Is Zhangjiajie Fun to Visit? The Answer Is It's Crazy Fun
Is Zhangjiajie Fun to Visit? It's almost June and July. The weather will be heating up by then. The fun activities in Zhangjiajie are just perfect for this time of year. For example, the 4-day Zhangjiajie and Mengdong River Rafting Tour. Day 1: Pick-up, tour Huangshizhai and Golden Whip Stream in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park; In the morning, the guide and driver will meet your group at the airport, train station, or hotel with a sign, then drive to China's first national forest park——Zhangjiajie National Forest Park...
Is Zhangjiajie Fun to Visit?
It's almost June and July. The weather will be heating up by then. The fun activities in Zhangjiajie are just perfect for this time of year.
For example, the 4-day Zhangjiajie and Mengdong River Rafting Tour,
Day 1: Pick-up, tour Huangshizhai and Golden Whip Stream in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park;
In the morning, the guide and driver will meet your group at the airport, train station, or hotel with a sign, then drive to China's first national forest park——Zhangjiajie National
Forest Park. Visit the Great Oxygen Bar Square (each cubic centimeter of air contains 80,000-100,000 negative oxygen ions), and climb to the 1,200-meter-high, Zhangjiajie's largest
cliff-top viewing platform——Huangshizhai Scenic Area (optional cable car: 48 RMB per person one way, 96 RMB per person round trip, or walk). Countless peaks and valleys unfold before your eyes.
Walking along the loop trail around the summit, you can enjoy many breathtaking natural sights, including Liuqi Pavilion, Star-Picking Platform, Twin Gates Welcoming Guests, Five-Finger Peak,
Mist Sea Golden Turtle, Natural Fresco, Huangshi Pine, Echo Wall, and Nine-Layer Wall;
In the afternoon, stroll along the “China's Most Beautiful Grand Canyon”——Golden Whip Stream, 7.5 kilometers long, about a 2.5-hour walk. Along the way, visit 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 Disciple Seeking Scriptures, Longevity Spring, Candle Peak,
Twin Turtles Exploring the Stream, Scholar's Book Collection, and other famous sights;
Sights: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Meals: Breakfast/XXX Lunch/Scenic Area Dinner/Hotel (reference dining locations)
Hotel: Wulingyuan
Day 2: Tour the “World's Wonder of Peak Forests”——Tianzi Mountain and Ten-Mile Gallery;
In the morning, drive to the World's Wonder of Peak Forests——Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area (optional cable car: 52 RMB per person one way, or walk up Tianzi Mountain). Visit
Tianzi Pavilion, West Sea Stone Forest, Imperial Brush Peak, Fairy Presenting Flowers, He Long Park, Stone Boat Setting Out to Sea, Herb-Gathering Old Man, He Long Bronze Statue, and other sights; (optional at your own expense:
148 RMB to take the Bailong Elevator to visit Yuanjiazhai Village, Yuanjiajie, etc.);
In the afternoon, walk down Tianzi Mountain via Wolong Ridge to reach Ten-Mile Gallery. After descending, tour the exquisitely crafted Ten-Mile Gallery (optional walk or sightseeing mini-train: 23 RMB per person one way, 33 RMB per person round trip). Along the way, enjoy Heaven's Platform, Three Sisters Peak, King Xiang Reading, Longevity Star Welcoming Guests, Herb-Gathering Old Man,
Golden Rat Watching the Sky, Fierce Tiger Roaring at the Sky, and other sights; take the eco-bus to Wulingyuan ticket station, exit the scenic area, and check into the hotel;
Sights: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Meals: Breakfast/hotel breakfast Lunch/Scenic Area Dinner/Hotel (reference dining locations)
Hotel: Zhangjiajie
Day 3: One-day tour of Fenghuang Ancient Town, enjoy the night view in the evening;
After breakfast, head to Fenghuang Ancient Town (4-hour drive), then visit the former residence of the great writer Shen Congwen, 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 Rocks where thousands of troops once passed, take a leisurely wooden boat to enjoy the intoxicating scenery of the Tuo River, the stilted houses with red lanterns hanging high, Rainbow Bridge, and the Cuicui Tower hidden among green mountains and clear waters—Huang Yongyu's studio. Stand by the river at the Wanmin Tower,
walk along the ancient, long bluestone street, and you will see all kinds of silverware, mouth-watering snacks, unnamed local specialties, and
amazing paper-cutting by 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 Boat Ride, Rainbow Bridge Art
Building, Wanshou Palace, Chongde Hall, and the Ancient Town Museum. Check into the hotel;
In the evening, stroll through the ancient town and feel its tranquility and simplicity under the night sky. You can also go to the riverside to admire the beautiful Tuo River dotted with lights, and participate in ancient local customs: releasing longevity lanterns and wishing lanterns;
Sights: Fenghuang Ancient Town
Meals: Breakfast/hotel breakfast Lunch/Scenic Area Dinner/Hotel (reference dining locations)
Hotel: Fenghuang Ancient Town
Day 4: The World's Number One Rafting——Mengdong River Rafting, return trip;
After sunrise in Fenghuang, head to the Mengdong River to join the World's Number One Rafting——Mengdong River Rafting. Starting from “Hani Palace,” go downstream in a small boat, emerging
from the crests of waves and the bottoms of valleys, passing “Triangle Rock,” “Chicken Coop Gate,” “Nietu Waterfall,” “Yama Rapids,” “Luoshui Pit Waterfall,” “Dream Gorge”…… dozens of sights
come one after another, too beautiful to take in all at once. Here you can sing loudly, brave the waves and rapids, or play in the water, and rediscover the self you lost long ago. Mengdong River
Rafting is one of only two four-star rafting routes nationwide rated by China International Travel Service.
In addition, [Furong Town] is also a must-visit place. The town was originally called [Wang Village], and it became famous at home and abroad because Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wen filmed the movie “Furong Town” here.
Furong Town is a typical image of a small border town in western Hunan, with bluestone streets and stilted houses, fully embodying the characteristics of Tujia dwellings in western Hunan.
Return to Zhangjiajie city and see off the group (arrive back in Zhangjiajie at about 6 pm), ending the happy Xiangxi journey.
Sights: Mengdong River Rafting
Meals: Breakfast/hotel breakfast Lunch/Zhangjiajie city or scenic area Dinner/Zhangjiajie city (reference dining locations)
Hotel: Transfer to station
The most fun places in Hunan are Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang. Zhangjiajie brings together the scenery of north and south, combining the beauty of many mountains, with more than 3,000 strange peaks and rocks,
integrating the six wonders of strange mountains, strange waters, strange rocks, strange clouds, strange animals, and strange plants, and combining the five excellences of beauty, primitiveness, tranquility, completeness, and freshness, and is famous worldwide for its strange peaks, grotesque rocks, clear streams, and rare birds and animals. The mountain scenery here wears a world-class crown: World Geopark, World Natural
Heritage, etc. The core scenic area of Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan (Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve, Yangjiajie Nature Reserve, Yuanjiajie
Nature Reserve) is a place tourists simply must visit.