2025/2026 Yangtze River Cruise Calender – Choose Your Perfect Cruise Date
Welcome to our Yangtze River Cruise Calendar 2025/2026! Here, you can easily find your ideal departure date, explore itineraries, check prices, and discover popular tour packages with essential travel tips. Whether you prefer a short getaway or an extended voyage, our cruises promise an unforgettable experience. Use the arrows to browse sailing schedules for the next 12 months, and click on a date to view routes, ship details, and prices, securing the best cruise for you. If you're planning a trip in the next two years and schedules aren't available yet, feel free to contact our travel consultants. Start selecting your cruise now and immerse yourself in China’s breathtaking landscapes and rich culture!
Essential Yangtze River Cruises Travel Tips
* 2025 Yangtze River Cruise Routes:
- Chongqing = Yichang: This route is the top choice for 95% of travelers, offering a perfect blend of natural beauty and cultural highlights of the Three Gorges in just 4 days downstream or 5 days upstream.
- Chongqing = Shanghai: This is the ultimate Yangtze River cruise experience, spanning 11-12 days and covering a wide range of cultural and historical sites along the river. In 2025, the only ship offering this route is the Century Legend.
- Chongqing = Nanjing: This is a 10/11-day special itinerary offered by Yangtze 2 (from August 21 to October 26), taking travelers on a comprehensive exploration of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including rewarding visits to 3 UNESCO heritage sites.
* Top Recommended Cruise Lines:
- Century Cruises: Asia’s Best River Cruise Line (2021-2024) with outstanding fleet and service
- Victoria Cruises: New York-based luxury cruise line with international service
- Yangzi Explorer: 2025 Launched unparalleled luxury "Celebrity Choice" with one-on-one service
- Changjiang Cruises: Professional experienced team offering all-inclusive cruise packages & unique itineraries
* Best Time to Cruise:
- The ideal time for a Yangtze River cruise depends on individual preferences. For those seeking pleasant weather and the stunning natural beauty of blooming peach blossoms or rolling hills covered in red leaves, the months of April, May, September, October, and November are highly recommended.
- In contrast, June, July, and August are the peak family travel season, as children are on their summer break. Meanwhile, from December to March of the following year, the Yangtze River cruise enters its low season, offering visitors not only attractive discounts but also a more peaceful and less crowded experience.
- It’s advisable to avoid Chinese public holidays when selecting dates, as these periods tend to be crowded and cruises are more expensive.
Enrich Your Yangtze River Cruise Experience
To enjoy the classic joyous Yangtze River cruise sailing, most people prefer to discover it with more wonderful destinations in China for a richer savory of China’s beautiful nature, culture, history, modern city, and more miracles in one go. No matter you visit China for the first time or more, we highly recommend you plan some days in the famous port city Chongqing and more hot places such as Guilin and Zhangjiajie with amazing landscape and classic destinations including Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Chengdu, etc. before or after your cruising wind down! Select your favorite tour at below to start your vacation! Besides, all our tours are customizable, and we yangtze-river-cruises.com based in Chongqing, China is experienced in tour customization according to interests, needs and budget of our dear customers. So please feel free to contact us for a tailor-made tour if you are interested! Let’s go and explore!
4 Days Chongqing Yangtze Cruise Tour, Chongqing Cruise Tour
Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Yichang
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6 Days Chongqing, Yangtze River & Zhangjiajie Tour
Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Yichang / Zhangjiajie
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15 Days Shanghai Guilin Yangtze River Zhangjiajie Xian Beijing Tour
Shanghai / Zhangjiajie / Guilin / Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Yichang / Xian / Beijing
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Beijing Xian Guilin Shanghai Tour with Yangtze River Cruise - 13 Days
Beijing / Xian / Guilin / Yangshuo / Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Shanghai
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12 Days Beijing Xian Shanghai with Yangtze River Cruise
Beijing / Xian / Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Yichang / Shanghai
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14 Days Beijing Xian Yangtze Cruise Zhangjiajie Shanghai Tour
Beijing / Xian / Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Yichang / Zhangjiajie / Shanghai
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13-day Beijing Xian Chengdu Yangtze Cruise Shanghai Tour
Beijing / Xian / Chengdu / Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Yichang / Shanghai
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17-day China Tour: Beijing Xian Lhasa Chengdu Yangtze Cruise Shanghai
Beijing / Xian / Lhasa / Chengdu / Chongqing / Yangtze Cruise / Yichang / Shanghai
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Over the past few years, we have helped many cruise passengers from around the world fulfill their dream of sailing along the Yangtze River. So far, we have received over 1,070 authentic reviews from our guests. If you are still undecided about whether to book a Yangtze River luxury cruise, which ship to choose, or what highlights to expect during the journey, reading their feedback might just help you make up your mind.
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1. My travel consultant always answers all my queries patiently and promptly and provides advice when appropriate. 2. We are happy with the tour arrangement. We wanted a more relaxing tour and we are happy that the tour was well arranged. It was not rushed but we were able to visit all...
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Reviewed on December 14, 2024
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We have safely arrived Guangzhou in preparation for our homeward journey back to Australia. The Canadian pair have reached their destination of HK , they, seasoned traveller to China are like us are more than happy with your travel....
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