This place is gorgeous! Very accessible from Changsha via bus/train, there are flights from Guangzhou, Shanghai. Tickets that you bought are valid for 2 days. Entrance ticket does not include lift and cable car ticket. Navigating around the scenic area is difficult if you are not part of a tour. Alternatively, when you are at the entrance, follow the groups... More

We only spent two days here in mid-April which is not nearly enough time to see all the sights in the three connected parks: Natural Reserves of Emperor Mountain, Natural Reserves of Suoxi Gully and Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. We spent the first day visiting Golden Whip Brook and Huangshi Village in the Zhangjiajie park. Golden Whip Brook, while touted... More

Our visit was in mid-September 2008 (for a reference). When planning our trip to China, my wife and I saw Wulingyuan Scenic Area featured on the PBS show Globetrekker and it looked really beautiful. However, tour book information was limited as were details on websites. Zhangjiajie and Wulingyuan are highly visited by Chinese tourists but visitation by Westerners is less... More

I went to Zhangjiajie in the summer of 2006 at the tail end of a Yangtze River cruise. Going in, I didn't really have much of an idea of what to expect from an area coined as "China's Yellowstone". The train from Yichang to Zhangjiajie was incredibly painful. I've been on a number of Chinese trains, but never one close... More