Recent Traveler Reviews
Here is a selection of the most recent reviews of the Huangpu River Cruise and Bund City Lights Evening Tour of Shanghai submitted by actual travelers. Read what travelers liked, what they loved, and what they thought could be improved.
Seeing the boats lit up on the river was nice but the boat was just crammed with people. Our tour had only a total of 5 people but combining many, many other tour groups made it a bit overwhelming. Riding the little tram going down the Nanjing center is pretty pathetic. Price is way too high for this tour.
Reviewed by: DONALD C, USA, March 2012
We enjoyed the evening cruise although you can get the tickets on your own for a much cheaper price. The second part of the tour was pretty lame. We took a trolley up the pedestrian street of The Bund. It took about 5 minutes and that constituted our "Bund City Lights Evening Tour". That part of the tour was a huge rip-off.
Reviewed by: Sami H, South Korea, May 2010
Rather disappointing. Duration of the tour was also much shorter than expected. I have been on other Viator tours, e.g. in Washington DC, where the standard of your guide was much higher.
Reviewed by: Corina S, Singapore, April 2010
Fellow passengers were rowdy rude and drunk at 6:30 at night.
Reviewed by: Monica B, October 2009
I will give it a 5 out of 10.
Reviewed by: FERDINAND L, USA, September 2009
Fabulous guide! Beautiful sights.
Reviewed by: Karen T, New Zealand, November 2008
While the lights and skyline of Shanghai are lovely from the Bund, this tour experience was quite awful. We hope it was just the Expo crowds, but we were abandoned by our guide in the boat cruise queue for 40 uncomfortable minutes amidst a throng of drunken, shoving and rude non-English speaking tourists. It was impossible to hear the English narration on the cruise, so we have no idea what we were seeing. While the Nanjing Road trolley ride was somewhat better we were also accosted constantly by street vendors. We wish our guide would have a) protected us from the vendors more and b) provided some actual guide info/helped us understand what we were seeing. And most importantly, please do not EVER abandon a group on the street alone -- we paid for a service we did not receive.
Reviewed by: Leanna M, October 2010
In my opinion this tour isn't worth the money. The boat was very crowded. You can enjoy better views of the Shanghai Skyline from the bund in your own time for free.
Reviewed by: Luke S, October 2010
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