One-day tour of Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area, Ten-Mile Gallery Scenic Area, and Tianmen Fox Fairy
Morning:
After breakfast, depart from the scenic area guesthouse and take the free shuttle bus to the world's No. 1 elevator, the Bailong Elevator [one-way 72/person, at your own expense]. The Bailong Elevator takes 1 minute and 58 seconds to reach the mountaintop. Step into the mysterious Pandora world and visit Zhangjiajie's core scenic area - [Yuanjiajie]: Yuanjiajie is famous for its majestic, peculiar, precipitous, and steep scenery. Along the more than ten-li mountain touring path, 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 highest discovered drop so far - the No. 1 Bridge under Heaven.
Afternoon:
Take the scenic area shuttle bus (about 40 minutes) to visit the peak forest wonder - [Tianzi Mountain]: Tianzi Mountain is known as the king of peak forests. Thousands of peaks stand abruptly in the clouds and mist, with charming scenery and beautiful views. Visit Tianzi Pavilion, West Sea Stone Forest, Imperial Brush Peak, Fairy Presenting Flowers, He Long Park, Stone Boat Sailing Out to Sea, Herb-Collecting Old Man, He Long Bronze Statue, and other attractions. You may choose to take the cableway (at your own expense 67 yuan/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: one-way 38 yuan/person, round trip 52 yuan/person, or walk both ways in about one hour). Along the way, enjoy attractions such as Three Sisters Peak, Xiang Wang Reading, Twilight Love, Longevity Star Greeting Guests, Herb-Collecting Old Man, Index Finger Peak, Heavenly Dog Looking at the Moon, and more. In the afternoon, take the bus from the Ten-Mile Gallery parking lot back to Zhangjiajie city hotel for check-in, ending the regular itinerary. Afterwards is free time. After dinner, take the company's tour bus to watch the world's first high mountain canyon live landscape performance - "Tianmen Fox Fairy" [ticket 228/person, included]. The performance lasts about 1.5 hours, then return to the hotel to rest.
Accommodation:
Zhangjiajie (city area)
Simple route:
Scenic area guesthouse → scenic area shuttle bus boarding point → Bailong Elevator lower station → Bailong Elevator upper station → (walk straight 300 meters) Yuanjiajie parking lot → Mihun Terrace parking lot → (below the parking lot) Yuanjiajie scenic area starting point → Mihun Terrace viewing platform → Hallelujah Mountain → No. 1 Bridge under Heaven → (Yuanjiajie scenic area end point) No. 1 Bridge under Heaven parking lot → (40 minutes by bus) → 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 platform → McDonald's → (pass McDonald's) Imperial Brush Peak, 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 to Tianzi Mountain cableway station) → (hike / take the shuttle bus for 10 minutes from the cableway lower station) → Ten-Mile Gallery scenic area → (take the bus for 20 minutes from the parking lot) Sign Gate → (take the company bus for 50 minutes) hotel → Tianmen Fox Fairy → hotel