4 days
Easy
D1. Changsha - Zhangjiajie by fast train/car (L)
At 7am, you will be picked up from lobby of centrally located Changsha hotel, and you will take 2.5-hour bullet train ride to Zhangjiajie(or you will take 5-hour car ride instead if no train tickets are available). You will visit the Zhangjiajie Canyon Glass Bridge this afternoon. Note: If the glass bridge is closed due to the weather, you will visit Huanglong Cave (Yellow Dragon Cave instead).
Accommodate: Pullman Hotel or equivalent
D2. Zhangjiajie (BL)
Today you will take one-hour ride to Zhangjiajie National Park
where you will overlook the wonderful views by super elevator. The elevator takes 1.58 seconds to transport tourists from the bottom to the Yuanjiajie top exhibiting unbelievable and fantastic views. Enjoy the heaven and earth pillar unpredictable prototype mountain of the movie AVATAR directed by Jame Cameron on the Summit Sightseeing Platform.
Afterwards you will move to visit Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve
that offers a perfect location to have a panoramic picture. Known as 'the Monarch of the Peak Forest', Tianzi Mountain has four wonders: the Sea of Clouds, the Radiance of the Moonlight, the Rays of Sunshine and the Snow in winter.
Later you will head to Shilihualang (10-Mile-Gallery)
to explore. (One way by electric train; other way on foot for about 30 Minutes.)
Accommodate: Pullman Hotel or equivalent
D3. Zhangjiajie - Fenghuang by fast train/car (BL)
Drive to Tianmen Mountain, then walk along the road leading to Gateway of Heaven. The glass walkway
makes it so distinctive. You will take Tianmen Mountain Cableway to explore Tongtian Avenue (a way to Heaven), Tianmen Cave (Heaven Gateway), Tianmen Temple, Tianmen glass walkway, Ghost-valley plank road, and Yunmeng Fairy Summit. You will take a small cable to the main cable, then take the world's longest cableway, with a length of 7455 meters and elevation of 1518 meters to go down.
(The round-way of the main cable and upper way for the small cable are included. If you take round-way small cable car, you will miss some sights.)
Afterwards you will take1-hour train ride or 3-hour car ride to old town of Fenghuang, which was built along the Tuo River with local wood. It is nice to wander around the well-preserved wooden houses. In the evening, the lights creates a wonderful world from the houses.
Accommodate: Guest house in the old town
D4. Fenghuang - Changsha by car & train (BL)
Explore the old town of Fenghuang in the morning. After lunch, you will take 2-hour fast train or 5-hour car ride to Changsha, and transfer you to your Changsha hotel where the trip concludes.
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