Zhangjiajie Tour Group | Zhangjiajie Travel Guide | May Day Travel
Let your footsteps kiss every inch of Zhangjiajie and travel through every shrinking and expanding space. Most of the scattered, mischievous, and childish memories of childhood have been lost with dreams, leaving only fragments and scattered chapters that can no longer withstand the washing and scrutiny of time, let alone examining Zhangjiajie's sandstone structures with a reinforced-concrete mindset. I have no choice but to once again devoutly lean by the stone cliffs and look down from the sandstone peaks, with a meticulous...
Let your footsteps kiss every inch of Zhangjiajie and travel through every shrinking and expanding space. Most of the scattered, mischievous, and childish memories of childhood have been lost with dreams, leaving only fragments and scattered chapters that can no longer withstand the washing and scrutiny of time, let alone examining Zhangjiajie's sandstone structures with a reinforced-concrete mindset.
I have no choice but to once again devoutly lean by the stone cliffs and look down from the sandstone peaks, with a meticulously carved and vibrant mood, concretely yet abstractly setting free distant thoughts, to sing a magnificent song and to keep a lasting vigil.
Finally, I can calmly and quietly keep watch over Zhangjiajie, just like the mood of the Golden Toad Holding the Moon. I am waiting to harvest Zhangjiajie's brightest, broadest, and most imaginative moment.
Choosing a good Zhangjiajie tour group and choosing a good travel route will make your mood twice as effective with half the effort.
Day 1: Pickup, one-day tour of Huangshizhai and Golden Whip Stream in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Morning: The guide and driver will meet the group at the airport, station, or hotel with a sign, then drive to China's first national-level forest park——Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, visit the Great Oxygen Bar Square (8-10 ten-thousand negative oxygen ions per cubic centimeter of air), and climb to the largest cliff-edge viewing platform in Zhangjiajie at an altitude of 1,200 meters——Huangshizhai Scenic Area (you may choose the cableway one way at 48 RMB/person per ride, round trip at 92 RMB/person per ride, or walk). A thousand mountains and ten thousand valleys can be taken in at a glance. Walking along the loop trail around the summit, you can enjoy many extremely beautiful natural sights. Along the way are Liuzi Pavilion, Star-Picking Platform, Two Gates Welcoming Guests, Five-Finger Peak, Sea of Mist Golden Turtle, Natural Fresco, Huangshi Pine, Echo Wall, Ninefold Wall, and other scenic spots;
Afternoon: Stroll along the “China's most beautiful grand canyon”——Golden Whip Stream, with a total length of 7.5 kilometers and a walk of about 2.5 hours. Along the way, visit famous scenic spots such as Golden Whip Rock, Divine Eagle Guarding the Whip, Cleaving the Mountain to Save the Mother, Drunken Arhat, Wenxing Rock, Purple Grass Pool, Meeting After a Thousand Miles, Water Winding Around Four Gates, Guanyin Delivering a Child, Master and Disciples Seeking Scriptures, Longevity Spring, Candle Peak, Two Turtles Exploring the Stream, and Scholar's Book Collection.
Accommodation: Wulingyuan
Day 2: One-day tour of the world's wonder of peak forests--Tianzi Mountain and Ten-Mile Gallery
Morning: Drive to the world's wonder of peak forests——Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area (you may choose the cableway one way at 52 RMB/person per ride or walk up Tianzi Mountain), and visit Tianzi Pavilion, West Sea Stone Forest, Imperial Brush Peak, Fairy Presenting Flowers, He Long Park, Stone Boat Sailing Out to Sea, Herb-Gathering Old Man, He Long Bronze Statue, and other scenic spots; (you may optionally pay for the Bailong Elevator to visit Yuanjiazhai, Yuanjiajie, and so on);
Afternoon: Walk down Tianzi Mountain via Wolong Ridge to reach Ten-Mile Gallery. After descending, visit the exquisitely crafted Ten-Mile Gallery (you may choose to walk or take the sightseeing mini-train one way at 23 RMB/person per ride, round trip at 33 RMB/person per ride). Along the way, you can enjoy scenic spots such as Heaven's Platform, Three Sisters Peak, King Xiang Reading, Longevity Star Welcoming Guests, Herb-Gathering Old Man, Golden Rat Watching the Sky, and Fierce Tiger Roaring at the Sky; take the eco-bus to Wulingyuan ticket station, exit the scenic area, and check into the hotel.
Accommodation: Wulingyuan
Day 3: Baofeng Lake or Yellow Dragon Cave, then in the afternoon head to Jiangya Hot Spring or Wanfu Hot Spring, enjoy a hot spring bath and a leisurely journey
Morning: Visit Baofeng Lake or Yellow Dragon Cave
The earthly jade pool--Baofeng Lake. Baofeng Lake Scenic Area integrates mountains and waters and blends in folk customs. It is especially famous for the exquisite scenery of a high gorge and calm lake, the Baofeng Flying Waterfall that “flies down three thousand feet,” and the mysterious ancient temple deep in the mountains. We will go to see lifelike scenic spots such as Baofeng Flying Waterfall, Fairy Looking in the Mirror, Stone Gate Welcoming Guests, Peacock Spreading Its Tail, Golden Toad Holding the Moon, and Divine Turtle Emerging from the Water. Boating on the lake, you can listen to the mountain songs of the young men and women on the water expressing love and watch egrets fishing in the leisurely green waters; Baofeng Lake is a boutique scenic spot among the Wulingyuan scenic attractions.
The world's wonder of karst caves--Yellow Dragon Cave, is a famous cave attraction in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic Area. In 2005 it was selected as “China's most beautiful tourist cave.” We will go to see famous scenic spots such as Dragon Dance Hall, Xiangshui River, Heavenly Immortal Water, Tianzhu Street, Dragon Palace, and Maze, then pass through Wulingyuan's gateway--Baizhang Gorge, and exit the scenic area.
Afternoon: Drive to Jiangya Hot Spring or Wanfu Hot Spring, soak in the open-air hot spring, and enjoy leisure time.
Jiangya Hot Spring: It is Zhangjiajie's first hot spring resort and currently the only antique-style semi-open-air Jiangya Hot Spring in Xiangxi. It has more than 20 high-standard open-air Jiangya Hot Spring pools and indoor Jiangya Hot Spring pools with distinctive features and different benefits. With a natural garden-style layout, cobblestone and bluestone paths, rockeries and waterfalls, small bridges and flowing water, the Jiangya Hot Spring pools are like pearls inlaid within, presenting a tranquil and peaceful mountain fairyland with a strong rustic style, especially suitable for leisure, vacation, entertainment, convalescence, meetings, training, and business activities.
Wanfu Hot Spring: It is an ancient natural artesian hot spring, belonging to deep underground structural fissure water. It can be drunk and bathed in; it looks clear and transparent, and bathing in it refreshes both body and mind. It remains at a constant temperature of 58℃ year-round and is rich in fluoride, lithium, metaboric acid, metasilicic acid, radon, and many other natural minerals beneficial to human health. More than 40 indoor SPA pools and open-air hot spring pools of different functions and sizes are arranged in an orderly yet scattered manner. There are also VIP lounges, aromatherapy rooms, mountaintop hot spring surfing, aerial hot spring drifting, and other static and dynamic hot spring wellness and entertainment projects, integrating blessing culture into the natural hot spring bath, allowing visitors to enjoy nature's unique gift surrounded by blessing culture.
Accommodation: Jiangya Hot Spring Resort or Wanfu Hot Spring Hotel
Day 4: Head to the ancient town, one-day tour of Fenghuang Ancient Town
Morning: Drive 4 hours to the beautiful Fenghuang Ancient Town,
Afternoon: Visit the former residence of Shen Congwen, a great writer of a generation; the former residence of Xiong Xiling, the first cabinet premier of the Republic of China; the Yang Family Ancestral Hall, one of the twenty-four ancestral halls; the ancient East Gate Tower; the North Gate Jumping Rock where thousands of troops once passed; take a leisurely wooden boat to enjoy the intoxicating scenery of the Tuo River; the stilted house clusters with red lanterns hung high; Rainbow Bridge; and the Cui-Seizing Tower hidden among green mountains and waters---Huang Yongyu's studio. Standing by the river is the Ten-Thousand-Person Pagoda. Walking along the ancient, long bluestone street, you will see all kinds of silverware, mouth-watering snacks, local specialties whose names you cannot pronounce, and the astonishing paper-cutting of Miao elderly women.
The attractions included in the 148 RMB Fenghuang Ancient Town ticket are: Shen Congwen Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, East Gate Tower, Xiong Xiling Former Residence, Tuo River Boating, Rainbow Bridge Art Tower, Wanshou Palace, Chongde Hall, and Ancient Town Museum.
Night tour of Fenghuang: The night view of Fenghuang Ancient Town is mesmerizing. Stroll through the ancient town and feel its tranquility and peace under the night; release river lanterns by the Tuo River to pray for family and friends; visit the bars of Fenghuang Ancient Town and experience a mood that is noisy yet romantic; of course, what is most unforgettable is walking with friends along the small bluestone streets in Ming and Qing style, feeling the simplicity of Shen Congwen's Border Town, looking at the rich and varied handicrafts, and tasting the mouth-watering local snacks, which will make you linger and forget to return...
Accommodation: Fenghuang Ancient Town
Afternoon: Return trip (arrive back in Zhangjiajie at about 6 p.m.).
Send-off: End of the pleasant journey.
Day 5: Return from Fenghuang Ancient Town, send-off
Morning: Drive back from Fenghuang Ancient Town, return to Jishou or Zhangjiajie (arrive in Zhangjiajie at about 12:00).
Send-off: End of the pleasant journey.
May Day is almost here. During May Day, booking such a Zhangjiajie tour group with friends and family is the only choice for travel. How about it, are you tempted?
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