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Zhangjiajie Golden Whip Stream: The Ultimate Guide | A Natural Gallery in the Canyon 🌿

#Register for August Hotel Sleep Tester 2025 · "Journey to the West" was shot in the stream where the four masters and apprentices walked · Excellent relaxing hiking route: 7.5 kilometers in length gentle and easy to walk · Badger Paradise: Hundreds of wild macaque monkeys are super cute · Free Scenic Areas: Included in Forest Park tickets 🕒 Best time to play 🌅 7-9am: Enjoy the tranquil creek + morning mist alone 🐒 3-5pm: Badgers are most active foraging 🚫 Avoid noon (canyon hot and windless) 🎫 Ticket information · Included in Forest Park tickets (valid for 4 days) · Sliding pole experience 100 dollars (sedee lift one section) · Fish food $5/pack (feed Golden Whip Creek wild fish) 🚶♂️ Must-see attractions 1️⃣ Golden Whip Rock: The golden whip that looks like Sun Wukong 2️⃣ Journey to the West shooting point: three dozen white bone spirit scenes 3️⃣ Longevity Spring: Natural mountain spring can be drunk directly 4️⃣ Camel Peak: Giant stone peak by the stream 5️⃣ Water around the four doors: the intersection of four streams 📸 TOP5 check-in spots ✅ Golden Whip Rock Upward Shot (Morning Smooth Light) ✅ Stream slow motion photography (with tripod for silk effect) ✅ Badger interaction (keep a safe distance) ✅ Reflection in the water (mirror-like when there is no wind) ✅ Wooden bridge composition (red shirt tourists dot the green scenery) 💡Tips for veteran drivers · Wear non-slip shoes (wet and slippery stone roads). · Bring your own snacks (only the canteen on the way) · Put away plastic bags (mad monkeys will grab them) · Depart from the Big Oxygen Bar Plaza (the whole way downhill is more effortless) 🚌Transportation Guide 📍5 minutes walk from the entrance of Forest Park Ticket Station 🚌Eco-friendly car to "Shui Wai Si Mun Station" in the opposite direction 🚶 The whole hike takes about 3 hours 🚫No walking tools (suitable for easy hiking) Trivia: • Golden Whip Rock is 380 meters high and as steep as a knife • The creek pufferfish is a national second-level protected animal • Negative ion content up to 100,000 per cubic centimeter attention: ⚠️ Do not feed macaque monkeys (may be scratched) ⚠️ Do not approach after heavy rains when the stream surges ⚠️ Protect the environment and take away garbage Remember that the essence of Golden Whip Creek lies in walking slowly. If you walk in a hurry, you will miss many details ~🐒💦
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Posted: Aug 29, 2025
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