Photography and Sketching Tour: 5-Day Tour of Zhangjiajie, Tianmen Mountain, Yuanjiajie, and Fenghuang Ancient Town - Zhangjiajie Photography Travel Route
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Overview
★ Bring a camera, pack your bags, and set off on your journey! ★ Essential attractions, a classic journey, and exquisite service—your Zhangjiajie photography trip will be worthwhile! ★ No shopping stops throughout the trip, a free pure-play tour. Our ethnic minority guide will lead you throughout to experience Zhangjiajie's magical scenery!
🧭 Itinerary
D1
Pick-up, one-day tour of Golden Whip Stream and Yuanjiajie
Morning The guide and driver will meet the group with a sign at the airport, train station, or hotel, then take a 40-minute air-conditioned tourist bus to the Forest Park ticket station and enter the scenic area (the 248 yuan ticket is included); hike through the "most beautiful canyon in the world"—Golden Whip Stream Scenic Area. Approaching Golden Whip Stream, everything is green, the water murmurs, accompanied by birdsong. As you walk, you suddenly feel a coolness and only then notice a gentle breeze blowing. In the crystal-clear, spotless jade-green water, fish swim happily, and red, green, and white pebbles shine in the water. Sunlight filters through the forest gaps and casts dappled shadows on the water, giving a sense of nature's tranquil and serene beauty. We will visit famous attractions such as Guanyin Presenting a Child, Zhu Bajie Carrying His Wife, Divine Eagle Guarding the Whip, Cleaving the Mountain to Save the Mother, the filming location of Journey to the West, Longevity Spring, and Meeting After a Thousand Miles.
Afternoon You may choose to take the world's highest sightseeing elevator—Bailong Elevator (optional at 56 yuan/person one way) or climb the Luanchuan Slope (2 hours) up to Yuanjiajie, and tour the core of the World Natural Heritage site: Yuanjiajie's scenery is famous for its majesty, wonder, steepness, and grandeur. In the scenic area, stone peaks are in a thousand postures, and streams flow around the peaks; ancient trees tower on the mountains, and mist fills the air—truly an earthly fairyland. Along the more than ten-li mountain-ring touring road, the scenery is too beautiful to take in all at once. Dozens of Tujia families live on the mountain; they have lived for generations among these green mountains and clear waters. They are hardworking and kind, and compete with no one. We will go to see the most famous attractions such as the No. 1 Bridge under Heaven, Jiutian Xuanti, Qiankun Pillar, Heart-Linking Bridge, Divine Turtle Asking Heaven, and Mihun Terrace.
Accommodation: Inside Wulingyuan Scenic Area
D2
Magical World—one-day tour of Yangjiajie and Wulong Village
Early morning You can watch the sunrise, one of Zhangjiajie's four great wonders (requires good weather). Looking out, the sea of clouds rises and falls like mountain ranges, flowing among the peaks. The eastern sky is lightly edged with a beautiful red border. The scenery is very tranquil and peaceful yet full of movement.
Morning Visit Yangjiajie Scenic Area, the most beautiful place in Zhangjiajie Scenic Area. Yangjiajie is not like Zhangjiajie, yet its scenery surpasses Zhangjiajie's: elegant, magnificent, perilous, and majestic... it captivates people and makes them gasp in amazement! We will visit famous attractions such as Tianbo Mansion, One Step to Heaven, Sky Corridor, Three Ghost Gates, Yang Family Female Warriors, Echo Wall, Lovers Peak, Five Finger Mountain, Tianbo Mansion, and Wulang Worshipping Buddha, then go to Wulong Village Scenic Area, the most famous bandit lair in greater Xiangxi.
Afternoon Visit Daguantai Scenic Area. This is a place that no one ever visited on conventional routes: Tianzi Seat, Immortal Bridge, Divine Chicken Pecking Food, One Step Hard to Pass... These attractions are unheard of by most people. After visiting them, you will sigh even more: how miraculous are the workings of all creation. In the afternoon, watch the sunset in Zhangjiajie, then return to the guesthouse inside the scenic area for accommodation. The air, food, and water on the mountain are free from environmental pollution—it is a true "green world."
Accommodation: Inside the scenic area (mountain guesthouse)
D3
One-day tour of Tianzi Mountain and Ten-Mile Gallery
Morning Take a bus to the world peak-forest wonder—Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area (you may choose to take the cableway one way down Tianzi Mountain at 52 yuan/person). At Tianzi Mountain, you can look down upon the vast world, and you will feel boundless pride: "Among the mountains, with no mountain above me, I alone am supreme." Tianzi Mountain has four great wonders: peak forests, sea of clouds, sunrise, and winter snow. The majestic, spectacular, strange, and enchanting scenes will surely feast everyone's eyes and make them linger. We will visit famous attractions such as Tianzi Pavilion, Xihai Stone Forest, Yubi Peak, Fairy Presenting Flowers, Helong Park, Stone Boat Sailing Out to Sea, Old Man Gathering Herbs, and the bronze statue of He Long.
Afternoon "Ten miles of gallery, ten miles of scenery; ten miles of charm await your journey." After descending the mountain, visit the exquisitely crafted Ten-Mile Gallery (choose walking or the sightseeing mini-train at 23 yuan/person one way, 33 yuan/person round trip). Ten-Mile Gallery has green mountains and clear waters, abundant flowers, and birds singing. The scenery within has peculiar shapes: quartz sandstone peak forests resembling people, gods, immortals, forests, birds, and beasts appear and disappear in the mist, changing in ten thousand ways! We will go to admire attractions such as Heaven Platform, Three Sisters Peak, Xiang Wang Reading Books, Longevity Star Welcoming Guests, Old Man Gathering Herbs, Golden Mouse Watching the Sky, and Fierce Tiger Roaring at the Sky; then take the eco-bus to Wulingyuan ticket station, exit the scenic area, and check into the hotel.
Accommodation: Zhangjiajie
D4
One-day tour of Tianmen Mountain, then go to Fenghuang Ancient Town in the afternoon and see the night view of Fenghuang
Morning Take a bus to the lower station of Tianmen Mountain Cableway and visit Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park. Tianmen Mountain has profound cultural heritage, is called the "Soul of Wuling," and has the reputation of being the first sacred mountain of Xiangxi. It combines peaks, rocks, springs, streams, clouds, and forests in one, and gathers majesty, wonder, beauty, peril, and seclusion in one body. It is praised as an aerial primeval garden. We will take the Tianmen Mountain Cableway to visit Tianmen Mountain: see Tianmen Cave, the 99-bend road wonder (Tongtian Avenue), Li Na Villa, Ghost Valley Plank Road, Ghost Valley Military Formation, Yunmeng Fairy Summit, Tianmen Mountain Temple, Lingquan Courtyard, Wood and Stone Love, and other famous attractions.
Tianmen Cableway: The cableway has an inclined length of 7,455 meters and a horizontal height difference between upper and lower stations of 1,279 meters. It is the world's longest single-line circulating detachable grip cabin-type cableway, like a rainbow flying between the "human world" and "heaven," and also like a giant dragon soaring in the cloudy sky, clinging to the mountain and cliffs, rising straight up, soul-stirring and magnificent. It has become one of the "four great wonders" of Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area.
Tongtian Avenue: The winding mountain road known as Tongtian Avenue has a total of 99 bends, like a jade belt winding around, bend after bend closely connected, layer upon layer rising, clinging to the mountain and cliffs, rushing straight into the clouds. The "No. 1 Road Wonder under Heaven" emerges in the world. Viewed from the cableway, the road is as dense as a spider web, with a vertical height difference of about one thousand meters.
Tianmen Cave Opening: 131.5 meters high and more than 50 meters wide, opening north-south on a sheer cliff of a thousand fathoms. It is majestic and towering, a rare high-altitude mountain-piercing karst cave, and even more a peerless wonder fully displaying the marvels of creation. The 2006 Russian Air Force aerobatic flight performance at Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain escalated the mystery of Tianmen Cave and once again made it a global focus.
Ghost Valley Plank Road: Beneath your feet is boundless green wilderness, flocks of small birds play in the canyon, and occasionally an eagle sweeps past your eyes. Close your eyes, endure your numb legs, with a racing heartbeat, open your arms, and you can receive the most perfect, most thrilling, and most nature-close SPA. After all, you should know that enjoying scenery on a cliff is generally not something ordinary humans can experience.
Afternoon Take the cableway down the mountain, then return to Zhangjiajie city area, and take a bus for about 4 hours to Fenghuang Ancient Town.
Night tour of Fenghuang The night view of Fenghuang Ancient Town is enchanting. 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 the noisy yet romantic atmosphere; of course, what is most unforgettable is walking with friends along the small stone-slab streets in Ming-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—it will make you linger even more...
Accommodation: Fenghuang Ancient Town
D5
One-day tour of Fenghuang Ancient Town
Morning Then we will 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 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, and the Ducui Tower—Huang Yongyu's studio—shadowed among green mountains and clear waters. Standing by the river is the Ten Thousand Names Pagoda. Walking along the ancient, long blue stone-slab street, you will see all kinds of silverware, mouth-watering snacks, local specialties whose names you may not know, and the astonishing paper-cutting of Miao elderly women... (The attractions included in the 148 yuan Fenghuang Ancient Town ticket are: Shen Congwen Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, East Gate Tower, Xiong Xiling Former Residence, Tuo River Boat Ride, Hongqiao Art Building, Wanshou Palace, Chongde Hall, and Ancient Town Museum.
Afternoon Take a bus for 4 hours back to Zhangjiajie city area.
Send-off: Send off the group and end the pleasant journey!
✅ Inclusions
I. Explanation of costs included in the quotation:
1. Tickets: includes tickets for the attractions listed in the itinerary;
2. Accommodation: includes hotel accommodation each night, two people sharing one standard twin room. If a single room supplement occurs, the room fee must be paid additionally;
Due to the need to visit famous attractions such as Yangjiajie, our itinerary includes 1 night of accommodation in a mountain guesthouse (clean, safe, and hygienic).
3. Guide: includes the considerate service fee of an excellent nationally certified guide;
4. Insurance: includes travel agency liability insurance and scenic area accident insurance. For private groups, personal accident insurance can be provided as a gift;
5. Transportation: includes tourist vehicles with 7-55 seats (the vehicle type depends on the number of group members on the day). Vehicle use period: from pick-up to drop-off; vehicle use scope: within the tourist itinerary.
II. Explanation of costs not included in the quotation:
1. Tourist meals: unless specially marked "meals included," all others [do not include meals]. Solutions:
A. Order meals separately. Tourists may decide independently according to personal preferences and freely choose local specialties and dishes;
B. Choose team meals provided by our agency: the standard is 40 yuan/person/day, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner;
2. Scenic area cableways: fees for cable cars, cableways, sightseeing mini-trains, elevators, and other transport tools within scenic areas;
3. Major transportation: does not include air tickets, train tickets, and other major transportation costs from the tourist's location to and from Zhangjiajie;
4. Other costs: personal expenses and additional costs caused by force majeure factors, etc.
III. Warm travel tips:
1. Ticket booking: our agency can book round-trip air tickets and train tickets to various places for tourists;
2. Additional attractions: this route can add other attractions according to tourists' needs, with costs calculated separately;
3. Preferential policies: tourists who meet the following preferential policies, such as those over 60 years old, active-duty military personnel, children under 1.2 meters, students, journalists, etc. Please inform our customer service in advance.
Note: Scenic area hotels use combined consumption; if meals are not used, no refund will be given. If attraction tickets cannot be visited due to force majeure factors, or if preferential tickets are generated with preferential certificates, only the price difference after the preferential settlement price will be refunded.
IV. Explanation of related terms:
Hotel class description [i.e., accommodation description]:
1. Economy class: stay in ordinary hotels, no star rating, clean, hygienic, safe, with private bathroom, air conditioning, color TV, hot water, and complete facilities;
2. Standard class: hotels are higher than "economy class," recently renovated or hotels preparing to apply for three-star rating;
3. Deluxe class: stay in officially listed three-star hotels evaluated by relevant national departments;
4. Super deluxe class: stay in four-star hotels or hotels that are larger in scale, more fully equipped, and preparing to apply for four-star rating compared with those in "deluxe class";
5. Ultra deluxe class: standard stay in five-star hotels or the best local hotels, such as Wulingyuan International Resort Hotel in Wulingyuan District (listed 5-star).
Explanation of group types [independent travelers, groups, and conferences accepted daily]:
1. Joined group tour: a conventional and economical way to travel. After tourists from various places register with our agency, accommodation, vehicles, guides, and other services are arranged uniformly to form a tour group for travel. Advantages: optimizes tourism resources and saves travel costs; disadvantages: compared with tourists forming a private group, flexibility is slightly lower.
2. Private group: means tourists separately charter a vehicle and hire a dedicated guide to form an independent group. Advantages: more focused service, and product quality and service quality are far higher than conventional travel methods; disadvantages: private groups require advance booking and arrangement, and the travel price is relatively higher.
Discussion and execution of travel services:
Please submit your supplementary requirements to the customer service manager, and finally execute according to the contract agreement negotiated and signed by both parties.
Warm tips:
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park scenic area ticket discount and free ticket policies:
1. Tourists holding the new version of press cards, active-duty officer certificates, military disability certificates, civilian cadre certificates, student certificates, police officer certificates (armed police), soldier certificates, and retired officer certificates, and children under 1.2 meters may pass directly through special channels with valid certificates;
2. Elderly people over 70 years old may purchase a 68 yuan eco-bus ticket with their ID card;
3. Elderly people aged 60-69 may purchase a 163 yuan discount ticket with their ID card (must be full age);
4. Students over 1.2 meters and under 24 years old may purchase a 163 yuan discount ticket with their student ID and ID card;
5. Children over 1.2 meters and under 1.5 meters may directly purchase a 163 yuan discount ticket.
6. Holders of first- and second-level disability certificates issued by the Disabled Persons' Federation may purchase a 68 yuan eco-bus ticket; please verify certificates and number of people before purchasing tickets, and present certificates when purchasing tickets.
However, the final implementation shall be subject to the specific rules of the ticket station.
📌 Booking Notes
[Detailed prices (per person · by number of people/hotel class)]
Number of people Standard class Deluxe class Deluxe A class Ultra deluxe class
Joined group tour (meals not included) ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥
2-3 people private group (meals not included) 2139￥ 2219￥ 2339￥ 2446￥
4-5 people private group (meals not included) 1499￥ 1579￥ 1699￥ 1819￥
6-7 people private group (meals not included) 1279￥ 1369￥ 1479￥ 1589￥
8-9 people private group (meals not included) ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥
10 people private group (meals not included) ￥ ￥ ￥ ￥
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