8-Day Silk Road Trip of Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Zhangye with Accommodation

Day 1: Arrive in Dunhuang, meet & transfer to the hotel

1. Silk Road Angel Tours
   Pass by
   Meet your private tour guide at the airport of Dunhuang ( DNH ), or Dunhuang Railway Station, transfer by comfort car / van / bus to the hotel, relax in your comfortable hotel.

Day 2: Dunhuang

1. Mogao Caves
   4h · Admission ticket included
   You will visit Mogao Caves & Digital Film Center , one of the 4 most famous grottoes in China. It has a total of 492 grottoes, 45,000 square-meters of murals, 2,400 painted statues and over 250 residential caves remain.
2. White Horse Pagoda of Dunhuang
   30m · Admission ticket included
   After lunch, visit the White Horse Pagoda .
3. Dunhuang Theater
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Enjoy the a famous dance drama in the evening, the SILK ROAD show. (the show is not available from Nov to next Mar)

Day 3: Dunhuang

1. Yumen Pass
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Yumen Pass & Great Wall of Han Dynasty, In history, the Han Dynasty built many walls to consolidate the safety of the frontier region as well as exploring ways to do business with western region. Instead of piling up stones or bricks layer upon layer like other dynasties' walls, the Han Dynasty Great Wall is built by using the local sand and weed. These two constructional materials were added by putting one on top of another.
2. Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain
   3h · Admission ticket included
   In the afternoon visit the Crescent Moon Lake & the Singing-Sand Dunes. enjoy a camel ride in the sand dunes

Day 4: Dunhuang - Guazhou

1. Yulin Grotto
   2h · Admission ticket included
   Visit the Yulin Caves, it can be traced to the same origin in contents, artistic style and form of painting for the Mogao Caves, it’s regarded as its sister with its name known to many people in the country.
2. 2h · Admission ticket included
   After lunch visit the ruins of Suoyangcheng, it used to be a very important stop on the Silk Road, it has listed in the UNESCO in 2015.Transfer to Guazhou

Day 5: Guazhou - Jiayuguan

1. Great Wall at Jiayuguan Pass
   2h · Admission ticket included
   By bus to Jiayuguan,Visit the famous Jiayuguan Pass & Museum of the Great Wall, the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty
2. 1h 30m · Admission ticket included
   Climb the Great Wall in western China.

Day 6: Jiayuguan - Zhangye

1. Zhangye Danxia Geopark
   8h · Admission ticket included
   Painting Bricks in the tomb of the Wei & Jin Dynasty, the painting bricks inlaid on the four walls have beautiful colors and various contents which cover the polities, economy, military and culture, it’s called “Underground Art Gallery ”.
   Transfer to Zhangye, visit Zhangye Danxia,which is China's only Danxia landform in high recombination with color hilly landscape.

Day 7: Zhangye

1. Dafo Temple of Zhangye
   1h · Admission ticket included
   Visit the Giant Buddha Temple, which is the biggest Nivana Buddha in Asia. The Horse Hoof Temple Grottoes, it's well-known because of the deity horse footprints.

Day 8: Farewell, Zhangye

1. Dafo Temple of Zhangye
   Pass by · Admission ticket included
   visit the Pingshanhu Grand Canyon this morning,after lunch, transfer to the airport (or Zhangye Railway Station) for your flight to next city. We can help you book the high speed train tickets,

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
• Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
• Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
• A current valid passport is required on the day of travel