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Hubei Shennongjia

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Hubei Shennongjia is a forested mountain massif mostly known for its floral diversity.

The conservation area protects the largest primary forests in Central China. It is a place of significant scientific interest particularly for botanists, with many endemic plant and tree species. Endangered mammal species found here include the Golden Snub-nosed Monkey.

Community Perspective: Zoë managed to visit Shennongjia, including the peak of Shennongding, as part of a small group tour – the only realistic way to visit at the moment.

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Full Name
Hubei Shennongjia (ID: 1509)
Country
China
Status
Inscribed 2016 Site history
History of Hubei Shennongjia
2016: Revision
On Tentative List as 'Shennongjia Nature Reserve'
2016: Inscribed
Inscribed
2021: Boundary change
Addition of Chongqing Wulipo National Nature Reserve via minor boundary change
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News Article
  • May 5, 2018 xinhuanet.com — Shennongjia UNESCO site limits daily visitor number
  • Aug. 11, 2016 ecns.cn — Will World Heritage list do more harm than good for Shennongjia Forestry District?

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  • Wildlife habitat: Flora
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Geography
  • Yangtze Basin
    This vast forest area in the middle reaches of the Yangtze basin is known for its biodiversity and unique flora and fauna.
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  • Visitor Limits
    From May 2018, "The tourism area, covering only 3.5 percent of the park, has six scenic spots. The Shennongding scenic spot has limited the daily number of visitors at 14,800, which is the highest visitor cap among all spots. The Tianshengqiao scenic spot has the lowest daily cap, with 4,770 people."
News
xinhuanet.com 05/05/2018
Shennongjia UNESCO site limits dai…
ecns.cn 08/11/2016
Will World Heritage list do more h…

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First published: 05/07/25.

Patrik

Hubei Shennongjia

Hubei Shennongjia (Inscribed)

Hubei Shennongjia by Patrik

I visited Shennongjia on a Monday in June. I took a train from Wudangshan in the afternoon to Xingshan. It takes about 2.5 hours and involves a change in Xiangyangdong.

From Xingshan, I took a bus to Muyu from the bus station which is about 5 minutes walk from the train station to the right. The bus took less than 1.5 hours. It is a beautiful ride with pretty views towards the right side for most of the trip.

I did not have much information on Shennongjia before my visit, just that there are several scenic areas and that there should be busses. The guesthouse where I was staying did not have any specific information on buses either. The town street was under reconstruction in typical Chinese style, all the streets were being renovated in one go. Probably incredibly efficient but it was rather unpleasant to move around. The tourist transfer center was closed too, probably due to the road works.

So, not much wiser except knowing that I wanted to give priority to the Shennongding Scenic Area, I ventured out around 7 am next morning and randomly hailed a passing minibus. I was lucky as it took me and it went along the entrance to Shennongding scenic area for RMB 10. I paid my entrance fee (RMB 130) and bus ticket (RMB 60) without knowing what would happen next and waited in an empty bus, soon to be joined by a full tour group. The group …

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First published: 21/11/18.

Zoë Sheng

Hubei Shennongjia

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Hubei Shennongjia by Zoë Sheng

Some places just take a lot of effort if one wants to visit individually and I feared this would be the same. I hate tours in China and they tend to spend more time on shopping stops than sights, but there is a tour from Enshi that takes you to this and other places worth seeing, if only I had done all this before. The tours hardly touch the area at Shengnongjia so actually don't do this! You can either come in by bus from Yichang East (the airport shuttle's first stop), 3 and a half hours max with mostly G standard roads, or you can fly in from Shanghai/Wuhan to Hongping airport which is another hour from the scenery areas. The bus stops at a town called Muyu and has several rides a day. In the busy time you can also find minivans going back to Yichang. The official bus terminal even hands out these cards of the drivers if you want an alternative transport. You don't actually need to stay in Muyu but it's a good hub. If you spend more time at the other areas you can stay at a hotel over there which saves some time coming back to Muyu at the day but obviously you would have to arrange transportation or have your own car.

Muyu has lots of hotels and tour drivers, so I tagged on with a group of people from Canton and each paid 100 RMB for the day, excluding entrance …

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First published: 11/04/17.

Luke Lou

Hubei Shennongjia

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Hubei Shennongjia by Roman Bruehwiler

It is located in western Hubei, not easy to arrive here by bus or by train, it takes 3 or 4 hours from Yichang, the nearest big city. Tickets are very expensive, especially considering the poor service, not a good experience. Car hiring are highly recommended, and don't trust the local drivers easily.

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