Three Gorges Photo Gallery

Places and attractions from the gallery are featured in the tours listed below. Please refer to each itinerary for a detailed account of the specific attractions included in that tour.

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Magnificent Yangtze / Ancient Capitals Deluxe 15-Day Tour (CIT005): Beijing 北京 – Three Gorges 三峡 – Xi’an 西安 – Guilin/Yangshuo 桂林/阳朔 – Shanghai 上海

Mysterious Tibet 16-Day Tour (CIT008): Beijing 北京 – Three Gorges 三峡 – Xi’an 西安 – Lhasa 拉萨 – Shanghai 上海

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The riverside city of Yichang (photo by Wikitravel)	The mists of the Yangtze (Chang Jiang) (photo by Jeremy Barwick)	The President 2's Observation Lounge (photo by YZ Cruises)

The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest electricity-generating plant
(photo by "Shizhao")


Tour of the Three Gorges: from the Three Gorges Dam to Chongqing (photo by Rolf Mueller)	Before and after the dam's construction (photo by NASA)


Bird's-eye view of the dam (photo by Wikitravel)	The locks of the Three Gorges Dam (photo by Richard Chambers)	View from downriver (photo by "The Pocket")


A Yangtze sunrise (photo by Robin Poll)	Ships enter the locks (photo by Robin Poll)	Close enough to have a conversation (photo by Robin Poll)	Spanning the Yangtze (photo by Robin Poll)


The first gorge: Xiling Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)	A clifftop pavilion overlooking Xiling Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)	A bridge in Xiling Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)


The "Little Three Gorges" (photo by Chris Greb)	...not really so little (photo by Jeremy Barwick)	Shennong Stream (photo by Robin Poll)	Rowboats on Shennong (photo by Robin Poll)


Shennong Stream (photo by Anita Ritenour)	A "hanging coffin" at Shennong Stream (photo by Robin Poll)	A closeup of the coffin (photo by Robin Poll)


Wu Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)	The walls of Wu Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)	Wu Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)	A cruise ship in Wu Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)


Qutang Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)	Sunrise at Qutang Gorge (photo by Robin Poll)	"White King Town" (photo by "Gisling")	A ghost statue at Fengdu (photo by Robin Poll)


Fengdu, the "City of Ghosts" (photo by Robin Poll)	A temple at Fengdu (photo by Robin Poll)	The City of Ghosts bathed in ghostly fog (photo by Gary Larson)


Cultivated fields lining the gorge (photo by Steve Cadman)	A spectacular view of a peak (photo by Gary Larson)	Fishermen on the Yangtze (photo by Hershel)


A clifftop building (photo by Anita Ritenour)	Dwarfed by the gorge (photo by Gary Larson)	Sheer cliffs (photo by David K.)	A riverside cave (photo by "Skype Nomad")


A pagoda on the Yangtze (photo by Jeremy Barwick)	A riverside walkway (photo by "The Pocket")	Shibaozhai Pagoda (photo by Anita Ritenour)	A Yangtze sampan (photo by Anita Ritenour)


Fishing in the mist (photo by Clark Gregor)	Buildings clinging to the gorge walls (photo by Eugene Regis)	Another nice shot of a gorge (photo by Steve Cadman)