Zhangjiajie Trip Overview
This is a compact tour with comfortable pace for travelers who want to see all the attractions within a short travel time. We fit in 3 days instead of 4( the standard duration for a panorama). You will not miss any well-known attractions of Zhangjiajie. It will be abosulately high valued tour for you to experience.
Notice:
For fitting the schedule,tour participants are supposed to arrive 1 day before the tour starts or at morning of the traveling day. No worry,the arrival pickup&departure dropoff are both included.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Zhangjiajie, China
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Hiking & Camping
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What to Expect When Visiting Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
This is a compact tour with comfortable pace for travelers who want to see all the attractions within a short travel time. We fit in 3 days instead of 4( the standard duration for a panorama). You will not miss any well-known attractions of Zhangjiajie. It will be abosulately high valued tour for you to experience.
Notice:
For fitting the schedule,tour participants are supposed to arrive 1 day before the tour starts or at morning of the traveling day. No worry,the arrival pickup&departure dropoff are both included.
Itinerary
Day 1: Hotel-ZJJ Avatar National Park(Yuanjiajie/Mt.Tianzi/GoldenWhipStream).overnight in ZJJDowntown or Wulingyuan Center
Stop At: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie 427000 China
This is No.1 highlight of Zhangjiajie-The UNESCO’s World Natural Heritage formed by a spectacular landform named sandstone peak forest of over 3000 pillars of different shapes and sizes, Highly praised as the ” Enlarged Bonsai, Miniature Fairland”.
Duration: 8 hours
Stop At: BaiLong Elevator, National Forest Park, Wulingyuan, Zhangjiajie China
The world highest outdoor elevator (326m) which helps travel reach the mountain top within 1m28sec
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Yuanjiajie, 9G3P+9HJ, Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China, 427499
Yuanjiajie is the main background of the very Movie: Avatar, located with hundreds of original pieces of “Floating Avatar Mountains”.(The major one is called:”Hallelujah Mountain.” the view there is really impressive like outer-space. No wonder, it’s rated as the most famous highlighted area in the park. The pillars here are bigger-sized than other areas.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tianzi Mountain, Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie 427400 China
Tianzi means “Heavenly Prince”. actually, he is the real person who leads the local minority to fight with the government army in Ming Dynasty 500 years ago…Mt. Tianzi Area is the very old battle field. Most of the scenic spots there are combined with historical stories and legends of this honorable man. Besides these, Visually, on the Tianzi mountain top, we can experience the most spectacular view of sandstone peak forest in the park featured by its sharp and slim shape. it’s one of the highlights in Zhangjiajie Scenic Area.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Golden Whip Brook, In Wulingyuan District, Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie 427400 China
Golden Whip Stream is regarded as the 1 of the most beautiful Streams in China. It’s 6 km long with a well-paved flat walkway at the bottom of valley, which takes us about 2 hours for walking between the 2 ends. it is also where we can see the bottom view of the Avatar Mountain Scenery,very different from the top.On both sides of the walkway, there are hundreds of different-shaped sandstone peaks erecting by a lovely stream,attached with plenty of interesting legends and stories given from locals.the other interesting part is,if lucky, we can see wild monkeys which would bring more fun and make you feel closer to the mother nature.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Hotel-Baofeng Lake-Yellow Dragon Cave-Glass Bridge.Overnight in Wulingyuan or ZJJ Downtown.
Stop At: Baofeng Lake, Suoxi Town, Wulingyuan District Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie 427400 China
This pretty lake lies high on top of sandstone mountains. At this spot, we could enjoy the view of Avatar Mountains on water, while, hearing lovely Tujia folk songs from young girls and boys in wooden boat and knowing interesting stories of the lake. It’s a very relaxing trip.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Yellow Dragon Cave, Zhangqing Main Road, Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie 427400 China
I have to tell you this is the 2nd largest Cave in Asia, and this tour only involves 2/5 of it, but it already takes about 2.5 hours to see its 3 layers and 13 halls by boat and foot to appreciate the gorgeous view from hundreds of Stalagmite and Stalactite. and it’s the only place to see the inner world of amazing Zhangjiajie.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge, Zhangjiajie China
This is an amazing architecture with a big idea been accomplished. It is the world longest glass bridge(400m, Elevation:320m), and also the first glass bridge over a nature canyon.
Duration: 1 minute
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Hotel-Tianmen Mountain-Tujia Folk Park-Junsheng Sandstone Gallery-Happy Ending
Stop At: Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park, Tianmen Mountain Ticket Station, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie 427000 China
Tianmen Mountain, appears as the ”New Legend Of Zhangjiajie “. It’s the highest spot (1500m) in Zhangjiajie,where you can walk on super-exciting cliff-path and glass walkway and see the whole city and beautiful countryside with bird’s view. and the landscape there is totally different from, meanwhile, at the same level as the ZJJ national Park. Both are world-class scenery, so it’s a must-visit highlight of this city you should not miss. What is more Unbelievable? this single mountain holds 4 World Guinness Records in its small body. and any of them will be overwhelmingly impressive to any type of human being. Just an amazing experience you have never had before.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Tujia Customs Park, In Yongding District, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie 427000 China
Tujia Minority Folk Park used to be the Palace for the King of Tujia. it’s a nice place to know the local people in old times. The architectures inside are something particularly fabulous. The main attraction is the world highest stilt wooden house called “Nine layered Sky”. Now It’s a museum of Tujia Minority, a Great place to know some cultural part of Zhangjiajie.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Zhangjiajie Junsheng Painting Institute, No.2 Ziwu Road, Cili County 427200 China
It’s the place where your eyes would be dazzled. Through a 40min’s tour, we can enjoy a unique type of art called Sandstone Painting, which is invented by a very talented and creative local painter:”Li Junsheng”he is really a respectable man with stories and faith of art. Most of his paintings are about the landscape,people and culture of his hometown.(Zhangjiajie and western part of Hunan Province.).so at the end of the tour, visiting this gallery can be a great conclusion for the trip we have experienced. we may see the places you have visited through this wonderful local art.
Duration: 40 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
