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8-day Gansu Landscape Highlights Tour
Overview: The 8 days' Gansu full landscape tour cover tourist highlights in Tianshui, Lanzhou, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang to visit Maijishan Grottoes, Songke Grassland, Labrang Monastery, Danxia Landform, Zhangye Giant Buddha Temple, Matisi Grottoes, Jiayuguan Overhanging Great Wall, Weijin Tombs, Mogao Caves ....
Day 1 Arrival in Tianshui
Arrival in Tianshui from Xi'an or Lanzhou, you local guide and driver will meet you and transfer to your hotel. Then you will take your own free relax around the city.
Day 2 Tianshui/Lanzhou
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Maijishan Grottoes
After breakfast, you will drive to Maiji Mounatin to visit the Maiji Shan Grottoes. Then drive to Lanzhou for Overnight.
Day 3 Lanzhou/Xiahe
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Songke Grassland
After breakfast, you will take a morning drive head to Xiahe to visit Songke Grassland.
Songke Grassland: at an average altitude of over 3,000m above sea level, is situated a short 14km from Xiahe. This vast expanse of grassy plains, covering an area of around 70 square kilometers, is a lonely, beautiful place that is a nice change for those from bustling Chengdu or Lanzhou. There are only 4,000 Tibetan nomads on the grasslands, all wrapped up in their many, dirty layers, who graze yak herds and offer tourists the chance of a ride upon their horses. Entertainment here varies according to your preference. Botanists and hikers will be happy to just set off into the rolling hills, but for those after a little more exciting the horse rides, costing around RMB25, are good fun.
Day 4 Xiahe/Lanzhou/Zhangye
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Labrang Monastery
After a morning visit to Labrang Monastery, you will be driven back Lanzhou (4 hours drive). In the afternoon, you will take a bullet train to Zhangye city.
Labrang Monastery: at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain northwest of Xiahe County in Gannan Tibetan Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province. A propitious place in the hearts of the Tibetan, it stands by the Daxia River and faces the Dragon Mountain.As for the Dragon and Phoenix Mountains, there is a beautiful legend. A long time ago, this place was a boundless sea. After countless changes, mountains and lands appeared.
Day 5 Zhangye
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Danxia Landform, Zhangye Giant Buddha Temple, Matisi Grottoes
After breakfast, you will visit Danxia Landfrom and Zhangye Giant Buddha Temple. After lunch, proceed to visit the Matisi Grottoes.
Day 6 Zhangye/Jiayuguan
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Jiayuguan Pass, Overhanging Great Wall and Weijin Tombs
After hotel breakfast, you will be transferred to Jiayuguan with 3hrs' driving. On arrival, you will have lunch in local restaurant.Then proceed to visit the Overhanging Great Wall.
Day 7 Jiayuguan/Dunhuang
Meals: B,L,D
Places to visit: Echoing-Sand Mountain, Crescent Moon Lake, Shazhou Market
You will take the afternoon flight to Dunhuang. On arrival, visit the Echoing-Sand Mountain (where you will observe a very curious natural phenomenon), and then proceed to visit the Crescent Moon Lake. You can enjoy the soft sands and nice sunshine. Visit Shazhou night market in the evening, you can enjoy local food and drinks.
Optional: Camel-riding for short exploring (about RMB100/person) That would be another feeling to test Silk Road travel.
Day 8 Dunhuang Departure
Meals: B, L
Places to visit: Mogao Grottoes
After hotel breakfast, you will visit Mogao Grottoes in the morning. It is the first biggest grottes in China, and one of the four Greatest grottoes in China. We will take somewhat 2 hours for visiting, from different period caves, such as 5th-9th centeries. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to the airport for your flight to next destination.
Service Ends
Price Includes:
Transportation & Private Transfers:Transportation cost covers all the domestic airfare of economy class with airport tax, train tickets between the cities as the itinerary specified.
Transfer between airports, railway station, hotels and scenic spots for sightseeing around the cities that are specified by the itinerary with private air conditioned vehicle with driver and English-speaking guide. Separate arrivals and departures will incur extra charges.
Entrance Fees:
All entrance fees to the scenic spots listed in the itinerary. The final arrangement will be determined by private tour guides depends on the real-time local circumstances wheather are beyond the control of Access China Travel. We will adhere to the original itinerary as accurately as possible.
Normal Meals:
All normal meals as the itinerary specified: B = breakfast, L = Lunch, D = dinner in local restaurant. Breakfasts are served in hotel, breakfasts have Chinese or Western style for your option; Lunches are served in carefully selected quality local Chinese restaurants with best service, your lunches will be ordered by your guide catering to your preferences within normal standard. Dinners as the itinerary specified will be also served in local Chinese restaurants. The meal quotation is normalized. If you have any special request about meals, like vegetarian, famous rare dishes, Indian food or more, please inform us in advance. For the unspecified dinners, you will have dinner on your own. Feel free to ask your local guide for suggestions or recommendation.
Private Sightseeing Escort:
Normal sightseeing activities as the itinerary listed will be escorted with English-speaking guide. The English-speaking guide and driver in each city are with you throughout the entire itinerary around that city. They do not fly with you from one city to another.
Hotel Accommodation:
Hotel service criterion: two adults share on one standard twin/double-bed room; solo traveler who want to occupy one twin/double-bed room assigned is required for extra single supplement rate. A single room is available on prior request at an additional cost; if a recommended hotel unavailable, it will be replaced by one of the same class. All hotels as the itinerary listed serve daily western or Chinese breakfast. All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified.
Tour Arrangements:
The tour cost includes the planning, handling, booking, operation and communication charges.
Price Excludes:
International airfare or train tickets for entry or exit China, unless that is noted or required otherwise.Visa Fees, passport application or renewal fee.
Excess Baggage Charges.
Personal Expenses:
Expenses of a purely personal nature such as excess luggage fees, laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities (shows) and meals, beverages...
Meals:
Any meal are not specified in the itinerary with "B", "L" or "D".
Any extra cost caused by the changes of natural disasters, fires, weather, government and local authority orders, politics, strikes, war, riots, quarantine, custom regulations; as well as tourist law violation, accident damages or injury incurred out of Access China Travel control.
Gratuities:
Tips to guides, escort, drivers bellman, etc.
