The Nujiang River, originating from the Tanggula Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Tibet Tours, cuts thourgh the Hengduan Mountains in northwest Yunnan province. The river meanders southbound through the Gaoligong and empties eventually into the Indian Ocean east of Rangoon in Myanmar. Its entire length in China is 2, 013 kilomemres with an average width of 100 metres. Wherever it flows, people say that "You can speak to each other but it takes a day to shake hands", suggesting that people could talk across the river but to meet , they must walk a day to find a ferry crossing.

The Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture last minute China travel deals received its name from the river that flows 316 kilometres through it, cutting its way between the snowcapped Gaoligong and Biluo mountains. From a height of 1, 400 metres in the north to a low of 760 metres above sea level, the river drops an average of tow metres every two kilometres of its course. In general, the river course is 2, 000 metres lower than the mountains on both banks, creating one of he world's largest canyons that is renowned for its deep valley, towering mountains, precipitous slopes and turbulent waters. In the deep mountains flanking the valley live Lisu, Nu and Drung ethnic groups totalling 230, 000 people, with the Lisus outnumbering the other tow.

Lujiangba along its lower reaches is a good point for tourists to start. Travelling upstream from Lujiangba China Holidays, all one sees along the way are large patches of sugarcane fields; the area here is considered to be the "land of fish and rice'. Further up is Liuku , capital of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, which, at 800 metres above sea level, guards the entrance into the Nujiang River Valley. From this point upstream, the magnificence of the valley reveals itself. The most striking mode of travel in the precipitous valley is the path chiselled out from the cliffs along the river . People say that the road along the Nujiang river is risky enough to "make monkeys cry in despair and eagles turnback". Between village are many post roads, also chiselled out from the sheer cliffs.

Bridges are an inseparable part of the Nujiang valley road Trips to China. Turbulent waters, however, mean most bridges are suspension bridges. Crossing-river cables are also popularly used.