Four-day Zhangjiajie Tour

    In the morning, you will be picked up by your guide at Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport. After having lunch, you will be taken to Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area for a visit. You will spend three nights in the same hotel which is located in the park.

    Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport operates flights to over 20 domestic cities within Mainland China, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Xi’an and Guangzhou. It is the second largest airport in Hunan Province.

    Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area lies in the south of Zhangjiajie, 6 kilometers(3.7 miles) from the downtown. It is a national five-star scenic area, is a national forest park. Sculpted by natural weathering and erosion, Tianmen Cave is a huge hole on a cliff. It is the main attraction of the scenic area. As the largest one of its kind in the world, the hole measures 131.5 meters(413 feet) in height, 57 meters(187 feet) in width, and 60 meters(197 feet) in depth. Visitors are usually transferred to the cave by cable car from the foot of the mountain, and then carried to the mountaintop by escalator. Some of the cliff paths are made of glass. Only a few people dare to walk along the glass path. The cable-way between the mountaintop and the foot of mountain is the longest one in the world. It is 7,455 meters(24,459 feet) long with a sheer drop of 1,279 meters(4,196 feet).

    After breakfast, you will go on a hike through the forest with your guide. The top two attractions of Zhangjiajie National Park are Tianzi Mountain and Yuanjiajie Scenic Area.

    Known as the King of Stone Pinnacle Forests, Tianzi Mountain is one of the four scenic areas in the World Geo-park, Wulingyuan. It is the place where a large number of quartz sandstone pinnacles rise in clusters. The sandstone pinnacle forest covers an area of 54 square kilometers(21 sq.mi). Its altitude ranges from 534 meters(1,752 feet) to 1,266 meters(4,154 feet) above sea level. Tianzi Mountain is notable for the four natural phenomena, namely, the sea of cloud, the moonlit night, the snows, the rosy glow cast by the rising/setting sun.

    Yuanjiajie Scenic Area measures 12 square kilometers(4.6 sq.mi). In the year of 2009, the movie Avatar was shot partly on location in Yuanjiajie Scenic Area. One of the stone pinnacles was renamed as Montas Volans. The No.1 Natural Bridge under Heaven is a huge rock which straddles two cliffs. The bridge is 2 meters(6.6 feet) in width with a span of 20 meters(66 feet) and a sheer drop of 350 meters(1,148 feet). Bailong Elevator carries people down from the mountaintop to the bottom of the gorge. It is 335 meters(1,099 feet) in height, is known as the highest elevator in the world.

    You will ride your car or coach to the Yellow-Dragon Cave in the morning, and pay a visit to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in the afternoon.

    The Yellow-Dragon Cave is located in Suoxiyu Nature Reserve. It is a key component of the world geo-park, Wulingyuan. The cave is 7.5 kilometers(4.6 miles) long and measures 10 hectares(25 acres). The roof is 140 meters(459) feet high above the bottom of the cave. The Yellow-Dragon Cave has topped the list of China’s Most Beautiful Karst Caves.

    Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon combines mountain scenery and water view. It lies about 28 kilometers(17 miles) to the east of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. The canyon is well-known for its glass bridge which is the longest and highest in the world. The glass bridge straddles the canyon with a span of 370 meters(1,214 feet) and a sheer drop of 400 meters(1,312 feet). It has been inscribed in the Guinness Book of Records.

    You will be guided to visit Baofeng Lake in the morning, and be escorted to the airport after having lunch.

    Baofeng Lake is situated in Suoxiyu Nature Reserve. It is 72 meters(236 feet) in depth and measures 30 hectares(74 acres). The lake is surrounded by cliffs. It looks like a mirror with emerald rim. Waterfalls cascade down the cliffs into the lake. Hills are covered by dense forest in which birds are singing. Some local singers stand on their fishing boats singing too. Baofeng Lake is a wonderland that can not be found elsewhere in the world.