Day 1: Arrive in Xining (free to live all day after arrival) Day 2: Lanzhou--Menyuan--Zhangye Day 3: Zhangye--Jiayuguan--Guazhou/Dunhuang Day 4: Dunhuang City Tour (Mogao Grottoes, Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring) Day 5: Dunhuang--Emerald Lake--Delingha Day 6: Delingha--Chaka--Qinghai Lake--Xining Day 7: Xining - Kumbum Monastery - Lanzhou Day 8: Xining--Return (bring all your bags to return to your long-awaited warm home or continue your next exciting journey)