Natural Wonders Adventure to Gansu and Qinghai in Northwest China

Dunhuang Arrival

Dunhuang
is a wonderful city with great natural wonders. Upon arriving, you will be met at the airport and helped to checked in the nice hotel. Then feel free to hang around Wetland in the rest of time. Today we will arrange the 
GALA DINNER in the desert
 and enjoy camping with bonfire. (the jeep will bring you to the top of the desert about 10 minutes driving)

Traffic:
Car

Hotel:
In Dunh

Visit Mogao Caves and Echoing Sand Mountain

An exciting day for exploring 
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. It is Chinese treasure aswell. After touring Mogao Grottoes, you will pay a visit 
Echoing Sand Mountain&Crescent Lake
. The lake

Bullet Train to Jiayuguan, Visit the Great Wall

In the morning enjoy your breakfast, will take a bullet train to
Jiayuguan
for its well-known pass. It is also called 
Jiayuguan Pass
, which is a great militarily self-defence complex in Chinese ancient time. Chairmen Mao once visited it and shocked by its solid defend function and wrote a poem to express his ambition. It goes “Idle boast the strong pass is a wall of iron. With firm strides we

Discover the marvelous Rainbow Mountain

This morning we will head to visit the 
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.

At night, we suggest to have a walk around
Zhangye
. It is a nice and quiet city. 

In-depth tour of Mati Temple

Full day adventure to 
Mati Temple
 known for horse foot prints on the walls, which are said to be left by a heaven horse so named after by legendary. It becomes the treasure of temple culture integrating with Buddhist images, Qilian mountain scenery and Yugur customs. You can ride the horse to the inside of the park. 

Traffic:
Car

Hotel:
In Zhangye

Meals:
Breakfast

Altitude:
1483m

Train to Xining, then drive to the picturesque Qinghai Lake

Take a morning train from Zhangye to Xining. Upon arrival, be met and drive you to 
Qinghai Lake
 to see it as vast as sea. The best time of touring the lake is in August, when rape flowers around are in full blossom. Light yellow flowers and blue water fitting in each other, seen most beautifully and peacefully. The lake is also unique for sunlight falling on it with sky in one at the horizon. Th

Leisure time at Qinghai Lake, then depart from Xining

As the lake trip is over back to Xining. We suggest you talk a flight after 3pm. Then you will have enough time for departure. At last, wish you would enjoy the trip and looking forwards to see you soon.

Traffic:
Car

Hotel:
No accommodation

Meals:
Breakfast

Altitude:
2261m

INCLUDES

Private transportation through out the itinerary. SRT will arrange for all trav