Yangtze Cruises

When the river flows out of Qutang Gorge (瞿塘峡) and passes the broad valley of Daning River (大宁河), it enters the scenic Wu Gorge (巫峡), which extends west to east from the mouth of the Daning River in Wushan County, Chongqing Municipality, to Guandukou in Badong County, Hubei Province.

The 45-kilometer-long Wu Gorge is also known as the Big Gorge locally and is famous for its great deepness and serene beauty. The area is full of weird peaks, strange rocks and high cliffs as well as the long and winding waterway of Yangtze River with dreamingly misty air, all of which make it looks like a naturally painted landscape picture. It is the best scene among the Three Gorges of Yangtze River.

The Wushan’s twelve majestic and seemingly cloud-penetrating peaks erect on the southern and northern banks of Wu Gorge respectively. The white clouds are moving freely above the towering peaks. The shapes of the clouds will change from time to time, but they always have good looking.

In addition to the weird peaks, Wu Gorge also Lu You Ancient Cave, the Platform for Goddess Gave Nine Heavenly Books to Da Yu, the relic site of the Goddess Temple and many others. Due to the deepness and length of the Wu Gorge area, the daily time for sunshine is very short and the moist air in the valley is always difficult to get out, so that fog is very easy to form. However, this adds beauty to the Wu Gorge. When the precious time of sunlight comes, the sunrays shine through the dense fog and white clouds, which will be, as some locals regarded, Buddhist holy halo.