Private Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Day

Zhangjiajie is the national forest park in Hunan where tall sandstone pillars rise out of the forest, and the landscape is popularly known as the Avatar mountains, which is how this tour is named on GetYourGuide. The park is large and the main sites are busy. This is a private day, with a guide and a vehicle for your group alone, so the order of the stops and the pace are set around you rather than around a coach schedule.

You are collected at your hotel in Zhangjiajie by a private vehicle with a driver, and your guide, who speaks English or Spanish, takes you into the national park. The price includes the park entrance ticket, the Bailong Elevator ticket and the Tianzi Mountain cable car ticket, which covers the main ways of moving up and across the park, so you do not buy or queue for them yourself. At the end of the day you are driven back to your hotel. The tour lasts about eight hours.

Meals and drinks are not included, nor are personal expenses and tips, so plan to buy lunch in the park. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water.

A few conditions apply and are worth reading before you book. All Zhangjiajie attraction tickets are issued under real-name booking, so you must send passport details for every traveller after you book. The final route can change depending on ticket availability, weather and crowds. The tour is not suitable for pregnant women, people with back problems or wheelchair users.

The operator is Better China Trip, and the tour is booked through GetYourGuide with free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start. It suits travellers who want a supported way to see the mountains in a single day, with tickets, transport and a guide handled in one booking. Low cloud can hide the views from the pillars, and in that case the ability to adjust the route is what a private guide is useful for.

If you are also planning to see the limestone scenery of southern China, the private two-day Guilin and Yangshuo tour on this site covers the other well-known landscape of the country, with a river and rice terraces rather than sandstone pillars.