Location: Zhangjiajie
Top Things to do in Zhangjiajie
- 1. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
- 2. Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area of Zhangjiajie
- 3. Tianmen Mountain of Zhangjiajie
- 4. Tianzi Mountain
- 5. Tianzi Mountain Clouds
- 6. Golden Whip Brook
- 7. Huangshi Village
- 8. Tianmen Fox Fairy Show
- 9. Yellow Dragon Cave
- 10. The Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie
What to do and see in Zhangjiajie, China: The Best Places and Tips
Zhangjiajie (simplified Chinese: 张家界; traditional Chinese: 張家界; pinyin: Zhāngjiājiè) is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan province, People's Republic of China. It comprises the district of Yongding, Wulingyuan and counties of Cili and Sangzhi. Within it is located Wulingyuan Scenic Area which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 as well as an AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration.
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1. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
Zhangjiajie is situated in the northwest of Hunan province, in the juncture of the Yunan-Guizhou Plateau and the subsidence of Donating Lake, stretching over the area from between 109'40 to 110'20 E to between 28'52 to 29'48 N. It is bounded by Shimen county and Taoyuan county on the east, Yuanling county on the south, and Hefeng, Xuan'en of Hubei province on the north. The city stretches 167 km from east to west, and 96 km from north to south at best. Zhangjiajie city covers an area of 9,653 square kilometers, which accounts for 4.5 percent of Hunan province. The landform is complex in Zhangjiajie, including Mountains, lava, hills, plains, etc. Mountainous area takes up 76 percent of the total. The most characteristic feature is the quartzes sandstone landform, which is rare in the world. The city is higher on the northwest, and tilts along Li River to the south. Wuling Mountains, divided from Yunwu Mountain in Guizhou province, are again divided into some branches across the city . There are Mountains over Mountains in the city and many abrupt peaks and low lands. The highest point is 1890.4 meters above the sea level, and the lowest 75 meters. Zhangjiajie is a city under the direct administration of provincial government, and has jurisdiction over Yongding, Wuling districts, and Cili, Sangzhi counties. Up to the end of 1999, it has a population of 1.55 million, of which 1.13 million are minorities which accounts for 73.1 percent of the total population
2. Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area of Zhangjiajie
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 754 reviews
Reviewed By MaraBois - Singapore, Singapore
Arrived at ZJJ's Hehua Airport early morning to go to Wulingyuan (our hotel is in wulingyuan). Do check with your hotel if they provide airport transfer services. It should cost around 200Yuan to go straight to Wulingyuan (and i suggest you take a cab).
so we arrived in airport, exited, lots of private taxi and 1 shuttle bus. the shuttle bus seems to go to ZJJ city. we pay 220Yuan for the taxi to wulingyuan. it is about 45 mins drive.
Next day, we went to ZJJ national park. ticket price is 250Yuan/pax for 4 day entry. It is not transferable, they will tag your finger print to the card when you enter.
Recommend to stay in Wulingyuan town to access the ZJJ national park as you are able to walk into the national park - 15 mins walk.
Don't expect much from the town. there is no nightlife or what. even finding food can be difficult (i speak mandarin myself) if you are already bored with chinese food. no pizza, there are bakeries around.
In the town there is a bus station which serves buses to phoenix town, Changsha, zjj etc...
3. Tianmen Mountain of Zhangjiajie
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park is the second national forest park in Zhangjiajie, where the famous Tianmen Mountain is located.
Reviewed By ROCruiser - California
Taking the long and high cable car up to the top of the mountain, walking on the glass "cliff-hanging" path, riding the crazily fast shuttle on the 99 hair-pin turns road downhill, and the taking the longest escalators made this an amazingly memorable trip up on Tianmen Mountain. It was exciting, beautiful, and eye-opening fun-filled day.
4. Tianzi Mountain
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 184 reviews
Reviewed By ROCruiser - California
Scenic and exciting! This is a very popular site and could be very crowded. You will forever remember your trip here. Walk around the different areas and appreciate both the natural beauty and human-engineering that made this place accessible to travelers.
5. Tianzi Mountain Clouds
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 123 reviews
Reviewed By PGR05 - Bangkok, Thailand
Impressive landscape that has inspired the one of the movie Avatar. It is an unique group of Mountains that you can't see elsewhere. Watch out the time to travel here to avoid the high season for Chinese Tourists where the queues can reach over 2h for buses and cable cars. April, May is fine.
6. Golden Whip Brook
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 218 reviews
Reviewed By Mark T - Melbourne, Australia
This is an excellent easy walk for about 5km which is relatively flat (but not wheelchair accessible). We accessed the trail entrance from Wulingyuan park entrance by taking the Four Streams bus. Very straight forward. The landscape varies quite a lot and the best thing is that there is quite a lot of peace and quiet. Getting back was a little tricky as we had to ask around for a local bus from the Zhangjiajie entrance - this cost 10 yuan to Wulingyuan but you do need to ask around for the location of the bus station - so. E done by 4:30pm latest.
7. Huangshi Village
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 92 reviews
Huangshi Zhai is located in the southwest of the world natural heritage—Wulingyuan Quartz Peak-forest. Quartz sandstone distribution zone that is suitable to constitute large peak-forest starts from the northwest of Huangshi Zhai, and stretches to the northeast direction until the edge of West Sea, Maple Valley, and forms the world’s only magic large peak-forest with 20 kilometers length and 10 kilometers width. Huangshi Zhai is the largest among 3000 large peak-forests consisting of quartz sandstone. Huangshi Zhai is wide and thick with an altitude of 1,092 meters. It is high for looking the distance and wide and flat for rest. When you climb on this largest natural viewing deck and take a broad view, there are countless stone peaks and pillars, tall and straight, trying to make a figure, intensive and widely distributed. All these peaks and pillars form vast peak-forests, making people joyful suddenly and happy. If there is thick cloud covering all the peaks, flickering lofty and steep, or ethereal and fleeting, changing constantly. At this time, stone peaks and pillars seem to be firm rocks in turbulent and roaring waves on the sea, more poetical, and have the good reputation of “it is no avail of your trip to Zhangjiajie, unless you come to the summit of Huangshi Village”. Huangshi Zhai has tens of scenic spots including star gathering stage, double doors for the guest, five fingers peak, front garden and remaining piers of the heavenly bridge etc, among which, the latter two are the most famous.
Reviewed By LG_Kay - Singapore, Singapore
There are 2 options to the top:
- At the Zhangjiajie entrance, take free bus then take Cableway to the top
- Walk up, via one end of the Golden Whip Stream (金鞭溪).
I actually came by the Golden Whip Stream. However, I decided to take the Cableway up to save time & energy. From the end of Golden Whip Stream, I needed to walk a short distance, took a free bus to the Cableway station and then bought a 2 way ticket, 118 RMB (1 way ticket 65 RMB).
As I visited in end Sep, low peak season, hence it wasn’t crowded, just a few tourist groups were there. Up at the mountain top, I was glad that all the tourist groups took the bus to the YangJiaJie Cableway station. Hence it was peaceful for my entire hike there.
At Huangshizhai, the scenery was awesome as I was actually viewing the Yuanjiajie (袁家界) area – beautiful cliffs, karsts etc. I saw a sign, translated as “If you didn’t visit Huangshizhai, you can’t claim you have come to Zhangjiajie”.
I spent more than 3 hours walking a loop along the cliff-side, with lots of viewing platforms. Note that there were monkeys at certain areas, hence be wary as they may be aggressive and snatch your food.
Overall, I truly enjoyed the peace, scenery and atmosphere, with lots of photo-shoot opportunities. Highly recommended.
8. Tianmen Fox Fairy Show
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 120 reviews
Reviewed By Calvin L
I almost fell asleep watching this show mostly because of the weird extra auction thing they held at the beginning. Ticket prices were extortionist and the story was appalling. I would not recommend this unless you really want to see it. I also visited in summer which was a mistake. It is outdoors and has no fans which made the experience even more unbearable.
9. Yellow Dragon Cave
Overall Ratings
4 based on 275 reviews
Reviewed By Tina S - Iloilo City, Philippines
Yellow Dragon Cave...nice, but
doesnt look natural anymore with all the human improvements inside the cave, altering the natural landscape
granite stairs and engraved balusters throughout the whole cave system (i guess they need to do this with the big volume of local tourists passing through)
red blue green artificial lights take away the drama of nature (feels like im in a man-made cave in a theme park)
10. The Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie
Overall Ratings
4 based on 199 reviews
Reviewed By Lori P
Walking across glass bridge, bucket list check. It would be best to stay in the resort town near entrance to this park. don't be confused, there are 3 different parks in the wulinglang area. all miles apart. book ahead of time transportation to get there, if take the training, the bus stations next to McDonald's in the building where a grocery store is, go in, look to back wall between the food sections and you should see armed guards next to luggage scanner, this is where you go to get the shuttle buses, and be-wary, they may just drop you off wherever they feel like. The only english they know know is,'get off the bus'
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