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

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

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   Silk Road Angel Tours

   Passing 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.

Overnight at Dunhuang Grand Sun Hotel 4 star

Day 2 · Dunhuang

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   Mogao Caves

   4 hours Admission 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.

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   White Horse Pagoda of Dunhuang

   30 min Admission included

   After lunch, visit the White Horse Pagoda .

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   Dunhuang Theater

   2 hours Admission included

   Enjoy the a famous dance drama in the evening, the SILK ROAD show. (the show is not available from Nov to next Mar)

Over night at Dunhuang Grand Sun Hotel, 4 star

Day 3 · Dunhuang

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   Yumen Pass

   2 hours Admission 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. 2

   Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain

   3 hours Admission included

   In the afternoon visit the Crescent Moon Lake & the Singing-Sand Dunes. enjoy a camel ride in the sand dunes

Over night at Dunhuang Grand Sun Hotel, 4 star

Day 4 · Dunhuang - Guazhou

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   Yulin Grotto

   2 hours Admission 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.

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   Stop 2

   2 hours Admission 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

Guazhou Yulin Hotel, 4 star

Day 5 · Guazhou - Jiayuguan

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   Great Wall at Jiayuguan Pass

   2 hours Admission 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

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   Stop 2

   1 h 30 min Admission included

   Climb the Great Wall in western China.

Overnight at Nuojin International Hotel, 5 star

Day 6 · Jiayuguan - Zhangye

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   Zhangye Danxia Geopark

   8 hours Admission 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.

Overnight at Jinyang International Hotel, 4 star

Day 7 · Zhangye

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   Dafo Temple of Zhangye

   one hour Admission 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.

Overnight at Jinyang International Hotel, 4 star

Day 8 · Farewell, Zhangye

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   Dafo Temple of Zhangye

   Passing by Admission 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,