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Zhangjiajie Travel Bar Zhangjiajie Independent Travel Guide [Recommended Route] D1 In the morning, walk along Golden Whip Stream. The main scenic spots along the way include: Deep Mother-Child Love - Pig Bajie Carries His Wife - Divine Eagle Guards the Whip (the iconic scenic spot of Golden Whip Stream) - Master and Disciples Seek the Scriptures (the on-site filming location of CCTV's version of Journey to the West, "Three Battles with the White Bone Demon") - Cleaving the Mountain to Save the Mother - Wenxing Rock - Purple Grass Pool - Two Turtles Explore the Stream - Scholar's Book Collection - Meeting After a Thousand Miles, and so on. Golden Whip Stream is 15 li long in total and takes about…
Zhangjiajie Travel Bar Zhangjiajie Independent Travel Guide
[Recommended Route]
D1
In the morning, walk along Golden Whip Stream. The main scenic spots along the way include: Deep Mother-Child Love - Pig Bajie Carries His Wife - Divine Eagle Guards the Whip (the iconic scenic spot of Golden Whip Stream) - Master and Disciples Seek the Scriptures (the on-site filming location of CCTV's version of Journey to the West, "Three Battles with the White Bone Demon") - Cleaving the Mountain to Save the Mother - Wenxing Rock - Purple Grass Pool - Two Turtles Explore the Stream - Scholar's Book Collection - Meeting After a Thousand Miles, and so on. Golden Whip Stream is 15 li long in total and takes about 2 hours to walk, ending at Water Winding Around Four Gates. At Water Winding Around Four Gates, you can take the eco-friendly bus (free) to the lower station of Bailong Elevator and ride the Bailong Elevator up to Yuanjiajie. Bailong Elevator ticket price: 53 RMB/person up, 43 RMB/person down. The Bailong Elevator is said to hold three Guinness World Records: the highest, the largest load capacity, and the fastest in the world.
Lunch can be eaten at a farmhouse restaurant in Yuanjiajie.
In the afternoon, tour Yuanjiajie. The main scenic spots include: No. 1 Bridge Under Heaven - Soul-Enchanting Terrace - Back Garden. At night, you can stay at a farmhouse inn in Yuanjiajie. Generally, a double room is 100 RMB/night, with hot water, color TV, air conditioning, etc.
[Friendly Reminders]
(1) If you are not very optimistic about your physical strength and money, you can skip Huangshizhai. The saying "If you don't go up Huangshizhai, your trip to Zhangjiajie is in vain" is just a promotional slogan by the Huangshizhai Cableway Company to get you to ride the cableway. When you see Yuanjiajie and Tianzi Mountain first and then go to Huangshizhai, you will regret it.
(2) When going up to Yuanjiajie, you can also choose not to take the Bailong Elevator and instead climb up from "Meeting After a Thousand Miles" at Golden Whip Stream. It takes about two hours to reach the top, and it is all small paths. If you feel you have excess energy, you can give it a try.
(3) There are also restaurants at Water Winding Around Four Gates, but the prices are more expensive than in Yuanjiajie.
(4) Ordering dishes in the scenic area is generally quite expensive; you can ask a guide to help you arrange meals. 50 RMB for two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, and one soup is very economical.
D2
In the morning, tour Tianzi Mountain, known as the king of peak forests. The main scenic spots include: He Long Park - Imperial Brush Peak - Tianzi Pavilion - Fairy Scattering Flowers - Warrior Taming Horses - West Sea Stone Forest, and so on. If you have the energy, you can ask a guide to take you to visit Jiangtai and Shentang Bay. There are few tourists there, but the scenery is quite beautiful.
At noon, you can eat the buffet at the Tianzi Mountain fast-food restaurant, 28 RMB/person.
In the afternoon, tour Yangjiajie. The main scenic spots include: Wulong Village - Tianbo Mansion - One Step Difficult to Walk - Sky Corridor, etc.
Afterward, you can take a bus from Balipo to the Zhonghu Ticket Station. There are many hotels at the Zhonghu Ticket Station. Many hotels also sell tickets for Maoyan River Rafting, Yellow Dragon Cave, Jiutian Cave, and Dragon King Cave. Maoyan River Rafting is 180 RMB/person; Yellow Dragon Cave, Jiutian Cave, and Dragon King Cave are 80 RMB/person (all include round-trip bus fare).
[Friendly Reminders]
(1) After seeing Zhangjiajie's mountains, you should also enjoy Zhangjiajie's waters. Maoyan River is known as the best rafting under heaven, with rapid currents and great excitement. The scenery on both banks is beautiful. It is worth doing. Dragon King Cave was developed relatively late, and the interior is well preserved, much more primitive and better-looking than Yellow Dragon Cave and Jiutian Cave.
(2) If you are still not over Huangshizhai, you can return to Huangshizhai from the Zhonghu Ticket Station via a small path.
D3
Of course, it is the thrilling Maoyan River rafting or the mysterious and bizarre cave exploration. At night, you can take a bus back to Zhangjiajie city. A three-star standard hotel double standard room in the city is 250-300 RMB/person; below three-star is about 150 RMB/person.
[Friendly Reminders]
(1) Travelers interested in folk customs must not miss two places: Tujia Folk Customs Park and Xiuhua Villa. In Tujia Folk Customs Park there is a Tujia mountain village and Tujia workshops. Xiuhua Villa can be called a Tujia museum, with more than 10,000 treasures of various kinds in its collection.
(2) Travelers with an artistic bent can visit the Junsheng Sand and Stone Painting Academy. Its founder, Li Junsheng, is said to be world-famous for creating this new type of painting - sand and stone painting. Inside there are many priceless sand and stone painting treasures.
[About Transportation]
There is a bus from the railway station to the bus station, 1 RMB/person. At the bus station, you can take the city - Forest Park bus to reach the Forest Park Ticket Station. You can also take the city - Wulingyuan bus at the bus station to reach the Suoxiyu Ticket Station. However, the former is recommended, because then you do not have to backtrack.
[About Food]
Zhangjiajie's specialty dishes include Tujia cured meat, Sanxiaguo, pickled vegetables, fermented bean curd, etc. Local snacks include pickled radish, roasted chestnuts, glutinous rice cakes, roasted potatoes, etc.
Local specialties include Lobster Flower Tea, kudzu root powder, chestnut cake, etc. (It is best to buy them in regular shops; do not be greedy for small bargains and buy from roadside stalls, where most are fake.)
Before departing for Zhangjiajie, you must check information on Zhangjiajie First Travel Network, whether for group tours or independent travel, and especially for our independent travel trip this time it is even more necessary.
It is best to print out all the useful information found in Zhangjiajie travel notes and guides written by others, and organize a copy of information suitable for your own trip. Also, issues such as Zhangjiajie weather, Zhangjiajie travel routes, and Zhangjiajie maps must be noted. For independent travel, when in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, you must bring a scenic area map, because Zhangjiajie Forest Park is very large. If you do not want to take too many wrong paths or repeat paths, you must bring one.
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