Qinghai + Gansu 5-7 day route collection guide.

If you are visiting Northwest China for the first time and don’t know how to choose a route, you must read this guide. It will explain the scenery and routes to you all at once. Save it now✔️ ✅Travel preparation 🌷Documents: Student ID or other preferential documents, etc. 🌷Electrical appliances: mobile phones, chargers, headphones, power banks, cameras, etc. 🌷Daily necessities: toiletries, moisturizing products, cosmetics, sunscreen, etc. 🌷Clothing: The temperature is still very suitable🌞But the temperature difference between morning and evening is quite large. It is recommended to bring a thick coat🧥 ------- 💥💥Five-day loop of Qinghai Lake, Dunhuang and Zhangye: Day 1: Xining - Sun Moon Mountain - Qinghai Lake (Heima River) - Chaka Salt Lake - Delingha (stay overnight) Day 2: Delingha - Crossing the Qaidam Basin - (Emerald Lake) - Dunhuang (overnight). Day 3: Dunhuang - Mogao Grottoes (tickets are best purchased around 9am) - Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Lake - Shazhou Night Market - Dunhuang City (stay overnight) Day 4: Dunhuang City ---- (via Jiayuguan) ---- Zhangye Colorful Danxia Geopark ---- Zhangye (stay) Day 5: Zhangye-----Biandukou-----Qilian Grassland------Ganshika Snow Peak (viewed from a distance)-----Menyuan rapeseed flower sea (July)----Xining City (end). 🚙🚙 Recommended itinerary: 🚩Qinghai-Gansu Grand Loop 6 days and 5 nights 🔺D1: Xining-----Menyuan Flower Sea----Qilian Grassland---Qi🌈Danxia----Qi🌈 Town 🔺D2: Seven Towns-----Jiayuguan Tower-----Guazhou [Son of the Earth·Boundless]------Dunhuang 🔺D3: Dunhuang---Mogao Grottoes---Crescent Moon of Mingsha Mountain---Dunhuang 🔺D4: Dunhuang ---- Oil Town ---- Nanbaxian Yadan --- Emerald Lake · Romantic Travel Photography ---- Dachaidan 🔺D5: Dachaidan-Chaka Salt Lake-Chaka 🔺D6: Chaka-----Qinghai Lake Black Horse River----Sun Moon Mountain----Xining 🚩🚩🚩🚩Qinghai-Gansu Grand Loop 7 days and 6 nights 🔹Day 1: Xining---Qinghai Lake---Chaka Salt Lake---Chaka Town 🔹Day 2: Chaka Town - Jadeite - Dachaidan 🔹Day 3: Dachaidan---Water Yadan---Southern Eight Immortals Yadan--Dachaidan 🔹Day 4: Dachaidan---Dangjinshan---Aksai Oil Town---Dunhuang (camping) 🔹Day 5: Dunhuang 1---Mogao Grottoes 1---Mingsha Mountain Crescent Moon Lake 1---Dunhuang 🔹Day 6: Dunhuang---Guazhou---Jiayuguan Tower---Colorful Danxia---Zhangye 🔹Day 7: Zhangye---Qilian Grassland---Menyuan Rapeseed Flowers---Daban Mountain--Xining 【Must-visit attractions】 Qinghai Lake: Watch the ice crack in April, and ride around the lake to see the rapeseed flowers after May Chaka Salt Lake: The Sky Mirror Restarts! It is recommended to shoot reflections in the early morning/evening (it is easy to reflect at noon) Emerald Lake: drone aerial photography! The mint green salt lake looks like an overturned emerald Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Lake: Avoid the hot sand at noon! Mogao Grottoes: Reservations must be made 30 days in advance during peak season! The number of special caves open to the public has increased to 12 Colorful Danxia: The colors are most intense after the rain (wild flowers occasionally appear in April) Yadan on the water: Water level rises in June, and the "West Sea Fleet" landscape is fully open -⚠【Upgraded version of pit avoidance tips】 1. Clothing: Bring a jacket in April and sun protection sleeves + sun hat in June (UV index is off the charts) 2 Transportation: The price of chartered cars will increase by 30% from May. It is recommended to book before the end of April. Be careful of trucks when taking photos on the U-shaped road on National Highway 315 (the slope is steeper than it looks) 3 tickets: Mogao Grottoes A ticket includes digital movie + 8 caves, B ticket only includes 4 caves (the difference is worth the ticket price) The one-way train to Chaka Salt Lake costs 50 yuan. It is recommended to walk in and take the train out. 4. Photography: Best time to take photos of Emerald Lake: before 11am (windy in the afternoon) The sunset at the No. 4 viewing platform in Danxia Scenic Area is stunning (but there are many people, so you need to reserve a seat in advance)