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Trip.Best Top 14 Best Things to Do in Zhangjiajie [2024]

Explore the best things to do in Zhangjiajie! Uncover top activities and experiences for an unforgettable visit.
Updated Nov 2024
  • top_1
    󰺂9.4
    4.6/5
    28254 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 1352 reviews
    "Tianmen Mountain is very convenient now. The city cable car goes to the top of the mountain. Although there are still many people queuing in the off-season, there are still many people who go to the attractions. Then the cable car goes to the elevator station, takes the elevator to the Tianmen cave entrance, and then takes the paid elevator to the cave. It is very convenient."
    Zhangjiajie.Zhangjiajie Downtown Area
    698m from downtown
    MountainsForestsGlass Skywalks
    Featured in 2024 Global 100 - Best Things to Do
    Highlights: World Heritage Site | World's highest natural arch | 1,100-yr-old Buddhist temple
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  • top_2
    󰺂9.1
    4.6/5
    24815 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 2305 reviews
    "Because the National Forest Park plans a two-day tour, it is just right to buy tickets and add 3 cables and 1 ladder package. There is no waste, quite convenient, and humane. Tickets can be used for 4 days, and the second time you can brush your face into the park. Even if the same cableway is used twice, it will still apply if the total ride is satisfied. Suitable for tourists who want to travel in depth without detailed guide paths. I hope that the scenic spot will increase the sign density of each key attraction, and it will be worthy of the expensive ticket transportation fee. In addition to the tour guide, individual travelers who travel freely often take the wrong road due to the wrong guidance, and constantly ask the passers-by and the scenic staff. Overall, there are mountains and waters with characteristics, it is worth a walk."
    Zhangjiajie.Wulingyuan/Forest Park
    22.5 km from downtown
    MountainsGeological SitesForestsNational Parks
    Featured in 2024 Asia 100 - Best Things to Do
    Highlights: World Heritage Site | Global Geopark | Otherworldly landscape | Featured in 'Avatar'
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  • top_3
    󰺂7.7
    4.5/5
    1440 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 861 reviews
    "Sighing on the beautiful mountains and rivers that Avatar has been thinking of. Master Wu Guanzhong's ink and water show. Take the largest and fastest 100 dragon ladder in Asia and marvel at the strange mountain peaks: each eye is like a giant bonsai scattered on the earth by the hand of God."
    Zhangjiajie.Wulingyuan/Forest Park
    26.2 km from downtown
    RiversForestsTerraced FieldsUNESCO World Heritage - Natural Sites
    Highlights: Located in the northwestern part of Hunan Province lies Wulingyuan. A part of the Wulingyuan District of Zhangjiajie City, this area is home to many natural attractions, such as the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park as well as three national Geoparks: the Suoxiyu, Tianzishan, and the Yangjiajie. There is spectacular scenery to be enjoyed, and all year round, at the Wulingyuan Scenic Spot; it’s like a Penglai Wonderland. For those who enjoy long walks, they will not be disappointed by the abundance of dense forests and high mountain peaks that are ready to be explored. The changing cloudscapes provide an ever-changing view.
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    4

    󰺂7.6
    4.5/5
    4941 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 373 reviews
    "Stunning Grand Canyon in Hunan, Zhangjiajie one of the must visit sightseeing area with the magnificent hanging " Glass " bridge between the mountain cliffs. It is breaktaking looking down the valley from the top cliffs. Next, the long downhill walking through the lush forest, cave & along the green water river is enjoyable!"
    Cili.Wulingyuan/Forest Park
    38.9 km from downtown
    CanyonsGlass Skywalks
    No.1 of Fall Viewing Attractions in Zhangjiajie
    Highlights: Situated near Zhangjiajie city, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon is lush with vegetation and has fresh clean air. Small streams and rushing waterfalls can also be seen everywhere. It somehow feels as if the canyon is the planet's lungs. Besides admiring the canyon's natural grandeur, it is also worth visiting the glass bridge across the canyon. Standing on the bridge, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the canyon floor below. It will really challenge your nerve.
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    5

    󰺂7.3
    4.6/5
    4077 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 357 reviews
    "Overall very strange and very happy. Lamenting the magic of nature, the tour guide is very professional, very patient, and the impression of Zhangjiajie is very good. It is a very happy trip, the natural stone pillar is only 1 centimetre long in 1 million years."
    Zhangjiajie.Wulingyuan/Forest Park
    31 km from downtown
    CavesNational Parks
    No.2 of Fall Viewing Attractions in Zhangjiajie
    Highlights: Huanglong Cave is an important part of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area and is a typical karst landform. The area of ​​the cave is very large, with a height of more than 100 meters, a deep dark river, and dense stalagmites. Among them, the “Dinghai Shenzhen”, which is 20 meters high, is an iconic attraction. Visitors enter the cave, walk for a while, then board the ship at the pier on the dark river in the cave. Here, you can take a cruise on the river and see the wonders of the stalagmites.
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    6

    󰺂6.8
    4.7/5
    726 Review
    "It is recommended to go 1 hour in advance to the official performance before there are many activities that are very fun. There are welcome drums, flash dances, iron flowers, corpses, etc. Especially iron flowers are worth watching the official performance. The dance beauty is very beautiful. The appreciation is very high. The actors are especially invested in making people immersed in the performance, but remember not to buy VVIP. The first row is too close to the stage, it will be blocked by the rain and the elevator! !"
    Zhangjiajie.Wulingyuan/Forest Park
    27 km from downtown
    Highlights: The large-scale song and dance "Zhangjiajie Eternal Love" condenses the history, culture and legends of Zhangjiajie for hundreds of millions of years, and is divided into "The Sea Has Changed", "Wuling Wonderland", "Legend of Tianzi Mountain", "The Past of a Small Town", "Ma Mulberry Tree", "Love in Xiangxi" and other scenes. The performance uses advanced high-tech means such as sound, light and electricity to present unexpected effects, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in the performance and appreciate the uncanny workmanship of nature, the colorful underwater world, the dreamlike Wuling Wonderland, and the magical and spectacular sight of a thousand-ton flood pouring down in an instant. Xiang women are passionate and heroes are born in large numbers!
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    7

    󰺂6.3
    4.2/5
    893 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 294 reviews
    "Zhangjiajie Baofeng Lake is located at No. 8 Baofeng Road, Suoxi Town, Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province. It is composed of Baofeng Lake and Yingwozhai. The lake is 72m deep and the scenery is beautiful. It is a rare Gaoxia Pinghu Lake, with green mountains on all sides, clear water and beautiful scenery. It is a masterpiece of landscape scenery. Known as the world lake classic, it was the classic version of "Journey to the West" flower and fruit landscape curtain cave. Baofeng Lake Scenic Area integrates mountains and waters, blends folk customs in one body, especially the wonderful scenery of Gaoxia Pinghu, the Baofeng waterfall of "flying down three thousand feet", and the mysterious deep mountain ancient temple."
    Zhangjiajie.Wulingyuan/Forest Park
    23.6 km from downtown
    Lakes
    Highlights: Baofeng Lake Scenic Area is a component of the core scenic spot of Wulingyuan in Zhangjiajie City. It is located in the south of Wulingyuan District. Baofeng Lake Scenic Area consists of Baofeng Lake and Yingwo Village. Baofeng Lake Scenic Area has become the representative of Wulingyuan waterscape scenery with its beautiful lake water color and steep cliffs. The TV drama "Journey to the West" in the Huaguoshan Water Curtain Cave is shot in the scenic area of ​​"Qifeng Waterfall". ".
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    8

    󰺂6.3
    4.2/5
    627 Review
    "Zhangjiajie Tusi City: Also known as Zhangjiajie Tujia Style Park, it is a national 4A-level attraction, showing Tujia farming culture, military and war culture, Tusi history, architectural art, crafts, folk customs and food and living. The nine-heavy-day hanging tower in the city of Tosi has the world's tallest Tujia hanging tower, with an altitude of 48 meters."
    Zhangjiajie.Zhangjiajie Downtown Area
    1.6 km from downtown
    Villages
    Highlights: Tujia Folk Customs Park is situated in the urban area of Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province. It is a bright pearl in the natural landscape of Zhangjiajie. Based on the local Xiangxi Toast Castle, here you can enjoy the Tujia style and the wonderful Tujia folk customs. When you play, you will also have the opportunity to watch the ancient Tujia dances of the Tujia nationality. The traditional Maogus dances usually take place before the other types of dances. Before the opening of the dance, you must worship the king of the earth and sing the sacrificial god songs.
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    9

    󰺂6.2
    4.4/5
    568 Review
    "Outdoor live performances, 500 people's performance team, there is a complete storyline, very shocking, bangs cut the story has been adapted into a fox fairy version, this harmonic stem creativity is very interesting"
    Zhangjiajie
    5.7 km from downtown
    Featured performanceLive Show
    Highlights: On April 4, the youth fantasy version of Zhangjiajie Tianmen Fox Fairy live performance was staged as scheduled, attracting more than 2,000 Chinese and foreign audiences to enjoy it.Amid the expectations of global audiences, "Tianmen Fox Fairy" is set against the backdrop of the Tianmen Mountain landscape, integrating sound, light, electricity, AI technology and naked-eye 3D to present the love story in a dreamlike way, allowing people to immerse themselves in it and feel emotional resonance.As a model of cultural construction and tourism development in Hunan Province, "Tianmen Fox Fairy" has been one of the live performances that domestic and foreign tourists have longed for for many years. This year, the theater invested 40 million yuan to upgrade the performance equipment such as lighting, screens, animated laser performances and stage design, making the performance effect even more amazing.The superb acting skills and stage performances of more than 500 actors and staff members presented a vivid and intoxicating world to the audience, making everyone feel as if they were in a dream full of fantasy and romance, and felt a strong audio-visual impact and emotional resonance. The successful performance of this live-action musical is not only a perfect presentation of the aesthetic, romantic and fantasy pursuits of contemporary young people, but also a vivid interpretation of the integration of traditional culture and modern technology.Chief Director Mei Shuaiyuan said that this upgraded version of "Tianmen Fox Fairy" is a perfect presentation of young people's aesthetics, romance, and fantasy, striving to integrate traditional and modern elements to create a more beautiful audio-visual feast. He said he was very satisfied with the performance and looked forward to continuing such performance in the future.The audiences said that the youth fantasy version of "Tianmen Fox Fairy" made them feel like they were in a dreamlike world, and they felt a strong audiovisual impact and emotional resonance."This live-action musical is not only a performance, but also a spiritual cleansing and experience. Chinese culture is truly a miracle," a Korean tourist exclaimed sincerely.The successful performance of the youth fantasy version of "Tianmen Fox Fairy" marks a new step in the artistic expression of Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain live musicals, and also opens up new possibilities for Chinese landscape live performances. In the future, we look forward to more similar wonderful performances, allowing the audience to feel the artistic charm of Zhangjiajie among the mountains and rivers.
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    10

    󰺂5.6
    4.3/5
    140 Review
    "if you have time in the evening try to visit there. There is no admission fee. the building design in the old city.opposite have night market street food."
    Zhangjiajie.Zhangjiajie Downtown Area
    1.2 km from downtown
    Featured Neighborhoods
    Highlights: Dayong Fucheng, located in the core of Zhangjiajie urban area (Yongding District), was built on the old site of the old mansion with a history of more than 600 years. Buildings can be seen everywhere, and there are also multi-ethnic intangible cultural heritage exhibition halls and Zhangjiajie Museum in the scenic spot. Dayongfu City is composed of eight buildings with unique ingenuity. The buildings are in the architectural styles of Miao, Bai, Yao, Dong and other ethnic minorities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Tujia Diaojiaolou is simple and atmospheric, Miao Village is beautiful, Dong nationality wind and rain bridges are romantic and colorful, Yao nationality plate The palace is mysterious and majestic, and the three squares of the Bai nationality are quiet and gorgeous, exquisite and agile, simple and delicate. There are many literary shops and youth hostels around Dayongfu City, which are very suitable for students or young scholars to stay and hang out, buy some small ethnic items and taste local snacks.
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FAQ

What Best Things to Do are there in Zhangjiajie?
These are all Best Things to Do in Zhangjiajie:Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Wu Ling Yuan, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, The Yellow Dragon Cave
What are some highly-rated Best Things to Do in Zhangjiajie?
Some highly-rated Best Things to Do in Zhangjiajie include:Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park:4.6, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park:4.6, Wu Ling Yuan:4.5, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon:4.5, The Yellow Dragon Cave:4.6
At what locations in Zhangjiajie can Best Things to Do in Zhangjiajie be found?
The Best Things to Do in Zhangjiajie are mainly located in:Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park:Zhangjiajie, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park:Zhangjiajie, Wu Ling Yuan:Zhangjiajie, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon:Cili, The Yellow Dragon Cave:Zhangjiajie
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