Shennong Stream is located in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in Hubei Province. The 60-kilometer-long Shennong Stream rises in the southern part of Shennongjia Nature Reserve and joins the Yangtze River at Xirangkou in Badong County. Its natural beauty and local color have attracted the interest of overseas tourists. The Shennong Stream Special Rafting Tour is a key program.

The Shennong Stream Specail Rafting Tour covers 20 kilometers from Mianzhu (Bamboo) Gorge to Yingwu (Parrot) Gorge and Longchuan Gorge. During the rafting tour, you might see large and small karst caves, home of many swallows, a world of high cliffs, deep gorges, flying waterfalls, three-colored springs, the ancient trestle path the suspended coffin in the cliff, the groups of ancient tombs and marvelous karst formations. Startled swallows swoop overhead, fish swim about in the depths of the water and monkeys play on the shore. The natural landscape is fascinating for overseas tourists sightseeing on simple, peapod-like flat boats. The boats will raft to a Longchuanhe Village where the Tujia minority nationality people live. They are hardworking and hospitavle people and are good at singing and dancing. You can catch a picture of Tujia people's local and traditional style of living.
The average flow of the stream is 20 cubic meter per second a year. It is an ideal place for drafting tour with a very good experience of adventures without any danger.
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