CHINA 5A TRAVEL
Everything starts at the Badong Visitor Center, 1F, 138 Yanjiang Road — the county seat's Yangtze riverfront by the Badong Yangtze Bridge, west China's classic cruise port of call.
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By Yangtze Cruise (Shore Excursion)
The classic route for foreign visitors: Chongqing–Yichang Three Gorges cruises call at Badong for several hours and transfer you straight onto the zone's sightseeing boats — confirm your sailing stops here.
By High-Speed Rail
Badong Station on the Zhengzhou–Chongqing HSR (from Beijing, Wuhan, Chongqing, Chengdu) is ~15 minutes from the ticket office via the G348 fast corridor; Yesanguan Station on the Yichang–Wanzhou line is ~1.5 h away by road, with bus and taxi connections.
By Car
From Yichang take the G42 to the Xiquwan interchange (~2–4 h total); from Enshi the G50 to Yesanguan (~1.5 h); from Chongqing via Fengjie and Wushan. ~436 visitor-center spaces at ¥1/hour.
By Air
Enshi Xujiaping Airport is ~120 km away with coach or rental-car transfer to Badong; Yichang's Sanxia Airport serves the cruise end of the route.
By Local Bus
Badong lines 1, 3, 201 and 302 stop at Bachu Culture Square and Meimei Department Store, both a short walk from the ticket center.
Getting Around
The boat is the transport: sightseeing boats run the gorges from the tourist wharf, and Route B adds a shuttle (8 km via Yanduhe) to the Tracker Culture Corridor and its peapod boats. Badong's riverfront, the Yangtze Bridge and Zhenjiang Pavilion are walkable from the wharf.
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