8 days 7 nights
Specific Tour
21 people
Mandarin
• Assemble at International Airport for departure flight to Zhangjiajie.
• Visit Dayong Ancient City – The ancient city is rich in ethnic customs and features numerous ethnic intangible cultural heritage exhibition halls and the Zhangjiajie Museum. The buildings within the city showcase the architectural styles of the Miao, Bai, and Yao ethnic minorities from the Ming and Qing dynasties, exuding a classic charm.
• Free time & enjoy local delicacies at the Nanmenkou Food Street.
• Overnight stay at Dongyue Xinyue Hotel or similar.
• In the morning, visit Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park - the highest mountain in Zhangjiajie, a mountain-type natural scenic area.
• Visit Tianmen Mountain - one-way cable car + Guigu Plank Road + Panlong Cliff Glass Plank Road (shoe covers included).
• Tianmen Cave (including one-way mountain escalator + one-way expressway + one-way eco-friendly bus + 99 scenic highways)
• Visit Zhangjiajie Museum (closed on Mondays) and then head to the popular tourist attraction, Zhangjiajie 72 Wonders (exterior view). This iconic 109.9-meter-tall stilted building is a marvel of stilted building architecture, boasting unique architectural features, unique openwork doorways, and the tallest building in the world. Enjoy the light show.
• After breakfast, travel to Jishou. Visit the Jiugui Liquor Industrial Park (exhibition hall + brewing workshop + base liquor storage).
• Continue to Fenghuang Ancient Town and Miao Autonomous Prefecture – a famous historical and cultural city in China and one of Hunan's top ten cultural heritages. The ancient town is a typical minority-populated area composed of 28 ethnic groups, including Miao, Han, and Tujia. Enjoy a night tour of the ancient town and its bar street.
• Overnight stay at Yinhe International Hotel or similar.
• Fenghuang Ancient Town praised by the famous New Zealand writer Rewi Alley as the most beautiful small town in China, the town features cobblestone streets, stilted houses along the Tujiang River, numerous ancient buildings and rich Miao ethnic customs, all of which contribute to the unique charm of western Hunan. Experience the Maglev train (one way) to overlooking the entire Fenghuang Ancient Town and visit to Tuojiang, stilted houses, Rainbow Bridge, stone-paved streets and Wanming Pagoda.
• Experience Miao Traditional Costume (Excluded Make-up & Accessories)
• Overnight at Fenghuang Yinhe Hotel or similar.
• Today we'll travel to Guzhang Country to visit the Morong Miao Village and experience Miao culture.
• Later we'll visit the popular Furong Town Scenic Area – a "thousand-year-old town hanging on a waterfall," a tourist destination that blends natural scenery with rustic ethnic customs. Surrounded by green mountains and clear waters, its streets and alleys, Tujia stilted houses, and bluestone paths exude a rich ethnic charm. Nighttime tour of the ancient town + night view.
• Overnight at Lijing Huakai Hotel or similar.
• Return to Zhangjiajie by bus and visit the Tujia Folk Custom Park – based on the Tusi castle of the Xiangxi people, it features the most complete original Tujia mountain village site, blending cultural and natural landscapes.
• In the afternoon, visit the Wulingyuan Scenic Area and stroll along the crystal-clear Jinbian Stream, a scenic section surrounded by four gates. Then visit the Geological Museum; the Ten-Mile Gallery (excluding the mini-train) showcases the picturesque peaks lining both sides of the canyon.
• Overnight at Dayswyndham Hotel or similar.
• Visit Wulingyuan Scenic Area - Yuanjiajie (including one-way Bailong Elevator tour) to see the only natural stone bridge under heaven, the First Bridge, and the Avatar-like floating mountains.
• Visit the Yangjiajie Peak Wall Wonders, Tianzi Mountain (including one-way cable car ride), and Helong Park. Tianzi Mountain - named after the ancient Tujia leader Xiang Dakun who led a peasant uprising and proclaimed himself "Emperor," is one of the four major scenic areas of Wulingyuan.
• Overnight at Dayswyndham Hotel or similar.
• After breakfast, visit Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon (including the Yuntiandu Glass Bridge and VR experience). The Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, also known as the Yuntiandu Glass Bridge, features lush vegetation against towering stone walls. A tranquil stream flows through the canyon. Standing on the world's highest glass bridge, you can overlook the karst landscape of the Grand Canyon.
• Visit the Sand & Stone Painting Cultural and Creative Park to appreciate the art of sand and stone painting, a "natural essence and artistic treasure."
• After lunch, transfer to the airport for your flight home, arriving back home with beautiful memories.