The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is a unique national forest park located in Zhangjiajie City in northern Hunan Province. In 1982 it was recognized as China's first national forest park (4,810 hectares). It was later designated a much larger (397.5 km²) Wulingyuan National Park in 1988. In 1992, Wulingyuan National Park was officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The most notable geographic features of the park are the pillar-like formations that are seen throughout the park. They are the result of many years of erosion. The weather is moist year round, and as a result, the foliage is very dense. Much of the erosion which forms these pillars are the result of expanding ice in the winter and the plants which grow on them. These formations are a distinct hallmark of Chinese landscape, and can be found in many ancient Chinese paintings. According to park officials, one of the park's quartz-sandstone pillars, the 3,544-foot Southern Sky Column, was the inspiration for the "Hallelujah Mountain" from the hit movie Avatar.

Mt. Tianzishan
Mt. Tianzishan presents itself in distinctive shape, geological speaking, and the rock formation is older than that in Yuanjiajie, you will have fantastic experience of stunning views, against the backdrop of sunset, the Tianzishan cable transport you down the mountain. A look at the Mountain Located in the northeast of Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Mt. Tianzishan is regarded as the top site to see sandstone peaks in high density, covering 9,000 hectare with the highest altitude 1262.5 meters. The body of the mountain is higher in the center while lower on the borders, seeming like a pagoda from afar. Peculiar formations of quartzite forests, karst caves, stelae, rock bridges, rock gates and waterfalls are distributed on the mountainsides. 　　

Tianzishan is known for 4 natural spectacles - the clouds of mist that circle the peaks of the mountain, the amazing views of the rising sun, the moonlit nights and snowcapped winter peaks.

Yuanjiajie
Located in the northwest part of the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, the Yuanjiajie Scenic Area is a naturally formed platform mountain, surrounded by higher summits which are divided by deep valleys. Added to this scene is an array of amazing lesser peaks and grotesque rocks. Each one stands in the valley and possesses its own peculiar shape. One way of reaching Yuanjiajie Scenic Area by the Bailong Elevator - tallest glass outdoor elevator that takes you 1070 feet up to the top in less than 2 munites.

Yellow Dragon Cave
Yellow Dragon Cave was discovered by local villagers in 1983 and opened to tourists in 1984. Some tourists thought of the cave as the most beautiful in China. It is a very large limestone cave, occupying an area of 100,000 square meters. The length of the cave is 7.6 kilometers and the height is 140 meters.

It comprised of two drought stores and two wet stores, two underground rivers, four waterfalls, 13 caverns and 10,000 stalagmites and stalactites. Though only about two fifth of the cave is open to tourists, the time needed to explore this huge cave is approximately 1 and half hours. The tourists’ traveling route in the cave is 2 kilometers by walk and 800 meters by water.