As the core part of Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park mainly comprises Tianzi Moutain Nature Reserve, Yangjiajie Scenic Area, Yuanjiajie Scenic Area and Huangshizhai Yellowstone Village Scenic Area. Visitors with the entrance tickets for Zhangjiajie National Forest Park have unlimited access to all these four scenic areas for four consecutive days.
To reserve tickets to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, please send booking request to tours@zhangjiajieguide.com.
☝ The East Entrance of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has the off-season entrance ticket and the peak-season entrance ticket.
Normally, the peak season starts in March and ends in November, entrance fee during this time is CNY 227 Yuan per pax.
The off-season of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park starts in December and ends in February of following year and entrance fee during this time is CNY 147 Yuan per pax.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park offers half price ticket at CNY 116 Yuan per pax in regular season or CNY 75 Yuan in low season (December, January and February) to the following groups:
👰 Group A: Youth aged between 14 and 17
👴 Group B: Elderly aged from 60 to 64
👯 Group C: College students studying in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
❗ Note please, as the ticket booking engine is improving the features, it can't accept online reservation requests by college students at present and colleage students are advised to purchase the discount tickets directly from ticket counters of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park offers special entrance tickets with price of CNY 33 Yuan per pax throughout the years to the following Groups:
👵 Group A: Seniors aged 65 and above.
👶 Group B: Children under 13 years old with height under 120 cm.
This combined ticket includes both entrance and transportation such as shuttle bus, Bailong elevator, Yangjiajie cable car, Huangshizhai (Yellowstone Village) cable car and Tianzi Mountain cable car. With this ticket, you are allowed to enter Zhangjiajie National Forest Park endless times in four direct days with unlimited access to the cable cars, Bailong elevator and sightseeing shuttle bus. Full price of combined ticket is CNY 523 Yuan per pax in regular season or CNY 445 Yuan in low season from December to February of the next year. Visitor can save CNY 50 Yuan or more by bundling entrance ticket to transportation ticket. If you want to spend more than one day and want to walk as less as possible in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, combined ticket can be a good choice; otherwise, you can just select some of tickets to buy according to your itinerary to save money.
Discount combined ticket is not available for kids and seniors, meaning that people at such age group will have to pay at full price for combined ticket.
There are three cableway lines inside Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Visitors can purchase or not purchase such cable car tickets depending on your actual needs.
🚃 Tianzi Mountain cable car one way ticket: Price of full ticket for Tianzi Mountain cable car is CNY 72 Yuan and half ticket price is CNY 36 Yuan per pax.
🚃 Huangshizhai Yellowstone Village cable car one way ticket: full ticket price is CNY 65 Yuan and half ticket price is CNY 33 Yuan.
🚃 Yangjiajie cable car one way ticket: CNY 76 Yuan for full ticket or CNY 38 Yuan for half ticket.
Note please: Half tickets are sold to children under 17 year old and seniors above 60 year old only. Tickets are not required to kids with height under 120 cm.
One way ticket for Bailong Elevator in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is CNY 65 Yuan per pax. Half ticket for children below 17 year old and elderly persons above 60 year old is CNY 33 Yuan per pax. Children with height under 120 cm don't need to pay to use Bailong Elevator.
Bailong Elevator ticket is optional.
This joint passenger transporation ticket includes Tianzi Mountain cable car ticket, Yangjiajie cable car ticket, Yellowstone Village cable car ticket and Bailong elevator ticket. With this ticket, you have unlimited access to cableway lines and elevator mentioned above for 4 direct days.
Full price for this ticket is CNY 298 Yuan per pax. Half tickets are available to children and the elderly persons at CNY 158 Yuan per pax.
This ticket is not compulsory and visitors can decide to purchase it or not according to your real needs.
☝ The Cloud Sea in Huangshizhai Scenic Area in Misty Rain in July
Entry tickets to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park are sold under the real name system. Tourists are required to submit their identity information to be able to purchase their tickets. That is, as an international tourist, you can use your passport to be able to reserve tickets online.
There are generally 3 steps to reserve entrance tickets to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park online.
Firstly, you should choose a gate through which to enter the Park. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has five entrance gates including the East Gate, the South Gate, the Central Gate, the West Gate and the North Gate. Since these gates are faraway from each other, choosing a gate that is close to you can save both time and money on transit.
Address of your hotel, hostel, guesthouse is the main criteria to decide which gate to choose.
Secondly, choose a date and schedule a time slot to enter. Besides the date choosed, you can also visit Zhangjiajie National Forest Park for the following three straight days. To optimize tourists flow and reduce congestion, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has also set six sessions a day that are 07:30-08:00, 08:00-09:00, 09:00-10:00, 10:00-11:00, 11:00-12:00 and 12:00-17:00 for tourists to check into. In theory, tourists must have
their ticket checked in the time slot they specified, otherwise, they may be rejected for ticket control, so please take into account of time you will spend to travel from your hotel to the entrance gate before you decide which time slot to select.
Lastly, choose a ticket type. It generally has three types of tickets including full tickets for adults, half tickets for young and old as well as special tickets for children under 13 years and senior above 65 years old.
It is quite easy for international tourists who have booked their tickets online to check in as paper ticket is no longer required. International tourists can just scan their passports to be able to pass the turnstile which is fast and convenient. Please make sure you are checking in through the appropriate entrance which should match with the one you specified in ticket booking procedures on the first day. You will be allowed to enter Zhangjiajie National Forest Park through any entrance after first entry.
☝ the Cable Car Ride in Tianzi Mountain Nature Reserve in Autumn
Ticket is not refundable unless traveler can cancel it within the risk- free cancellation period. For a full refund of the ticket, traveler must cancel ticket for at least 7 days. To cancel ticket between 3-7 days in advance, the cancellation fee of 10% of the total amount is charged. To cancel ticket within 3 days in advance, 20% of the amount paid is charged. For those who have already used their tickets or those who haven't used their tickets even after the specified travel date, it's not possible to request refunds.
❗ Traveler should pay full price and purchase a new ticket if the former one is lost or invalidated. ❗ Zhangjiajie National Forest Park entrance ticket covers Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, Tianzi Mountain Scenic Area, Yellowstone Village Scenic Area, Yangjiajie Scenic Area as well as Ten-mile Gallery and Golden Whip Brook. Service of the environmentally friendly sightseeing shuttle buses is also included. However, services of the cable cars, Bailong Elevator and Ten Mile Gallery rideable mini train are not included in the entrance ticket.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park opens from 07:00 to 17:30 Monday to Sunday and its tickets can be reserved maximum 30 days in advance. To reserve tickets, we would require you to submit the following information:
1. Date and time.
2. Entrance gate, or you can provide hotel name and address so that we can help you to choose the closest gate for entering the park.
3. Number of visitors with corresponding passport information.
Booking request can be sent directly to tours@zhangjiajieguide.com and you will be replied in no more than one business day.
