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Shennong Stream 神农溪Shénnóng Xī
5A scenic area · Enshi, Hubei
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Enshi
- Region
- Hubei
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 5A scenic area
About Shennong Stream
A Yangtze tributary running about 60 km from the Shennongjia mountains through four gorges (Shennong, Mianzhu, Parrot and Longchang) to meet the river opposite Badong town. Visitors travel up the lower stream by tourist boat past cliffs with hanging coffins left by the ancient Ba people, and can try small wooden 'pea-pod' boats hauled by trackers, a practice kept going for tourism after it ended elsewhere on the Yangtze. It suits a half-day boat excursion from Badong.
How to get to Shennong Stream
Boats for the stream leave from the tourist pier in Badong county town on the Yangtze, across the river from the stream's mouth.
Nearby
- Shennongjia 神农架生态旅游区 50 km
Primeval forest and alpine meadow on the roof of central China, a UNESCO forest reserve
Also within 20 km: Wuxiakou (Wu Gorge Mouth), Badong 巫峡口 (under 10 km), Yuxian Valley (Wuyuan Cave), Badong 雨仙谷 (under 10 km), Baren River Gorge, Badong 巴人河 (20 km).
On the map
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