8 Day Silk Road Trip of Dunhuang Jiayuguan with Accommodation

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrive in Dunhuang, meet & transfer to the hotel
1 stop
1
Meet your private tour guide at the airport of Dunhuang ( DNH ), or Dunhuang Railway Station, transfer by comfort car / van / bus to the hotel, relax in your comfortable hotel.
Admission ticket free
Day 2
Dunhuang
3 stops
2
Mogao Caves
You will visit Mogao Caves & Digital Film Center , one of the 4 most famous grottoes in China. It has a total of 492 grottoes, 45,000 square-meters of murals, 2,400 painted statues and over 250 residential caves remain.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
3
After lunch, visit the White Horse Pagoda .
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
4
Enjoy the a famous dance drama in the evening, the SILK ROAD show. (the show is not available from Nov to next Mar)
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Dunhuang
2 stops
5
Yumen Pass
Yumen Pass & Great Wall of Han Dynasty, In history, the Han Dynasty built many walls to consolidate the safety of the frontier region as well as exploring ways to do business with western region. Instead of piling up stones or bricks layer upon layer like other dynasties' walls, the Han Dynasty Great Wall is built by using the local sand and weed. These two constructional materials were added by putting one on top of another.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
6
Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain
In the afternoon visit the Crescent Moon Lake & the Singing-Sand Dunes. enjoy a camel ride in the sand dunes
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Dunhuang - Guazhou
2 stops
7
Visit the Yulin Caves, it can be traced to the same origin in contents, artistic style and form of painting for the Mogao Caves, it’s regarded as its sister with its name known to many people in the country.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
8
After lunch visit the ruins of Suoyangcheng, it used to be a very important stop on the Silk Road, it has listed in the UNESCO in 2015.Transfer to Guazhou
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Guazhou - Jiayuguan
1 stop
9
Great Wall at Jiayuguan Pass
By bus to Jiayuguan,Visit the famous Jiayuguan Pass & Museum of the Great Wall, the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty Climb the Great Wall in western China.
4 hours 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Jiayuguan - Zhangye
1 stop
10
Zhangye Danxia Geopark
Painting Bricks in the tomb of the Wei & Jin Dynasty, the painting bricks inlaid on the four walls have beautiful colors and various contents which cover the polities, economy, military and culture, it’s called “Underground Art Gallery ”. Transfer to Zhangye, visit Zhangye Danxia,which is China's only Danxia landform in high recombination with color hilly landscape.
8 minutes • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Zhangye
1 stop
11
Dafo Temple of Zhangye
Visit the Giant Buddha Temple, which is the biggest Nivana Buddha in Asia. The Horse Hoof Temple Grottoes, it's well-known because of the deity horse footprints.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 8
Farewell, Zhangye
1 stop
12
Dafo Temple of Zhangye
visit the Pingshanhu Grand Canyon this morning,after lunch, transfer to the airport (or Zhangye Railway Station) for your flight to next city. We can help you book the high speed train tickets
Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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