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The Gateway to Heaven is a little crowded 🤷‍

Compared with the other attractions in Zhangjiajie, Tianmenshan is a *little* disappointing, but this is due almost exclusively to the over-commercialisation and the crowds. Try to avoid visiting in peak season if you can. If you can't, then just be ready to go with it and accept it for what it is. You'll stand in a few queues and you'll be cropping people out of your pictures, but your Instagram will look great 😅. The views are stunning and worth it. The cableway is something special and a definite must if you're a cableway fan like me. I reccomend booking route B (Shorter, express cableway up, and the main long cableway on the way down). This way, you can time your trip to catch the sunset on the way down. However you decide to do it, there's plenty to enjoy in the park: Gorgeous mountainside paths (my favourite part), glass elevators, super long escelators etc. Some of the stuff seems a bit gimmicky and unnecessary but that's because this traveler likes his nature to be, well, natural 🤷‍♂️. FYI: All routes start at the ticket office in the town. There are shuttles to take you where you need to go, according to the route and times you booked. You only *really* need 5-6 hours to enjoy everything the park has to offer but, if you can book tickets for earlier in the morning(at peak times, you need to book at least 2 days in advance) then you can take your time about it. Tianmenshan is comfortably done within a day. Peak season experience rating: 6/10. *It would be a comfortable 8 if it hadn't been so busy. #travelchina #mountain #tianmenmountain #scenery #adventure #cablecar
Posted: Aug 13, 2022
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Stevebeck
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Agreed; we went this past week and it was just a full day of queuing 😫 Even without the lines the ticket is expensive and the scenery isn't that great. Wulingyuan (the main park of Zhangjiajie) is much better.
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