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To get there, fly Guangzhou via Cebu Pacific, and from there, take a domestic flight to Zhangjiajie, although if you\u2019d rather take a Cebu Pacific flight to the more popular Shanghai, a domestic flight will get you to Zhangjiajie as well.<\/p>\n
Travel Warehouse Inc. in partnership with UOS China can take you there, as this is one of those trips where you will definitely need a well-planned, detailed itinerary, and a travel guide. You\u2019ll be hard pressed to find English speakers anywhere, since even hotel receptionists speak no English.<\/p>\n
The highlight of the visit is Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, part of the larger Wulingyuan Scenic Area. In 1992, the area was recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site.<\/p>\n
Take the Bailong elevator\u2014translated as One Hundred Dragons Elevator\u2014 that is reportedly the highest in the world, built into a cliff that climbs up to over a thousand feet into the sky in about a minute and a half. It opens its doors to the astounding site of the quartz and sandstone pillars. One of them is named Avatar Hallelujah Mountain, an homage to the film, and it is spectacular.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the park, a glass-bottomed bridge, one of the world\u2019s longest and highest, hangs above a canyon. Definitely not for those afraid of heights, but in the shoe covers they make you put over your footwear, you can glide across the glass and feel like you\u2019re sky walking.<\/p>\n More relaxing is a cruise down the green Baofeng Lake, surrounded by mountains, with rock formations in the shape of animals. Close by is a waterfall gushing down a cliff.<\/p>\n On another day, take a cable car up Tianmen mountain, one of the longest passenger cableways in the world. Looking down, one sees the Heaven Linking Avenue that twists and turns 99 times as it leads to the holy Tianmen cave, or Heaven\u2019s Gate.<\/p>\n The natural portal through the mountain can be reached by walking up 999 steps \u2014the number 9 is a lucky number, as you may have figured out\u2014 on foot, which the locals say is a stairway to heaven.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/zhangjiajie-avatar-mountains.jpg\"){kind=avatar}
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