From Zhangjiajie: Guzhang Red Stone Forest & Furong Town

Explore the Guzhang Red Stone Forest and Furong Town on a guided tour from Zhangjiajie. Enjoy a riverside lunch, watch a Tujia cultural performance, and choose between a Western or local dinner.
Begin your day with a comfortable drive from your downtown Zhangjiajie hotel to Guzhang Red Stone Forest National Geopark. Discover a world-class Ordovician geological relic that was once a vast seabed over 450 million years ago. Marvel at the unique crimson stone pillars formed by long-term seawater erosion, weathering, and oxidation of iron-rich rocks.

Watch as the stone forest changes from red to purple hues with the shifting sunlight, and admire the bizarre pagoda-shaped and spray-shaped stone formations, valleys, and clear streams.

Next, drive to Furong Town, a well-preserved ancient Tujia town with a history of more than 2,000 years. Known as the “Famous Waterfall Town in Western Hunan,” it is built against mountains and rivers, with a grand cascading waterfall running through the core of the ancient town.

Blending ancient stilted houses, Tujia folk customs, and natural waterscape scenery, the town retains a primitive and simple ethnic style and ancient town charm. Have lunch at a prime riverside restaurant with a top-tier panoramic view of the Furong Town Waterfall. Enjoy authentic local Hunan and Tujia specialty dishes.

After lunch, take a leisurely stroll around Furong Town, wandering through old streets, ancient bridges, and characteristic stilted buildings to experience the local folk life. At 4:00 PM, watch the immersive live show “Blossoming Furong: Carnival of Bizka” at the Hand-waving Dance Hall of Furong Town.

This large-scale original ethnic custom performance takes the ancient town’s mountains, waters, and streets as its natural stage. It integrates 13 national intangible cultural heritages, including Tujia Maogusi dance, Tima sacred songs, and bell dance. Through immersive and roaming viewing modes, it vividly reproduces the 800-year history of the Tusi Dynasty and the simple and bold ethnic customs of the Tujia people, presenting a magnificent Tujia cultural feast.

After the performance, drive back to Zhangjiajie urban area. For dinner, you have two flexible self-paid options arranged by the guide: a Western-style dinner at Monini Kitchen in downtown Zhangjiajie or an authentic local Chinese restaurant favored by Zhangjiajie locals. Finally, transfer back to your hotel in Zhangjiajie.

To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.

This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.