8 Days Zhangye and Badan Jaran Desert in-depth 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 to Badan Jaran

Today we will proceed the tour to
Pingshan Lake Valley
, which is not far from the urban area. It is a beautiful landscape in the Zhangye Landform Landscape Grand View Garden in China, and can comparable to the Colorado Grand Canyon. Entering this rugged and labyrinth-like grand canyon, you will see the magnificent terrain, stone forest, the crisscross gullies, and forested peaks, that will feast

Badan Jaran

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. The desert also features over 100 spring-fed lakes that lie between the dunes, some of which are fresh water while others are extremely sal

Badan Jaran to Zhongnuoritu

After breakfast at the hotel, we will take you to visit the
 Badan Jaran Temple
. The temple is located in the heart of the Badain Jaran Desert, surrounded by tall sand dunes, creating a unique and mysterious atmosphere. This “Desert Palace” was built during the Qianlong period (AD 1755). It lived deep in the desert hinterland, and all bricks and woods were transported from outside the desert. Alt

Zhongnuoritu-Jirinai

Aftering breakfast, we can enjoy the attractive view of
Zhongnuoritu
. Nuoertu, where sand and water reflect each other, and water and sky are connected. The sandy hills and ridges overlap each other, reflecting the blue sky into the lake, like a parallel and symmetrical painting. The reeds on the shore and the flower sticks in the sand nest sway with the wind, adding a bit of agility to the “des

Jirinai to Zhangye

The next destination is
Heisenchulu Scenic Area.
Within the range of tens of square kilometers, there are many strange rocks with different shapes. The aeolian parent rock in the scenic area is Jurassic granite about 150~180 million years ago. Haisenchulu is one of the most developed areas of granite wind erosion landforms in western China, and is a natural museum for studying the formation and

Zhangye

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. 

Next is to explore
Zhangye Danxia National Geolo

Zhangye Departure

We will arrange the airport transfer according to your flight schedule, wish you have a pleasant journey home!

Traffic:
Car

INCLUDES

Private transportation through out the itinerary. SRT will arrange for all travelers to be met on arrival and seen off on departure based on your flight info.

Shared accommodations in well located, tourist to superior class hotels includ