Leave your hotel to drive to Zhengyi Village at about 8:30 in the morning by taking our private van. It takes about 1 hour drive from the city to the village of Zhengyi, where we start hiking. We are going to walk through the village so we can see some very old wood and adobe houses and have opportunities to get to know local famer's life. We will there come across the Ganjiang River, along which the entire hike will be. What's more, there are rice paddies around the village from which we get to know about rice faming.

After the village we will come into the gorge. The natural scenery comes more and more gorgeous. Down to the bottom of the gorge, it's the river with rapid current in raining season (spring and summer) and jade-green color water in the fall and winter time; up high there, the towering mountains are densely covered by all types of sub-tropical plants including pines, firs, bamboos, azaleas, etc. In spring and summer, there are colorful flowers everywhere around you. In late fall, you will see maple tree leaves are turning red and lovely yellow chrysanthemums dotted here and there. There will be an irrigation canal coming along with us in the gorge. It is said the canal was built in the 1960s to improve the irrigation systems of the rice field area in the lower reach of the river.

There suddenly comes the confluence of the Ganjiang River and the Li River down there in the valley after a turn. Then go downhill and ramble through a village named Junying, cross Li River by a low bride, we will soon get to a big town called Sanjie (three streets). Visit the old part of this town before being picked up by our driver and the van. A one-hour drive by a national highway will take us back to the city. The tour will end up when we get back to your hotel, leaving you a beautiful and memorable expericence.

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