Multiday Tour
12 day Silk Road cultural tour of China: Xinjiang+Gansu+Xi'an
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Included
- Please consult customer service for details.
- Departure: Meet the operator at . Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly.
- [Attraction/experience] Dunhuang, Subject to communication with customer service
- [Return] 18:00, Shuttle included
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Eligibility
- Important: Infants and children must be included in the passenger headcount
Usage validity
- The voucher is valid only on the specified date (and time if applicable)
Exploring the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang, Gansu, and Xi'an
Included
- 11 nights of accommodation
- First night in Urumqi: Urumqi X岸 Hotel, Urumqi Rujia Business Travel or similar
- Second night in Turpan: Countryard Hotel (Turpan Branch), Ibis Styles Turpan, or similar.
- Third night in Turpan: Country Inn & Suites by Radisson (Turpan) or Ibis Styles Turpan or similar
- Fourth night in Dunhuang: Dunhuang Fuguo Hotel/Dunhuang International Hotel or similar
- Fifth night in Dunhuang: Dunhuang Fuguo Hotel / Dunhuang International Hotel or equivalent
- Sixth night in Zhangye: Zhangye Puyue Hotel/Zhangye Silk Road Qianxi or similar
- Seventh night in Zhangye: Zhangye Puyue Hotel/Zhangye Silk Road Qianxi or similar
- Eighth night in Lanzhou: Meihau Hotel Lanzhou West Station/Fanliermei Hotel (Lanzhou Old Street West Station Branch) or similar
- Ninth night in Xi'an: City Comfort Inn (Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street Branch) or similar
- Tenth night in Xi'an: City Comfort Inn (Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street Branch) or equivalent
- Eleventh night in Xi'an: City Comfort Inn (Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street Branch) or similar
- Note: The room arrangement is for a basic room type. If you want to upgrade, you can contact customer service to pay the price difference.
- Note: The default is 2 people per room. The price for 3 people includes 1 room + 1 extra bed fee, and the price for 5 people includes 2 rooms + 1 extra bed fee (Warm reminder: some high-end luxury hotels on this route can add extra beds, but the room types are limited, so it is recommended to book in advance).
- 2. The catering includes breakfast only for the entire trip. Lunch and dinner are at your own expense.
- Three: The ticket includes the Tian Shan Tianchi scenic area ticket and scenic transportation + Tuyugou scenic area ticket + Flaming Mountain scenic area ticket + Mingsha Mountain scenic area ticket + Mogao Grottoes A ticket (peak season from June to August, and National Day from October 1st to 7th requires booking more than one month in advance. If A tickets are sold out, they will be changed to B tickets, and the price difference of 138/person will be refunded) + Ledong Dunhuang Performing Arts ticket + Jiayuguan Guancheng ticket + Colorful Danxia ticket and scenic transportation + Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon ticket and scenic transportation + Intangible Cultural Heritage Carved Gourd Experience + Giant Wild Goose Pagoda ticket + Terracotta Army and Huaqing Palace + The Song of Everlasting Regret performance + Xi'an City Wall ticket.
- Complimentary: A Mingsha Mountain Flying Fairy Makeover + A Tang Dynasty Princess Makeover (Complimentary items are non-refundable if not used), please understand.
- 4. Full-time driver-cum-guide fees and airport pick-up and drop-off fees (including transportation costs, road tolls, fuel costs, etc.) For 2 people, a joint venture SUV Toyota RV4, Honda CRV, Toyota Frontlander, Nissan X-Trail and other similar models are used. For 4 people, a joint venture SUV Toyota RV4, Honda CRV, Toyota Frontlander, Nissan X-Trail and other similar models are used. For 6 people, a Buick GL8 business car is used.
- 5. Each traveling tourist purchases 100w of travel accident insurance.
Not Included
- Additional personal activities are at your own expense.
- Lunch and dinner are at your own expense.
Day 1
- Departure: Meet the operator at . Enter your preferred location at checkout. The operator will make the final confirmation accordingly. As the plane lands at Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, the wind from the Western Regions will carry a unique atmosphere. A special airport pick-up service will relieve your travel fatigue. On the way to the city, you'll see the unique landform of the Gobi Desert interwoven with oases, and the distant Tianshan Mountains are faintly visible, waiting for tomorrow's excitement.
- [Attraction/experience] Urumqi free activities, ★[Urumqi Airport Pickup] 🔸Experience: Stroll through the streets, taste freshly baked naan and fragrant mutton skewers, adjust your pace in the rich ethnic customs, and wait for the wonderfulness of tomorrow. 🔸Transportation: Private car + driver/guide + butler online service
- [Accommodation] Urumqi Xishang Hotel; We will arrange your stay at Urumqi X岸 Hotel. If the hotel is fully booked, we will arrange Urumqi Rujia Business Travel Hotel or other hotels of the same level. All hotel room types are basic room types. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 2
- [Attraction/experience] Tian Shan Tianchi, Heavenly Lake of Tianshan: The "Jade Pool" under Bogda Peak, a wallpaper-level secret realm where snow-capped mountains reflect the blue water. After that, step into the "Land of Fire", where the fragrance of grape trellises and heat waves open the prelude to the Western Regions' pastoral scenery.
- [Accommodation] Country Inn & Suites by Radisson (Turpan Store); We will arrange your stay at the麗怡酒店 (Turpan Store). If the hotel is fully booked, we will arrange for you to stay at the Ibis Styles Turpan Hotel or another hotel of the same standard. All hotel room types are basic room types. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 3
- [Attraction/experience] Tuyugou Mazha Village, Tuyugou Mazha Village: An ancient rammed earth village with 1700 years of history, hiding the original ecological life code of the Uyghur people.
- [Attraction/experience] Flame Mountain, Flaming Mountains: The real-life location of "Journey to the West," with reddish-brown mountains and the spectacle of "fire-baked" terrain with a surface temperature of 80℃.
- [Attraction/experience] 坎儿井, Karez: Underground canals divert snowmelt, witnessing the ancient wisdom of "diverting water to irrigate fields".
- [Accommodation] Country Inn & Suites by Radisson (Turpan Store); We will arrange your stay at the麗怡酒店 (Turpan Store). If the hotel is fully booked, we will arrange for you to stay at the Ibis Styles Turpan Hotel or another hotel of the same standard. All hotel room types are basic room types. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 4
- [Attraction/experience] Take the high-speed train to Dunhuang, Say goodbye to the Flaming Mountains and take the high-speed train through the Gobi Desert to start your millennium journey to Dunhuang, the "Pearl of the Desert," and enjoy the unique desert scenery of Northwest China along the way.
- [Accommodation] Dunhuang Villa; We will arrange your stay at Dunhuang Fuguo Hotel. If the hotel is fully booked, we will arrange Dunhuang International Hotel or another hotel of the same class. All hotel room types are basic. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 5
- [Attraction/experience] Mogao Caves, Mogao Grottoes: Thousand-year-old caves hide Silk Road art, murals, flying apsaras, and painted sculptures narrate the precipitation of civilization.
- [Attraction/experience] Choose one: See Dunhuang Again/Meet Dunhuang, Choose between Encore Dunhuang / Meet Dunhuang performance: An immersive walking performance that uses light and shadow to recreate the millennium legend of Dunhuang.
- [Attraction/experience] Flying fairy makeup (excluding photography), Flying Apsaras costume: Wear flowing clothes and fairy makeup to capture the Western Region memories from the murals.
- [Attraction/experience] Mingsha Mountain, Mingsha Mountain: Step on the sea of sand and enjoy the desert romance of Crescent Spring reflecting the sunset.
- [Accommodation] Dunhuang Villa; We will arrange your stay at Dunhuang Fuguo Hotel. If the hotel is fully booked, we will arrange Dunhuang International Hotel or another hotel of the same class. All hotel room types are basic. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 6
- [Attraction/experience] Jiayuguan Guancheng, Jiayuguan Fortress: Known as the "First Impregnable Pass Under Heaven," this military stronghold offers a majestic view of the Gobi Desert from atop the city tower. Afterward, we'll head to Linze for a rest, positioning ourselves near the core area of the Danxia landforms, ready to witness the breathtaking colorful landscapes the next day.
- [Accommodation] Zhangye Puyue Hotel; We will arrange your stay at Zhangye Puyue Hotel. If the hotel is fully booked, we will arrange Zhangye Silk Road Qianxi or other hotels of the same class. All hotel room types are basic room types. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 7
- [Attraction/experience] Pingshan Grand Canyon, Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon: the "Colorado of China," a magnificent and precipitous canyon landscape created by hundreds of millions of years of erosion.
- [Attraction/experience] Rainbow Mountains, The Rainbow Mountains of Zhangye Danxia: It's as if God overturned his palette; colorful hills under the play of light and shadow spread out like an oil painting.
- [Accommodation] Linze Public Aviation Tourism; We will arrange your stay at Zhangye Puyue Hotel. If the hotel is fully booked, we will arrange Zhangye Silk Road Qianxi or other hotels of the same class. All hotel room types are basic room types. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 8
- [Attraction/experience] Lanzhou Yellow River Scenery Line, Take the high-speed train to Lanzhou, switching from the Danxia landform to the Yellow River scenery, and start the journey of the "Capital of the Yellow River". The Yellow River Scenic Line: Zhongshan Bridge and the Mother Sculpture accompany the Yellow River, feeling the city's atmosphere and grandeur.
- [Attraction/experience] 非遗阮氏葫芦体验, Intangible Cultural Heritage Ruan's Gourd: Carve your own exclusive crafts and touch the warmth of Gansu's intangible cultural heritage techniques.
- [Attraction/experience] Yellow River Side San Pao Tai, Yellow River Bian San Pao Tai: Taste sweet tea drinks with snacks and unlock the slow life of Lanzhou.
- [Accommodation] Wyndham Hotel West Railway Station; You will be accommodated at Mehao Hotel Lanzhou West Station. If the hotel is fully booked, you will be arranged at Fanlier Mei Hotel (Lanzhou Old Street West Station Branch) or another equivalent hotel. All hotel room types are basic. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 9
- [Attraction/experience] Xi'an Tang Dynasty Makeup, Traveling from the banks of the Yellow River to the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties, switch to the magnificent Tang Dynasty historical atmosphere. Tang Dynasty makeup and styling: wear Tang costumes and paint floral decorations, immersively transforming into ladies/young masters of the Tang Dynasty.
- [Attraction/experience] Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda: Xuanzang's translation site for Buddhist scriptures, climb the pagoda to overlook the ancient and modern city view of Xi'an.
- [Attraction/experience] Grand Tang Never Sleeps City, Grand Tang Never Sleeps City: The brightly lit Tang Dynasty street, with tumbler toys and food recreating the prosperity of the night market.
- [Accommodation] City Comfort Inn (Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street Store); You will be arranged to stay at City Comfort Inn (Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street Store). If the hotel is fully booked, other hotels of the same class will be arranged. All hotel room types are basic room types. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 10
- [Attraction/experience] Terracotta Army, The Terracotta Army: the "Eighth Wonder of the World," a re-enactment of the Qin Dynasty's military power and the pinnacle of sculpture.
- [Attraction/experience] Huaqing Palace, Huaqing Palace: A royal palace of the Tang Dynasty, telling the love story of emperors and concubines by the hot spring pool.
- [Attraction/experience] 长恨歌演出, Song of Everlasting Regret: The immersive dance drama uses mountains and rivers as its stage to interpret a tragic love story that transcends life and death.
- [Accommodation] Wyndham Grand Xian Chanba; You will be arranged to stay at City Comfort Inn (Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street Store). If the hotel is fully booked, other hotels of the same class will be arranged. All hotel room types are basic room types. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 11
- [Attraction/experience] Bell and Drum Towers, Bell and Drum Towers: Ming Dynasty landmarks standing facing east and west, witnessing the millennium of changes in the ancient capital with morning bells and evening drums.
- [Attraction/experience] Muslim Quarter, Muslim Quarter: Roujiamo and paomo are everywhere; stroll around and unlock Xi'an's food map.
- [Attraction/experience] Xi'an City Wall, Xi'an City Wall: Cycle to touch the blue bricks, and overlook the ancient and modern collision of the old city and the new city.
- [Accommodation] City Comfort Inn (Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street Store); You will be arranged to stay at City Comfort Inn (Xi'an Bell and Drum Tower Huimin Street Store). If the hotel is fully booked, other hotels of the same class will be arranged. All hotel room types are basic room types. If you need to upgrade your room type for a fee, please contact customer service.
Day 12
- [Attraction/experience] Return by plane, Return trip: Full of the scenery of Northwest China and thousands of years of memories, ending a journey across the Silk Road and the Tang Dynasty.
- [Return] 12:00 - 23:00, at Xi'an Airport, Arrange airport transfer according to flight schedule, fully loaded with the natural scenery and cultural memories of Northwest China, ending the twelve-day Silk Road trip.
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Eligibility
- This activity has no age limit
- Participants must be aged 18+ to participate in this activity
Usage validity
- The voucher is valid only on the specified date (and time if applicable)
Redemption information
- If you are a Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, or foreign guest, please download WeChat and add the travel butler WeChat: Youyouxing_Servicer/ or WhatsAppID: +8613893147009, and send your gender, date of birth, etc. for purchasing insurance tickets.
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- You'll get a full refund as long as you don't redeem your voucher
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