1Day 1
Kunming Lanzhou
@A bowl of noodles, a bridge, a book, a river, this is Lanzhou! This is a city born from the river, and also the provincial capital city where the Yellow River passes through the city during its nearly 6000 kilometer long journey. Because of this great river and its ferry crossing, a city embarked on its long journey through time. Check in to hotel
2Day 2
Lanzhou New Area or City Qilian Zhangye (600 kilometers, approximately 8 hours travel time)
@After breakfast, depart for Ebao Town (430KM, about 5.5 hours), passing through Menyuan rapeseed flowers. Menyuan in July is a paradise on earth. The pure blue sky, white clouds, and soaring eagles; The vast grassland is covered in green grass and red flowers, with cows and sheep like clouds; The Xianmi Forest District is a group of mountains competing for beauty, with thousands of trees vying for glory; The hundred mile rapeseed flower sea formed by rapeseed flowers has created a magnificent and unique spectacle. The children of Menyuan, who can walk, ride horses, speak and sing, have formed a festival in this charming season to make friends and showcase their talents - the Qilian Mountain Summer Rapeseed Flower Festival. Flowers are like the sea, songs are like the tide. After passing through the Qilian Grassland, every July and August, the Qilian Mountains that connect with the grassland are still covered in silver, while the grassland is covered in vast blue waves and has a strong wild charm, like entering a dream. In the season when rapeseed flowers are in full bloom, the entire gate turns into a golden ocean, and rapeseed flowers stretch for dozens of kilometers, leisurely appearing under the blue sky, white clouds, and snow capped mountains. Visit the Qilian Mountain Grassland Ancient City Nomad Station, which is located next to G227 National Highway in Ebao Town, Qilian County. The style of Mongolian yurts is based on Tibetan cultural elements, highlighting the primitive and natural Tibetan cultural characteristics. Special arrangements: archery, ethnic costume photography, ethnic pot culture, ethnic song and dance performances. Take photos of calves, lambs, and Tibetan Mastiffs. Experience milking, making yogurt, stacking Mani love stones, building cow dung walls, and grazing. Afterwards, proceed to Danxia landform
3Day 3
Zhangye Jiayuguan (230KM, about 3 hours) - Dunhuang (110KM, about 2 hours)
@After breakfast, take a car to Jiayuguan Pass City (exterior photography should not be less than 30 minutes; admission fee is self provided). The outer walls of the city are connected in a chain, and the corner towers of the Arrow Tower face each other. The Han Great Wall, nestled among thousands of miles of yellow sand, floats like a wandering dragon, with beacon towers, ruins, and broken walls faintly visible, like a historical painting that embodies the vicissitudes of the borderlands. This is the greatest legendary place in historical wars, a stop for the Chinese nation to resist foreign invasion. Countless Tang Dynasty poets have left behind timeless masterpieces here, leaving people dreaming and lingering. The resolute and unyielding spirit is fully displayed here. Only by standing at its feet can one truly be impressed by this world! Afterwards, we will go to Guazhou to visit the 'Earth's Son Sculpture' located on the Gobi Desert in Guazhou County, Gansu Province. The sculpture is 15 meters long, 4.3 meters high, and 9 meters wide, mainly made of red sandstone. The model data is obtained through 3D scanning, and then divided into blocks for 3D carving. Finally, each block is carved and installed into a large outdoor themed sculpture. The Mirage Gift is composed of a "main hall" and four "watchtowers". Originally, it was the second large-scale work created by Professor Dong Shubing from Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts in Guazhou County, Gansu Province, called "Boundless". In this Gobi desert, it is truly a rare scenery. Presenting the large-scale Western Regions style song and dance evening party "Secret Realm Dunhuang" will create a unique cultural brand with Dunhuang characteristics. The combination of the Silk Road, the culture of ethnic minorities in the Western Regions, and intangible cultural heritage, with rich ethnic minority dances, songs, and costumes as the main theme, showcases the historical changes of the Silk Road from desolation to prosperity. To see the classical romance and vast poetic sentiment of Hexi culture in the border wind and desert, and to hear the howling and murmuring in the mountains and Gobi. The harmonious integration of the desert, life, and color has unfolded a magnificent picture of the Western Regions, presenting you with a rich historical and cultural heritage of audio-visual feast
4Day 4
Dunhuang one-day tour
@After breakfast, take a bus to visit the Mogao Caves (including emergency tickets) located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor in Dunhuang. It narrates the glory of the Chinese nation for thousands of years and carries countless blood, tears, and humiliations of the Chinese nation. Flying heavens, scriptures, Buddha statues... After thousands of years of expansion and restoration throughout the dynasties, these cave buildings, sculptures, and paintings finally shocked both China and the world. After visiting the Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area, Crescent Spring is surrounded by Mingsha Mountain and resembles a crescent moon. Formerly known as Shajing or Yaoquan, this clear spring lies in the desert, with the sun and moon steaming for thousands of years, and the wind and sand spreading everywhere, still fresh and alive. The spring water is clear, like bright eyes, shining with the sun and moon in the fierce yellow wind and rolling yellow sand
5Day 5
Dunhuang - Dachaidan or Delingha (400KM, approximately 5-hour drive)
@After breakfast, we will depart for Dachaidan and pass through Dangjin Mountain. Aksai Kazakh Autonomous County is located at the junction of Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang provinces (regions), with Yandan and Subei County to the east, Dunhuang City to the north, Saishiteng Mountain to the south adjacent to Qinghai Province, and Jijitai to the west facing the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The total area is 33000 square kilometers. In the past, it belonged to a place where people rarely traveled and birds did not settle. Passing through Nanbaxian Yadan, located on the northern edge of the Qaidam Basin on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau It is a geomorphic combination consisting of a series of intermittent elongated soil mounds and concave grooves distributed at intervals, known as the Yadan landform by geologists. After arriving, visit the 'Da Chai Dan Jade Lake'. If God has left countless tears in the human world, then this one must be a rare and stunning sight. Looking down at the entire lake, it looks like several shattered emeralds, white salt crystals, and blue-green lake water. This dreamy color combination will definitely amaze you! Afterwards, check into Dachaidan or Delingha hotels
6Day 6
Dachaidan or Delingha - Chaka (400KM, about 5 hours) - Along Qinghai Lake (150KM, about 2.5 hours)
@After breakfast, head to the Chaka Salt Lake/Sky No.1 Salt Lake Scenic Area (excluding shuttle buses) and experience a journey of salt lakes through the time at your fingertips. The water reflects the sky, the sky touches the ground, and people walk between the lakes like swimming in a painting. Explore the mysterious world at the bottom of the lake and appreciate the spectacular rolling salt waves left on the surface of the lake after high tide, as you admire the lifelike salt flowers of various shapes growing through the clear lake water. Chaka Salt Lake enjoys a high reputation in the domestic and international tourism industry, as well as in the scenic tourism of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, due to its suitability for both production and tourism. It has been rated as one of the "55 must visit places in a lifetime" by the National Tourism Geography magazine. Afterwards, we will depart for Qinghai Lake Erlangjian (excluding electric scooters/boats), which is a major inland lake in China and also the largest saltwater lake in the country. The pure, deep, gentle, and elegant lake is filled with ancient and beautiful legends, carrying the longing of Princess Wencheng. It is so magnificent and grand, strolling along the shores of Qinghai Lake#
7Day 7
Along Qinghai Lake - Kumbum Monastery (130km, about 2.5 hours) - Lanzhou urban area (240km, about 3.5 hours)
@After breakfast, head to the plateau Tibetan village (visit for about 90-120 minutes) to experience the local customs and traditions of the Tibetan people in Qinghai, visit mysterious Tibetan tribes, and experience the tea horse market in the Han Tibetan integration area. [Kumbum Monastery] (excluding explanation fees and shuttle buses), a top scenic spot and national key cultural relics protection unit. Kumbum Monastery is named after the pagoda and then the temple. Kumbum Monastery's butter flower, mural and heap embroidery are its three unique arts, which are worth seeing. The Chelan Yellow River Scenic Area is a core scenic spot in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. With Zhongshan Bridge as the central axis and the scenery on both sides of the Yellow River as the support, it is a stunning riverside scenic area that follows the mountain terrain and is known as the "Lanzhou Bund@3" by guests traveling from south to north#
8Day 8
Lanzhou Kunming
@After breakfast, arrange for a dedicated person to deliver the package to the airport/station, ending the pleasant journey of the Ganqing Ring Road