A cliff-side walkway will give people the chance to explore a previously inaccessible Chinese mountain and get spectacular views of the cliffs , peaks and winding paths of an impressive mountain range from 1500ft up . Eager explorers have already been testing out the new bridge , which runs through the Wuling Mountain range in the Chongqing Municipality in south west China . The long walkway , which is due to be officially opened later this month , stretches through previously unexplored regions of the vast mountain . A cliff-side walkway which stretches across the previously inaccessible Wuling mountain range in south west China is to be opened . It will allow people access to the UNESCO World Heritage Site , which is peppered with ravines and gorges with pools and waterfalls , as well as more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars . A tourism chief said : 'It is actually quite safe and already to use , however we are waiting for the official opening to open it up fully . Some people have been sneaking past the barriers and there is n't any risk , but we really want people to wait until everything is absolutely ready . ' The long walkway is about 800 metres long and its highest point is some 500 metres above the ground , according to The People 's Daily Online . Wuling Mountain Valley is a 10km long valley , almost entirely covered by forest . The 800 metre long walkway has already been explored by tourists , who have jumped over barriers ahead of the bridge 's official opening . It covers an area of around 29.96 square kilometres , mainly consisting of valleys , fields , winding tracks and precipices . Fuling Wuling Tourism Board came up with the idea of a walkway to give people access to the waterfalls , gorges and ravines that were previously inaccessible . It is part of a larger project that created a 'Five Area Zone ' in 2010 , which includes includes Fuling Wuling Mountain , Wuling Goddess Mountain , Fengdu South Heaven Lake . The long walkway allows people to explore the mountain range 's ravines and winding paths as well as get views from 1,500ft up . The mountain allows access to the UNESCO World Heritage site with its waterfalls , pools and more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars . The walkway was created by the Fuling Wuling tourism board as a way to give people easy access to the mountain range and its views . Tourism chiefs said while not officially open yet , the walkway was safe to use but they were trying to wait for the official opening . In the area the Musk Dear Fort Viewing Platform has already been completed . If the new walkway proves a success , other similar bridges could be constructed . Mount Fanjing which is part of the mountain range where the walkway was built is home to the rare Golden monkey and is also regarded as a sacred Buddhist mountain . Qu Lunming , chief executive of the tourism board , said last year that around 590million yuan had been invested in the Wuling Mountain range .
A cliff - side walkway which stretches across a previously inaccessible Chinese mountain range is due to open up . Explorers have already take to using the walkway to explore the Wuling Mountain range in the Chongqing mountains . The area is renowned for its cliffs , ravines and impressive views throughout the natural world heritage site .