Compared to train or airplane, now less people will choose a cruise ship as their vehicle to go out for travel. But going by waterway, is worth a try. You will enjoy the landscape as it glides by on your journey.

   China has a coastline of some 18,400 kilometers (11,433 miles), along which there are 12 coastal provinces and directly governed municipalities extending from north to south. By the end of 2005, the navigable inland waterways in China reached 123,300 kilometers (76,615 miles), especially in the four provinces of Jiangsu, Guangdong, Hunan and Sichuan. There are 35,242, 10 quay berths, among which 10 thousand-ton ones are distributed in the main stream and tributary of Yangtze River as well as the Pearl River water system.207,300 ships are under normal operation, transporting 202 million passengers a year.

   The largest fve waterways, as the main aquatic channels in China, crisscross the whole country - two north-south, and three east-west. They are the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Qinhuai River; while the latter three are Yangtze River, Xijiang River as well as the Amur River (Heilongjiang) and Songhua River.

 

   Yangtze Cruise: It passes the grand Three Gorges from the Baidi (White Emperor Town, Fengjie County in the west to Nanjinguan Pass, Yichang, in the east, a total at 193 km. Scenery en route are hundreds of relic and cultural sights and the breath-taking natural attractions.

   Li River Cruise: The 84 kilometers waterway from Guilin to Yangshuo covers some of the finest scenery around the world, which is a main tourist draw in Guilin.

   Cruise along the Beijing - Hangzhou Grand Canal: Scenery on the way is mainly the unique water villages in south China and China's rolling tranquil countryside.