Silk Road 10D9N

• After breakfast, visit Tian Shan Tian Chi Scenic Area.
• Tianchi Lake - located in the northwest mountainside of Bergeda peak, a mountain lake, according to the legend-mu tianzi date in the heavenly queen in novel-journey to the west. It is now popular summer and winter resort.
• Enjoy shopping at Grand Bazaar -- it is biggest bazaar in Central Asia and the construction funds beyond hundreds.
• Overnight at Hantang or similar.

• After breakfast, transfer to Turpan via the first expressway in Xinjiang.
• Visit to Jiao He Old Town -- it is located shaped platform which is apart 13km from the west of Turpan. Because of the river diversion, named Jia He city, which is the earliest one of the 36 western countries - Cheshi’s capital.
• Proceed to Flaming Mountain which is mentioned in a classical Chinese novel “The Journey to the West”. It is the hottest place in China.
• Karez -- is known and used by Turpan people. They walk along the basin terrain tilt direction, digging underground pipe have a certain slop in subsurface layer underground, so called Karez.
• Uygur Home Visit, experience and learn about the traditional lifestyle of Uygur people.
• Overnight Shuangcheng Hotel or similar.

• After breakfast, transfer to Dunhuang by high speed rail via Liuyuan.
• Experience the camel ride and enjoy the Yueyaquan (Crescent Moon Spring) lies in a tiny oasis at the foot of Mingshashan.
• Overnight at Tianrun International Hotel or similar.

• Visit to Mogao Grottoes, situated at a strategic point along the Silk Route, at the crossroads of trade as well as religious, cultural and intellectual influences, the 492 cells and cave sanctuaries in Mogao are famous for their status and wall paintings, spanning 1000 years of Buddhist art.
• The Ancient City of Dunhuang -- also known as Dunhuang County. The silk road is divided into two routes, the south and north. Each route passes through Yangguang Road and Yumen pass and leads directly to the Western Regions.
• Continue visit to Dunhuang Museum.
• Overnight at Tianrun International Hotel or similar.

• Proceed to Jiayuguan, the first pass at the west end of the Great Wall of China.
• Visit to Jiayuguan Tower -- Jiayuguan the most intact surviving ancient military building. The pass is also known by the name the “First and Greatest Pass under Heaven”.
• Overnight at Plaza Holiday Inn or similar.

• After breakfast proceed to Zhangye.
• Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park -- Located 30 kilometers south of Linze County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, it is one of the most developed and most landscaped areas in China. It is a typical representative Chinese color in November 2005, China Georgraphy Magazine and 34 national media jointly organized the “China’s Most Beautiful Place” selection campaign and were elected as one of “China’s Most Beautiful Seven Danxias”. In 2015, it was selected as one of the world’s 25 dream travel destinations by many well-known website across the country.
• Overnight at Zhangye Xinshengyue International Hotel or similar.

• After breakfast, proceed to Wuwei.
• Visit to Wuwei Temple Confusion, is the large Ming-era temple complex divides into two sections: the Confucian Temple and the Wenchang Hall, both fine examples of traditional architecture.
• Leitai Tomb -- is a national key cultural relics protection units, located in Leitai Park.
• Overnight at Tianma Pearl Hotel or similar.

• Visit Lanzhou Waterwheel, it also known as Lanzhou overturned cart, is a labor-saving, the labor saving and capital saving irrigation facility built by Jinshi Duan Xu during the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty.
• Then, visit to Lanzhou Shuicheyuan and the Yellow River Mother Sculpture.
• Yellow River Steel Bridge at Lanzhou, dubbed “the First Bridge across Yellow River” and it is one of the landmark buildings in Lanzhou City.
• Overnight at Ruiling International Hotel or similar.

• After breakfast, transfer to airport for departure flight back home.
• Arrive home with sweet memories.