7-day Zhangjiajie Fenghuang Hunan Tour

Day 1 Arrival in Zhangjiajie
Arrival in Zhangjiajie, meet your guide at the airport and then transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day is at your own leisure.


Day 2 Tianmenshan Mountain 
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Tianmenshan Mountain, Tujia Folk Custom Park
After breakfast, drive to the Tianmenshan National Forest Park and take a cable car up to the summit of the mountain. Walk the Guigu plank road (around 2 hours) built along the cliff in Biyeyaotai scenic area and enjoy the beautiful views clouds, nearby peaks and so on. If you have an interest, you can walk on the glass plank road which offer “sky walk” experience (with extra fee at rmb 20 /pp).

Down from Tianmen Mountain, you will start to visit Tujia Ethnic Park after lunch. The Zhangjiajie Tujia Folk Custom Park, also locally called Tusicheng, is originally a summer resort of the local King of Tujia people. With an area of over 5 hectares, it is now a mountainous ethnic garden with a group of Diaojiaolo, wooden buildings of Tujia people's houses, demonstrating Tujia minority's history, folk custom, food, architecture, Tujia sing and song performance, pictures and more facts.

A main attraction in the Zhangjiajie Tujia Folk Custom Park is the village square, where key performances such as the Maogusu Dance, a ceremonial dance that was part of a sacrificial ceremony are performed. There's silver workshop claiming selling old silver seems quite OK.

Optional night Show: Tianmen Fox Fairy



Day 3 Zhangjiajie/Wulingyuan Yuanjiajie Tianzishan Yangjiajie
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Wulingyuan Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Pay a morning visit to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Climb to Yellow Stone Village (Huangshizhai) by cable car and then process to Yuanjiajie and taking the Hundred Dragons Elevator (Bailong Elevator) which is the highest and fastest sightseeing elevator built into the side of the mountain. It takes only 2 minutes to the top of the mountain; and wait time is about 30 minutes.

Upon on the top of mountain, start the 2.5 hours' hiking to discover the Pillar of the southern sky. It is the inspiration for the famous "Hallelujah Mountains" in the movie Avatar. Enjoy the nearby peak views at the Forgetfulness platform then walk across the No.1 Bridge under heaven. You will also climb up Tianzi Mountain (King of Peak) the rest of day and refine the mysterious setting of Avatar. And then have a view of Yangjiajie by the cable car down.

After dinner, enjoy the night show "Charm of Western Hunnan".
 


Day 4 Zhengjiajie Grand Canyon
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Zhengjiajie Grand Canyon & World's Record-breaking Glass Bridge
Zhangjiajie is a 56 square-kilometer national forest park inside the bigger Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Hunan province. It's been open to the public since 2009 and is said to have been the inspiration behind the beautiful planet of Pandora in James Cameron's 2009 "Avatar" film.

Adjacent to Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon is a recently–developed natural wonderland. With a total area of over 60 square km, it has scenic spots of mountains, streams, caves, cliffs, and forest such as Bandit Cave, One Line Sky, The Millennial Rattan, Chuangwang Pavilion, Rotten Ship Rock, Slide-way, Butterfly Spring Waterfall, and Tianhe River Sightseeing Deck.

Now, the highlight of Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon is the world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge. Spanning two cliffs in the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon area, it will stretch 430 meters (1,410 feet) long and 6 meters (20 feet) wide, hovering over a 300-meter (984-foot) vertical drop. In comparison, the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the United States is 21 meters (69 feet) in length and stands 219 meters (718 feet) above the canyon floor.

The Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie skywalk will also offer the world's highest bungee jump, stealing the title from Macau Tower's 233-meter (764-foot)-high attraction.



Day 5 Zhangjiajie/Fenghuang
Meals: B,L
Places to visit: Fenghuang Ancient Town
After breakfast at hotel, you will take a morning drive from Zhengjiajie to Fenghuang Ancient. Pay a visit to the Laosicheng relic - a UNESCO cultural heritage in Yongshun Conuty on the way. And then continue a drive to Fenghuang Old City. After a boat cruise along Tuo River, you will enjoy a town night view, leisure life and overnigt stay there.



Day 6 Fenghuang/Zhangjijie
Meals: B, L
Places to visit: Furong Town or Hibiscus Town
After breakfast in Fenghuang Old Town, you will be driven back to Zhengjiajie. On the way, you will visit Furong Town or Hibiscus Town, originally named Wengocun, is an ancient town featured by real Tujiazu ethnic culture, cliff landscape, huge waterfall and river sights. At last, drive back to Zhangjiajie.



Day 7 Zhangjijie Departure
Meals: B
After breakfast at the hotel in Zhangjiajie, you will have a free relax until your flight to next destination.

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This tour is very flexible. You can alter the itinerary, extend or shorten it to suit your price, interest, and schedule. You can extend it with an extra day to Fenghuang Ancient Town, where the daytime is picturesque and charming, and the night is lively; or with an extra day to the city of Changsha; or add one more day to discover more at the National Park (the entrance ticket is valid three days). If your time is limited, shortening by one day can also be arranged.