Tickets and booking
He Long Park charges no entry of its own. It stands on Tianzi Mountain inside the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, and access is covered by the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park combo ticket at 248 yuan. The pack lists no separate booking channel for the park itself, so the practical move is to sort out the combo ticket through official channels before your Tianzi Mountain day — the listed enquiry number is 0744-5617338. Once you hold the combo ticket, He Long Park is simply a walk-in stop.
Entrance and routes
The pack describes one entrance, reached two ways. By cableway: ride the Tianzi Mountain cableway to the top station and the park entrance appears after a short walk — the transit notes say you spot it soon after stepping off. By road: the park’s eco-shuttle service, with the fare included in the combo ticket, carries you from the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park ticket station to the Tianzi Mountain scenic area, where the park sits near the cableway station. Location-wise, the park occupies the northwest part of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area on Tianzi Mountain, and it is open around the clock, every day of the year.
Photo spots
The pack names no individual viewpoints, terraces or photo platforms inside the park, so treat any ‘best photo spot’ lists from other sources as unverified. What it does confirm: the park sits on Tianzi Mountain in the northwest of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, and its entrance is a short walk from the cableway top station, so the surrounding scenery is reached with almost no hiking. With 1-3 hours allocated and the site open 24 hours, you can scout on foot and pick your own vantage points rather than following a fixed shot list.
Timing and crowds
Opening hours are listed as all day, Monday through Sunday, all year — the park never formally closes. The suggested visit length is 1-3 hours. The pack contains no crowd figures, peak times or quiet windows, so any crowd-avoidance schedule would be guesswork. The practical default: slot the park into whichever part of the day you are already riding the cableway or eco-shuttle up Tianzi Mountain, and let the 1-3 hour estimate anchor the rest of that day.
Walking and effort
This is a low-effort stop on the pack’s own description. Arriving by cableway, you step off at the top station and reach the entrance after a short walk — no climbing involved. Arriving by eco-shuttle, you are dropped in the Tianzi Mountain scenic area with the park near the cableway station. The pack gives no trail lengths, step counts or elevation figures for the park’s interior, so treat the 1-3 hour suggestion as a loose time budget rather than a route distance.
Getting there
From Zhangjiajie city, the chain runs as follows. Start at the city bus station next to the railway station and take the bus bound for the Forest Park ticket station; buses leave roughly every 10 minutes and the trip takes about 40 minutes. At the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park ticket station, transfer to the park’s eco-shuttle to the Tianzi Mountain scenic area — the shuttle fare is included in the combo ticket. He Long Park sits near the Tianzi Mountain cableway station, so if you come up by cableway instead, the entrance is a short walk from the top station.
Cost breakdown
Three line items, all from the pack. The Zhangjiajie National Forest Park combo ticket costs 248 yuan and covers He Long Park entry — there is no separate gate fee. The Tianzi Mountain cableway is the only extra charge listed: 67 yuan one-way, 134 yuan round-trip. The eco-shuttle to the Tianzi Mountain scenic area adds nothing, being included in the combo ticket. In practice: a day with a one-way cableway ride totals 315 yuan (248 + 67), and a day riding the cableway both ways totals 382 yuan (248 + 134).
