The introduction of Zhangjiajie  Forest  National  Park:

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, nestled among towering mountains in northwestern Hunan Province, is one of China’s most spectacular natural attractions. Covering approximately 8,000 hectares, the park is renowned for its breathtaking landscape of towering quartz sandstone pillars, deep valleys, lush forests, crystal-clear streams, and mysterious karst caves. Its extraordinary scenery has earned worldwide recognition and inspired the floating mountains featured in the film Avatar.

Formed over hundreds of millions of years through geological uplift and natural erosion, Zhangjiajie showcases thousands of dramatic rock formations, canyons, rivers, waterfalls, lakes, and hot springs. As part of the UNESCO-listed Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, the park offers exceptional scientific, ecological, and aesthetic value while presenting stunning scenery throughout every season.

Towering sandstone peaks rise dramatically from deep, mist-filled ravines, creating one of the world’s most distinctive natural landscapes. The dense clusters of stone pillars provide breathtaking panoramic views and countless opportunities for hiking, photography, and nature exploration, making Zhangjiajie National Forest Park a must-visit destination for travelers from around the world.

 

Main scenic spots

 

The Majestic And Grotesque Peaks

 

The Golden Whip Stream is one of the most stunning natural beauties in this park,whose green and limpid water traverses in the clusters of towering peaks and an array of deep valleys that resemble fluted columns,giant pillars,giant bamboo shoots,wild beasts,rocky sentinels watering over the landscape,pagodas,tall turrets and so forth. 

 

The West Sea is studded with the grotesque rock forests of gigantic sandstone peaks and clustered monoliths,that at first glance resemble a vast sea of peaks,a sea of clouds and a sea of forests.  The Monkey Head Peak,the Flower Vase Peak along with many other notable peaks,either standing alone or in clumps,created a number of freak formations or fanciful figures such as monkey’s head,flower vases,green forests,rushing waterfalls and streams,purple camel crossing the river,stone pavilion,roaring tiger and so on. They make you dizzy and breathtaking when you look upwards at them.

 

The Amazing Waterfalls

 

Rushing waters from the rivers and streams spill over the edges of the cliffs,creating a number of waterfalls in this park. Rainbows make beautiful appearance in the sunlight. The Ten-Thousand-Piece-Waterfall,one of the big waterfalls here,leaps down through a terraced steep mountain slope of over 300 meters high,and its course is interrupted by the terraces at different levers,making it like water chains hanging in the air. The Snow in June. A waterfall plummets down the cliff of over 100 meters high and sprinkles on the middle way like flying flakes of snow in the air,making colorful glitters in the sunlight.

 

The Geyser And Hot Springs

 

A stream-side in the Xiaxi Village is dotted with a geyser,that spurts hot water in the air for 5-6 minutes in every 20 minutes. The park is also punctuated with over 10 hot springs,which offer steaming hot waters of 30--60ºC for a number of public bathhouses and guest houses around them.

 

The Valuable And Rare Ancient Tree Species

 

Nurtured by warm climate and sufficient rainfall,this park harbors a great variety of plant life including primeval dense forests of various tree species. Woody plants consist of over 500 species,of which dozens of species are valuable and rare ancient tree species unique to China such as Dove tree,Ginkgo,Maire yew and Chinese tulip tree. This park provides good habitats for 27 species of beasts and 41 species of birds. China,therefore,set this park aside as its first forest national park a number of years ago.

 

The United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO),therefore,has enclosed this park into the List of World Heritages in 1992 because of its significant value in preservation and scientific research. Equipped with modern accommodations,this park has become one of the most popular tourist resorts in China.

 

Tour Map of Wulingyuan National Park of Zhangjiajie


 

 

Weather Information of Zhangjiajie







 

Related Tours

Three Days Hallelujah Hill Tour

China Daoism Sacred Mountain Pilgrim

The Geologic Investigation and Expedition in Western China

Fixed Overland tour from Kyrghyzstan to Laos in 2015

2015 China Overland Tour of Self driving From Laos To Mongolia by Own Vehicle

18 Days Ancient China Culture Tours

28 Days All China Around Exploration