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Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon and Glass Bridge travel tips
Zhangjiajie grand canyon and glass bridge travel tips new tour line
Entrance - glass bridge-treasure elevator( you can walk down to the bottom)-cliff plank road-rainbow square-waterfall-take a boat -exit-paking lot
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Zhangjiajie grand canyon and glass bridge travel tips new tour line
Entrance - glass bridge-treasure elevator( you can walk down to the bottom)-cliff plank road-rainbow square-waterfall-take a boat -exit-paking lot
tips
Except for small size bags(wall,waist pack, handbag) and cellphones with special cover,other item are forbidden to be brought onto the bridge. Forbidden items can be kept in the left luggage office.
Follow the staffs direction, and get into or out of glass bridge in queue. Do not crowd or jump the queue. wait patiently when lack gate is closed to prevent overload.
To keep the surface glass smooth, please put on the special shoes we prepare for you before. high heels and metal spiked shoed are prohibited to be worn to the bridge.
To maximum number of cistors on the bridge is 800. it is also suggested that your stay on glass bridge should be no longer than 20 mintues so as to ensure the nest sightseeing experience for you and other tourist.
Smoking is forbidden on the bridge.
Under the snowing or raining circumstance, please walk along the white glass panel on each side of the bridge. do not run or chase on the transparent glass panel in case of accidental slip.
How to Get to Guilin From Zhangjiajie Except Flights
There are 4 ways to get to Guilin from Zhangjiajie except flights.
1. Take a normal train to Huaihua, then take an intercity bus to Guilin. ...
There are 4 ways to get to Guilin from Zhangjiajie except flights.
1. Take a normal train to Huaihua, then take an intercity bus to Guilin.
2. Take an intercity bus to Fenghuang, then transfer to Guilin by another intercity bus.
3. Take an intercity bus to Changsha, then take a fast train (bullet train, fastest speed is 300 kilometers per hours) to Guilin.
4. Take a normal train to Liuzhou, then transfer to Guilin by another train.
Spring Festival
Spring Festival or Chinese New Year (Chinese:春节) is the most ceremonious festival of Chinese nation....
Spring Festival or Chinese New Year (Chinese:春节) is the most ceremonious festival of Chinese nation. It is a festival commonly called as pass the year (Chinese:过年) by Chinese, which starts from the Spring Festival’s Eve to the Lantern Festival on Jan 15th of the lunar year, focusing on the Spring Festival’s Eve and the lunar New Year’ Day, the first day of the lunar year.
Spring festival has a long historical standing originating from worshipping and sacrificing at the end of a year in Shang Dynasty (1600BC- 1100BC), and formally fixed in the first year of the reign of Emperor Wudi (156BC- 87BC, Chinese:汉武帝) of Han Dynasty (202BC- 220AD). During the Spring Festival, Han people and all ethnic people celebrate with kinds of activities, such as sacrifice the gods, worship ancestors, set off firecrackers and fireworks, lion dance and dragon dance, and kinds of parties.
The preparation work for Spring Festival often starts from Dec. 23 of the lunar calendar, about one week before the festival, and Dec. 23 or 24 is also celebrated in some regions as a small year festival (Chinese:小年) as the Spring Festival Eve is called as a big year festival (Chinese:大年). The general preparations include cleaning the house, doing special purchasing for the festival, decorating with plants and flowers, hanging red lanterns, pasting spring couplets and "Happiness" upside down (the upside down Happiness means the coming of the happiness in Chinese, i.e. 福到了) which are both written on red papers, in most northern areas, also pasting paper-cuts and New Year’s Paintings, preparing food for the feast on Spring Festival Eve, and the like.
Spring Festival is a significant festival for family reunion, and family reunion dinner (Chinese:团圆饭) is the major part on the Spring Festival Eve. On that day, all members of a big family get together to have the dinner, and after, watch the Spring Festival Gala (Chinese:春节联欢晚会) together on CCTV which begins at 20:00 and last for at least 4 hours to welcome the new year; meanwhile, the whole family make the dumplings, which is a must for midnight snack on that day. It is also a custom that all people stay up late or all night on that day, waiting for the New Year’s bell at midnight, known as Shousui (Chinese:守岁). The peak celebration lies in the countdown of the first bell of New Year at the mid night with cheers and endless firecrackers and fireworks.
Though customs in different regions may have slight differences, generally, on the first day of the New Year, people often wear new clothes, congratulate and greet relatives and friends with bows and auspicious words to wish for happiness and good luck; and adults give children the lucky money (Chinese:压岁钱) which is believed to bring happiness and good luck to children. People visit relatives, called as Bai Nian in Chinese (Chinese:拜年) during the whole festival till the lantern Festival on the 15th day; And married daughter visit her parental home usually on the second day of the New Year with her husband and children.
Top Hunan Province Tours
$310 Per Day
3- Day Popular Tour In Zhangjiajie
Day 1 Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Full day trip to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,take Bailong Elevator up Yuanjiajie,Bailong Elevator is the said to be the worlds tallest full-exposure outdoor lift,double-deck sightseeing elevator.Yuanjiajie is the inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain in AVATAR , Where you will also find the aptly named First Bridge under Heaven, Lover Peaks and so on.
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Day 1 Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Full day trip to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park,take Bailong Elevator up Yuanjiajie,Bailong Elevator is the said to be the worlds tallest full-exposure outdoor lift,double-deck sightseeing elevator.Yuanjiajie is the inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain in AVATAR , Where you will also find the aptly named First Bridge under Heaven, Lover Peaks and so on.
Continuing to Tianzi Mountain, it takes you 40 minuts from Yuanjiajie to Tianzi Mountain by public bus, after arriving in Tianzi Mountain, you will have a bird’s-eye view of all the mountains and valleys of the Wuling Mountains. Visit Western Sea, Helong Park, Viewing Terrace etc.Take Tianzi cablecar down and check in hotel for a rest.
Accommodation: Wulingyuan Downtown
Day 2 Baofeng Lake & Glass Bridge
After breaking in the hotel, we head to Baofeng Lake where is the masterpiece of nature and human beings’wisdom. Baofeng Lake is pure just like a big crystal among Bao feng mountain Range.When you cruise, you can hear authentic song from Tujia minority people,you can fully understand the harmony and peace between human beings and nature.
Transfer to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, have a walking on the Glass Bridge, Glass Bridge is the highlight of Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, located in Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge is the highest and longest transparent glass bridge with a length 430 meters and a width 6 meters. It is 300 meters above the ground level and it can bear 800 persons standing on it at the same time. (need to book the tickets in advance)
Accommodation: Wulingyuan Downtown
Day 3 Tianmen Mountain
Full day to explore Tianmen Mountain,take the longest cablecar in the world up Tianmen Mountain,have a walk on the mountain plank road built along the face of cliffs. You will feel like walking in a fairy land when the mist is still heavy.The must-visit scenic spots are: Tianmen Cave, Glass Road, Tianme Temple.
See you off in the airport and looking forward to seeing you again in Zhangjiajie.
$1592 Per Day
10 days deep explore in Hunan province
Day 1
Arriving Changsha at 11:05 am, Pickup by driver and transfer 4 hours to Zhangjiajie, check into the hotel in Wulingyuan scenic area.
Day 2
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Arriving Changsha at 11:05 am, Pickup by driver and transfer 4 hours to Zhangjiajie, check into the hotel in Wulingyuan scenic area.
Day 2
Highlights: Huangshizhai---Golden Whip Stream---Charming Western Hunan Folk Show
Breakfast around 8:00 in the early morning, transfer to Zhangjiajie national forest park, which is famous for its pillar-like peaks and exquisite forests. Get ready for some jaw-dropping panoramic views on your hiking advebtures Huangshizhai, in English Yellow stone stronghold. It’s the largest summit platform in the park, there are numerous lookout points for stunning views, from which you can see nearly half of the peaks of Zhangjiajie, there is a popular saying goes like that if you don't visit Huangshizhai, you can't claim that you have come to Zhangjiajie. Have a brief lunch on the top of mountain. In the afternoon, enjoy a beautiful hiking along the golden whip stream. With a length of 7.5km, Golden Whip Stream is famous for its pristine water, its verdant mountains, its steep cliffs and its serene valley, and it was reputed as one ‘of the most beautiful valleys’ in the world, walking along the stream for 2.5 hours. Finish the day around 5:00pm.Dinner will be arranged in local restaurant, the guide will help you to order the food according to your request. After dinner and fresh up in the hotel, you can enjoy the famous folk show----Charming Western Hunan, which has been staged on the Spring Festival Gala hold by CCTV in 2012.
Day 3
Highlights: Yuanjiajie---Tianzi mountain—Shilihualang
Departure around 8:00 in the morning, enter into the national park by taking eco-bus, take elevator up to Yuanjiajie scenic area, which is now famous for the shooting place of the fantastic movie---Avata. We can see the floating Avata-Hallelujah mountain, No.1 nature bridge and Mihun platform and so on. Simple lunch on the top of mountain, then visit Tujia Folk Village, from which you can have a brief understanding of the ancient hunting life-style of Tujia nationality, then take the eco-bus to Tianzi Mountain, known as 'the Monarch of the Peak Forest', where is a perfect location to have a panoramic view of the nature reserve, you can enjoy He long park, western peak forest sea. Finish the day around 5:00pm.Dinner will be arranged in local restaurant.
Day 4
Highlights: Yellow Dragon Cave---- Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon
Breakfast in the hotel, transfer to Yellow dragon cave. It is the longest one in Asia; it is an incomparable realm of gigantic subterranean chambers, fantastic cave formations, and extraordinary features. After the cave transfer to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, Situated in Sanguansi, cili county Zhangjiajie city, 10 km east to Wulingyuan world natural heritage site, the canyon is a new discovered spots in Zhangjiajie, which is well-known for the fresh air and crystal waterfall, 3 hours to finish it.
Day 5
Highlights: Baofeng lake---Tujia folk park---Old Yard---Sandstone painting gallery
Check out from the hotel around 8:00, enjoy a peaceful boat riding on the beautiful Baofeng lake. Being located high up in the mountains, the lake catches some of the first and purest runoff water from the mountain peaks. Its height also guarantees an air freshness, Baofeng Lake is supported by lush green trees and shrub-clad stone peaks of various shapes that enclose the lake and give it a fairytale-like atmosphere. Transfer back to Zhangjiajie, have visit to Tujia folk park and the Old yard, which has more than 300 hundred years history, enjoy the history and the traditional life of Tujia nationality. After that, we can have a visit to Junsheng sandstone paiting gallery to enjoy the unique artist work----sandstone painting, which is created by a local Tujia painter named Li junsheng. Check into the hotel.
Day 6
Highlights: Tianmen Mountain---Fairy fox show
Arriving in Zhangjiajie in the morning, a warm welcome from your guide and driver, transfer to Tianmen Mountain, take half an hour riding on the longest cable-car in the world (about 7.5 km) directly reach the top of Tianmen mountain. Have a breathless walking along the glass plank-road against the cliff. Tianmen cave, the natural mountain-penetrating karst cave with the highest elevation in the world, hangs on the towering cliff. There are many graceful trees, karts hillocks and medicinal herbs and plants on the mountain. (about 5-6 hours sightseeing activies in Tianmen Mountain). Fresh up in the hotel, get ready for the beautiful and moving night show.
Day 7
Highlights: Furong town----Red Stone Forest----Zuolongxia Gorge
Check out from the hotel in the morning, transfer 1.5 hours to Furong town, Furong Town is originally named Wangcun, about 90km away from Zhangjiajie center city. It is an ancient town where Tujia minority live together.The famous movie Furong Town directed by Xiejin is shot here. After the we finish Furong town, transfer to the Red Stone Forest, which is famous for its distinctive rock formation, lovely personal image of the rocks, full of astonishments. Zuolongxia gorge is a adventure spot testing your gut, the plank road built in the in-depth valley against cliff, challenging but not dangerous, but you have to go all out to get along with iron rope chain, listening to the roaring water below the stream , marvel at spectacutar scenery. Transfer to the hotel in Jishou city.
Day 8
Highlights: Dehang Miao village---Fenghuang ancient city
Check out the hotel in the morning, transfer half an hour to Dehang. Dehang is a Miao language means “beautiful valley”, because of the unique landscape with highly straight cliffs and overlapped peaks, Dehang become a beautiful valley with lots of peaks, waterfalls and an area of virgin forest, with some rivers staggered in the region, owned a pleasant climate and rich of flora and fauna. On the way there, you can marvel at the world most breathtaking bridge, Aizhai tunnel to tunnel suspension bridge, which is newly completed. Hiking along the farm road of the Miao village, reach the highest waterfall in the world----Liusha waterfall, experience the true life of Miao people. Hiking in the valley around 3 hours. Transfer to Fenghuang ancient city.
Day 9
Highlights: South China Great Wall------Changsha
Check out form the hotel, transfer 30 minutes to the South China Great Wall. South China great wall locates in Xiangxi Tujia & Miao people autonomous prefecture, it become famous because it is only military defence wall in south China, it spans 190km long over the mountain ridge, it start in Fenghuang county, span most part in Fenghuang and end in Tingzi pass Guizhou province.it was built in Ming dynasty with the investment of central government to seperate Miao people,it was dicovered in year 2000 after many year of isolation. Transfer 6 hours to Changsha, check inton the hotel in Changsha.
Day 10
Highlights: Yuelu Academy
Check out in the morning, transfer to Yuelu Academy----“one-thousand-year-old academy” which was established in Northern Song dynasty and has witnessed a history of more than one thousand years without a break. Visit the academy 1.5 hours, then transfer to Huanghua airport, finish the pleasant trip in Hunan.
$300 Per Day
3 Days Zhangjiajie Tour from Guangzhou
Day 1 Guangzhou / Zhangjiajie
Transport via: Flight on our arrangement
Upon your arrival in Zhangjiajie, you will be met by you local guide and then be transferred to the hotel. Enjoy some leisure time for the rest of the day.
Day 2 Zhangjiajie (B, L)
Day 1 Guangzhou / Zhangjiajie
Transport via: Flight on our arrangement
Upon your arrival in Zhangjiajie, you will be met by you local guide and then be transferred to the hotel. Enjoy some leisure time for the rest of the day.
Day 2 Zhangjiajie (B, L)
Sightseeing: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Huangshizhai Cable Car, Jinbian Brook, Huangshi Fort)
You will have a full day visit .including the following places: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Zhangjiajie's main tourist draw is the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list for its lush vegetation, unique sandstone pillars, pristine waters and a wide variety of species of flora and fauna.
You can take a cable car to Huangshizhai where you will appreciate the daunting rock columns. From the top, enjoy spectacular views of the forest with rough landscape.
Another scenic spot is the Jinbian Brook. It covers a distance of 7.5 km from north to south, winding across mountains and valleys. The brook is limpid through the year and is famous for Jinbian Cave-which has a height of 382km and looks like a huge flying eagle.
You will also have chance to explore the Huangshi Fort. It is a mesa higher on the north side elevated by stiff cliffs. Huangshi Fort has the most of marvelous view of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park including Treasure Box of Heavenly Books, Magic Sea-suppressing Needle, South Pillar of Heaven, Golden Tortoise Watching the Sea etc.
Day 3 Zhangjiajie / Guangzhou (B, L)
Transfer via: Flight on our arrangement
Sightseeing: Tianzi Mountain
You will continue to visit the Tianzi Mountain today. Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve is a mesa in the northwest of Wulingyuan. Up on the mesa, the field of vision is widely opened up and it is a perfect location to have a panoramic view of the nature reserve. Tianzi Mountain has four scenic wonders, namely Cloud Billows, Moon Brightness, Sun Glow and Winter Snow. The cloud billows are ever changing, morning and evening sun glows vast sky, moon shines in the still night, winter snow falls enchanting the scenery, like a lyric, like a landscape painting.
After the tours, you will be transferred to airport to take flight and fly back to Guangzhou.