Badong County

A hillside town on the Yangtze Three Gorges, known for Shennong Stream tracker-style rafting and Wu Gorge scenery, and a stop for Three Gorges cruises.

Badong County lies in western Hubei, in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The Yangtze crosses the county, and the eastern part of Wu Gorge flows through it. The Shennong Stream rises in Shennongjia and runs through a deep gorge, where you can ride a pea-pod boat and see how trackers hauled boats by rope. In the south of the county, the Yesanguan area sits at a higher elevation and is cool in summer. Many Yangtze Three Gorges cruises stop at Badong and arrange Shennong Stream excursions. Spring and autumn are the best times to visit. You can arrive by cruise ship or drive via the Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway, and the Yichang–Wanzhou Railway also has a station in the county.

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