Zhangjiajie National Forest Park (Wulingyuan)
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Wulingyuan Scenic And Historic Interest Area, 1992); UNESCO Global Geopark; National 5A Tourist Attraction · Zhangjiajie, Hunan
A forest of more than three thousand quartz-sandstone pillars, some over 200 metres tall, rising sheer out of subtropical woodland in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area of Hunan - the landscape that inspired the floating mountains of the film Avatar. China's first national forest park (1982) and a UNESCO World Heritage site, it is threaded by cliff-edge walkways, the Bailong glass elevator, cable cars and stream-bottom trails. Water and frost carved the pillars from ancient seabed sandstone; Tianzi Mountain, Yuanjiajie and the Golden Whip Stream valley are the best-known zones, often wrapped in mist that makes the peaks look afloat. Tianmen Mountain is a separate destination.
Jinbian Road, Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
Daily, roughly 7:00-18:00 in high season with shorter winter hours; cableways and the elevator stop before gate closing. Multi-day tickets cover consecutive days.
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