Travel to China National Park

• Travel to China National Park

This is an outstanding place as beautiful scenery, and many other points. The park is located on the scenic Wulingyuan territory, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Here are the pillars of quartz up to 1080 meters high, which inspired the director of the film "Avatar" in 2009, and the highest exterior elevator in the world.

All of a sudden: dancing on the edge of a cliff, it is true with insurance. (Photo by TPG):

rhesus monkeys in shock. (Photo: Istvan Kadar Photography):

The peaks, pillars of sandstone and quartz, they say, they have inspired James Cameroon to create a landscape of "Avatar." (Photo by Aaron Choi)

In total, the park more than 3,000 similar geological formations, including a third of them have a height of over 200 meters. The highest point in the park - Mount Doupeng height of 1890 meters. (Photo by Michel Arnault):

A unique rock with Christmas trees. (Photo Trial):

"The first bridge of the world" - as it is called. Natural bridge formed between the rocks.

An artificial reservoir, it also Baofeng Lake, where tour guides love to tell tales and legends about the fairies cry a whole lake of tears. (Photo by Aaron Choi):

Someone has managed to organize a small farm on the top of the cliff. (Photo by Feng Wei Photography):

Again, "landscapes Avatar" - the pillars of sandstone and quartz. (Photo by Nigel Killeen):

Dancing on the rock. (Photo Basil Tsimoyanis):

It is home to about 150 animals, including 28 listed in the Red Book of the country, such as the golden pheasant, rhesus monkeys. (Photo Trial):

Zhangjiajie National Park was founded in 1982, its area was then determined in a 13 km²; it became the first national forest park in the country. In 1992, the park, as part of the territory of Wulingyuan, has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. In 2001, the Ministry of Land and Resources of China has assigned the object status of "National Forest Geopark peaks of sandstone." Currently, the park area of 479, 15 square kilometers. (Photo Serjio74):

bailong elevator ( "lift Hundred Dragons") - is the highest exterior elevator in the world. He picks up tourists at the height of 330 meters, to the observation deck at the top of the mountain. Lift itself consists of three two-storey booths whose capacity is 3750 kg. One car can go up or down at a time 48-50 passengers. The elevator are also installed seismic sensors, which are activated when the elevators should promptly evacuate all the people down. Queue elevator can reach four hours.

The Glass Bridge Zhangjiajie - another local attraction. The bridge has a bottom and transparent glass. It is the longest and highest bridge in the world of glass. The bridge was opened to the public August 20, 2016, it has a length of 430 meters in length and 6 meters in width and is suspended at a height of 260 meters above the ground. The bridge is located in a canyon between two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. (Photo: Fred Dufour):

Arriving train at the first road ... (Photo Nhungboon):

Mount Tianmen. The mountain can be reached by cable car, built by the French company Poma; sit on it you can about the nearest railway station, Zhangjiajie. Cableway Tianmen often mentioned in tourist guides as "the longest alpine cable car in the world." It consists of 98 wagons, its total length is 7455 m elevation is 1279 meters and the steepest ascent angle 37 °. (Photo by Lintao Zhang):