Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
4.5
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
About
Zhangjiajie is in the northwestern part of Hunan Province in central China. The main draw is the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list, including Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Tianzi Mountain and Suoxiyu Nature Reserve. Here, traveling through countless cloud-kissing mountains, clear streams and leafy trees, you may easily blend with nature around, thus enhancing your love unconsciously. Want to explore the Avatar mountains with camera? Join us now!
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  • 1sabellayap
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    China Highlight
    Went during the latter part of National Holiday and was pleasantly surprised that there weren't that many people at all! Leading up to the trip we were being warned by people already that we might not be able to fully enjoy because of the sheer amount of people (think 人山人海) but when we got there it wasn't crowded at all! The National Park is beautiful but it's so big it can be overwhelming at times. There are free shuttles that can take you to different parts of the park which are very easy to find and run pretty regularly, we probably waited a maximum of 10 minutes for a shuttle. We entered through the east gate and took a (free) shuttle to the 10-mile gallery then took another shuttle to yuanjiajie. Ended the day at Tianzi mountain where we took a cable car down then another shuttle back to the east gate. We were able to see everything we wanted to in 1-day! As foreigners, we were worried tickets would sell out due to National Holiday but Kelly (zjjkelly on WeChat) helped us book all our tickets and suggested which routes in the National park to take. Highly recommend the national park and kelly's services!
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled with friends
    Written 9 October 2023
  • Michael
    Beijing, China29 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The place we want to come back to
    We spend 5 days there (first rainy day was for a short rest) and advise all the visitors to plan at least 3 days for the national park. Because the weather changes every several hours and it is difficult to predict clouds on the top. One day we spend for the Avatar mountain and Golden stream. We do not use cablecars as the stairs up the hill were in an excellent condition. The reward was a beautiful world of monkeys and a wild forest we observed around. We did not use train service on the way back as it is very slow and there is a good path nearby (without stairs this way). The second day we spent to go through the Golden steam and Oxigen square and then went up to the Village near the cablecar upper station. We think that it is the most breathtaking place in the whole park. The third and fourth days we spent also on the top of mountains near the Oxigen square but many roads and stairs were closed (not under service for a long time or under repairmen). And sometimes we were forced to turn back, having almost gone down to the plain. These days the main accent was given to the Avatar Mountain. However there are many great places, not so famous but not less beautiful. Though much more difficulty to achieve them in the park.
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 28 December 2023
  • ShelleyCoolah
    Coolah, Australia3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    What a beautiful place to visit!
    Never did I imagine how moved I would be at visiting this beautiful place - Wow! So glad I got to experience it. Lots of different areas to explore. We enjoyed cable cars, little train, Elevators, many steps and walkways. Highly recommend.
    Visited February 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 2 March 2024
  • Lee_family_219053
    Singapore, Singapore2,681 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Enjoying the splendor of Zhangjiajie
    Great place to visit, hike and explore. Rock formations, cruises down lakes, hikes, jostling with people, bus rides and must have lots of imagination to visualise the rocks formed by long term.wind erosion. Excellent place to visit. Visitors are generally friendly and helpful. But marred by very poor signage as after you enter the right track there are hardly any diatance markers nor artows pointing to the correct directions or worse no signs, totally diaappear leading to frustrating retracing climb back up many flights of steep and.narrow steps/slopes. In the bus, the recorded message in English do not make sense. There are hardly any park staff or office to seek help when we needed assistamce but only ro encounter rude and impatient workers manning the ticket machines pointing to directions and shouting at us, even when asking politely in Chinese. Since walking in the park is mostly 1-way, when we got to.the South gate and wanted to head back to the East gate we were surprised to be told there was no park bus doing that route but to exit the park and pay to use local transport to get there. Bad planning?
    Visited March 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 29 March 2024
  • Vorname N
    3 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    wonderful landscape and views
    Wonderful landscape, beautiful views and well worth a visit. Keep in mind that there are many many tourists and you have to line up and wait severel times for min 30 minutes or more. Think about starting very early, when the park opens.
    Visited May 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 24 May 2024
  • Florent H
    North Sulawesi, Indonesia204 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    An absolute blast!
    It's all on the title:). I won't write much here as everything has been pretty much said in the thousands of reviews. One thing maybe: this is a huge area, you won't cover it all in one full day. My advice plan 2 full days to do it. Furthermore the entrance tickets is valid for 4 days. Onsite there are cable cars and elevators. You can of course hike too. Definitely a must do if you are around.
    Visited May 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 1 June 2024
  • JAZZZY
    Madurai, India1,860 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Simply amazing & scenic !! Best places to visit
    The Zhangjiajie national park is an amazing scenic place , definitely highly recommended for those who are looking for nature and adventure. We had been to the national park with our teen children , they enjoyed it . Walking along the edge of the mountain was truly awesome . Very scenic and highly recommended. We were lucky to have good weather during our trip/hike. Awesome !! Will come back again 😊
    Visited May 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 6 June 2024
  • Ragina R
    Melbourne, Australia10 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Amazing Place!
    This place is truly breathtaking, as others have mentioned in their reviews. It's a paradise for nature lovers and adenture seekers. Despite the crowds, our tour company provided us with a skip -the -line experience, which was a lifesaver and made our experience 10 times better.I highly recomend visiting this place especially if you opt for the fast - track skip the line service. Definately worth the money1
    Visited May 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 7 June 2024
  • Travelust11
    Kanpur, India97 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful but tricky to navigate for foreigners
    The views are BREATHTAKING. It truly is a natural marvel to visit. However it's spread over a very large area, with few signs, especially in English. We went with a guide and it was a great experience- for any non-Mandarin or Chinese dialect speakers- we recommend taking a local or a guide along. Others than that- absolutely fantastic if you love natural marvels
    Visited July 2024
    Travelled with family
    Written 27 July 2024
  • Ian A
    Penang Island, Malaysia79 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Avatar-tastic!!
    Zhangjiajie National Park is a sprawling mass of incredible scenery and majestic rock formations that should form the basis of all trips to the area. The bus services offer easy access to all parts of the park and the numerous staff at all the car parks are always helpful when directing you on your merry way. Getting there early is the best way to avoid some of the crowds, but ultimately you have to embrace the fact that it’s an area of outstanding natural beauty, China has 1.4 billion people (plus tourists!), so at any point, at least a percentage of them are going to be in Zhangjiajie National Park! The views are amazing in any weather but the highlight for us was meandering along the “whip” in the valley of the park, with the steady flowing stream and imposing rock formations all around! One slight frustration is the limited English and plethora of different maps, which can be tricky to understand without help from a friendly local. Overall, it’s well worth a day or so to explore all corners of this amazing natural wonder!!
    Visited August 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 2 August 2024
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Colincjr
Norfolk37 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2019
Truly amazing experience. As westerners we were in a real minority. I think we saw about 20 others in four days. But the Chinese welcome and helpfulness made this experience even better.
There is only one tip I would give: hire a guide. We hired Chris Tan (tanjunxi@126.com). A wonderfully informative chap who knew just where to go and most importantly, when. He drove us around and we managed to avoid virtually all the queues. We saw the lot too! He was attentive to our food requirements too. We like Chinese food but he wanted to be sure that we didn’t get things we might not expect ...all that in an authentic restaurant.
His service extended to picking us up at the airport, dropping our daughter back there and giving us lifts after his guide services had ended. He made our trip very special. Add to that one of the best sightseeing experiences we have had (and we travel a lot!) and this is an unbeatable package at an affordable price...believe me ...it’s worth it!
Written 22 August 2020
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TJLaud
20 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Couples
Unlike the Hollywood blockbuster the national park was a breathtaking spectacle well worth seeing. The sandstone monoliths have more character than any of the acting performances seen in Avatar and the local monkeys provide more nuanced dialogue.
If you see one film this year, pick anything other than Avatar. If you visit one national park, make it this one.
Written 8 January 2020
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Salsmix
Shanghai, China185 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2021 • Couples
The landscape is just amazing. Park is quite big and can get very crowded with lots of loud Chinese tour groups. Would recommend to plan ahead where you want to go. If you want to beat the crowds, go as soon as the park opens (7.30AM in our case), take the elevator and you have the first 30 minutes in peace and quiet before the tour groups arrive. Cable cars are also very nice. We tried some walks outside of the most popular places which were not that great. Trails around the grand sightseeing platform are not maintained at all, would rather recommend hiking down from Tianzi mountain after taking cable car up.
Written 22 March 2021
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1sabellayap
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Friends
Went during the latter part of National Holiday and was pleasantly surprised that there weren't that many people at all! Leading up to the trip we were being warned by people already that we might not be able to fully enjoy because of the sheer amount of people (think 人山人海) but when we got there it wasn't crowded at all! The National Park is beautiful but it's so big it can be overwhelming at times. There are free shuttles that can take you to different parts of the park which are very easy to find and run pretty regularly, we probably waited a maximum of 10 minutes for a shuttle. We entered through the east gate and took a (free) shuttle to the 10-mile gallery then took another shuttle to yuanjiajie. Ended the day at Tianzi mountain where we took a cable car down then another shuttle back to the east gate. We were able to see everything we wanted to in 1-day! As foreigners, we were worried tickets would sell out due to National Holiday but Kelly (zjjkelly on WeChat) helped us book all our tickets and suggested which routes in the National park to take.

Highly recommend the national park and kelly's services!
Written 9 October 2023
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JPJKK
Warsaw, Poland23 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2021
I am absolutely impressed with this place. I did a private three day tour that included Zhangjiajie National Park, Tianzi Mountain, Grand Canyon, Glass Bridge, Baofeng Lake and Tianmen Mountain, and all of it was perfect. Alisa and Kevin from China Highlights did a fantastic job, arranging everything smoothly. I highly recommend any international tourist or expat living in China to enquire with China Highlights - Alisa tour advisor.
Written 12 April 2021
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Ann L
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2021 • Couples
We took bullet train from Fenghuang to Zhangjiajie ( only takes 50 minuets), the first destination we visited is Zhangjiajie National Park, this park is really really huge, our guide told us that needed 3 to 4 full days to visit all attractions inside, we just chose to pay a visit to Yuanjiajie & Tianzi Mountain. How marvelous the nature scenery, numerous sandstone pillars are standing in front of us, looks like unreal. Bailong elevator is also gorgeous, less than 2 minuets it transfers us to the top of mountain.
This is our plan inside the park: take shuttle bus to Bailong elevator — Yuanjiajie — shuttle bus again to Tianzi Mountain — Cablecar down. Wechat green healthy code and mask are required when you enter the park.
Written 25 January 2022
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ginomado
Province of Palermo, Italy551 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2024 • Family
Fantastic scenery, with thousands of quartzarenite pinnacles topped by vegetation. The ticket - around 35 euros if I remember correctly, except for the cable cars - is valid for four days, but you can visit it comfortably in 2. Important turnout around the points reachable by bus (included in the price) and cable cars. Paths (mostly stairs... tiring, especially downhill for us) traveled in almost complete solitude. Unforgettable.
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Written 2 May 2024
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Lee_family_219053
Singapore, Singapore2,681 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Couples
Great place to visit, hike and explore. Rock formations, cruises down lakes, hikes, jostling with people, bus rides and must have lots of imagination to visualise the rocks formed by long term.wind erosion. Excellent place to visit. Visitors are generally friendly and helpful.
But marred by very poor signage as after you enter the right track there are hardly any diatance markers nor artows pointing to the correct directions or worse no signs, totally diaappear leading to frustrating retracing climb back up many flights of steep and.narrow steps/slopes. In the bus, the recorded message in English do not make sense. There are hardly any park staff or office to seek help when we needed assistamce but only ro encounter rude and impatient workers manning the ticket machines pointing to directions and shouting at us, even when asking politely in Chinese.
Since walking in the park is mostly 1-way, when we got to.the South gate and wanted to head back to the East gate we were surprised to be told there was no park bus doing that route but to exit the park and pay to use local transport to get there. Bad planning?
Written 29 March 2024
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BenQ1979
Mol, Belgium8 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Couples
Without a doubt one of the most beautiful natural phenomena I have ever seen! But be aware that this park is also used as one of the largest tourist traps I have ever seen.

We had booked a 2-day tour and everything seemed to go smoothly. We drove into the park and, accompanied by a very noisy guide, we visited all the highlights of the Avatar tour. At the end of the first day, however, it became clear to us that there was much more going on than just the visit to the park... During the return drive, the guide started to show us day 2 and where we were going and that it was super important that we spent as much money there as possible, otherwise she would not earn anything from this trip and we might have problems with the local residents...

So day 2… So we did not drive to the park but to a remote hall where they sold all types of jade jewelry. To be honest, the hall was impressively constructed and everything was very professional, but you soon got the feeling that this was one big scam. After this stay (about 3 hours) we were taken to a market again and then drove back to the park after lunch... FYI, this was not only set up by our organization but by a large number of organizations. I estimate that there were about 100 buses parked at the hall/makt...

Bottom line, the park is great, but don't be talked into taking a guided tour, also check the weather forecast carefully (it can be very foggy with limited visibility) and don't go on weekends/public holidays, then there will be a lot too busy!
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Written 6 October 2023
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Travelust11
Kanpur, India97 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2024 • Family
The views are BREATHTAKING. It truly is a natural marvel to visit. However it's spread over a very large area, with few signs, especially in English. We went with a guide and it was a great experience- for any non-Mandarin or Chinese dialect speakers- we recommend taking a local or a guide along. Others than that- absolutely fantastic if you love natural marvels
Written 27 July 2024
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