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Four days in Zhangjiajie: Yuanjiajie’s sandstone pillars, Tianzi Mountain, Tianmen Mountain and Cave, Golden Whip Stream and Baofeng Lake.
This short trip covers the highlights of Zhangjiajie in Hunan province, staying three nights at a Hampton by Hilton near the National Forest Park, or similar. You arrive to a boat ride on Baofeng Lake, then spend a full day in the park among the sandstone pillars of Yuanjiajie, on the Tianzi Mountain cableway and aboard the Ten-Mile Gallery mini-train.
The third day starts on the Golden Whip Stream trail and climbs Tianmen Mountain by cableway and shuttle bus to see Tianmen Cave, ending with the colourful night scene at the 72 Strange Buildings.
Group tour. You travel with other guests on a fixed departure — departures every Saturday in 2027. Prefer your own dates and a guide just for your party? The private version of this tour runs every day.
How the price works: CAD $875 per person sharing a twin or double room (land only — flights to Zhangjiajie and home from Zhangjiajie are not included). Gratuities for your guide and driver, CAD $80 per person (CAD $20 a day), are added at checkout; the estimate on this page already includes them. The single supplement is CAD $263.
Arrive in Zhangjiajie by high-speed train or flight. You are met at the station or airport and taken to Baofeng Lake for a boat ride on calm water ringed by green karst peaks, before checking in at your hotel.
Drive into Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and explore the Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, whose towering quartz-sandstone pillars inspired the floating Hallelujah Mountains in Avatar.
Continue to the Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area and ride the Tianzi Mountain cableway for wide views over the sea of peaks. Finish at Ten-Mile Gallery, where a sightseeing mini-train takes you up and back through a valley of oddly shaped rock formations.
Start with a walk along Golden Whip Stream, a forest trail beside a clear stream beneath sandstone peaks. Then head to Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park, riding the cableway and the park shuttle bus to the mountain scenery and Tianmen Cave, a huge natural arch through the mountain.
In the evening, visit the 72 Strange Buildings, a Tujia-style complex lit up in colour, for a taste of western Hunan’s culture and nightlife.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport at the scheduled time for your onward flight.
One hand-picked hotel over 3 nights of this itinerary. Open any property for photos, video, a full introduction and what's on site.
Where a day says “or similar”, a comparable property of the same standard may be used on some departures. Room photos are representative; the room category is set by your booked package.
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How the price is built. Per person in Canadian dollars, two travellers sharing a twin or double room. Children pay the adult price and have their own bed. Gratuities of CAD $80 per person are added at checkout. The single supplement is CAD $263; a room cannot be shared with a stranger, so a solo traveller pays it.
Group tour. Departs every Saturday. You join other travellers; group size varies with the date. Group departures are not guaranteed with two travellers: a date runs once enough travellers have booked it. If your date does not run, we tell you in advance and you choose another date or get a full refund.
Getting there. The tour starts with a pick-up at Zhangjiajie railway station or airport, and ends with a transfer to Zhangjiajie airport; trains or flights to and from Zhangjiajie are not part of the itinerary.
Walking. The park days involve a lot of walking, steps and queues for cableways and shuttles; wear good shoes.
Dates and validity. Prices apply to departures in 2027. Dates over China’s public holidays (Spring Festival, May Day and National Day week) and major conferences are not sold at these prices — ask us for a quote. The hotels named are the usual ones; another hotel of the same standard may be used, and the order of visits can change for weather, train times or local conditions.
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Reserve online and pay the CAD $300 per-person deposit right away (unless a different amount is stated for this tour) — that secures your booking. We then confirm availability, usually within 24 hours, and update your booking status — if we cannot confirm your reservation, your deposit is refunded in full. The balance is due 30 days before departure. The deposit option applies to bookings made more than 60 days before departure — within 60 days of departure, full payment is required at booking.
Price adjustments (Travel Industry Act, 2002 — O. Reg. 26/05): increases resulting from retail sales or federal tax changes excepted, if the total price rises by more than 7% you may cancel for a full refund — and no price increase is permitted after you have paid in full.
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Once airline tickets have been issued, the air portion is non-refundable regardless of the schedule above.
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Land package · plus Gratuities $80 (mandatory, per person)
Per person · double occupancy · departures 2 Jan–25 Dec 2027
Price notes
Prices shown are the land package. Gratuities $80 per person is mandatory and is added at checkout.
International flights not included — quoted from your city.
Peak dates (public holidays, summer): est. +CAD $263 per person, confirmed before you pay.
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Hampton by Hilton Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is a seven-storey hotel on Jundi Road in Wulingyuan, the town at the eastern entrance to the national park. Opened in 2024, it has 152 rooms — king and twin superior rooms of 28–32 m², superior deluxe rooms and a handful of suites — most with mountain views; every room has the Hampton bed, a walk-in shower, a fridge and free Wi-Fi.
The Hampton restaurant serves the free hot breakfast buffet with Chinese and Western dishes, and there is a coffee and drinks bar off the lobby.
Fitness room, self-service laundry, a multi-function room for 60, and free surface and underground parking.
500 m from the Wujiayu (east gate) ticket office of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and the Charming Xiangxi theatre, and about 900 m from the park entrance itself; Zhangjiajie railway station is about 26 km and Hehua Airport about 35 km.