Zhangjiajie
Sandstone pillars rising into the clouds, the landscape that inspired Avatar.
Zhangjiajie's sandstone pillar forest defies belief: over 3,000 quartzite columns rising up to 200 metres from subtropical forest, wreathed in mist and connected by glass bridges and cliff-hugging walkways. This is the landscape that inspired James Cameron's Pandora, and in person it feels no less otherworldly.
We also reach the Avatar Hallelujah peaks by the Bailong elevator and the glass-bottomed grand canyon bridge, arriving via Zhangjiajie (DYG).
Nature Lovers · Adventure Seekers · Photographers
Properties perched among the pillars.
Pullman Zhangjiajie
- National park access
- Mountain views
- Glass bridge proximity
Crowne Plaza Wulingyuan
- Forest setting
- Tujia cultural programmes
- Nature guides
Mellow Out Boutique Hotel
- Cliff views
- Local character
- Photography tours
- 01Smoked meats and wild herbs: Tujia minority home cooking
- 02Mountain mushroom hot pot in a cliffside restaurant
- 03Rice wine tasting with a Tujia elder
- 04Tea eggs and corn cakes at a trailside pavilion
- 01Sunrise from Tianzi Mountain, pillars emerging from a sea of clouds
- 02Glass Skywalk at Tianmen Mountain: 1,430 metres of transparent floor
- 03Baofeng Lake rowboat through a canyon of green
- 04Golden Whip Stream walk in early morning mist
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