Qinghai-Gansu Grand Loop Family Trip|Complete Guide to Visiting and Taking Photos with Kids at Chaka Salt Lake
by NOELLE DANIEL
Oct 26, 2025
🏃🏃 Itinerary
Day 1: Hanting Hotel (Tianshui Normal University Branch) → Fangha·Sweet Fermented Rice Milk Tea Creator (Sunny Bay Store)
Day 2: Qinghai Lake Pastoral Song·View Hotel → Qinghai Lake Erlangjian Scenic Area → Qinghai Lake·Heima River → Chaka Salt Lake → Lao Yan Roast Mutton Flagship Store
Day 3: Starway Hotel (Delhi Railway Station Branch) → Xiao Qaidam Lake → Dingding Niu Specialty Dry Pot Yak Meat → Qinghai Local Hot Pot (Jianshe West Road Store)
Day 4: Lavande Hotel (Golmud Bayi Road Underground Shopping Street Kunlun Park Branch) → Zhenhua Hand-Grabbed Lamb King → Qarhan Salt Lake → Ustyunt Watery Yadan Geological Park
Day 5: Jiuzi Ginir Grand Hotel → Lenghu Petroleum Base Ruins → Hei Dushan (Black Lonely Mountain) → Shazhou Night Market → Changluohou·Sand Onion Beef Pie
Day 6: Dunhuang Museum → Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring → Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Starry Sky Concert → Kangji Grilled Lamb Ribs Flagship Store (Dunhuang Main Store)
Day 7: Dunhuang Yuntian International Hotel (Shazhou Night Market Branch) → Daji Donkey Meat Yellow Noodle Restaurant → Mogao Caves → "See Dunhuang Again" Performance → Jingyuan Galiu Delicious Lamb → Fuqiang Market → No.8 Noodle Restaurant (Fuqiang Branch)
Day 8: Vienna Hotel (Jiayuguan Chengxin Plaza Grand Theater Branch) → Gunji Huhuo Flagship Store (Shengli Middle Road Branch) → Jiayuguan Pass → Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park
Day 9: Orange Hotel (Zhangye West Station Branch) → Qilian Grassland → Daban Mountain Viewing Platform → Lanshan Park
Day 10: Vienna Hotel (Lanzhou Xiaoxihu Park Cancer Hospital Branch) → First Bridge of Yellow River Monument → Baoji Starry Sky H Hotel (Baoji South Station Wuyue Plaza Branch)
📍 Must-Visit Attractions:
Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring
Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park
Chaka Salt Lake
Mogao Caves
Jiayuguan Pass
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