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Rising from the subtropical and
temperate forests of northwest Húnán, Zhāngjiājiè (张家界) has a
concentration of quartzite-sandstone formations found nowhere else in
the world. Some 243 peaks and more than 3000 karst pinnacles and spires
dominate the scenery in this Unesco-protected park. If caught in the
right light or when the early-morning mountain mist rolls in around
them, the effect is otherworldly.
For thousands of years,
this was a remote land known mainly to three minority peoples: Tujia,
Miao and Bai. Today more than 20 million visitors come here every year.
It is also home to more than 3000 distinct plant species as well as
diverse fauna. You'll see lots of macaques on the main trails (remember,
they are wild so don't feed them), while endangered species such as the
Chinese giant salamander, Chinese water deer and the elusive clouded
leopard (only their tracks have been seen) lurk deep in the park.
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