[Changsha Round-Trip Route 6] Zhangjiajie, Tianzi Mountain, Tianmen Mountain, Yellow Dragon Cave, Mengdong River Rafting, Fenghuang Six-Day Tour

Morning: Meet at 7:30 a.m. at Changsha Railway Station Square and depart promptly at 8:00 by 33-seat, 37-seat, or 45-seat coach, taking the Changsha-Zhangjiajie Expressway to beautiful Zhangjiajie. Enjoy the scenery of the Three Xiang and Four Rivers along the way and arrive in Zhangjiajie at noon. Afternoon: Visit Yellow Dragon Cave Scenic Area (ticket ￥100 included), known as the "all-around champion of world karst caves." Yellow Dragon Cave was selected in 2005 as "China's Most Beautiful Tourist Cave." Inside, lights are dim and stalagmites stand in forests, like ancient trees with twisted roots. There are caves within caves and rivers within caves, full of wonders — truly a veritable "underground magic palace." The cave also features famous sights such as the Dinghai Divine Needle stalagmite insured for 100 million yuan, Xiangshui River, Dragon King Gathering Hall, Heavenly Fairy Water, and Tianzhu Street. Meal standard: Breakfast: None Lunch: √ Dinner: √ Accommodation: City area Recommended optional activity: Large-scale folk custom performance and intangible cultural heritage national cultural exhibition base — [Charm of Xiangxi] ￥228/person

Full Day: Depart from the hotel to the Suoxiyu entrance and enter the scenic area. Take the Bailong Elevator (￥72 elevator ticket included) to reach 【Yuanjiajie】. Yuanjiajie is famous for its majestic, peculiar, precipitous, and steep scenery: enjoy Mihun Terrace, the prototype of the "Hallelujah Mountain" in the movie Avatar—the "Qiankun Pillar", the natural stone bridge with the highest drop discovered so far—the "No.1 Bridge under Heaven", Sanguan Terrace, and other attractions. The tour lasts about 2 hours. Afterwards, proceed to the only remaining Tujia mountain village at the top of Zhangjiajie—【Yuanjia Village】 (tour inside the village about 1 hour; complimentary item, no refund if not visited). The village has survived in the harsh natural environment and displays the Tujia people's migration, living customs, farming tools, etc. Take the mountaintop shuttle bus for 25 minutes to reach 【Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve】, known as the "King of Peak Forests": "Whoever has seen the face of Tianzi, no longer looks at other mountains under heaven." This shows the beautiful and charming scenery of Tianzi Mountain with numerous attractions. Visit Helong Park, which combines nature and culture, Yubi Peak, Fairy Presenting Flowers, West Sea Stone Forest, Stone Boat Sailing Out, etc. You can climb to the highest point of Tianzi Mountain, Tianzi Pavilion, and overlook the panoramic view of Tianzi Mountain. Afterwards, you can choose to walk down the mountain (walking usually takes about two hours) or take the scenic area cable car (purchase ticket yourself if needed); at the foot of the mountain, visit 【Ten-Mile Gallery Scenic Area】 (no less than half an hour): enjoy attractions such as the Herb-Collecting Old Man, Three Sisters Peak, and Longevity Star Welcoming Guests. After the tour, return to the hotel to rest. Meal standards: Breakfast: √ Lunch: √ Dinner: √ Accommodation: Wulingyuan Suoxiyu (scenic area) Recommended optional items: Tianzi Mountain cable car one-way ￥65/person, Ten-Mile Gallery mini train one-way ￥38/person

Morning: After breakfast, stroll along "China's most beautiful canyon"—【Golden Whip Stream Scenic Area】: Golden Whip Stream is 7.5 kilometers long, and walking tour takes about 2.5 hours. Golden Whip Stream is a naturally formed beautiful stream, named after the Golden Whip Rock. The valley has lush vegetation, and the stream is clear all year round, known as "Landscape Gallery" and "Fairyland on Earth". Along the way, visit famous attractions such as Golden Whip Rock, Divine Eagle Protecting 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 Presenting a Child, Master and Disciples Seeking Scriptures, Longevity Spring, Candle Peak, Two Turtles Exploring the Stream, Scholar's Library, etc. Afternoon: Visit a national key cultural relic protection unit and the holy land in the hearts of the Tujia people—【Tujia Folk Custom Park】 (complimentary item, no refund if not visited). In the park, you can enjoy the intoxicating Tujia gate-blocking wine, watch mysterious Tujia ancestor worship activities, Tujia historical relics exhibition, and Tujia folk customs demonstrations. The buildings in the park are mostly wood and stone structures, with carved beams and painted rafters, resplendent and magnificent, with flying eaves and exquisite elegance. Representative works include the Tusi Castle, Hand-Waving Hall, Tujia Village, and Houwang Palace. Especially the Chongtian Tower, built against the mountain, is magnificent, 48 meters high, with nine levels and twelve stories, winding paths, and unique craftsmanship. It has won two Guinness World Records for "Nine Heavens" and "Thousand People Maogusi", and is rich in Tujia garden art. Meal standards: Breakfast: √ Lunch: √ Dinner: None Accommodation: Wulingyuan Suoxiyu (scenic area)

Full Day: In the morning, take the rafting company's special bus to the world's No.1 rafting 【Mengdong River Rafting】 (ticket included), go to the rafting upper station pier, and experience the "No.1 Rafting under Heaven". The starting point Hani Palace is about 40 kilometers from Wangcun, a 1-hour drive; the ending point Niulu River is a 30-minute drive from Wangcun. The rafting water route is 17 kilometers long, and rafting takes two and a half hours. From Hani Palace, rafting down, along the way are ancient river channels, Hani Palace, Shanjiao Rock, Nitu Waterfall, Huishou Gorge, Luoshui Keng Waterfall, Mengsi Gorge, Niulu River Bridge, and other attractions. Hundred-mile cliffs, jagged rocks, peculiar shoals and strange waters, green trees on both banks, misty clouds, flying waterfalls and springs complementing karst peak forests. Turn 155 bends, shuttle through 133 shoals and pools, winding and lingering, soul-stirring, and relaxing. Mengdong River Rafting was praised by the famous sociologist Mr. Fei Xiaotong as "No.1 Rafting under Heaven"; afterwards return to Zhangjiajie city and check into the hotel. Meal standards: Breakfast: None Lunch: √ Dinner: None Accommodation: Zhangjiajie (city area)

Morning: Take a bus to the lower station of Tianmen Mountain cable car, visit Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park (￥258 ticket and cable car ticket included). Tianmen Mountain has profound cultural heritage, known as the "Soul of Wuling" and the "First Divine Mountain of Xiangxi". It combines peaks, rocks, springs, streams, clouds, and forests, integrating majesty, peculiarity, beauty, precipitousness, and tranquility, and is praised as an aerial primitive garden. We take the Tianmen Mountain cable car 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 Top, Tianmen Mountain Temple, Lingquan Courtyard, Wood and Stone Love, and other famous attractions. Tianmen Cable Car: The cable car line has an inclined length of 7455 meters, with a horizontal height difference of 1279 meters between the upper and lower stations. It is the world's longest single-line circulating detachable grip cabin-type cable car, like a rainbow flying between "earth" and "heaven", and like a giant dragon soaring in the clouds, clinging to the mountain and wall, rising to the sky, soul-stirring, and magnificent, becoming one of the "Four Wonders" of Tianmen Mountain Tourist Scenic Area. Tongtian Avenue: The winding road known as Tongtian Avenue has a total of 99 bends, like a jade belt winding around, closely connected, layered, clinging to the mountain and wall, rushing straight to the clouds. The "No.1 Road Wonder under Heaven" emerges, and from the cable car, the road looks like a dense spider web, with a vertical height difference of about 1000 meters. Tianmen Cave Opening: Climb 999 steps to Tianmen Cave, pray to heaven. It is 131.5 meters high and more than 50 meters wide, opening north and south on the thousand-fathom white cliff, majestic and towering, a rare high-altitude mountain-piercing cave, and a world wonder showing the magic of creation. In 2006, the Russian Air Force's Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain aerobatic performance escalated the mystery of Tianmen Cave, once again becoming a global focus. Ghost Valley Plank Road: Under your feet is the boundless green field, flocks of birds playing in the canyon, occasionally an eagle passing by. Close your eyes, with numb legs and rapid heartbeat, open your arms, and you can get a perfect, exciting, and natural SPA. Because you know, enjoying scenery on a cliff is generally not something humans can enjoy. Afternoon: At around 15:30, take a bus via Zhanghua Expressway to 【Aizhai Bridge Scenic Area】 (complimentary item, no refund if not visited). Visit the place where Qu Yuan composed the great poems 【Nine Songs】 and 【Heavenly Questions】—【Tianwen Terrace】 suspended above the canyon (if time permits, you can visit Observation Deck No.2 and Jidou Miao Village). Then transfer to the scenic area shuttle bus to visit the most dangerous pass on the Xiangchuan Highway—【Aizhai Highway Wonder】. This six-kilometer road built during the Anti-Japanese War has the most dangerous terrain and ingenious engineering design in the country. Along the way, see 【Xiangchuan Highway Aizhai Natural Barrier Road Construction Death Memorial Tower】, 【China's First Highway Overpass】, 【Pioneer Bronze Statue】, 【The Most Awesome Traffic Police in History】 duty platform, then return to the observation deck to closely admire the 【Aizhai Bridge】 that created "four world No.1s". Afterwards, take a bus to Fenghuang. Fenghuang Ancient Town, a national historical and cultural city, once praised by the famous New Zealand writer Rewi Alley as China's most beautiful small town. Along the way, enjoy the scenery of Xiangxi and experience the customs of ethnic minorities. At night, view the night scene of Tuo River. When the lights on both banks of the Tuo River are lit one by one, everywhere is colorful, placing you in a golden and splendid scene. Walk into the bars of Fenghuang Ancient Town and experience the noisy yet romantic atmosphere. You can also choose a lotus lantern to make your best wish and put them together into the long Tuo River... Accommodation standard: Breakfast: None Lunch: None Dinner: None Accommodation: Fenghuang

Morning: Visit Fenghuang Ancient Town: freely stroll around Fenghuang Ancient Town, visit Shen Congwen's Former Residence, Xiong Xiling's Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, East Gate Tower, Tuo River Boating, Hongqiao Art Building, Chongde Hall, Wanshou Palace, Ancient City Museum, etc. 【Fenghuang Ancient Town Nine Scenic Spots】 (￥148 ticket included); enjoy the Shawwan stilted building group, Dongzheng Street Scenic Area, Cross Street, Chaoyang Palace, Wenxing Street, Biaoying Street: walking on the ancient long red stone slab street, you will see mouth-watering snacks, unknown local specialties, various silverware, and amazing Miao elderly's paper-cutting, gourd flute, etc. In your spare time, walk on the "Jumping Rock" of the Tuo River, the small stone slab streets of Ming and Qing style, and then follow the direction of ginger candy to stroll along the Folk Custom Street. You will find silver jewelry, Xilankapu, bamboo crafts, and other handicrafts in the shops along the street. Taste local specialties, which will make you appetizing and unforgettable, allowing you to experience a truly leisurely trip to Fenghuang Ancient Town! Afternoon: After lunch, take a bus from Jishou back to Changsha, arriving at Changsha Railway Station around 21:30, ending the pleasant journey! Meal standards: Breakfast: √ Lunch: √ Dinner: None