Day 1
China Eastern Airlines MU9213 Boeing 737-900ER (medium) 07:40 Hongqiao International Airport T2 11:30 Zhongchuan Airport T2
Check-in: Lanzhou: The first day is mainly to go to the museum, stay at the Lanzhou Haitian Hotel, opposite to the Lanzhou Center on the right hand side is the museum
Bus No. 18 Zhengning Road Night Market
Pedestrian Yellow River Iron Bridge (Zhongshan Bridge
Bus No. 137 back to the hotel
day 2
Chartered tours are available on travel platforms, I booked with Ctrip
Lanzhou-Colorful Danxia-Zhangye
Driving about 560 kilometers, starting at 8:00 in the morning
Ticket booking website: https://piao.ctrip.com/ticket/dest/t51858.html#ctm_ref=www_hp_bs_lst
Overnight in Zhangye
3rd day
Zhangye-Jiayuguan Guancheng-Dunhuang, leave at 8:00
Jiayuguan Guancheng
Ticket booking website: http://you.ctrip.com/sight/jiayuguan284/11049.html
Overnight in Dunhuang
day 4
Dunhuang - Mogao Grottoes - Mingsha Mountain - Dunhuang Departure at 8:00
Sightseeing attractions: Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Ming activity time
Ticket booking website: https://piao.ctrip.com/ticket/dest/t1563.html#ctm_ref=www_hp_bs_lst
Driving time to Mogao Grottoes
Since the tickets for Mogao Grottoes are limited every day, tourists are requested to make an appointment in advance, so as not to delay the trip because they cannot buy tickets~
No photos are allowed in the Mogao Grottoes, only the tour guide can open the door and enter the cave.
Evening: See Dunhuang performance again
Return trip: there is a car to return to the hotel in Dunhuang city
Go to Dunhuang Night Market (Shazhou Night Market) for food and drink
Overnight in Dunhuang
day 5
Dunhuang-Keluk Lake-Delingha departs at 8 o'clock
Today we leave Dunhuang and go to the next destination. We will pass through the vast [no-man's land], pass through Crook Lake and the alien ruins, and go directly from Dunhuang to Delingha! After passing the rolling desert road, the vast Gobi desert, the strange Yadan landform, the steep Qilian Snow Mountain...
emerald lake
Drive to Keluke Lake
Check in: Delingha
day 6
Delingha-Chaka-Qinghai Lake-Heima River departs at 8:00
Go to the "mirror of the sky" hidden deep in the plateau - [Chaka Salt Lake]
In the evening, you can see the dream [Qinghai Lake]!
Check In to Heimahe Township Hotel
Black Horse River Sunrise
Day 7 Heima River - Qinghai Lake - Kumbum Monastery - Xining Departure at 8:00
Qinghai Lake Erlang Sword
Kumbum Monastery is the birthplace of Master Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. He is revered as the originator of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism and is famous all over the world.
Return: Xining Railway Station
18:43 Train back to Lanzhou
Check in: Lanzhou
day 8
Eastern Airlines 12:05 Lanzhou T2 to 14:35 Shanghai Hongqiao T2
