enjoy the Themed Cruise activity of Crew Cabaret Show.
The Slender Lake has beautiful scenery of garden group which had been formed the basic pattern in the period of the Qing Dynasty; it has the reputation "Gardens of the filled, armor in the world". Many famous gardens historical sites are distributed on both sides in the gentle and graceful twists and turns blue lake, just like a picture of long traditional Chinese painting.
Dongguan Ancient Street. The walking tour takes about 1 hour there. When wandering in the old street, you can feel the thousands profound cultural of Yangzhou, taste the special snacks and buy the accompanying gift in the old street.
【*Note: LUNCH is on your own upon your interests at Dongguan Ancient Street.】

Day05 Nanjing (B, D)
After breakfast around 08:30am, you will join the shore excursion to Nanjing Guanyin Statue Park & the Ancient Bodhidharma Cave. The excursion takes about 1.5 hours. Afternoon is opening hours for free walk around Nanjing Confucius Temple.
**Or you will join the optional afternoon shore excursion to Niushou Mountain with surcharge of CNY180/per person (about $36 in CAD). The excursion takes about 2 hours.
Nanjing Guanyin Statue Park & the Ancient Bodhidharma Cave: As one of the famous 48 scenic spots in Jinling (the name for Nanjing in ancient China), the Bodhidharma cave was built in honor of the Indian monk Damo, also known as Bodhidharma, the first person to bring Buddhism to China in AD 527.
There are 101 bronze statues of Bodhidharma with different expressions, set in 101 shrines in a three-layered natural cave on the slopes near Wumadu square. The 101 statues and seven reliefs in the scenic area were created from 250 tons of bronze materials.
Nanjing Confucius Temple. Located on the Northern bank of the Qinhuai River, the Confucius Temple in Nanjing is built for people to worship Confucius, a great thinker and educator in ancient China. It is one of the top four largest Confucius Temples in China. The other three are in Qufu, Jinan Province, Beijing, and Jilin Province. The temple is part of Qinhuai scenic area and become a feature of the landscape of the ancient capital of Nanjing.
Upon return to your Ship Century SKY enjoy dinner and GAME PARTY will be held with lucky draws in the bar till late of the evening.
Niushou Mountain is located in Jiangning District of Nanjing. The mountain twin peaks look like ox horns, hence the name. 1700 years ago, the first founder of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, emperor Yuandi, wanted to set up two magnificent gate towers to symbolize imperial power. However, Prime Minister, Wang Dao, considered it inappropriate to do so. One day, when they looked afar at the east and west peak of Niushou Mountain, the Minister suggested that the two peaks were the most suitable heavenly-made gate towers. Hence, the name Tianque mountain.
【*NOTE: LUNCH is on your own upon your interests at Confucius Temple waling street.】

Day06 Mt. Jiuhua (B, L, D)
After breakfast around 08:30am, you will join a full day shore excursion to Mt. Jiuhua. The excursion takes about 7 hours.
【*Lunch will be served by traditional table service with exquisite vegetarian food.】
Mt. Jiuhua (“Mountain of the Nine Lotuses”) - Located in south central Anhui Province, Jiuhuas Shan or “Mountain Jiuhua” is one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. Local climate is favorable, making it a popular summer resort. Observant Buddhist make a pilgrimage to climb Greater Tiantai peak, regarded as Jiuhuashan’s most important, although not the tallest. The construction of temples began in the Tang Dynasty and was enlarged in subsequent dynasties. The Buddhist influence still remains to this day throughout this area.
Upon return to your Ship Century SKY enjoy dinner.

Day07 Jiujiang City (B, L, D)
The delicacy Breakfast will be served in the main restaurant. Complimentary Morning coffee, tea, home baked cookies and Taichi exercise onboard will leisure the beginning of your day. Either leave yourself in the library, gym, or enjoy the reading and relaxing in somewhere onboard. Of course, you could explore the ancient city by walking alongside the Yangtze River or join the variety of onboard activities or join the optional tour of A or B!
【Optional A: Jingdezhen】
Bus tour to Jingdezhen [*CNY380/per person (about $76 in CAD) with a day tour of about 9 hours & lunch at the tour site].

Porcelain Capital of China. The single side drive is nearly 2 hours. During the tour, you can visit the manual antique porcelain factory, ancient kiln porcelain yard and ceramic Expo area where you can see the whole process of hand-made porcelain and browser the exhibition of the historical customs and ceramic relics of Jingdezhen. After the Scenic spot lunch (Table dinner, ten people/table), stroll the China ceramic city, where you can see different levels of Jingdezhen porcelain.
【Optional B: Mt. Lushan】
Bus tour to Mt. Lushan [*CNY380/per person (about $76 in CAD) with a day tour of about 9 hours & lunch at the tour site].

Mt.Lushan earns its fame for the grand, precipitous but breath-taking natural landscape there. Lushan National Park has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996 and it is a prominent scenic spot especially during summer time for weather is cooler here than most places in Central China. Thus, it has been the most popular resort for foreign missionaries, for example, Absalom Sydenstricker who is father of Pearl Buck is one of the 5 earliest missionaries to acquire real estate in Kuling area in the mountains.

Day08 Wuhan (B)
After an early breakfast onboard Century Sky. Guests will disembark around 08:30am from Wuhan Cruise Ship Terminal Harbour. Transfer to airport for homebound flight. Tour ends.

【Disembarkation time may delay due to the water level, please do not book homebound flight in the morning】

Package Price: CAD$/Per Person

*Note: Prices per person and subject to change. Single supplement will be charged for each passenger occupying a single room/cabin. Cruise cabin can be upgraded, please contact us for details.

Cost Includes: 

• 7 days 6 nights Yangtze River cruise based on double occupancy (Deluxe Cabin)
• English-conducted sightseeing land-tours/shore-excursions specified in the itinerary 
  
• 1st class hotel accommodation based on double occupancy
  
• Meals as listed in the itinerary
  
• Sightseeing admission fees according to itinerary
  
• Ground transportation/round trip airport transfer
  

Cost Excludes: 

• International airfare
• China visa
  
• Travel insurance
  
• Tips and personal expenses
  

*Remarks: 

• B–Breakfast / L–Lunch / D–Dinner
• All rates are per person double occupancy and subject to change
  
• Pre-stay & post-stay is available, please contact us for details
  
• Cruise cabin can be upgraded, please contact us for details.
  
• Tipping for Cruise members: RMB￥350/Per Person (USD$48/pp). This fee will be credited on Passenger’s account once checking in onboard and be settled when disembarking. For land tours or shore excursions, we recommend USD10 per person per day paid directly to guides and boat men.
  
• The cruising itinerary onboard Century Fleet is subject to change due to weather conditions, water level, navigation and seasonal conditions.
  

Wish you a memorable cruise & pleasant onwards Journey!