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About Dulong River Valley Official Route
Dulong River Valley Official Route names the officially designated visitor route through the Dulongjiang (Derung River) valley in Gongshan Derung and Nu Autonomous County, Yunnan — the sole settlement area of the Derung ethnic minority, reached by a road tunnel under the Gaoligong mountains completed in 2014.
The Dulongjiang valley lies within the core zone of the Three Parallel Rivers World Natural Heritage area and, according to the Gongshan county government's own tourism page, is the sole settlement area of China's Derung (Dulong) ethnic minority. A road tunnel beneath the Gaoligong range was completed in 2014. The county tourism bureau describes the valley's forest cover as 93 percent and states that 478 vertebrate species and 2,128 vascular plant species have been recorded there. The Derung community's Kaqiuwa New Year festival, held from the 27th to the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, includes communal gong-and-drum dancing; a 2020 posting by the county tourism bureau recorded that 24 facially tattooed Derung women — tattooing once being a customary practice among Derung women — were still living at that time, aged between 80 and 108.
What to look for
- Hapang Waterfall (哈滂瀑布), a seasonal cliff-gap waterfall near Ma village in Dulongjiang township, its width varying from about 20 m in the dry season to a much larger flow in the May-September wet season
- Pukawang (普卡旺) village, a Derung settlement at about 1,478 m elevation with timber-framed, thatched-grass houses
Location & getting there
Getting to Dulong River Valley Official Route
Confirm the visitor entrance and which boat or walking routes operate on your date. Rainfall, water levels and weather can change access.
- Search for 独龙江谷正规开放线路 with 怒江傈僳族自治州 and 贡山独龙族怒族自治县.
Find Dulong River Valley Official Route
独龙江谷正规开放线路 · 贡山独龙族怒族自治县
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Sources & visit information
The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.