Day 1: Arrive in Xining (Pick up by private car, free activities all day)

Day 2: Xining - Riyue Mountain - Daotang River - Qinghai Lake Erlang Sword - Heima River - Rubber Mountain - Qinghai Lake or Chaka Town

Day 3: Qinghai Lake/Chaka Town ➱ Rubber Mountain ➱ Chaka Salt Lake ("Mirror of the Sky" poses for reflection) ➱ Golmud

Day 4: Golmud ➱ Promise Dragon and Phoenix Palace ➱ Hoh Xil Reserve ➱ Suonan Dajie Protection Station ➱ Golmud

Day 5: Golmud➱East Taiji Naier Lake➱Water Yardang Geopark➱West Taiji Nair Lake➱Mount Cliff

Day 6: Mangya ➱ "Devil's Eye Aiken Spring" ➱ Emerald Lake ➱ Qinghai Yadan ➱ Dunhuang

Day 7: Dunhuang--Mogao Grottoes (Treasure House of Oriental Art)--Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring--Dunhuang

Day 8: Dunhuang City--Jiayuguan Pass City--Zhangye Colorful Danxia--Zhangye

Day 9: Zhangye--Qilian Grassland--Menyuan (early July-early August, do not stop for the rest of the time)--Daban Mountain--Xining

Day 10: Xining - return to the sweet home! (Full day free at leisure)