Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, (also spelled Zhang Jia Jie) is an area of astounding natural beauty located in the Hunan Province of south-central China. The landscape here inspired the set designers of the blockbusting film ‘Avatar’; its peaks have now been given the unofficial name of ‘Avatar Mountains’. In this World Pursuits report, Rose Antonette Espino visits Zhangjiajie, and comes away suitably impressed.
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