Discover Geological Wonders, Explore Tujia Secrets

Pace: Relaxed, Day 1 light cultural experience + Day 2 main hike + Day 3 geological exploration 📅 Itinerary Day 1: Shenzhen → Enshi | First Glimpse of the Tusi Dynasty 🚅 or ✈️ Lunch: Zhangguan Hezha (Hangkong Road Branch) | Must-try: Hezha with Preserved Meat + Pickled Cabbage and Bean Curd Skin Afternoon: Enshi Tusi City ✅ Highlights: Nine-hall complex, panoramic view from the bell tower, rent Tujia clothing for photos (CNY20/hr) Evening: Explore Daughter City at night 🍴 Dinner: Tujia Courtyard (Suaiwanjiu [broken bowl liquor] + Selenium-rich Clay Pot Chicken) 🎭 Experience: 19:30 "Matchmaking in the Market" live-action show (free), bonfire and hand-waving dance 🏨 Accommodation: Daughter City Art Hotel (Diaojiaolou style) Day 2: Enshi Grand Canyon | A Journey Through Geological History 07:30 Depart by chartered car (approx. 1.5-hr drive, recommend 7-seat business car CNY500/d) 🚗 Enshi Grand Canyon (tickets + shuttle CNY280) 🔁 Route: Yunlong Land Crack → Qixingzhai (One Finger Peak/Cliffside Plank Road) 🚡 Effort-saving option: Walk through the land crack + take the cable car up Qixingzhai (CNY105) Lunch at the canyon: Bring your own snacks + snacks in the scenic area (baked potatoes CNY10) 18:00 Return to the city, Dinner: Ba Ren Tang (Preserved Pork Hock Hot Pot + Ge Xian Mi Soup) 🏨 Accommodation: Grand Canyon Yunqianshanfang Guesthouse (stargazing terrace, avoids travel the next day) Day 3: Suobuya Stone Forest | Journey Through 460 Million Years 🍳 Guesthouse breakfast (try Tujia oil tea soup) Morning: Suobuya Stone Forest (tickets CNY78) 📸 Best route: Lianhua Village → Xiniu Valley (drone photography recommended) Lunch: 🥣 Stone Forest Farmhouse: Firewood Tofu + Fried Preserved Meat with Fern Root Cake Afternoon: Prepare for departure 🚗 Chartered car to the airport (1-hr drive) Return flight ✈️ 🍜 Food Guide **Must-try List**: 1. Hezha (Zhangguan/Lao Jia Da Guo) 2. She Fan (special for Qingming Festival, wormwood + preserved meat) 3. Baiyang Bean Curd (freshly baked in Daughter City) 4. You Xiang Er (street snack, shredded radish filling)