How to Plan 5 Days Trip to Zhangjiajie

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▶ Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Huangshi Village + Golden Whip Stream)

Features: Different angles to explore Zhangjiajie National Forest Park - reach up the biggest natural platform of Huangshi Village to view various shaped stone hills and hike along the deep valley to immerse in the primitive valley scenery. These two sites are the traditional way to visit the national park.

What to See & Experience: Travelers enter from Forest Park Ticket Station and enjoy a simple walk to take cable car up to Huangshi Village. “He who does not reach Huangshi Village does not pay a true visit to Zhangjiajie”. You can either enjoy the small circle visiting (1 km’s walking) and large circle visiting (3.8 km’s walking) to overlook stone hills with various shapes, like Five Finger Peak, Lovers Peaks, Natural Mural. After seeing the panoramic view of the national park, get down by cable car and move to Golden Whip Stream for a relaxing hiking journey. Golden Whip Stream is a 7.5-kilometer stream, flowing from Laomo Wan, Stream Winding around Four Gates and then to Suoxi Stream. You’ll hike 2 to 3 hours along this stream to enjoy the most essence part.

▶ Yuanjiajie + Tianzi Mountain

Features: Inspiration for shooting the movie Avatar where Hallelujah Mountain located; the must-see sites in Zhangjiajie no matter when you come

What to See & Experience: Yuanjiajie and Tianzi Mountain in one trip is the classic way to explore the Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area. You’ll first take Bailong Elevator up to visit the whole Yuanjiajie to see the Avatar Hallelujah Mountain and appreciate hundreds of stone bamboo shoots growing in the deep valley at Puzzling Crag, enjoy the lush scenery of Natural Bonsai at Back Garden. After that, you’ll take the sightseeing vehicle to continue your visit to Tianzi Mountain at the northwest park of Wulingyuan Scenic Area to see the dense ancient primitive forest and its famous fascinating sea of clouds, waves of stones, and other wonders of nature. After the visiting, you can transfer to Zhangjiajie downtown area or still stay at Wulingyuan area for further exploration.

• Huangshi Village
• Golden Whip Stream
• Yuanjiajie
• Tianzi Mountain Sea of Clouds

▶ Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon with Glass Bridge + Yellow Dragon Cave

Features: Real discovery with thrilling glass bridge experience and explore an “Enchanted Palace Under the Ground”.

What to See & Experience: Spend one day to the east of Wulingyuan Town to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon with both glass bridge experience and hiking journey in the canyon. You can enjoy the amazing surrounding valley scenery at different angles - on the longest and highest glass bridge or at the bottom of the valley. And then, drive to Yellow Dragon Cave for an interesting exploration to see miraculous maze under the ground to find a large number of naturally formed cave sediments that are millions of years in the making, including stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone flowers, etc.

▶ Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Huangshi Village + Golden Whip Stream) + Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge

Features: If your time is tight, it is a good idea to cover Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge of Grand Canyon in one day.

What to See & Experience: You’ll first take an exploration in the famous Zhangjiajie National Forest Park with a visit to Huangshi Village where you can catch the panoramic view of all the national forest park and enjoy a light hiking tour along Golden Whip Stream to deep into the valley of the park to release for yourselves. After the visiting, you’ll transfer to the east of Wulingyuan Town with 28 km’s driving to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge. In this afternoon, you’ll only pay a thrilling visit to the glass bridge.

• Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge
• Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon
• Yellow Dragon Cave
• Yangjiajie

▶ Tianmen Mountain + Transfer for Leave / Transfer to Fenghuang

Features: Another popular attraction with fantastic experience after Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge.

What to See & Experience: Take the 7455-meter cableway to get up Tianmen Mountain and arrive at Tianmen Mountain upper cable station and choose west route to travel through Mixian Qijing Scenic Area and experience Cliff-Hanging Walkway and Glass Skywalk, visit Tianmen Temple; take Tianmen Mountain Peak Forest Sightseeing Cable Car from Cherry Bay to Yunmeng Xianding; reach upper escalator Tianmen Mountain to get down Tianmen Cave and visit the door to heaven; get down from Tianmen Cave to the parking lot and take sightseeing bus to experience 99 turns via Avenue towards Heaven.

▶ Fenghuang Ancient Town

Features: One day side trip to Fenghuang Ancient Town for a totally different cultural experience with diverse minority culture. It is highly recommended to cover this most beautiful tiny town in China after your whole Zhangjiajie tour.

What to See & Experience: With the clear Tuo River winding through Fenghuang Ancient Town, there are many unique wooden houses called DiaoJiaolou built alongside. Taking a boat trip along the Tuo River is a great way to have a better view of the houses. Besides, it will be very enjoyable to take a relaxing walk on the old streets with dozens of ancient lanes and ancient residence in Ming and Qing Dynasties. You’ll explore Yang’s Ancestral Hall (杨家祠堂), Longevity Palace (万寿宫), Former Residence of Shen Congwen (沈从文故居), Former Residence of Xiong Xiling (熊希龄故居) and so on.

• Tianmen Mountain Tianmen Cave
• Avenue to the Heaven
• Tianmen Mountain Glass Bridge
• Fenghuang Ancient Town

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