[Independent Travel Package 2]: Zhangjiajie, Grand Canyon, Yellow Dragon Cave, Charm of Xiangxi, 3 days 2 nights

Morning: The driver will meet your group at Zhangjiajie Airport or Railway Station with a name board. Departing from Zhangjiajie city area, take a 30-minute drive to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park [entrance ticket ￥248/person, at your own expense], then climb to the largest cliff-top viewing platform in Zhangjiajie at an altitude of 1,200 meters — Huangshizhai Scenic Area (cable car at your own expense: ￥65/person one way, ￥118/person round trip; visitors may choose according to their own condition, and those who do not choose the cable car will hike up the mountain). Famous attractions at the summit include: Monkey King Reviewing Troops, Golden Turtle in the Sea of Mist, Five-Finger Peak, Two Gates Welcoming Guests, Star-Picking Platform, etc. Afternoon: Stroll through Golden Whip Stream. Golden Whip Stream is a naturally formed beautiful stream, praised as “never drying up even in a thousand-year drought, still green after ten thousand years of rain.” It is named after Golden Whip Rock. The valley is lush with vegetation, and the stream is clear in all four seasons, known as a “landscape gallery” and “earthly fairyland.” Golden Whip Stream is 7.5 kilometers long. Along the way, visit famous attractions such as Golden Whip Rock, Divine Eagle Guarding the Whip, Cleaving the Mountain to Save the Mother, Meeting After a Thousand Miles, and Water Winding Around Four Gates. Accommodation: Cozy guesthouse in the scenic area (Water Winding Around Four Gates) Simple Route: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park ticket check → (walk straight 200 meters) Great Oxygen Bar Square → (walk straight 100 meters, cross the bridge to the hiking trail, about 4,000 steps) / (100 meters to the left is the shuttle bus parking lot for Huangshizhai Cable Car Station) Huangshizhai → Small Loop / Large Loop (suitable for those with good stamina) → (cable car or walk) down the mountain → starting point of Golden Whip Stream → Mother-Child Peak → Golden Whip Rock → Cleaving the Mountain to Save the Mother → Meeting After a Thousand Miles → Water Winding Around Four Gates → guesthouse

Morning: After breakfast, depart from the scenic-area guesthouse and take the free shuttle bus to the world’s No. 1 elevator, Bailong Elevator [one way ￥72/person, at your own expense]. The Bailong Elevator takes 1 minute and 58 seconds to reach the top, where you step into the mysterious Pandora world and visit Zhangjiajie’s core scenic area — Yuanjiajie: Yuanjiajie is known for its majestic, peculiar, precipitous, and steep scenery. Along the more than ten-li mountain-ring tour road, the scenery is too numerous to take in. Among them, you can see the prototype of the “Hallelujah Mountain” in the movie Avatar — the “Qiankun Pillar,” and the natural stone bridge with the greatest height difference discovered so far — the No. 1 Bridge under Heaven. You may also visit at your own expense the first Tujia village standing on a thousand-zhang cliff — Yuanjia Village. Afternoon: Take the scenic-area shuttle bus (about 40 minutes) to visit the wonder of peak forests — Tianzi Mountain: Tianzi Mountain is known as the king of peak forests. Thousands of peaks stand in the clouds and mist, with charming and beautiful scenery. Visit attractions such as 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, and He Long Bronze Statue. You may choose to take the cable car at your own expense (￥67/person) or hike down the mountain. (Hiking down takes about 2 hours.) At the foot of the mountain, visit the exquisitely crafted Ten-Mile Gallery (you may choose to take the sightseeing mini-train at your own expense: ￥38/person one way, ￥52/person round trip, or walk round trip in about one hour). Along the way, enjoy attractions such as Three Sisters Peak, King Xiang Reading Books, Twilight Love, Longevity Star Welcoming Guests, Herb-Gathering Old Man, Index Finger Peak, and Heavenly Dog Looking at the Moon. In the afternoon, take the bus from the Ten-Mile Gallery parking lot back to the Wulingyuan hotel for check-in, ending the regular itinerary. Afterwards is free time. After dinner, take the company’s tour bus to the National Cultural Industry Demonstration Base to watch “Charm of Xiangxi” [ticket ￥228/person, included], a bonfire song-and-dance gala that has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage, full of passionate expression and ethnic customs. The show lasts about 1.5 hours, then return to the hotel to rest. Accommodation: Wulingyuan (scenic area) Simple Route: Scenic-area guesthouse → scenic-area shuttle bus stop → Bailong Elevator lower station → Bailong Elevator upper station → (walk straight 300 meters) Yuanjiajie parking lot → Mihun Platform parking lot → (below the parking lot) starting point of Yuanjiajie Scenic Area → Mihun Platform viewing deck → Hallelujah Mountain → No. 1 Bridge under Heaven → (end of Yuanjiajie Scenic Area) No. 1 Bridge under Heaven parking lot → (40-minute bus ride) → He Long Park parking lot (Tianzi Mountain) → (pass through the snack corridor and walk 200 meters) He Long Park bronze statue → (go down more than 20 steps behind the bronze statue) Yunqing Rock viewing deck → McDonald’s → (pass McDonald’s) Imperial Brush Peak and Fairy Presenting Flowers attractions → (along the ornament corridor 50 meters) Tianzi Pavilion → (hike down the mountain, about 7,000 steps) / (return to McDonald’s and go up the steps on the left to the parking lot for Tianzi Mountain Cable Car Station) → (hike / take the shuttle bus for 10 minutes from the cable car lower station) → Ten-Mile Gallery Scenic Area → (take the bus for 20 minutes from the parking lot) Sign Gate → (take the company bus) hotel → Charm of Xiangxi → hotel

Morning: After breakfast, take the company’s tour bus for about 30 minutes to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, which is like a paradise away from the world [ticket ￥118/person, included]. Along the way, visit many attractions such as One-Line Sky, Heavenly Ladder Plank Road, Three-Tier Tour Route, Platform Wu Wang Slope, Thousand-Year Ancient Vine, Heavenly Fairy Water Waterfall, Winding Path Quiet Forest Chuangwang Pavilion, Safe Journey Bridge, Fairy Washing Face, Butterfly Spring Waterfall, Broken Boat Rock Bandit Cave, and Pinghu Lake sightseeing. Afternoon: After lunch, visit the world champion of karst caves — Yellow Dragon Cave [ticket ￥100/person, included]: Dragon Dance Hall, Xiangshui River, Heavenly Fairy Water, Tianzhu Street, Dragon Palace, Maze, etc. Yellow Dragon Cave is world-famous for top honors such as “World Karst Cave Wonder,” “World All-Around Karst Cave Champion,” and “China’s Most Beautiful Tourist Karst Cave.” / Or visit the earthly “Jade Pool” — Baofeng Lake [￥96/person, included], which combines mountains and water and blends folk customs. It is especially famous for the wonderful high-gorge lake scenery, the Baofeng Waterfall “flying straight down three thousand feet,” and the mysterious ancient temple deep in the mountains. Enjoy lifelike attractions such as Baofeng Waterfall, Fairy Looking in the Mirror, Stone Gate Welcoming Guests, Peacock Spreading Its Tail, Golden Toad Holding the Moon, and Divine Turtle Emerging from Water. Boating on the lake, listen to the mountain songs of the young men and women on the water expressing love, and watch herons fishing in the leisurely green water. Simple Route: Hotel → (take our company’s tour bus about 30 minutes) → Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon → Heavenly Ladder Plank Road → One-Line Sky → Slide → Rainbow Square Waterfall → Bandit Cave → Pinghu Lake Cruise → Grand Canyon parking lot → (25-minute bus ride) Yellow Dragon Cave → Ecological Square → Yellow Dragon Cave ticket entrance → (follow the guide) cave visit → Yellow Dragon Cave exit → drop-off point → (take our company’s tour bus) → Railway Station / Airport. Hotel → (take our company’s tour bus about 30 minutes) → Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon → Heavenly Ladder Plank Road → One-Line Sky → Slide → Rainbow Square Waterfall → Bandit Cave → Pinghu Lake Cruise → Grand Canyon parking lot → (30-minute bus ride) Baofeng Lake → (walk 200 meters along the tour path on the right side of the scenic-area entrance) → Flying Stream Boundary Peak → (200 meters) cross “Lovers’ Bridge” → follow “Good Man Slope” → (150 steps) Baofeng Lake boat boarding point → “Peacock Spreading Its Tail” → “Golden Cicada Holding the Moon” → “Fairy Looking in the Mirror” → get off the boat at “Mid-Mountain Pavilion” pier → (450 steps) “Giant Salamander” → Baofeng Waterfall → exit → Railway Station / Airport