Play Zhangjiajie on a budget of 900 RMB per person: a student guide to exploring the fairyland without spending much

💰 Three days and two nights expense list (single person version) Total spending controlled within 900 RMB! Super detailed breakdown👇 🚌 Transportation: Train station ⇆ Scenic area shuttle bus 25 RMB/day * 2 + Scenic area shuttle bus free 🏡 Accommodation: Tianzi Mountain ticket station hostel bed 65 RMB/night * 2 🎫 Tickets: ▫️ Forest Park (student ticket 116 RMB! Original price 228✔️) ▫️ Tianmen Mountain special ticket 130 RMB (enter after 3 PM! Save 40+) 🍜 Food & Drink: 170 RMB (noodles + snacks + self-prepared food) Others: Raincoat 10 + shoe covers 15 🌄【Walking route · Tested with less queue version】 ▶️Day 1: Rush to the mountaintop sea of clouds ⏰7:30📍City → Tianzi Mountain ticket station (shuttle bus 13 RMB💰 less crowded, no queue!) ⏰9:00📍Environmental bus → Helong Park (see Yubi Peak ☁️ take morning fog photos early) ⏰12:00📍McDonald's uncle (eat your own food! Restaurants are expensive and bad❌) ⏰14:00📍Yangjiajie → Natural Great Wall (suspension plank road super shocking 🌀) ⏰16:00📍Environmental bus → Dingxiangrong homestay village (stay on the mountaintop to save cable car money! Hostel group meal 35 RMB/person) ▶️Day 2: Canyon crossing plan ⏰6:00📍Old house sunrise (homestay carpool 30 RMB round trip ✨ Divine Soldier Point is magical) ⏰8:30📍Environmental bus → Yuanjiajie (Lost Soul Platform → Avatar floating mountains → First Bridge under Heaven) ‼️Key point: Take the Shadao Valley trail down! Less crowded, cool + chance to meet wild monkeys 🐒 ⏰14:00📍Jinbian Stream creek tracing (7 km full route super cool 💦 bring slippers to play in water) ⏰18:00📍Wulingyuan entrance night market (10 RMB for three skewers hot pot!) ▶️Day 3: Quick tour of Tianmen Mountain ⏰15:00📍Tianmen Mountain Line B (special ticket afternoon session!) ⏰15:30📍Express cableway → Tianmen Cave (climb 999 steps super thrilling ⛰️) ⏰17:00📍Mountain escalator → mountaintop plank road (walk west line❗ Glass plank road 5 RMB) ⏰19:00📍Cableway down the mountain straight to train station (25 min direct to city, amazing) 🌶️ Local food recommendations ✅ City breakfast ▫️Soybean rice noodles (Xingjia Alley 7 RMB! Full of crispy soybean pork) ▫️Couple radish shop (3 RMB sour radish with noodles is a must-try) ✅ Mountaintop supplies ▫️Tianzi Mountain McDonald's (bring your own bread 🍔 buy 10 RMB cola to enjoy air conditioning) ▫️Dingxiangrong hostel group meal (35 RMB/person eat cured meat stewed tofu) ✅ Wulingyuan night market ▫️Master Li’s crispy tripe (small portion 48 RMB for two 🌶️ sour and spicy appetizer) ▫️Street stall Artemisia baba (3 RMB glutinous fried snack) 💣 Real pitfall warnings 1️⃣ Accommodation warning❌ Don’t stay at the Forest Park entrance! Tianzi Mountain ticket station hostel has direct environmental bus 2️⃣ Queue mystery⏰ Go to Tianmen Mountain in the afternoon! Cableway reverse B line has 80% fewer people 3️⃣ Gear focus☔️ Must bring a lightweight raincoat in July! Mountain ones cost 20 RMB and are poor quality 📣 Student survival guide ✔️ Book tickets 3 days in advance on the official account! Student ID is strictly checked, bring the original ✔️ Zhangjiajie West Station ⇄ City take bus 17 ✔️ Cableway is expensive and queues❗ Environmental bus + walking is the money-saving way