Tian Zi Shan

Further up north from the Zhang Jia Jie nature reserve, is the Tian Zi Shan nature reserve. It was more mist, more mountains and more climbing.

The Ride

That, was possibly the highest cable car ride i have ever taken.

Hole in

Photoroll: Zhang Jia Jie Natural Reserve

View from the top of the reserve

The Infinite Waterfall

And then from the top, we took an elevator down 100 odd stories. View from the foot of the columns was just as spectacular.

Zhang Jia Jie

I love it how the peaks at Zhang Jia Jie are perpetually shrouded in a white cloak of mystery.

The 3 Sisters

Beautiful huh!

Hallelujah Mountains

It is said that Pandora's floating Hallelujah mountains were inspired in part from the mountain range of several locations in China. One of them being Zhang Jia Jie, the next of my travels around china.

Cry for equality

An overnight train and a bus ride later, we arrived at the Zhang Jia Jie natural reserve. We stayed in the park itself, a simple no frills lodging. The next 2 days, we traveled across the reserve, sometimes on foot, the rest of the time by the park's shuttle bus, capturing the best angles of Zhang Jia Jie's famed karst landscape.

Natural Bridge

Chinese Painting

Where we stood, we were told that before our eyes was once a vast expanse of land. That was until a huge earthquake happened in the area, causing the earth to open up and crumble into what we now saw. Random limestone columns which were likened to the Emperor's brushes, his generals, the bridge of the immortal etc.

The Lion Rock
The Mouse
Inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain
Celestial Bridge

* All shots were taken within the natural reserve.