Thursday, November 10, 2016

China, Zhangjiajie

Zhangjiajie is in Hunan province. Can be accessible from Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and some other cities. People around the world got to know the place after the movie Avatar. It is famous with it's precarious peaks, ominous caves, and streams.
Travel Classification: Adventure, thrill, not for the weak of heart.
Highlights: Yuanjiajie Mountain Hallelujah Mountains Tianzi Mountain
Where Avatar movie was filmed. Simply breath taking.
Grand Canyon Glass Bridge (World longest and highest glass bridge as of 2016, opened May 2016)
Yellow Dragon Cave
Karst cave complete with peculiar limestone formations, underground streams, large caverns. Plenty of stalactites and stalagmites, stone blossoms and stone curtains to see.
Tianmen Mountain
Ride the world's longest cable car to the highest mountain of Zhangjiajie, and go down by bus with 99 turn road!
Walk up high on a glass skywalk
999steps from the gate of Tainmen
Food: Spicy, strong Hunan flavored cuisine.
Our Itinerary: Day 1: Arrive Guangzhou, City tour Yuexiu Park, Wuyang Statue, Liurong Temple, and Beijing Road for shopping. Back to airport to catch a flight to Zhangjiajie, Check in hotel.
Day 2: Bailong Elevator, Yuanjiajie, Tianzi Mountain Start adventure with the Bailong Elevator which is made up see through glass to ascend to Yuanjiajie Mountain, walk by a trail in a mountain cliff, see nice view of the Hallelujah Mountains in the movie Avatar. Next, park shuttle took us to Tianzi Mountain to explore the Xihai stone forest.
Day 3: Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, Yellow Dragon Cave Visited the Grand Canyon, walk across a half-mile glass bridge and see the Grand Canyon in an aerial view. Next stop was the yellow dragon cave, huge caves lighted with different colors made it look splendid.
Day 4: Tianmen Mounatain Rode the world's longest cable car to Tianmen Mountain, walk to the glass skywalk, ride an escalator to the gate of Tainmen where you need to go down 999steps! (Older people can use the escalator going down). Fly back to Guangzhou.

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