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5 Days Classic Zhangjiajie Tours

Tour Route: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Wulingyuan scenic area

Ultimate Zhangjiajie! Travelling a full circle that begins and ends in Zhangjiajie, you will discover pillar-like Mountains,sunrise,lake，waterfalls,cave and ancient cities, uncovering culture, tradition, religion and local communities along the way.

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Every Day
Private Tour
Day 1 Arrive Zhangjiajie

Our local professional guide and experienced driver will expect you at the airport after your baggage reclaim and customs clearance, and then escort you to check in the hotel in Zhangjiajie. 

Tips: Most flights land in Zhangjiajie in the evening.

Meals: No meals
Day 2 Tianmen Mountain

Morning: Tianmen Mountain

Tianmen Mountain is a mountain located in northwestern Hunan Province, China. It is the highest mountain in Zhangjiajie, with the sea level of 1518M, it is praised to be the soul of Zhangjiajie. It is also known as Heaven Gate Mountain due to a large natural ark, many Chinese people believe that the Tianmen Mountain is the “Closest Earth Landmark to God”.Your guide will take you to explore the best scenic spots such as Heavenly bus road, The Glass Plank road, Tianmen Cave and so on.


Afternoon: Tujia Folk Garden & Lijunshen Sandstone painting Museum

Tujia Folk Garden: With woodcarving on the windows, Flying Eaves and colorful wall, Tujia Folk Garden is a masterpiece of nature and manmade. In the park,the famous buildings are Tusi Town, Baoshou or Wave Hand Hall and Tujia Village. Chongtian Tower, which is 48 meters high, has 12 stories with special design. The park shows Tujia customs, special stone, root carving, precious relics and old Tujia folk performance, such as Maogusi Dance and Copper Bells Dance. 


Lijunshen Sandstone painting Museum: Li Junsheng's sandstone paintings break through the using of traditional painting materials and use nature materials by making use of the hue of natural plant creatively, are of great art and collection values. He said, "An exquisite work of art is free from the shackles of materials and techniques, but depends on the artist’s inspiration.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 3 Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Today you will visit the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.

Morning: Ten--miles Gallery & Tianzishan Mountain

Ten--miles Gallery: Ten--miles gallery is a 5 kilometers long canyon. There are dense wood, fragrant flower and grotesque rock in the canyon. The scenery formed a natural picture hanging on the cliff. In the canyon, there are some sights as follow: Camel Peak, Ferocious Tiger Roaring, Mouse Looking Sky, The Senior Man Greeting Visitors and The Man Collecting Herb.

Tianzishan: It is known for 4 natural spectacles - the clouds of mist that circle the peaks of the mountain,the amazing views of the rising sun,the moonlit nights and snowcapped winter peaks.They include more than 80 natural platforms to take in the magnificent scenery.

Afternoon: Yuanjiajie Scenic Area

Yuanjiajie: Yuanjiajie is also called AVATAR Mountain for the movie AVATAR is filmed here.Located in the northwest part of the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Yuanjiajie is a naturally formed platform mountain, surrounded by higher summits which are divided by deep valleys.You will enjoy Hallelujah Mountain, NO.1 Bridge in the world and so on.

Meals: Breakfast,Lunch
Day 4 Huangshizhai, Golden Whip Brook

Morning: Huangshizhai (Yellow Stone Village)

Huangshizhai, (yellow stone stronghold), the largest view stand in Zhangjiajie provides numerous lookout points for stunning views; from here you can see nearly half the peaks of Zhangjiajie. There is a popular saying that if you don’t visit Huangshizhai, you can’t claim you have come to Zhangjiajie. Story telling by your guide is a lot of fun. Huangshizhai provides the convenience of a cable car. Hiking on Huangshizhai is a great challenge (but flexible according to your hiking ability).

Afternoon: Golden Whip Brook  

Golden Whip Brook is reputed to be the most beautiful canyon in the world. Your tour guide will tell beautiful stories about the golden whip related to China’s first emperor and Great Buddha -Guanyin. Three hours of hiking come to an end at Shuiraosimen, where four streams converge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 5 Yellow Dragon Cave, Baofeng Lake

Morning: visit to the Yellow Dragon Cave

Yellow Dragon Cave is the longest cave in Asia; it is an incomparable realm of gigantic subterranean chambers, fantastic cave formations, and extraordinary features. Today, many of the wonders of Yellow Dragon Cave are well known, yet the experience of exploring its chambers is every bit as exciting. The cave remained mystic to local villagers before the first caving adventure took place in 1982; they believed it was the holy home for the yellow dragon and spirits. Now the routes are well paved and well lighted. Sturdy walking shoes, flashlights, and water are required when you explore the cave.

Afternoon: discover Baofeng Lake

Embraced by continuous mountains, the artificial Baofeng Lake (Treasure-Peak Lake) was created in the 1970s people as people filled the small faults of the lake with concrete to store water and bring the water level up. This was the birth of a beautiful lake. The boat tour on the lake gives a lot of fun with the folk songs by girls in the boat, the tourists are expected to interact with the folk song girls by “cross singing.” The permanent waterfall at the entrance is a wonder. 

Later, our guide and driver will take you to the Zhangjiajie airport or train station for your next destination. Tour service ends.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch
It is flexible to change the duration, attractions, starting and ending cities according to your interests. Also the tour can be extended or shorten as your preference, just let your trip consultant know.
All of the tour packages exclude the international airfares. We suggest you can book it one your own. You can compare the price between OTAs (Expedia, Priceline, Sky scanner...) and the airlines. When you have a confirmed date, set alarm and compare it always.
As the China Visa, we cannot apply for you as we are an China inbound travel company. However, we can send you our invitation letter with our company's official seal to you after you booked the tour from us, which could assist you to get China Visa from China embassy easily. Usually, we suggest you to apply the visa about one month or one month and a half before your travel date.
For the breakfast, it is offered by the hotel you stay, usually Chinese and Western buffet breakfast. As for the lunch, we offer 80RMB per person for a standard Chinese meal at a nice tourist restaurant. If you want to order other kind of meals, such as vegetarian, Muslim meals, Indian Meals, please let your trip consultant know. Dinner usually will be left for you to choose the food you prefer. Our guide will help you to balance each meal such as your taboo, your preference and avoid repeated food. You have to pay for the extra cost if you want to take better or more. The meals on Yangtze Cruise are fixed Chinese and Western Buffet.
All the hotels can be replaced by your favorite ones or you can book your own hotels. And the hotel room we offered here usually is standard with twin beds. If you want to have king-size bed room or suite, please let your trip advisor know. Besides, all the accommodation are quoted on two persons sharing one room. The room supplement must be paid if you want to have a single room.
* Most hotels we offered in our tour package have WIFI in the lobby, and some of which have WIFI in hotel rooms. If you need the WIFI in your room, please make sure with your trip advisor.
We have non-shopping private tour and tour with carefully selected shops. For tour with shops, the price will be lower, and you will enter one or two shops in every tourist city. The shops could be jade, silk, pearl, Chinese tea etc., all of which have strong China's character and is worthy to buy. Each shop will take you around 45 minutes. We promise there is no compulsory consumption at all. You get the situation in your hands.
* Department stores, supermarkets, boutiques, hotel and restaurants in most cities of China do accept the credit card with the sigh of MasterCard, VISA and JCB. However, it does generate commission charge. Please check the regulations with your bank manager.
All domestic flight we offered is the economic class, which you can carry one hand-on luggage no more than 5 kg for free. The total of free registered luggage is no more than 20kg. Excess luggage will charge you some extra fees, be aware of that. The free registered luggage allowance in China domestic train is 20kg.
The insurance provided by us is called Travel Agencies' Liability Insurance, which covers accidents occurring during the activities arranged by travel agency. It does not cover mishaps or physical problems occurring outside the guided tour period or caused by clients themsevles, so we highly suggest you purchase the full coverage travel insurance from your country of origin.
For group of 1-4 passengers, recommend US$ 4-8 per tourist per day for guide, and US$ 2-5 per tourist per day for guide; for group of 5 and above, recommend US$ 2-5 per tourist per day for guide, and US$2-4 per tourist per day for driver. Besides, we highly recommend you to tip every day to encourage better service from them in the next coming days. However, if you have genuine reason not to tip, don't.
Usually, the deposit of tour package accounts for 30% of the total quotation, and the balance should be paid 30 days before your tour date. Payment methods we accept include Bank Transfer and PayPal, Credit Card and so on. More details you can check the Payment Guide page. Moreover, Children who are less than 12 y/o have their own discounts, please contact with your trip advisor.

What is the cost?
Asked by bernie mack (Nov.15, 2014)

Travel Consultant (Nov.15, 2014) replied:
Dear Mr. Bernie Mack, thanks for your message. The price is USD1290 for solo traveler based on 3 star hotel. For the detailed tour information, please check your email box. You can let us know your ideas after checking it. Thank you!

What is the price
Asked by bernie mack (Nov.15, 2014)

Travel Consultant (Nov.15, 2014) replied:
Dear Mr. Bernie Mack, thanks for your message. The price is USD1290 for solo traveler based on 3 star hotel. For the detailed tour information, please check your email box. You can let us know your ideas after checking it. Thank you!

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