Encounter the Great Northwest Gansu-Qinghai Grand Loop 6-Day Tour

This summer, spend 8 days traveling
from Qinghai Lake to Zhangye Danxia, encountering different colors🌈
from stunning landscapes to historical sites, experiencing the spirit of the Silk Road🐫
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🔥Must-see scenery in Northwest China
🔹Qinghai Lake
A "blue sapphire" left to the inland, with snow-capped mountains in the distance and the sea blending with the sky
There is also an international-level cycling track by Qinghai Lake, perfect for lakeside biking🚴🏻‍♀️
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🔹Chaka Salt Lake
Known as "China’s Mirror of the Sky," walking on the lake surface feels like walking on clouds☁️
❣️You can also experience the "sea train" featured in Studio Ghibli animations
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🔹Dachaidan Emerald Lake
Like a jade pendant left by the gods, the green lake water blends with the distant snow mountains🌟
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🔹Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring
A clear spring that has never dried up for thousands of years🌙 Climb Mingsha Mountain to overlook Crescent Spring, like the brightest eye in the desert
❣️A perfect spot to capture the lonely desert smoke and sunset
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🔹Colorful Danxia
One of the world’s top ten geographical wonders, the most beautiful outdoor filming location globally, the only colored hills in China, flowing and graceful like ribbons
❣️The sunset view at Colorful Danxia is also worth seeing😎
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🔹Mogao Caves
A treasure trove of Eastern art, dating back thousands of years, with millennia of romance and splendor carved here✨ Experience the grand and magnificent history
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🔹Qilian Mountain Grassland
One of China’s most beautiful grasslands, known as the "grassland in the sky," resembling a Windows desktop background
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🔹Menyuan
Menyuan’s sea of rapeseed flowers is a unique summer romance in Northwest China💕 The wind blows all summer, with a hundred miles of golden waves and fragrant flowers🌼
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🔥New ways to explore the Northwest loop📸
🔸Stay at Emerald Lake for travel photography, capturing pure portrait masterpieces
🔸Cycle around Qinghai Lake🚴🏻‍♀️, experience the international-level cycling track
🔸Deeply explore Danxia landforms, dazzling salt lakes, and lonely desert smoke
🔸Stay at a hot spring hotel at the foot of the snow mountains, enjoy relaxation and comfort💕
🔸Encounter four divine sunsets🌇: Qinghai Lake sunrise and sunset, Chaka Salt Lake sunset, Colorful Danxia sunset, Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring sunset
·💙Recommended 8-day Gansu-Qinghai itinerary
Ⅰ: Gather in Xining
Ⅱ: Xining - Qinghai Lake cycling - Chaka Salt Lake sunset - Chaka Town
Ⅲ: Chaka - Xiaochaidan Lake - Chaerhan Salt Lake - Golmud
Ⅳ: Golmud - Earth’s Blood - U-shaped Highway - Water Yadan - Nanbaxian Yadan - Dachaidan
Ⅴ: Dachaidan - Dachaidan Emerald Lake - Oil Town - Dunhuang Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring - Dunhuang
Ⅵ: Dunhuang - Mogao Caves - Guazhou - Son of the Earth - Jiayuguan
Ⅶ: Jiayuguan - Jiayuguan Fortress - Zhangye Danxia sunset - Zhangye
Ⅷ: Zhangye - Daban Mountain from afar - Menyuan rapeseed flower sea - Qilian Mountain Grassland - Xining
🔥Notes for the Gansu-Qinghai loop
✔️ The temperature varies greatly along the route, please bring an extra layer for weather changes🧥
✔️ Dachaidan area is hot with strong UV rays, please prepare sunscreen, sun-protective clothing, hats, sunglasses, etc.
✔️ The route passes through multi-ethnic areas, please respect the local customs of Hui, Tibetan, and other ethnic groups