This post is part of my China trip in Guangzhou. I did the river cruise on the first day in Guangzhou, China 🙂
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The river cruise in Pearl river especially at night is one of the famous attractions in Guangzhou, China. Some people might say that if you don’t do a river cruise in Pearl river, means that you’ve never been to Guangzhou … Lol 😀
There are quite a few starting point for this river cruise at Pearl river. I got some information about the schedule of the river night cruise from this website:
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Wharfs
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Number
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Cruise Ships
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Departure Time
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Ticket Price (Yuan/Person)
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Tianzi
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gzkl136
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Tianzi No. 1
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18:00
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48
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Tianzi
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gzkl139
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Bright Pearl of the Pearl River
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18:50
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58
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Tianzi
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gzkl141
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White Gull
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19:20
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88
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Tianzi
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gzkl112
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Bright Pearl of Flower City
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20:20
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48
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Tianzi
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gzkl061
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Information Times
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20:45
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68
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Tianzi
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gzkl137
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Information Times
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21:15
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58
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Tianzi
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gzkl152
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Silver Gull
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22:00
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88
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Tianzi
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gzkl130
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Information Times
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23:00
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78
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Xidi
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gzkl096
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Tianzi No. 1
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19:10
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48
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Xidi
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gzkl010
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Tianzi No. 3
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20:30
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48
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Xidi
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gzkl132
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Tianzi No. 2
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21:00
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38
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Xidi
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gzkl130
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Information Times
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23:00
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7
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So referring to the schedule above and based from my ticket fare (CNY38), I started from Xidi wharf.
Canton Tower
The city has set everything beautiful for this river night cruise. They’ve set the light on the buildings, and on the bridges.
I managed to get some pictures of the bridges and some well-known buildings along the Pearl river using my pocket camera, so … well the picture is not that sharp 😛
One thing that people wants to see during this river night cruise is Canton Tower! Canton Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in China, and the fourth tallest freestanding structure in the world.
So here are some pictures from the river night cruise … (the featured image is Jiefang Bridge)
Aiqun Mansion / Aiqun Hotel (this is the place that we had lunch on our first day in Guangzhou)
Haiyin Bridge
Xinghai Concert Hall
Some office buildings
Haixinsha Square (this venue was used for opening and closing ceremony of Asian Games 2010)
Pearl River Bridge
Canton Tower from afar
North Gate Square of Sun Yat-Sen University (this is one of the stopping point for this river night cruise)
Actually there is room inside the boat, where they’ve already set plenty of seats and table, but hey … I didn’t want to miss anything. The attractions are outside 🙂 (although on the way to the stopping point, we finally got inside the boat and sit haha).
So if you go to Guangzhou, try to do the river night cruise 😉
