Xining Qinghai Lake and Zhangye Danxia 4-Day Private Tour
Departing from Xining City
Xining City
- 🌿【Special Experience】:
- Stroll along Qinghai Lake, entering a blue fairy tale world.
- Take the Chaka Salt Lake mini-train, embarking on a dreamlike journey of chasing light.
- Explore Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon, where geological wonders of hundreds of millions of years are breathtaking; wander through the Colorful Danxia, vibrant as God's overturned palette, easily capturing stunning photos of the Northwest wilderness.
- Private tour intimate experience: A dedicated car accompanies you throughout the journey, one group per tour, no joining other groups, avoiding a rushed experience; free airport/train station pickup in Xining, ensuring worry-free travel, no hidden consumption, making your trip more secure.
- High cost-performance essential route: 4 days to explore Qinghai Lake, Chaka, Zhangye, and Qilian, covering four core landscapes: salt lakes, grottoes, canyons, and grasslands, efficiently checking off the essence of the Northwest, suitable for weekend/short holiday travel.
What to expect
Salt Lake Tour + Colorful Danxia
- D1 Xining to Qinghai Lake Erlangjian Scenic Area to Chaka Salt Lake to Xining (600KM/6.5H)
- Warm reminder: The round trip today is about 600 kilometers, and the driving time is about 6.5 hours. The journey is long and starts early. Please ensure sufficient sleep before departure and bring your own snacks.
- D2 Xining to Mati Temple to Zhangye (Today's driving time is about 390KM/5H)
- D3 Zhangye to Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon to Colorful Danxia (Today's driving time is about 180KM/3H)
- D4 DAY8 Zhangye to Xining (Today’s driving time is about 600KM/7H) [Optional Route 1: Zhangye City District to G30 Lianyungang-Khorgos Expressway to Wuwei to Xining. It is recommended to book flights at 19:00 or later on the same day] [Optional Route 2: Zhangye to Sunan County to G213 Erga Highway to S302 Provincial Road to Xining. It is recommended to book flights at 19:00 or later on the same day]
- Stroll by Qinghai Lake, enjoy the lake view, feed seagulls, and experience Tibetan style.
- At Chaka Salt Lake, the sky and the lake merge into one, and people walk in the mirror, as if walking on clouds.
- Visit Mati Temple Grottoes, a group of grottoes built on cliffs. The "Thirty-Three Heavens" grottoes are magnificent and integrate Han Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Yugur culture.
- At Colorful Danxia, observe the colorful mountains with staggered layers, presenting gradual colors of red, yellow, orange, purple, and gray under the sunlight. It is the filming location of "A Simple Noodle Story" and "The Sun Also Rises", with stunning sunrises and sunsets.
- Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon has deep canyons and numerous strange peaks. You can walk through the One-Line Sky, Sky Ladder, and circular trails to experience the fun of hiking and exploration.
- Qilian Grassland: A vast green grassland with herds of cattle and sheep, experiencing the poetic beauty of "wind blowing grass low reveals cattle and sheep."
- Foreign guests can register with confidence.
- The Chinese team leader will communicate using mobile translation software.
- After placing an order, staff will communicate itinerary details with you via WeChat or email. Please provide your WeChat ID.

Qinghai Lake Erlangjian, located on the southeast bank of Qinghai Lake, is the most developed main scenic area of Qinghai Lake. The sword-shaped peninsula winding deep into the heart of the lake is an iconic landscape. Visitors can take a cruise to get a

Chaka Salt Lake | Mirror of the Sky on the Plateau
In Tibetan, it means "salt pond." Located at the eastern gate of the Qaidam Basin in Wulan County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai, it is a natural brine lake where solid and liquid coexist, and a national 4A-l

Mati Temple | A Thousand-Year-Old Buddhist Kingdom on the Cliff, Buddhist Chants of the Silk Road at the Foot of Qilian Mountains
Located in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Zhangye, Gansu, at the northern foot of the Qilian Mountains (about 65 kilometers f

Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon | A spectacular canyon in the Northwest carved by a hundred-million-year-old red strata, a Silk Road secret comparable to the Colorado Grand Canyon

Zhangye Colorful Danxia | God's overturned palette, a colorful geological epic on the Silk Road
Located at the junction of Niujiaoying Town, Linze County, Zhangye, Gansu, and Sunan County, it is a national 5A-level scenic spot and a World Geopark.
Must-vi

Qilian Grassland | A green carpet at the foot of snow-capped mountains, a nomadic poem above the heavenly realm
Also known as Qilian Mountains Grassland, it is an alpine meadow belt (average altitude of about 3000 meters) spanning Qilian County in Haibei,

It is not a single scenic spot, but a magnificent ecological corridor stretching for hundreds of kilometers: with the perpetually snow-capped Qilian Mountains as a backdrop, streams like the Babao River and Heihe River winding through it. In summer, the g
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