Things to do in Zhangjiajie – Wulingyuan, Hunan, China, Day 3

Things to do in Zhangjiajie such as walk around town, walk along the River, communist tower, cable car to Tian Men Mountain including directions, daily cost summary, other useful information, and perhaps also some not so useful personal observations and opinions.

Woke up this morning to sunshine. Its a pity I didn’t have another day at the park. Checked out of the hotel and caught the bus to Zhangjiajie (12RMB). I left my bag in the Zangjiajie Train Station (10RMB) and went to look for things to do.

Walk around Town

I caught the #6 bus from the train station into town (1RMB). See the map below for where to get off. Zhangjiajie is a typical bustling Chinese town with lots of food and other stuff. Very different to Shunde which is kind of bland.

Pork sandwhich. I used to get these all the time when I lived in Yuanqu. This one was not as good, but still decent..

Tourist Elevator

I stumbled upon this tourist elevator, which takes you up 5 floors and you see sweet FA.

Walk Along the River

The river is heavily polluted (as are most waterways in China) since the locals use it to wash their clothes etc.

People washing clothes in the river

Across the way are these demolished houses. I wonder what happened to them.. if I knew how to speak Chinese a bit better I would know.

People live among this rubble. There is a primary school behind it.

Also, lots of people gambling and doing other random stuff.

Gambling Houses (cards)

Tower

I have no idea what this tower is called, but I’m sure it has something to do with the communist party. It was my favorite of the things to do in Zhangjiajie. You climb up all these steps.

Stairs to the tower

… and at the top was this guy attracting the women with his painting

Guy painting the tower

… and these guys playing traditional Chinese tunes.

It was very peaceful and I caught a nap.

After that I got some pineapple (3RMB), walked around, bought some water and stuff (5RMB), caught the bus back to the train station (1RMB) and got some fried rice (10RMB).

Cable Car to Tian Men Mountain

This is the ‘thing to do’ in Zhangjiajie. I did not do it.

Cable cars up Tian Men Moutain

I had purposefully bought my train ticket on the bottom berth, but when I got there an elder woman with a child asked to swap. She had the top bunk. How could I say no? She gave me 50RMB to cover the cost difference. I don’t know what the cost sifference is, but I don’t think it is more than 50RMB.

Costs Summary for Things to do in Zhangjiajie – Wulingyuan, Hunan, China, Day 3Food

Pork Sandwiches. 10RMB for 2
Pineapple. 3RMB
Supermarket. 5RMB
Fried Rice 10RMB
McDonalds. 22RMB (following morning)

Food Costs Total: 50RMB

Transport

Bus from Wulingyuan to Zhangjiajie. 12RMB
Bus to/from town from Zhangjiajie bus station. 2rmb
Train from Zhangjiajie to Guangzhou. 258.50RMB (including the 50RMB the lady gave me for the bottom bunk)
*Train from Guangzhou to Shunde. 26RMB (following morning)

*The train from Guangzhou to Shunde shoud have only been 15RMB, but I bought the ticket for the wrong day (Monday instead of Tuesday). I got all the way back to Shunde and on the last ticket check they realised. I had to pay 12RMB.

Transport Costs Total: 298.5RMB

Other

Toileties from hotel. 5RMB
Bag hold at the Zangjiajie train station. 10RMB

Other Costs Total: 15RMB

Grand Total for Things to do in Zhangjiajie – Wulingyuan, Hunan, China, Day 3: 363.5RMB
Grand Total in USD (Approx): $58.70

Instead of doing a separate posts on costs for this trip I am just going to state the daily average here. I left on Friday afternoon and returned on Tuesday morning, so I am making it a 4 day trip. The total cost for the trip was 1316.5RMB, which make it about 329.2RMB/day (approx $53.15USD).

Although it is probably the biggest attraction in Zhangjiajie, I didn’t go on the cable car. Has anyone done it? What other things have you done in Zhangjiajie?

We’d love to hear about it in the comments… or anything else you want to say

Just wondering around aimlessly I found a few good things to do in Zhangjiajie. Well, not so much things to do as things to see. I ate some good food, and had a pretty good stroll around. These two things just happen to be among my favorite things about traveling (I’m easily pleased) so it was a good day.

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