Silk Road Hexi Corridor Tour 7D

Welcome to Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province on the ancient Silk Road. Upon arrival Lanzhou, you will be met and transferred to your hotel in the city. Enjoy your free time for the rest of today if you arrive early.

City tour in Lanzhou before moving to Zhanye in the afternoon by fast train. You will visit the Yellow River, Provincial Museum(Close on Mondays), Waterwheel Park, and Zhongshan Bridge.

Take 4-hour bullet train to Zhangya in the afternoon. Upon arrival, transferred to hotel. 

Today you will head to Matisi Monastery to view the Tibetan Buddhism monastery.

Afterwards you will take one-hour ride to Zhangye Rainbow Danxia to view the colorful Rainbow mountains this afternoon. This is very popular site recent years on the Silk Road for its impressive red, yellow, white and black clay on the mountains. 

Later, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Zhangye.

Take about 2-hour ride to Jiagyuan this morning. Visit the military fortress Jiayuguan Fort and climb up the imposing Overhanging Great Wall this afternoon.

Take 5-hour ride to Dunhuang in the morning, and view the stunning snow-capped Qilian Mountains, Gobi Desert and Oasis towns on the way. Then wander around the Singing Sand Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring in the afternoon. You have opportunity to ride camel at the sand dunes. 

You can explore the night market or watch Dunhuang performance copied from Mogao Caves this evening.

In the morning, you will visit Mogao Caves, the gem of the ancient Silk Road. The early history of Mogao can be tracked back to the 4th century, and built many times in the history. The colorful fresco, statues in Mogao Caves display various stories about Buddhism.

After lunch, you will visit the new Dunhuang Museum (Close on Mondays) where you can see the exhibition and relics from stone age to modern time, displaying the splendid history in Dunhuang area. 

You can explore the bustling Dunhuang night market in the evening.

Today you will say good bye to Dunhuang. Transferred to Dunhuang airport to catch your flight to your next destination, where the wonderful Silk Road tour concludes.