Dunhuang: A Thousand Years of Han and Tang Dynasty Colors in the Stars of the Desert

Travel Season Tips

  • Springspring (time)
  • SummerXia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)
  • Autumnautumn
  • Winter(onom.) beating a drum
Dunhuang has four distinct seasons, with a warm and windy spring, a scorching hot summer, a cool fall and a cold winter. The average annual temperature is 9.4°C. The best season to travel is fall.

Daily Itinerary(can be customized)

  • Day 1 Zhangye

    Transfer to the airport to take a flight to Lanzhou and transfer to Zhangye. Pick up by car and stay at Zhangye Hotel.

    Breakfast: Please help yourself Lunch: Please help yourself Dinner: Please help yourself
  • Day 2 Dafosi - Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon

    After enjoying the hotel breakfast, go to 【Great Buddha Temple】, here preserved the largest Xixia Buddhist temple - Great Buddha Hall, the largest indoor wooden clay sculpture reclining Buddha and the most complete first carving first printing of the book "Yongle Beizang"; and then go to the 【Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon】, the canyon is deep, the peaks and forests are peculiar, nature with the ghostly ingenuity of creativity will colorful The mountains engraved into an unparalleled, breathtaking landscape scrolls, dusk, the canyon scenery is quite charming.

    Breakfast:Breakfast at the hotel Lunch:Self-catering Dinner:Self-catering
  • Day 3 Zhangye-Jiayuguan

    Today, early in the morning by car to [Zhangye seven-color Danxia Tourist Attractions], in the scenic area to watch the sunrise, in the sunshine, the various peculiar shape of the mountain hills colorful and majestic. At the same time in the scenic area can see thousands of cliffs, mountains showing bright red and reddish-brown color. After the end of the tour drove to the [Jiayuguan], Jiayuguan is the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty starting point, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty along the construction of a spectacular scale, the degree of preservation of an ancient military castle, is the Ming Dynasty and its later generations of the Great Wall along the important military strongholds, known as the "Sino-foreign Vantage Point Defense" of the name. Afterwards, in the [Guan Cheng] by the special service experience in and out of the customs ceremony, issued the "customs ultimatum" to remember the ancients "out of the city of customs" of the magnificent feelings.

    Breakfast:Breakfast at the hotel Lunch:Self-catering Dinner:Self-catering
  • Day 4 Jiayuguan - Yulin Grottoes - Dunhuang

    After breakfast by car to the [Yulin Grottoes], all the way to the west, on the way to the ancient ruins of the Han to Tang broken city, and often lying in the Gobi sculpture of the son of the earth, in the red willow forest grazing camels and cattle and sheep in the scenery, feel the Gobi landscape vast and bleak. Yulin Grottoes hidden in the Gobi, is a branch of the Mogao Grottoes art system, Yulin Grottoes mural content and style and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes has an inextricable link, also known as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes sister grottoes, Dunhuang Grottoes is an important part of the art system. Here we will arrange for the guests to wear Han Chinese clothes to take family photos. After visiting the Yulin Grottoes, we will go to the next stop of our journey, Dunhuang.

    Breakfast:Breakfast at the hotel Lunch:Self-catering Dinner:Self-catering
  • Day 5 Mogao Caves

    After breakfast shuttle tour [Mogao Grottoes], followed by tours and Dunhuang Research Institute experts to lead the guests to talk about the culture of the Mogao Grottoes, listening to Dunhuang culture lectures, in-depth understanding of Dunhuang culture; afternoon to [Dunhuang Painting Institute], handmade Flying Clay prints, experience the ancient method of copying mural paintings, feel the beauty of the mural paintings of Dunhuang, handmade Dunhuang famous "luminous cup", experience playing the "ethereal drum", and then we will send the guests to [Dunhuang Lodge], check in standard suite to rest, drive to the Fu Guo restaurant, taste the desert style! ", experience playing the "ethereal drum", after we will send the VIP guests to the [Dunhuang Villa], stay in the standard suite to rest, take the car to the Fu Guo restaurant, taste the desert style banquet dinner. After the meal, we will go to Dunhuang Theater, VIP seats to watch the show "Dunhuang".

    Breakfast:Breakfast at hotel Lunch:Self-catering Dinner:Desert Style Banquet
  • Day 6 Mingsha Mountain Crescent Springs-Yangguan

    Today riding a camel to visit the [Mingsha Mountain], [Crescent Spring], the desert yellow sand above the camel team winding forward, a unique flavor. Baiyue for the guests specially arranged for the activities of sandboarding Subsequently went to [Yangguan], enjoy the farmhouse cuisine, after lunch to enjoy the VIP channel without queuing to visit the Yangguan Military Museum, the ceremony process of taking pictures, and finally visit the Yangguan Beacon Flint site. Dinner car to the desert camping base to taste Baiyue exclusive customized desert dinner, followed by VIP seats to watch the [Dunhuang Ceremony] performance.

    Breakfast:Breakfast at the hotel Lunch:Self-catering Dinner:Self-catering
  • Day 7 West Thousand Buddha Cave - Yumen Pass - Great Wall of Han - Yadan Geopark

    Today's tour of the western route, first drive to the first station [West Thousand Buddha Cave], feel the splendor of ancient culture, and then came to the [Yumen Pass] [Great Wall of Han], here dressed in Chinese clothing, walking through the thousands of years ago, merchants, monks stepped over the pass, willow is not born, the difficulty of spring winds, by the wind and sand erosion of the Great Wall of Han vaguely still see the year's magnificent appearance. West out of the Jade Gate, and then forward, is the gradual extinction of the [Devil City], a piece of the wind erosion of the black Gobi, according to the different forms, the wind blowing as if the devil whistling. Return to enjoy the desert Gobi scenery, watch the desert sunset, see the stars in the sky.

    Breakfast:Breakfast at the hotel Lunch:Please take care of yourself Lunch:Please take care of yourself Dinner:Please take care of yourself
  • Day 8 Return

    Today's last day trip, farewell to Dunhuang after breakfast, free activities, enjoy the hotel facilities, according to your flight time to arrange a special car and guide to send the plane, with full of memories back to the warmth of home.

    Breakfast:Breakfast at the hotel Lunch:Self-catering Dinner:Self-catering
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