Jiuwan river drifting

The starting point of Jiuwanxi drifting is 50km away from Zigui new town, 20km away from the Three Gorges Dam, and the drifting journey is 13.2km. It can be divided into two sections: rapids and boating on Pinghu Lake. The drifting time is about 3 hours.

Jiuwan river drifting

Jiuwanxi drifting is located in Jiuwanxi town (formerly Zhouping Township, Zigui County), 20 km south of the Yangtze River and 50 km west of Zigui new town. The whole drifting water area is 13.2 km, and the drifting time is between two and a half to three hours. Jiuwanxi drifting scenic spot is a rising star on the golden line of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. It is an ecological recreation area integrating exploration, leisure and sightseeing. It is an important part of "watching the Three Gorges Dam and enjoying the scenery of Pinghu Lake". It is praised as "the first drifting spot in China" by Chinese and foreign tourists.

geographical environment

Jiuwanxi drifting is located in Jiuwanxi town (formerly Zhouping Township, Zigui County), 20 km south of the Yangtze River and 50 km west of Zigui new town. The whole drifting water area is 13.2 km, and the drifting time is between two and a half to three hours. Jiuwanxi drifting scenic spot is a rising star on the golden line of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. It is an ecological recreation area integrating exploration, leisure and sightseeing. It is an important part of "watching the Three Gorges Dam and enjoying the scenery of Pinghu Lake". It is praised as "the first drifting spot in the Three Gorges" by Chinese and foreign tourists.

The 13.2km long Jiuwanxi river is divided into upper and lower sections. The upper section is 6.8km long, which is a thrilling and exciting rafting. Boats are flying on the rapids, full of passion and green water. There are many cliffs on both sides of the river. Boats are floating in the water, and people are swimming in the painting. The lower section is 6.4km long, which is a leisure and sightseeing rafting in still water, with a depth of 70-80cm and a long blue wave. There are 48 peaks along the way, each of which has a different posture. Sitting on the rafter, you can enjoy the wonderful scenery of Bifeng stone, Wangfu stone, Monkey King Village, etc. along the way, you can also explore the tranquility and magic of the 800 meter gap between heaven and earth.

Before 2005, Jiuwanxi rafting scenic area focused on building rafting projects. Although the summer rafting was the best, it wasted tourism resources in spring, autumn and winter. Since 2005, Jiuwanxi scenic spot has changed its previous seasonal tour to four seasons tour, and developed new Pinghu sightseeing project, which fully embodies the new tourism concept of "sports, leisure and health". The land tour section has been added, starting from Jiuwanxi bridge and ending at the starting point of Jiuwanxi drifting. Along the way, there are more than ten scenic spots, such as fairy mountain, Jieya, lovers peak, Shenniu spring, jiangjunyan, meirenshaimi, and heshangyan It is a natural landscape.

Main landscape

Jiuwan river drifting section is divided into Yingbing gorge, Wangfu gorge and Guanyin gorge. There is no need to decorate each section of natural sightseeing. The specific distribution is as follows:

Yingbing Gorge Scenic section

It is about 2km from the yellow water plate of Linjia river section below Jiuwanxi hydropower station in Zigui county to Heilongtan cascade II hydropower station in Zhouping township. The scenic spot is mainly for sightseeing of the battle sites between Bailian cult and Qing soldiers, supplemented by ghost rock house and lion rock.

Wangfu Gorge Scenic section

The section from Heilongtan cascade II power station to wangfushi is 3 km long. This section begins to enter the "no man's land", with more than 20 rapids and shoals. It's the highlight of rafting exploration. Starting from Qingshan soft bridge, it successively passes through Houwang village, Bifeng stone, Wangfu stone, Zhongshan soft bridge, Wentian Dixie and other landscapes.

There are two hills on the right bank of the upper reaches of Wangfu gorge and houwangzhai. There are many monkeys on both sides. It is said that this place is the residence of "Monkey King", so it is named.

Bifengshi - above the Zhongshan soft bridge, there is a sharp conical peak on the right bank, about 500 meters high, which looks like a woolen hair on the side of an inverted stream. It has the spirit of "poking the pen and asking the sky". It is said that this is Qu Yuan's magic pen, with vivid images.

Wangfu stone is a mountain peak on the right bank of Jiuwan River, about 300 meters high. It looks like a woman in ancient costume standing with a child on her back near the river. Its shape is lifelike, and various vivid scenes can be seen from different angles.

Guanyin Gorge Scenic section

From below Wangfu stone, through Baixiao map, fairy bath, Guanyin rock, coffin ridge to the end of the drifting. It is about 2.2km long and is at the end of the drifting. Just like Avalokitesvara, the stream of Avalokitesvara is relatively gentle and the mountain scenery is steep and beautiful. The tourists drift here. After the thrilling and passionate scenes of the above River, they really feel relaxed and relaxed.

It is about 400 meters high on a cliff on the left bank of the lower reaches of baixiaotu Jiuwanxi river. There are many strange stones above. From a distance, they are shaped like human beings, sitting or lying, standing, happy or sad, with different shapes.

Fairy bathing - a rock on the right bank of the river, about 20 meters long and 2 meters high, has many natural strip marks on the surface of the rock, just like a group of graceful fairies coming down to earth to bathe by the stream.

Coffin ridge, Huangyan - the landscape on the left bank of the end of the drifting. Looking across the stream, coffin ridge looks like a giant coffin. On the side of the ridge, Huangyan is 100 feet high and the river beach is gentle. So far, the drifting is over.

Travel notes

Listing price: 180 yuan for adults; online discount price: 130 yuan for adults

Special tips: children under 1 meter 1 are not allowed to participate in rafting. Children between 1 meter 1 and 1 meter 4 must be accompanied by professional drifters. The price is 280 yuan.

① Opening hours: 9:00-20:00 (generally 13:00 p.m.)

② Pick up place: the ticket window of Qu Yuan's hometown on Pinghu Avenue, Zigui county (the newly revised Jiuwanxi drifting ticket is a two micron paper ticket, and the entrance guard scanning system is very demanding. The entrance guard system will not support the wet and wrinkled tickets.)

③ Reservation standard for special population: children under 14 years old, people under 1.4 meters and people over 50 years old must buy special care tickets

④ Ticket Description: the ticket does not include round-trip transfer; the car needs to be paid at its own expense

Drifting route

Starting from Wuhan

1. From the city to the expressway

1) From the starting point to the southeast, drive 20 meters, turn left to enter Yanjiang Avenue; 2) drive 420 meters along Yanjiang Avenue, turn left; 3) drive 10 meters, turn left front to enter Sanyang road; 4) drive 940 meters along Sanyang Road, cross Sanyang Road overpass and go straight to Macao Road; 5) drive 1.5 km along Macao Road, go straight; 6) drive 20 meters, go straight; 7) Drive 10 meters straight into Sanyanqiao Road 8) drive 1.8 km along Sanyanqiao Road, turn left into Fazhan Avenue 9) drive 500 meters along Fazhan Avenue, pass the development building on the right for about 230 meters, then go straight into the Second Ring Road 10) drive 220 meters along the Second Ring Road, turn left towards Changfeng Avenue / hanxibei road / Jiefang Avenue / zhiyinqiao 11) Continue to drive along the second ring road for 220 meters, straight into Hankou station channel 12) drive along Hankou station channel for 430 meters, pass Dongfang Shangdu on the right for 290 meters, straight into the Second Ring Road 13) drive along the second ring road for 2.0 kilometers, turn right towards Jianshe Avenue / Jiefang Avenue / zhiyinqiao / Second Ring Road 14) Continue to drive 1.7 km along the Second Ring Road, turn right to zhiyinqiao / Longyang Avenue / Qintai Avenue / Hanyang (15) continue to drive 2.3 km along the Second Ring Road, straight into Longyang Avenue (16) drive 1.2 km along Longyang Avenue, turn right (17) drive 40 m, turn right ahead and enter Qintai Avenue (18) Drive along Qintai avenue for 4.2km, then go straight into Hancai expressway

2. Hancai Expressway 1) drive 120 meters along Hancai Expressway towards Caidian / Yichang / Zhengzhou / Beijing, turn left slightly, and charge for the whole section; 2) continue to drive 34.9 kilometers along Hancai expressway, leave the upper ramp from the exit, and charge for the whole section; 3) drive 790 meters along the ramp, and charge for the whole section of Shanghai Chongqing Expressway from the entrance

3. Shanghai Chongqing Expressway 1) drive 244.2km along Shanghai Chongqing Expressway, pass about 230m in HOUZIPING, turn right towards Yichang Bridge / Enshi / Chongqing / Zigui, and charge for the whole section 2) continue to drive 5.8km along Shanghai Chongqing Expressway, turn right towards Yidu / Wufeng / s254, and charge for the whole section 3) Drive 50 meters along the ramp, turn right towards Enshi / s68, and charge for the whole section. 4) continue to drive 250 meters along the ramp, turn right towards Zigui / s68, and charge for the whole section. 5) continue to drive 530 meters along the ramp, and charge for the whole section of Fanba Expressway from the entrance

4. Fanba Expressway 1) driving 53.1km along Fanba expressway, charging for the whole section; 2) driving 10m along Fanba expressway, charging for the whole section

Yichang departure

1) Continue to drive along Fanba expressway for 3.6km, towards Badong, turn left slightly, and charge for the whole section of the ramp. 2) drive 170m along the ramp and go straight to s334. 3) drive 210m along s334 and turn right ahead. 4) continue to drive 9.7km along s334 and turn right ahead of canguwan bridge to enter shanmuxi bridge. 5) Drive 180 meters along the shanmuxi bridge, turn right in front of the shanmuxi bridge and enter s334 6). Drive 1.8 km along s334 and pass the white Orchard for about 24 hours

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