On July 11th, 2005, 600 years to the day after Zheng He set out, the expedition will weigh anchor at the port city of Taicang, Jiangsu Province, and trace Zheng He's original course. En route, the expedition will pass more than 20 countries and 50-plus ports before arriving at the final destination of Malindi, near modern Mombasa, a coastal city in the East African nation of Kenya.
二○○五年七月十一日，鄭和下西洋六百周年紀念日當天，探險隊將由大陸江蘇省太倉市啟航，沿著當年鄭和下西洋的路線，途經二十餘國、共五十幾個港口，最後抵達東非肯亞的亞麻地。