Zhangjiajie is in the northwest of Hunan Province, about 400 km away trom Changsha. Composed of the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, the Tianri Mountain and the Suoxiyu Valley, the prefecture has a total area of 369 square km. It is a scenic area made up of sandstone from the primitive ecological system and the forest coverage rate reaches 97.7 percent. In 1992, it was inscribed in the list of in the World Natural Heritage by UNESCO. Major scenic spots are the Huangshizhai, the Jinbian Brook, the Tianzi Mountain, the Huanglong Cave, the Baofeng Lake and the Maoyan River.

Huangshizhai

This place is a high-south, low-north terrace composed of many cliffs in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. The top consists of more than 20 hectares, with over 10 scene viewing platforms from where one can enjoy majestic sandstone peak forests.

Jinbian Brook

Also located in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, it extends 6 km from north to south, winding across mountains and valleys. The brook is limpid through the year, with stone peaks standing erect on both banks.

Mount Tianzi

It covers an area of 100 square km. The highest peak is Tianzi Peak which has an elevation of 1,262.5 meters. Taking in the view there, one can see solitary and clustering mountains among the clouds mid mist.

Huanglong Cave

An underground karst cave in the northeast of Suoxiyu Valley, it is about 15 km deep and covers 20 hectares.

Wulingyuan

It's situated in the northwestern Hunan Province, covering an area of 300 square miles. It consists of four scenic areas: Zhangjiajie, Suoxiyu, Tianzishan and Mengdonghe.

In 1992, the UNESCO listed Wulingyuan as World Natural Heritage.
Rare Spectacular Rock Pinnacles: As its most unique feature, Wulingyuan abounds in exquisite and grotesque rock pinnacles. It has over 3100 rock pinnacles, out of which, 1036 are more than 400 meters high; each endowed with a singular shape. Seen from the heights, row upon row, cluster after cluster, of various spectacular stone formations; roll out like a turbulent sea of forests with tremendous tidal waves, as if whipped up by bolts out of the blue.
One feels as if staying in a fairyland enclosed by stone forests. Exquisite Lakes, Waterfalls and Streams: Here the springs and streams are numerous, and the waters, are abundant and free from any pollution. From west to east, the Jinbianxi Stream and the Suoxi Stream serpentine across Wuling Yuan. Over 50 rivulets from its west to East End, drop from high, down to the floor of the canyon, splashing with pearl-like gleaming sprays. These waterfalls hang like curtains woven with strings of glossy beads. Baofeng Lake and Huangling Spring are among its famous scenic spots.

Fascinating Under-ground Palaces: Limestone caves existing in such great numbers, large sizes, and with so fantastic stalactite formations, as those in Wuling Yuan, are few and far between. They include yellow Dragon Cave, Cave of Guanyin (A Bodhisattra), Water-gurgling Cave, Cave of Drifting Clouds, and Cave of Hanging Silk Web.

Mountain of Myriad Treasures: Wuling Yuan is endowed with a temperate climate and abundant rainfalls, which are very favorable natural conditions for the existence and reproduction of plants, rare birds and animals. It has 97% of forest cover, and over 3000 species of higher plants including those rare ones like Yunnan catalpa etc. Wild flowers and plants of more than 150 varieties, over hill and dale, are in bloom all the year round, filling the air with sweet scents. Terrestrial vertebrates of some hundred species include, under special protection, clouded leopard, tarpon, macaque, tiger, giant salamander, pangolin etc. Birds simply defy enumeration.