Tours & Activities in Zhangye

This private tour will show you to visit  the highlights of Zhangye. You will visit the Binggou Danxia, Zhangye Danxia Geo Park, Pingshanhu Grand Canyon, and the Horse Hoof Temple Grottoes (Matisi Grottoes). Your tour departure point is from your Zhangye hotel.

Visit the Horse Hoof Temple Grottoes the legend said that the Heavenly Horse left a footprint in the cave, it has become a treasure of the temple, you will see the beautiful snow mountain and grassland here. Enjoy lunch in the local ethnic Yugur people’s tent. In the afternoon visit the Zhangye Danxia Landform, it is the best evolved examples in China of window lattice and palace forms. it can be seen only in the arid areas of Gansu  province. The Danxia formations are surrounded by colorful hills, which seem to rise and fall like waves; with rock strata of different colors mixed in graceful disarray

Gansu province is a famous for its rich and varied resourced for tourism development -- with all kinds of topography resources except oceans and reefs. The Hexi corridor used to be a very important part for foreign travelers arrive to center China. Our tour will bring you back to the past of the Hexi Corridor. Everyday will show you the thousand years history of this region.

This private tour will show you to the unusual place of the Danxia park, take the private car to explore and take very good photos in the park.   The area of Zhang in Danxia National Geopark is 510 square kilometres in total, it located in the north of Qilian mountains, SuNa County territory. It includes the colour hills in Linze country ,ice hills, Danxia and GanZhou District and PingShan lake. The scenic Danxia, is a distance of 40 km from east Zhang Ye city, north from Linze county town by 20 kilometers, this is the most typical arid area of northern China.

Unlock the secrets of Hexi Corridor on a 7 Days Tour. You will see the Romantic Rainbow Mountain in Zhangye; Stop at the majestic Jiayuguan Fortress; then come to Dunhuang, the westernmost city of Hexi Corridor, Learning about the treasures of the Silk Road and Buddhism art UNESCO-Mogao Grottoes. Riding the camels in the vast desert where you will experience the silk road caravan. * Private transportation with good AC * Professional English Speaking Guide Service * Bottled water and paper napkins * 7/24 English Service online.

As a key part of the Silk Road, Hexizoulang(Corridor on the west bank of the Yellow River) is the parth connecting the mainland to Xinjiang. Zhangye, Jiayuguan and Dunhuang are the pearls along the corridor. You will see splendid landforms from Yadan, Danxia to the Gobi, Desert and even an oasis. History and culture are well presented too, murals in Dunhuang doesn't speak a word, but it says everything. Having a dialogue with the history for the continous 2000 years there is the dream of many from all over the world.

This hiking day tour from Dunhang takes you to the Binggou Danxia Scenic Area and Zhangye Danxia Geopark where you can have a bird view of Binggou Danxia and Qilian Snow Mountain. Zhangye Danxia is the most famous and the largest typical of China’s arid area Danxia land-form. A tasty lunch at the farmer's restaurant is included.

The Badain Jaran Desert is a desert in China which spans the provinces of Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. It covers an area of 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi). By size it is the third largest desert in China. This private tour will show you to discover this beautiful desert from Zhangye.

Pingshanhu Grand Canyon is the TOP 5 grand canyons in the world. We will hiking in the park for about 2.5 hours.The scenic area includes the grand canyon,The scenic area includes the grand canyon, stone wonders, desert and snow mountain, primitive forest, and aesthetic value.

Zhangye located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, it's an excellent tourism city of China and national historical and cultural city now. The most beautiful clourful Zhangye Danxia has attract a lot of tourist come to this city.  This private Zhanye airport (YZY) transfer is especially offered to tourists who are going to visit this city,welcome to Zhangye.

Zhangye located in the northwest of China Gansu province, it was known as “Ganzhou” in the past time. As the “arm” in Zhangqian Period to the communication with the western regions in Western Han Dynasty. Zhangye got it’s name and has always been praised as “the Yangtze River region in the frontier” and “the Golden Zhangye”. This morning you will visit the Horse Hoof Temple Grottoes the legend said that the Heavenly Horse left a footprint in the cave, it has become a treasure of the temple, you will see the beautiful snow mountain and grassland here. Enjoy lunch in the local ethnic Yugur people’s tent. Pingshanhu Grand Canyon is the TOP 5 grand canyon in the world. We will hiking in the park for about 2 hours.The scenic area includes the grand canyon,The scenic area includes the grand canyon, stone wonders, desert and snow mountain, primitive forest, and aesthetic value.

Zhangye located in the middle of the Hexi Corridor, it's an excellent tourism city of China and national historical and cultural city now. The most beautiful clourful Zhangye Danxia has attract a lot of tourist come to this city.  This private Zhanye airport (YZY) transfer is especially offered to tourists who have finished their visit in city.

At about 14:00 tour guide will meet you at hotel lobby, then forward to Zhangye Danxia Landform, enjoy your photographing this afternoon. Duration: 4 to 6 hours Useful Tips: 1) Pack with sun creams, sun glasses, protective clothing and hat to protect from strong sunlight in summer; 2) sunset is the best time for taking photos which happen around 19:00~20:30 in summer and 17:00~18:00 in winter.

This 6-day China silk road private tour will provide you a great Chance to explore Zhangye, Jiayuguan and Dunhuang. All entrance fees , private van, driver, English guide , 4-star hotel accommodation and Chinese lunch are offered.

This is a private tour of attractions downtown Zhangye. You can make most of your time without any tourist shopping stops. Pick-up and drop-off hotel or personal address is supposed to be in the city. Service time maximum to 8 hours but you can request to depart a bit earlier or later. Tour itinerary can be customized to your needs.

Today we will arrange a private transfer for you to see the most beautiful rainbow Mountain in Zhangye. It is known as the Rainbow Mountain with an area of 529 square kilometers, it's the best place for tourism, painting, photography and science education, once you are in Zhangye pls never miss the rainbow Mountain, it gained the China's top seven most beautiful Danxia landforms. Zhangye is a small city, pls better book the tour 1 week ahead so we can find English speaking guide easily.

Zhangye is an important city in ancient silk raod, today we will arrange a private day tour for your to visit the famous Mati temple and Daso temple. Mati temple also called Puguang temple With a history of more than 1,600 years which was built on the cliff, the Mati Temple Grottoes, together with Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang and Yulin Grottoes in Anxi, are called the "three art treasures of Hexi Buddhism. In Mati temple the Buddhist caves depict a lovely way the spread of this religion via the Silk Road to China. Zhangye Dafo was built in 1098 during China’s Xixia Dynasty, a huge reclining Buddha was stored in the Main Hall for 900 years. Dafo with 34.5 meters body in length, shoulder 7.5 meters, ears 4 meters in length, which is the largest indoor Buddha statue in China

Travel consulting service in English, French and Spanish supported. Please kindly inform us the departure time, hotel name and address when send in inquiry. We will arrange vehicle type according travelers number. we provide vehicles of (5-seat car, 7-seat van, bus etc) Each car/van has limits of number of passengers. Please also take your luggage pieces and size into consideration when choosing the car/van type.

Zhangye Danxia Geopark is getting very popular for its unique landform and fresh color, this private day tour will let you explore both Rainbow Danxia and Binggou Danxia from Zhangye city center by private vehicle. Please note no guide for this tour because there are few English-speaking tour guide here, and the driver will help you take the sightseeing bus, ticket etc. We can translate/interpret via cell phone when it is necessary.