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Cycling
tour level: Moderately
to Challenging |
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Total
Cycling Distance: Approximately
327 miles (536 km): Average distance
per travel day: 65 miles (107
km). Cycling may be supplemented
on occasion with vehicle transport
when necessary to reach the next
destination before dark or to
avoid cycling on long stretches
of unpaved road. |
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Tour
type: Vehicle supported.
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Day 1: Chongqing (30km
cycling) |
Fly
to Chongqing on FM9469 DEP Shanghai
13:55, ARR Chongqing 16:10. Meet
group members, hotel transfer.
Tour of this hilly city to visit
the Yangtze River. River cruise
at night and a ride on China's
first monorail. |
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Day 2: Changshou (37km
cycling) |
Cross
the Yangtze River and cycle to
Mudong, once on the way out of
Chongqing and then again to enter
Changzhou and cycle along the
south side of the Yangtze. |
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Day 3: Fengdu (113km cycling) |
Fengdu
is famous for its ghost town Mingshan
Mountain, the stone carving of
the ghost king appearing in the
Guinness Book of Records, and
the unique kingdom of hell. |
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Day 4: Wanxian (172km
cycling) |
Visit
the two nine-storeyed pagodas
for good fortune. |
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Day 5: Fengjie (136km
cycling) |
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to Fengjie on mountainous roads. |
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Day 6: Badong |
Take
Ferry 93 km through the Qutang
and Wu Gorges to Badong and then
a half-day excursion up the Shennong
Stream for impressive scenery
in the "peapod" boats
that are pulled and rowed upstream. |
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Day 7: Yichang (58km cycling) |
Take
a ferry 66 km through the Xiling
Gorge and to the Three Gorges
Dam site. Cycle 58 km to Yichang. |
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Day 8: Shanghai |
Fly
to Shanghai in the afternoon:
Flight FM9366 DEP Yichang 16:00
ARR Shanghai 17:30. End of tour. |
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For
more information about our China
Tour "Three
Gorges Yangtze River Cycling Tour",
contact us at info@china-roads.com
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