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8-Day Private Silk Road Tour: Xi'an,Zhangye,Jiayuguan,Dunhuang,Turpan,Urumqi
Product code 37001P170
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Dates
Available from Jan 1, 2024
Start times
8:00 AM
Travelers
Adult ages 0-60
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Duration
192 hours
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Mobile Only
Languages
English
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Time zone
Asia/Chongqing
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8-Day Private Silk Road Tour: Xi'an,Zhangye,Jiayuguan,Dunhuang,Turpan,Urumqi





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Duration
192 hours
Ticket type
Mobile Only
Languages
English
Confirmation
Instant
Pickup
Pickup details available
Time zone
Asia/Chongqing
Why Travelers Love This
From Xi’an to Urumqi, the eastern end to the western end of the Silk Road in China, this Silk Road tour offers you the chance to see the highlights along the Silk Road. Visit the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century-Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses;explore one of the most popular trade center betwwen ancient China and West; You will see marvelous landscapes, the extraordinary culture, and have authentic interaction with the locals. With an English-speaking guide leading the way, learn the history of China’s ancient capital and explore its celebrated food culture.4 to 5 star hotel accommodation (optional)
Overview
From Xi’an to Urumqi, the eastern end to the western end of the Silk Road in China, this Silk Road tour offers you the chance to see the highlights along the Silk Road. Visit the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century-Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses;explore one of the most popular trade center betwwen ancient China and West; You will see marvelous landscapes, the extraordinary culture, and have authentic interaction with the locals. With an English-speaking guide leading the way, learn the history of China’s ancient capital and explore its celebrated food culture.4 to 5 star hotel accommodation (optional)
What's Included
Included
Entry/Admission - Flaming Mountains (Huoyan Shan)/Emin Minaret (Su Gong Ta)
Lunch
Entry/Admission - Jiayuguan Fortress/Great Wall at Jiayuguan Pass
Breakfast
Entry/Admission - Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain/Ride Camels
Private English Speaking Tour Guide
Entry/Admission - Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto)/Tianshan Tianchi Lake
Entry/Admission - Yadan National Geological Park/ Yumen Pass/Great Wall of Han Dynasty
Air Ticket from Xi'an to Zhangye(Economy Class)
Hotel pickup and drop-off.
Entry/Admission - Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum
Optional Accommodation 7 nights (only if related tour option is chosen)
Transport by private vehicle.
Bullet train tickets from Liuyuan to Turpan(Second-class seats)
Entry/Admission - Mogao Caves/Grape Valley/Karez System
Entry/Admission - Dafo Temple of Zhangye/Zhangye Danxia Geopark
Not included
Gratuities
Dinner
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup details
Itinerary
Xi'an-Zhangye
3 hoursAdmission included
Xi'an-Zhangye
Meet your private guide at your hotel and set out for the drive to the Terracotta Warriors Museum. Descend into 3 excavated pits to see the massive earthenware army buried with Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the late third century BCE. Marvel at the collection of thousands of sculpted warriors, chariots, and horses, which is regarded as one of the Eighth Wonders of the World. After your morning tour, your guide will take you to a nice local restaurant where you can enjoy some well-known local food, such as Biang Biang noodles and Rou Jia Mo.it is a characteristic of Xi'an cuisine, with over hundred years of history.
Xi'an-Zhangye
3 hours
Xi'an-Zhangye
After lunch, be driven to the airport for the morning flight to Zhangye. Upon your arrival, you’ll be met and transferred to your hotel in Zhangye.
Zhangye-Jiayuguan
3 hoursAdmission included
Zhangye-Jiayuguan
After breakfast, you will visit the 'Color Palette Overturned by God’ — the Zhangye Danxia Geopark, which is home to the Rainbow Mountains. It is praised as God's palette with its interlaced lines, colorful tones and magnificent paintings.
Zhangye-Jiayuguan
2 hoursAdmission included
Zhangye-Jiayuguan
After enjoy a local lunch and continue to visit the Dafo Temple of Zhangye, which is the biggest Nivana Buddha in Asia. Admire the largest reclining Buddha in China at the Giant Buddha Temple.
Zhangye-Jiayuguan
3 hours
Zhangye-Jiayuguan
Then driven to the Jiayuguan, Upon your arrival, you’ll be met and transferred to your hotel in Jiayuguan.
Jiayuguan-Dunhuang
2 hoursAdmission included
Jiayuguan-Dunhuang
Meet up your friendly private guide and driver at your hotel in the early morning, you will visit Jiayuguan Fortress. Standing among vast desert and surrounded by rolling mountains, Jiayuguan Fortress looks like a dignified general guarding the grand land. It was constructed with the most integrated defensive system: an inner city, an outer city, and a moat. Besides functioning as a frontier military fortress, it was also an important traffic hub along the Silk Road, the oldest worldwide trading route.
Jiayuguan-Dunhuang
2 hoursAdmission included
Jiayuguan-Dunhuang
Then drive to the Great Wall at Jiayuguan Pass, is which the most western pass of the Ming Great Wall, is known as one of the Chinese traffic fortress, the three wonders of the Great Wall (East Shanhaiguan, Zhenbeitai, Jiayuguan).
Jiayuguan-Dunhuang
1 hour
Jiayuguan-Dunhuang
This is the biggest night market in the area. You will see a lot of local small commodities and it is a great place to experience the local food culture. After to your comfortable hotel.
Dunhuang
2 hoursAdmission included
Dunhuang
After breakfast, you will visit the the geological phenomena of Yadan Park have been created over time by erosion of the soft earth by rain and wind, leaving unusual rock formations.In the park, you can get a view of uniquely-shaped rocks like Mongolian tent, Stone Bird, Peacock and others. Make full use of your imagination, you may find some rocks with some miniatures similar to famed architectures, like the Potala Palace in Tibet, Heaven Temple in Beijing or something else.
Dunhuang
1 hourAdmission included
Dunhuang
Then, you will visit the Yumen Pass and Great Wall of Han Dynasty, In history, the Han Dynasty built many walls to consolidate the safety of the frontier region as well as exploring ways to do business with western region. During the Han dynasty, this was a pass-through which the Silk Road passed and was the one road connecting Central Asia and China.You will feel the history of the Yumen Pass as a trading post.
Dunhuang
1 hourAdmission included
Dunhuang
After Lunch, be driven to the Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain. Ride on the backs of camels and climb to get to the top of the dune. Along the way, there are splendid sights: golden sand, the rolling desert, a tranquil lake and the beautiful sunset.
Dunhuang
1 hourAdmission included
Dunhuang
Also, you’ll never miss out on the Crescent Moon Pool, Just like its name indicates, the Crescent Pool is in a natural shape of half-moon.According to historical record, the lake has been in existence for hundreds of years without ever being buried by the sand. Your wonderful tour will ends here, your tour guide and driver will take you back to your hotel in Dunhuang.
Dunhuang-Turpan
2 hoursAdmission included
Dunhuang-Turpan
Meet your guide and driver in your hotel lobby and transfer you to Visitors' Center of Mogao Grottoes, an UNESCO listed World Heritage Site, start your exciting sightseeing tour from to Mogao Caves and Digital Film Center, Located in the Gobi desert, the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas feature beautiful wall fresco paintings and more than 3,000 sculptures dating from the forth to the fourteenth century.Then, a professional cave guide will lead you to explore about 7 to 9 caves closely.
Dunhuang-Turpan
3 hours
Dunhuang-Turpan
After lunch, you will to Liuyuan train station take the bullet train to Turpan. Then you will be drop-off at Turpan hotel.
Turpan
2 hoursAdmission included
Turpan
After breakfast , your first stop of Turpan day tour is to Flaming Mountain is now a famous tourist attraction, with its harsh yet unique natural conditions. Afterwards, go to see the Astana Tombs, which is the site where the ancient people of the Gaochang city are buried. It is famous for its terracotta figurines and tomb paintings.
Turpan
2 hoursAdmission included
Turpan
After lunch, you’ll head to visit the Grape Valley, on the west of Flaming Mountains, east of Turpan is the Grape Valley, a green area of 988 acres covered with layer upon layer of grapes.Turpan is famous for its grapes so visit a local vineyard and relax as you sit under the grapevines.
Turpan
2 hoursAdmission included
Turpan
Later, go to visit Emin Minaret (Su Gong Ta),The Emin Minaret is particularly beautiful in the morning, with the shadow of the minaret falling across the mosque. Go into the mosque and try to tell the time by checking the position of the sunlight on the wall.
Turpan
2 hoursAdmission included
Turpan
Thne,visit the Karez Wells. This irrigation system of wells connected by underground channels is considered to be one of the three great ancient projects in China. Finally, visit the Turpan Night Market,the end return to the hotel.
Turpan-Urumqi
2 hoursAdmission included
Turpan-Urumqi
After breakfast , your will visit Jiaohe Ancient City, the site of an ancient oasis city built on the northern rim of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang. Instead of building from the ground up, the ancient city of Jiaohe was constructed by digging down into the ground. Explore the ruins of this unique ancient city and learn about the different government structures and residential areas.
Turpan-Urumqi
1 hour
Turpan-Urumqi
After having a Uygur style lunch, you’ll head to the Erdaoqiao Market, the largest in Urumqi, where you’ll find a bustling market filled with fruit, clothing, crafts, knives, carpets and almost anything that you can imagine. After you will be drop-off at your Dunhuang hotel.
Urumqi Departure
3 hoursAdmission included
Urumqi Departure
Today after breakfast, you’ll drive to Urumqi and go to have a boat cruise on the Tianshan Tianchi Lake, a beautiful blue mountain lake. The blue lake water is finely contrasted with steep forest hills, high meadows and snowy Heavenly Mountain peaks behind. There you can also walk. After lunch, your guide and driver will take you to Urumqi Airport and wave goodbye to you. You can connect to the main cities in China from this airport.
Additional Info
No Heart Problems
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Physical Easy
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Other
Confirmation will be received at time of booking.
Other
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Other
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
Other
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel.
Other
Hotel accommodation standard: 2 people per room, Standard Room (2 single beds or 1 queen bed).
Other
Triple room for 3 people (3 single beds).
Other
Please advise the type of room required when you booking.
Other
You will need to pay an extra fee if you generate an extra number of rooms.
Other
The best visiting time is from April to October.
Other
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Policy type
Standard
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Experience may be cancelled for bad weather.
Refund eligibility
100% refundable 1+ days before
Refund eligibility
0% refundable 0-1 days before
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