Yunshang Tea Garden (Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Yuanjiajie Tea Factory)

Staying at this place is by far your best bet for beating the crowds at Zhangjiajie Forest Park and it even alḷows you to have an amazing sunrise and sunset! The host, Alex speaks very good English and helped us greatly with the planning of our circuit within the park. The accommodation itself is rather basic (with the weakest point being the bathroom which can flood and sometimes doesn't have enough water pressure) and you do have to give up some comforts for the benefit of staying within the Forest Park, but the trade-off is more than worth it – especially with this pricing. We didn't try the breakfast but the restaurant was an obvious choice for dinner, with delicious and reasonably priced meals 👌

Really nice place, quite and beautiful. Suggestions of Alex were extremely useful to avoid the crowd and discover hidden paths.

Overall such a beautiful peaceful accomodation with easy access to zhanjiajie, definitely recommend! Tucked away, really quiet and peaceful, with access to an amazing sunset spot and unlimited local tea! I could have spent much longer just in this place as it was so peaceful and had access to walks and areas that the zhangjiajie masses wouldn’t know about. Evenings were warm and peaceful, and as long as you’re okay with crickets and grasshoppers it was so nice staying up late outside. The owner was knowledgable and spoke really good English and gave us a great itinerary for our 2 day trip. He seemed to be excellent at recommending quieter walks off the main areas, often requiring a fair hike but well worth it in such a beautiful area. We were lucky as it was beginning of September and overall not too busy, but during peak times I imagine this would be much needed. Food here is good value and pretty tasty, with lots of ingredients being grown on site which was really nice. More healthy veg dishes would be great tho as was in need of healthy dinners after eating crap out in the park all day! Only things losing points would be the cleanliness of the place. The toilet smelt and the wet room flooded quickly when the shower was on and would stay that way for a long time (b209 if you read this!). Also the tables we ate on were quite dirty and sticky and could have done with a clean. Little things that could be fixed easily and made the place much nicer. Overall tho deffo recommend if you want a quiet retreat in zhangjiajie with easy access to the main park