Zhangjiajie National Forest Park: 4 Days of Adventure in Avatar Mountains of Hunan China
Follow my 4 days adventure to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park where the highlight of this Zhangjiajie travel guide focuses on national park, Avatar mountains, Zhangjiajie Hunan's food, Xibu night market, the infamous Zhangjiajie bridge, the spectacular view of the heaven view from a cable car and the Tujia Minority. The main attraction which is the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is where lies the heavenly view of the natural scenery. Located in Hunan, Zhangjiajie Park's beauty even attracted legendary film maker, James Cameroon to select the Zhangjiajie Mountain as the backdrop of the Hallelujah Mountain in the mystical planet of Pandora in the movie, AVATAR. My 4 days of Zhangjiajie itinerary and travel guide as below:
★Day 1
The first day of my Zhangjiajie trip brought me to the Yellow Dragon Cave aka Huanglong Cave. Yellow Dragon Cave, known as the wonder of the world's caves, is one of the largest caverns in China. It is a karst cave, full of stalagmites, stalactites, underground streams, and large caverns. Exploring the cave, I need to navigate up and down the stairs as well as taking boats to reach the others part of the cavern.
During the night I explore the ordinary street of Zhangjiajie.
★Day 2
Second day starts by a tour to Hallelujah Mountains (previously knowns as Southern Sky Column). Hallelujah Mountain is located in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in the Wulingyuan Area of Hunan Province. The beauty of these natural wonder inspires the floating mountain in the world of Pandora of James Cameroon's Avatar. Hallelujah Mountains is accessible by cable car. Avatar Mountains China 2018
At the night, I explored the tourist must visit pedestrian walk, Xibu Street. Here, there are plenty street performance, cultural shows, street foods, restaurant, local delicacy, exotic food and many hand made souvenir.
★Day 3
After 2 days of wonderful scenery shock, it's time for me to relax. My first stop on the third day is the Jinbian Stream aka Golden Whip Stream. This is where you can relax with pristine water, verdant mountains and cool weather.
Second stop of the days is the 10 miles natural gallery. To explore, you either either choose to walk or take the train. As the name implies, 10 Miles Gallery feature a wonderful view of natural mountain that resembles human, animal, god and beast. At the end of the 10 miles natural gallery is the Monkey Garden. Had some fun with the monkey over there!
Third stop of the day is the highlight my Zhangjiajie trip, the longest and highest glass bridge in China at the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon. Experience the thrilling feeling of height of Zhangjiajie National ForestPark glass bridge by standing on transparent glass bridge. It might be scary at first but it become normal later on. From the Zhangjiajie glass bridge, I go down to the bottom of the canyon through the cliff plank road. Halfway through, I am given choice of taking elevator or keep going through the cliff plank road. I chose the plank. And my perseverance was rewarded when I met with a local Tujia minority couple and have a short conversation with them. Pushing downward, I was welcomed by a calm turquoise lake. At the end of the route, I leave Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon by boat.
★Day 4
The fourth and final day, I visited the TianMen Mountain. Tianmen mountain is famous for its spectacular view from the cable cars, 999 steps Heaven's Gate and glass plank road or glass walkway. To be honest, the view from the tops of TianMen is the closest resembles of Heaven on the Earth. Last day of the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park trip ends and we travel to Changsha for a flight home.
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My First Trip to Zhangjiajie 张家界
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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 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.
The new name of Zhangjiajie City was adopted in 1994, after the National Forest Park in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area (武陵源) in order to give it more prominence and after this site had been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. The National Forest Park had been given the name of Zhangjiajie after the name of a small village located within its bounds, and now a popular tourist attraction within the park. The three-character name (张家界) can be interpreted as follows: Zhang (张) is a common surname in China; jia (家) can be translated as family; and jie (界) can be translated as homeland, giving the completed translation of Zhang family homeland. It has been reported that at least one tourist guide has said that the name may have been chosen to convey the idea or impression of Open the family door to welcome the world (张开家门引进世界), but this is not the locally accepted and directly-translated meaning of the name. The official version of its name is linked to a Han general, Zhang Liang, who resettled in the area after a suspicious Liu Bang, the Han emperor, started to persecute his staffs and generals who had contributed to his becoming emperor. It was so named to signify that the Zhang family had set up home there.
The Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area comprises the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, the Tianzishan (天子山) mountain ranges, Baofenghu (宝峰湖) and the Suoxi Valley (索溪峪), and is a very popular filming and tourist destination.
Also in the Zhangjiajie area, Huanglongdong (黄龙洞) and Longwangdong (龙王洞) are caves known for many natural rock formations (much like Wulingyuan) and its underground cataract.
The Bailong Elevator is also located in the area.
Each year, Zhangjiajie hosts the International Country Music Week Festival,[4] which has featured international acts such as American Country Music group Lucy Angel.
The Zhangjiajie Airport services scheduled service to major airports in China. It is about 5 km away from the downtown and 30 km away from Wulingyuan Scenic Area. There are domestic flights available between Zhangjiajie and other cities, such as Changsha, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou etc. Flights between Zhangjiajie and Seoul, Busan are also available.
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Last week, we promised y’all that we’d give y’all a detailed breakdown of how to scale Zhangjiajie, so here it is! First of all, it’s impossible to spend only one or two days in ZJJ. So PLEASE keep that in mind — At least three days (72 hours like in this video) or more.
Chloe’s gonna share some of the tips and tricks the team gathered to handling ZJJ like a frickin’ pro.
1. Explore two parts of ZJJ — Zhangjiajie City, Wulingyuan District (belonging to Zhangjiajie National Park).
2. Be mentally and physically prepared for massive crowds and A LOT of walking.
3. Show off your greatest poses and get creative for photos!!!! (Safety is sexy though, remember.)
4. Bring your student IDs to get discounts! Some even up to 50%.
5. Get ready to spend hours walking through different sites, and note that some places (like Tianzishan) are pretty much a one-way route, so there’s no reversing once you’ve entered the place.
6. Have a great, great time.
01:32 - Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge
This is where Tip #2 comes into FULL PLAY.*IMPT: Do note that you are not allowed to bring things like selfie sticks, cameras (except mobile phones), water bottles, big bags, tripods, basically clunky stuff onto the glass bridge. And no drones are allowed to be flown around the area!
02:07 - Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon
You have to walk through this Grand Canyon right after you get down from the glass bridge.
03:28 - Bailong Elevator
*IMPT: In order to leave the mountainous regions of ZJJ National Park, you’ve got to take the Bailong Elevator, especially if you want to head to Baofeng Lake to end off the day and vice versa.
04:10 - Baofeng Lake
04:48 - Tianzi Mountain
We’re now in Zhangjiajie City! Not in the National Park anymore.
*Route 1 vs Route 2 — This is important, it’s either you wanna walk up 999 (Renald claims it’s less than 999 steps) steps or you wanna walk down the 999 steps.
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0:06 – Day 1: Arrive in Changsha
0:22 – Day 2: Arrive in Fenghuang Phoenix Ancient City. Peanut cake.
1:23 – Day 3: Travel to Zhangjiajie. Visit Tujia Park. Meilixiangxi show. Mushroom hot pot. Tusi castle tour. Incredible show of strength. Walking on a large blade. Descent into the sea of fire.
5:06 – Day 4: Baofeng lake. Ten mile art gallery. Mount Tianzishan cable car (world’s longest cable car). Glass plank road. Tianmenshan hole (walk up 1000 steps). The famous Fox and Woodcutter’s Show (a live action melodrama among the high mountains and valleys).
10:34 – Day 5: Visit Yuanjiajie (Avatar filming site). Bailong lift. Board Three Gorges cruise ship at Yichang.
11:04 – Day 6: Day 1 of Three Gorges Cruise. Tribes of the Three Gorges. Shore excursion to Three Gorges Dam. Captain’s welcome party. Our cruise ship sails through the Ship Locks. We sailed westwards from Yichang to Chongqing upriver against the current. The Three Gorges Dam is the largest dam in the world. It raised water levels in the gorge by 40 meters.
12:43 – Day 7: Day 2 of Three Gorges Cruise. Shore excursion to Three Little Gorges. In the past, this segment was only 1 meter deep and passable to horses. But after the dam was built, the river is now 40 meters deep.
14:07 – Day 8: Day 3 of Three Gorges Cruise. Shibaozhai pagoda. Captain’s farewell dinner. This pagoda was built along the side of a steep cliff.
15:24 – Day 9: Day 4 of Three Gorges Cruise. Disembark at Chongqing. Chongqing Great Hall of the People.
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Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China's Hunan Province is known to be one of the most stunningly beautiful places in the world - a UNESCO World Heritage Site that inspired the movie Avatar with its more than 3,000 sandstone pillars and peaks, some higher than 200 meters/660 feet. Unfortunately, my adventures in the Avatar Mountains with its glass bridge and grand canyon and Tianzi Mountain didn't go as planned...Around the 3:50 mark, I talk about how my friends and I have been rethinking our framing around regret and 'bad' decision making. I'd love to hear your thoughts on that or anything else in the video!
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A short trip with my family and especially with my 91 years old grandpa. There is a day trip cancelled due to heavy rain , but i have managed to capture most of the important scene during the trip.
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