8 Days Tianshui, Zhangye, Jiayuguan and Dunhuang Tour

Detailed Itinerary: This morning you will be transferred to the train station and catch a train for Tianshui. Upon arrival our local tour guide and driver will pick you up and take you to the Maijishan Grottoes. Maijishan Grottoes are a series of 194 caves cut in the side of the hill of Majishan in Tianshui. 

Detailed Itinerary: This morning you will be transferred to the train station and take a train to Zhangye. Once arrive our local guide and driver will take you to visit Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park.

Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park: Zhangye Danxi National Geological Park is located at northern foot of the Qilian Mountain, Linze County of Zhangye in northwestern China’s Gansu Province. Covering an area of 510 square kilometers, the park is a major tourist attraction in Zhangye and also a popular scenic spot along the Silk Road.

Detailed Itinerary: After hotel breakfast, you will head to Jiayuguan where you will visit Jiayuguan Pass, Overhanging Great Wall, and First Tower of Great Wall China. 

Jiayuguan Pass: Jiayuguan Pass is also known as Jiayu Pass which is located in Hexi Corridor of Gansu Province.

Detailed Itinerary: This morning you will visit Wei Jin Art Gallery. Later you will be transferred to Dunhuang. In the evening you will take a stroll at Shazhou Night Market.

Shazhou Night Market: Shazhou Night Market is the heart of Dunhuang’s Nightlife and is a must visit location for tourists in Dunhuang.

Detailed Itinerary: Today you will set out to visit the highlights of Dunhuang including Mogao Grottoes,Singing Sand Dunes and Crescent Moon Lake.

Crescent Moon Lake: It is surrounded by the Echoing-Sand Mountain, Crescent Spring can be called a natural wonder in the Gobi Desert. Some say it reminds them of the eye of a beautiful woman, lucid, beautiful and amorous. Some say it looks like the mysterious, gentle and seductive lips of a pretty woman, or a slice of lush, sweet and crystal cantaloupe. Actually, it resembles a crescent fallen down into this desert.

Echoing Sand Mountain: Singing Sand Dunes is a famous scenic spots in Dunhuang. It is also called Mingshan Mountain. These mountains are pale golden in color; their height is about a dozen meters and stretches across an area of more or less 40 kilometers. The dunes are huge and some measures about hundred meters while most of them are rather stable in shape though the dunes shift recurrently.

Mogao Caves: The Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage Site on the Silk Road, is located near the ancient town of Dunhuang in northwestern China.

Detailed Itinerary: After hotel breakfast, set off to visit Yumen Pass (Jade Gate Pass), Great Wall of Han Dynasty, Yardang National Geologic Park, and Yangguan Pass.

Yumen pass: Yumen Pass or Jade Gate or Pass of the Jade Gate, is the name of a pass located west of Dunhuang in today's Gansu Province of China. In ancient times, this was a pass through which the Silk Road passed, and was the one road connecting Central Asia and China, the former called the Western Regions. Just to the south was the Yangguan pass, which was also an important point on the Silk Road.

Dunhuang Yadan National Geology Park: Dunhuang Yadan National Geology Park is a physiognomy landscape formed by aeolian erosion. It is composed of various sculptures, and one may find numerous well known architectures here.

Detailed Itinerary: After you have finished your breakfast, you will be transported to the airport to take your departure flight. Have a nice journey home!