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Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon 张家界大峡谷Zhāngjiājiè Dàxiágǔ
4A scenic area · Zhangjiajie, Hunan
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Zhangjiajie
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Nature
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon
A forested gorge at Sanguansi in Cili County, east of the Wulingyuan scenic area, best known for the glass-bottomed bridge, officially named Yuntiandu, strung across it. Opened in August 2016, the bridge is 430 m long and about 300 m above the canyon floor, and was the world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge at the time. It was designed by the Israeli architect Haim Dotan and can hold up to 800 people at once.
How to get to Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon
In Sanguansi Township, Cili County, about 30 minutes by road east of Wulingyuan town and roughly 1.5 hours from Zhangjiajie city.
Nearby
- Zhangjiajie National Forest Park 张家界国家森林公园 30 km
Thousands of sandstone pillars rising out of the mist like a stone forest - Tianmen Mountain 天门山 50 km
A cliff-top walk to a natural arch known as Heaven's Gate, above the city
Also within 20 km: Longwang Cave 龙王洞 (under 10 km), Huanglong Cave 黄龙洞 (under 10 km), Jiangya Hot Spring Resort 江垭温泉 (10 km), Xibu Street 溪布老街 (20 km), Baofeng Lake 宝峰湖 (20 km), Zhangjiajie Snow World 张家界冰雪世界 (20 km).
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