Day 1: Hangzhou-Lanzhou

Day 2: Arrive in Lanzhou

Day 3: Lanzhou - Kumbum Monastery (280 km, about 4 hours by car) Kumbum Temple - Qinghai Lake (150 km, about 3 hours by car)

Day 4: Qinghai Lake - Chaka (about 180 kilometers, about 3 hours) Chaka - Delingha (about 200 kilometers, about 3.5 hours)

Day 5: Delingha - Dachaidan - Dunhuang (about 220 kilometers, about 3 hours) Dachaidan - Dunhuang (about 360 kilometers, about 4 hours)

Day 6: Dunhuang - Yumenguan (about 90 kilometers, about 1.5 hours) Yumenguan - Yadan landform (about 80 kilometers, about 2.5 hours)

Day 7: Dunhuang—Jiayuguan (about 380 kilometers, about 4.5 hours)

Day 8: Jiayuguan—Zhangye (about 220 kilometers, about 3 hours)

Day 9: Zhangye - Qilian (about 200 kilometers, about 3 hours) Qilian - Xining (about 280 kilometers, about 5 hours)

Day 10: Xining - Jingtai Yellow River Stone Forest (about 340 kilometers, driving about 4.5 hours) Jingtai Yellow River Stone Forest - Zhongwei (about 200 kilometers, driving 3.5 hours)

Day 11: Zhongwei - Shapotou (about 20 kilometers, about 30 minutes) Shapotou - Shahu (about 260 kilometers, about 3 hours)

Day 12: Yinchuan - Xixia King's Tomb (about 30 kilometers, about 40 minutes) Xixia King's Tomb - Yinchuan Railway Station

Day 13: Arrive in Hangzhou