D1

BEIJING ARRIVAL

    D2

BEIJING

    D3

BEIJING

    D4

FLIGHT: BEIJING-ZHANGYE (eg. 08:45-11:45, abt 3hrs)

    D5

ZHANGYE

    D6

ZHANGYE > JIAYUGUAN

    D7

JIAYUGUAN > DUHUANG

    D8

DUHUANG

    D9

FLIGHT: DUNHUANG - URUMQI VIA LANZHOU (eg. 07:35-13:55, stopover 1.5hrs)

    D10

URUMQI > TURPAN

    D11

TURPAN > URUMQI

    D12

URUMQI

    D13

URUMQI

    D14

URUMQI DEPARTURE

   D1

BEIJING ARRIVAL

- / - / D

Highlights: ✔Recover from jetlag ✔Beijing illuminated at night

DIST. - / -

• Pick up and transfer to hotel to fresh up

• Evening, pick you up to try out the famous Peking Duck

• Check out Beijing illuminated at night, incl. Olympic Park Water Cube, Birdnest National Stadium, Wangfujing Street

   D2

BEIJING

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Tiananmen Square ✔Forbidden City ✔Temple of Heaven

DIST. - / -

• Tiananmen Square, the largest city square in the world

• Forbidden City, the former Chinese imperial palace from Ming to Qing dynasty, between 1420~1924

• Temple of Heaven, an imperial sacrificial site where emperors prayed to heaven

   D3

BEIJING

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Badaling Great Wall ✔Summer Palace

DIST. - / -

• Badaling Great Wall, built in the Ming dynasty (1505) to occupy a commanding and strategic position for protecting the Juyongguan Pass

• Discover Summer Palace, the imperial gardens

   D4

FLIGHT: BEIJING-ZHANGYE (eg. 08:45-11:45, abt 3hrs)

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Beijing's old hutong streets in a rickshaw

DIST. - / -

• Discover the charms of Beijing's old hutong streets in a rickshaw

• Drop off

• Pick up and transfer to hotel

• Free in the afternoon for you to rest or explore

   D5

ZHANGYE

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Zhangye Danxia Landform Geographical Park

DIST. - / -

• Zhangye Danxia Landform Geographical Park, a spectacular petrographic geomorphology landscape which is formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates

   D6

ZHANGYE > JIAYUGUAN

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Giant Buddha Temple ✔Jiayuguan Pass

DIST. 231km/5hrs

• Giant Buddha Temple, which is famous for having the largest indoor sleeping Buddha in Asia

• Drive to Jiayuguan City and check into hotel to fresh up

• Afternoon, visit Jiayuguan Pass, the First and Greatest Pass under Heaven and the westernmost starting point of the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty

   D7

JIAYUGUAN > DUHUANG

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Yulin Grottoes

DIST. 380km/4hrs

• Heading to Dunhuang. En route, visit Yulin Grottoes, which was listed as the UNESCO World Heritage sites as part of the Chinese Section of the Silk Road

• Check into hotel in Dunhuang

   D8

DUHUANG

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Mogao Grottoes ✔Echoing Sand Mountains ✔Crescent Lake

DIST. - / -

• Visit Mogao Grottoes, famed as the "Louvre of the East", with its exquisite mural paintings and statues

• Echoing Sand Mountains, which is said to echo like orchestra music with the wind

• Crescent Lake, a beautiful oasis surrounded by the Echoing Sand Mountains

   D9

FLIGHT: DUNHUANG - URUMQI VIA LANZHOU (eg. 07:35-13:55, stopover 1.5hrs)

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Arrival in Xinjiang

DIST. - / -

• Drop off

• Pick up

   D10

URUMQI > TURPAN

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Tuyugou Village ✔Camel riding at Kumtag Desert

DIST. 195km/2.5hrs

• Visit Tuyugou Village, and experience the traditional lifestyle of the Uyghurs by visiting a local Uyghur family

• Camel riding at Kumtag Desert

   D11

TURPAN > URUMQI

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Emin Minaret ✔The ruins of the ancient city of Jiaohe ✔Karez Well System

DIST. 195km/2.5hrs

• Visit Emin Minaret with beautiful shadows cast across the walls in the morning sunlight

• Visit the ruins of the ancient city of Jiaohe, which was built by digging down instead of building up from the ground

• Venture underground to explore the Karez Well System and experience the wisdom behind this ancient irrigation system

   D12

URUMQI

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Heavenly Lake ✔Grand International Bazaar

DIST. - / -

• Visit Heavenly Lake, with a 40mins shuttle bus drive twisting through the picturesque Tianshan mountains to the edge of the Lake

• Visit the Grand International Bazaar and do some lovely shopping

   D13

URUMQI

B / L / D

Highlights: ✔Xinjiang Regional Museum ✔Red Hill Park ✔Wild Horse Ecological Base

DIST. - / -

•Visit Xinjiang Regional Museum, with many archaeological treasures of the Silk Road and Xinjiang's minority cultures

•Visit Red Hill Park in city center to overlook the beautiful landscapes of Tianshan Mountain and the city

•Visit Wild Horse Ecological Base, the famous horse of nomads land and all kinds of collections from this vast region

   D14

URUMQI DEPARTURE

B / - / -

Highlights: ✔Homeward Bound

DIST. - / -

• Drop off