Day-To-Day Itinerary
Day 01: TBA - Dunhuang (B+L) Dunhuang, as an important strategic point on the Silk Road. Upon arrival, our local guide will meet you and escort you to begin our journey to the Echoing-Sand Mountain (Mingshashan), one of the wonders in Dunhuang City. Then a take a camel ride to the Crescent Moon Lake.
Day 02: Dunhuang - Lanzhou (B+L) Transfer via: Evening train/soft sleeper-on our arrangement Today's excursion will bring you to the Mogao Caves. Praised as "a glittering pearl that adorns the Silk Road", Mogao Caves are the most famous grottoes in China. With a history of 1,600 years, Mogao Grottoes have 735 caves, which house 45, 000 square meters of murals and more than 2400 painted sculptures. Then you will proceed to visit Dunhuang Museum. The Dunhuang Museum reflects the flourishing social development and cultural exchange between China and the West in ancient time. Take the late- afternoon train to Lanzhou.
Day 03: Lanzhou (B+L) Upon your arrival in Lanzhou in the morning, you will be picked up at the train station and transferred to the downtown hotel.Then you will drive about 80km to Bingling Temple, one of the ten largest Chinese grottoes. Originally engraved in the year 420, Bingling Temple contains 183 grottoes and shrines stretching for two kilometers. In the afternoon you Then drive back to the downtown city to visit Gansu Provincial Museum showing more than 80,000 artifacts including Neolithic painted pottery.
Included features: 1.Hotel accommodations above 3 stars hotel with daily Western breakfast 2.Entrance fees to all the scenic spots as listed above in the itinerary 3.Daily lunches and/or dinners at local finest restaurants, as listed in the daily itinerary. B=Western or Chinese breakfast, L=Chinese lunch, D=Chinese dinner 4.Private air-conditioned car or van for land transportation 5.domestic train tickets 6.Professional local guides and drivers in each destination city 7.Service charges and government taxes. |