Huangpu River
Cruise
Huangpu River cruise is a traditional tourist item in
Shanghai's tour.
It is famous not only for being Shanghai's mother
river but also for the collection of the quintessence of Shanghai scenes. Here one
can find the expression of Shanghai's past, present and prospects for a
brilliant future.
It offers some remarkable views of the
Bund and the riverfront activity. Huangpu River cruise 153 Zhongshan Dong Erlu,
depart from the dock on the Bund, near Yan’an Lu. The one-hour cruise takes in
Yangpu
Bridge; there are also
two-hour and 3 hours and half cruises that have several classes. More expensive
tickets include refreshments. Depending on your enthusiasm for loading cranes,
the night cruises are more scenic, though the boat traffic during the day is
interesting. The 3 hours and half excursion is a 60km round trip, northwards up Huangpu River to the
junction with Chang Jiang and back again along th same route.
Departure times
vary, but there are afternoon and evening departures for all three categories
during weekdays, with the addition of morning cruises on weekdays.
Shanghai is one of the world’s largest ports and the tour boat passes an
enormous variety of craft—freighters, bulk carriers, roll—on roll—off
ships, sculling sampans, giant praying—mantis cranes, the occasional junk and
Chinese navy vessels (which aren’t supposed to be photographed)