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Zhangye City is rich in tourism resources and unique cultural landscape with green mountains, fresh waters and bule sky. It is a city with two national nature reserves and located on the wetland. The largest reed area in Zhangye is more than 20000 mu. There are original ecological urban wetland, colorful Danxia landform, rape flower sea. With the Heihe River flows through and sheltered by the Mt. Qilian and Mt. Longshou, the city is an oasis in the desert. All of these dowered Zhangye with rich historic sites and amazing natural sceneries; thus, visitors have many things to do in and around Zhangye city.

In additiona, Zhangye food is well reputed, not only because it is inexpensive and delicious but also rich in cultural deposits. Therefore, their special way of eating has been developed. The main food in Zhangye is confined to flour food, such as Chao Pao, Saozi Noodles, Small Rice, Fish-shaped Powder, Entwisting Noodles, Sheet Jelly and Gluten, etc.

Zhangye Silk Road Tours

Duration:6 hours

Attractions(Cities):Zhangye Danxia National Geopark

Tour Style:Interested in Rainbow Mountain but have no idea how to plan Zhangye tour from Lanzhou?Private Day Tour to Zhangye Danxia Geopark is perfect for you. Take the stress out of booking transportation and round way Lanzhou Zhangye train tickets, accompanied by your tour guide, immerse yourself in the spectacular Zhangye Danxia National Geopark, the most colorful Danxia Landform in China.

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From $92 p/p

Duration:3 Days, 2 Nights

Attractions(Cities):Zhangye Danxia Geopark, Giant Buddhist temple

Tour Style:Learn all about the "Silk Road" city, a key point of ancient silk trade route and visit the top highlights as you explore Zhangye, the historical and cultural city in Gansu. Book this Zhangye tour from Xian by train to make your trip easier. While taking the train, you can see the Gobi, snow mountain, grassland and other fantastic natural scenery in Northwest China. Your tour guide will accompany you to explore all the sites throughout the trip, offer you a memorable trip in Zhangye.

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From $430 p/p

Duration:6-7 hours

Attractions(Cities):Zhangye Danxia National Geopark

Tour Style:If you are limited on time but want to explore the best highlights of Zhangye, book this 1 Day Zhangye tour to Danxia Geopark & Binggou Danxia hiking to make your dream come ture. Accompanied by your knowledgeable guide, hike the best Danxia Lanform Geopark in China - Danxia Rainbow Mountain and soak in the breath-taking mountain scenery. Plus, you won't have to worry about transportation to and from your hotel.

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From $92 p/p

Duration:6 Hours

Attractions(Cities):Zhangye Danxia National Geopark

Tour Style:Enhance your travel experience to Danxia National Geopark on this best tour of Zhangye, a historical city alongside the ancient silk road. Danxia Landform Geopark is one of the best representative of China's colorful Danxia landform, the sandstones' bright colorsv make it an attractive tourist destination to experience the masterpieces of nature. Hotel pickup & drop-off, entrance fee and city transportation are included.

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From $92 p/p

Duration:5 Nights, 4 Days

Attractions(Cities):Zhangye, Dunhuang

Tour Style:Taking bullet train to travel between Zhangye and Dunhuang is a popular way among tourists. By this 5 day Zhangye Dunhuang Silk Route Tour will lead you to visit the historic, cultural and natural highlights of Zhangye and Dunhuang. The tour package includes transfer and tour guide service, entrance fees, bullet train tickets, meals and accommodation. It's an ideal and fantastic tour along the silk route.

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From $390 p/p

Duration:8 Hours

Attractions(Cities):Giant Buddhist temple, Mati Temple, Zhangye Heihe National Wetland Park

Tour Style:Zhangye City has many places of interest, rich tourism resources and unique cultural landscape. In addition to Danxia, there are other famous historical buildings and wetland park in the city, such as the Giant Buddhist temple, Mati temple and Zhangye Heihe National Wetland Park. Book this tour then you will understand that why Zhangye is known as a famous historical and cultural city

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From $85 p/p

Most Asked Questions about Zhangye Silk Road Tours

1. When is the best time to visit Zhangye?

The best season to visit Zhangye is June-September: Zhangye has a cool climate in summer. It's a good place to spend summer and autumn. It's not very cold to watch sunrise and sunset in Danxia scenic area in the morning and evening. If you catch the rain, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Danxia.

2. What should I pack if I travel to Zhangye?

A windbreaker, a pair of durable and comfortable shoes, a down jacket (better with hat), sunscreen cream, sun block, skin cream and lip balm, sunglasses, medicine for urgent use. According to your planned travel time, make reasonable supplies.

3. What's the weather in Zhangye?

Zhangye is a city in Northwest China, although it is not as deep inland as Dunhuang and Urumqi. Zhangye belongs to the semi-arid and semi humid climate, so it can have snow mountains, grasslands and deserts at the same time. The annual average temperature is 4.1-8.3 ?, with an average of 6.6 ?. In July, the hottest temperature is 20.4 ?; in January, the coldest temperature is - 9.1 ?. The annual temperature range is 26-32 ?. The average maximum temperature is 14.3 ?, and the extreme maximum temperature is 40.0 ?.

4. How to get to Zhangye from Xian?

Zhangye is located in Gansu Province in Western China, Xian is located in Shaanxi province. Around 1100km between Zhangye and Xian city. The best way from Xian to Zhangye is take the flight. There are 4 direct flights between Xian and Zhangye every day. It takes about 1.5 hours by air.

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Duration:6-8 hours

Attractions(Cities):Terracotta Warriors, Bell Tower, Muslim Quarter

Tour Style:This one-day private tour covers the essential sights of Xi'an with a local guide and a private car. The morning is at the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Lintong, where the excavated pits hold thousands of life-sized soldiers, horses, and chariots made for the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang over 2,000 years ago. In the afternoon you see the Ming-dynasty Bell Tower at the center of the old city, then walk the Muslim Quarter, a lane district tied to the Silk Road and known for hand-pulled noodles, roujiamo, and persimmon cakes. Entrance tickets, guide, and private transport are included. Pickup and drop-off are at your Xi'an hotel, at a Xi'an train station, or at the airport.

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From $87 p/p

Duration:6-8 hours

Attractions(Cities):Xi'an Ancient City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an Great Mosque, Muslim Quarter

Tour Style:This Xi'an city tour spends a day inside the old walled city with a local guide and a private car. It starts at the Xi'an Ancient City Wall, a Ming-dynasty brick fortification that runs about 13.7 km around the old town, where you can walk or rent a bike on the top. Next is the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a seven-story Tang tower raised in 652 AD to hold the Buddhist scriptures the monk Xuan Zang carried back from India. Then the Great Mosque of Xi'an, the largest mosque in China, laid out across a chain of courtyards, and finally the Muslim Quarter, a Hui lane district in the city, for street food and browsing. Entrance tickets, guide, and private transport are included. Pickup and drop-off are at your Xi'an hotel, a Xi'an train station, or the airport.

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From $78 p/p

Duration:5-6 Hours

Attractions(Cities):Terracotta Warriors

Tour Style:This half-day private tour goes to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Lintong, about an hour east of Xi'an, with a local guide and a private car. You move through the three exhibition pits with your guide, who covers how the army was made for the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang more than 2,000 years ago and what the excavation still shows. The museum holds more than 8,000 life-sized soldiers, horses, and chariots; you see the main pit in full, then the officers and war chariot in the small command pit and the mixed formations in the cavalry pit. Entrance fees, guide, and city transport are included, and the tour can start in the morning or the afternoon. Pickup and drop-off are at your Xi'an hotel or a Xi'an train station.

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From $65 p/p

Duration:8 hours

Attractions(Cities):Mt. Huashan

Tour Style:This day trip runs from Xi'an to Mt. Huashan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains of China, with a local guide and a private car. The drive takes about two hours each way. At the mountain you take the North Peak shuttle bus and cable car up to Cloud Terrace Peak at 1,614 meters, then walk the marked ridges and rock formations on the north side. Your guide covers the Taoist sites on the mountain and the legends behind the named rocks, including why the range is called Wealth Mountain. The price includes pickup and drop-off at your Xi'an hotel, a train station, or the airport, private car service with a driver, guiding, and entrance fees.

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From $188 p/p

Duration:8-9 hours

Attractions(Cities):Longmen Grottoes, Shaolin Temple

Tour Style:This day tour is based in Luoyang and covers two of its best-known sights, the Longmen Grottoes and the Shaolin Temple, with a local English-speaking guide. Your guide meets you at Luoyang Longmen train station in the morning and takes you first to the Longmen Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage site of Buddhist cave carvings cut into the cliffs along the Yi River canyon from the Northern Wei dynasty onward. In the afternoon you continue to the Shaolin Temple at the foot of the Songshan Mountains, the monastery long tied to Chan Buddhism and to Shaolin kung fu, where you watch a kung fu demonstration. The day runs about 8 to 9 hours. Entrance fees and transport between the sites are included; lunch is at your own expense. It ends back at Luoyang Longmen train station or at your Luoyang hotel.

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From $175 p/p

Duration:10-12 hours

Attractions(Cities):Terracotta Warriors, Huaqing Palace, Song of Everlasting Sorrow Performance

Tour Style:This Xi'an day tour pairs the Terracotta Warriors with Huaqing Palace and the evening show Song of Everlasting Sorrow, with a local guide and a private car. It is a long day, roughly ten to twelve hours. In the morning you see the three excavation pits at the Terracotta Warriors museum, where life-sized soldiers, chariots, and horses were made for the first emperor Qin Shi Huang around 210 BCE. After lunch you move to Huaqing Palace at the foot of Lishan Mountain, an old imperial retreat built around natural hot springs. In the evening you watch Song of Everlasting Sorrow, an open-air show staged on the palace grounds about the Tang emperor Xuanzong and his consort Yang Guifei. Entrance tickets, guide, and transport are included; lunch and dinner are on your own. Pickup and drop-off are at your Xi'an hotel or a Xi'an train station.

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From $87 p/p

Duration:4-5 hours

Attractions(Cities):Bell Tower, Muslim Quarter, Local Restaurant

Tour Style:See old Xi'an after dark on this private night food tour. Around 5 p.m. your guide meets you at your hotel, a Xi'an train station, or the airport, and you ride in a private car with a dedicated driver. The evening opens at the lit-up Bell Tower at the crossing of the four old main streets, then moves on foot into the Muslim Quarter, the lane district the Silk Road made famous for its Hui cooking. Your guide takes you to the stalls and small kitchens locals use and helps you order the noodle, dumpling, and skewer dishes. Food is left out of the price on purpose: you pay for what you eat, and vegetarian or halal plates are easy to arrange. The route ends at a brewery inside the city walls for a short beer flight. Four to five hours, private, and paced to you.

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From $66 p/p

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