8 Days Gansu and Badan Jaran Desert Adventure

Arrive in Zhangye

Today your flight will touch down in
Zhangye
. we will meet you at the airport, transfer you to the hotel and check you in. Have a good rest.

Traffic:
Car

Hotel:
Overnight in Zhangye

Altitude:
1483m

Zhangye

Zhangye

Visit Mati Temple

Enjoy your buffet breakfast at the hotel, then we will travel to 
Mati Temple
 where were built in Jin Dynasty. A series of horse shoe prints are visible in Grotto 9, which are said to be left by a heaven horse. As a result, the temple was named for the horseshoe prints left by the legendary heaven horse, which become the treasure of the temple.

After lunch, we head fort 
Pingshan Lake Valley
,

Hiking in Pingshan Lake Valley, then drive to the desert

Enjoy your breakfast then to visit 
Pingshan Lake Valley
. As we know, Zhangye is famous for various Danxia landform. So hiking around Pingshanhu Danxia is an optional. Following the travel route directly down to the bottom, you will see rocks up and down. It is real wild hiking. Till climbing a vertical irony steel to up, you will see vast red flat plain stretching boundlessly as you are on the t

Badain Jaran Desert Adventure

With an early start of exploring 
Badain Jaran Desert
 with different scenery and activities. This desert is home to some of the tallest stationary dunes on Earth, with some reaching a height of more than 500 meters, although most average at around 200 meters. Its tallest dune is also measured, from base to peak, as the world’s third tallest dune and highest stationary dune in the world. The deser

Explore the colorful Danxia Landform, and visit Jiayuguan Great Wall

In the morning enjoy your breakfast,then to explore 
Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park
 for its ribbons of red, orange and yellow through the rock to create a rainbow vista contained only by the contours of the jagged mountain peaks. So many people also call it “Rainbow Mountain” for taking photos and hiking around.

Next is drive to Jiayuguan to 
Jiayuguan Pass
. It is a great militarily s

Train to Dunhuang, Walk around the Night Market

In the morning you will be free to relax and after Lunch take the fast train to
Dunhuang

Upon arrival, you will enjoy a walking tour to the 
Shazhou Night Market
, the most bustling place of Dunhuang at night. It’s easy to lose our sense of time wonder the market while enjoy your leisure time and taste some local cuisine.

Traffic:
Car&Train

Hotel:
Overnight in Dunhuang

Meals:
Breakfa

Visit Yangguan and Yumen Pass

Today we will spend a whole day to explore the geological landscape of Dunhuang, the first site we will visit is the 
Yangguan Pass
. Here is an ancient batter field duplicated with colorful war flags and watch towers. They remind us of cruelty of wars in ancient time.

Thereafter, we will travel to the
 
Yumen Guan Pass
, It got the name because the famous Khotan jade entered the Dunhuang from h

World Heritage Mogao Grottoes, then depart from Dunhuang

It is a climate time of visiting 
Mogao Grottoes
, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes, this UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the great artistic and religious wonders of the world and it is famous for its exquisite murals and various sculptures inside the caves, which was built in different dynasties, spanning 1,000 years of Buddhist art. 

Thereafter, we will take you to the airport a