Guided Tour “Zhangye, Badain Jaran and Xining” was a “8 days guided tour by “China Discovery” a Chengdu based tour agency. This 8 days guided tour was coupled with another “10 days Tibet tour” by the same Agency. The total…
Day 8: Taer Monastery
Leaving Chaka Town We had a good breakfast at our hotel, Jintian Century Hotel (茶卡锦天世纪大酒店). We checked out of our hotel at about 8.45am, and were “backtracking” to Xining. The weather was gloomy and the sky was downcast. We were…
Day 7: Qinghai & Chaka Lake
Great Breakfast at Sofitel Xining Breakfast was absolutely great at Sofitel Xining (西宁新华联索菲特大酒店), it had a huge spread of both western and local favours. This breakast was the best we had taken so far on this trip. We were not…
Day 6: Badain Jaran Desert to Xining
Temple Lake Our camp was just by the lake, Miaohaizi (庙海子) . We woke up early to take a walk to the lake. At the opposite end we saw a temple. Miaohaizi (庙海子) meant temple lake in Chinese. This lake…
Day 5: Badain Jaran Desert
On our way to the desert In the morning we had breakfast at our hotel, Alashan Right Banner Shangshiyuan Hotel. The breakfast was part of the package for our one night stay at the hotel. The spread was not a…
Day 4: Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon
Route for the day We visited Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon which was about an hour drive from Zhangye city. We had a great time exploring the canyon spending unexpectedly about 6 hours trekking through the canyon, gorge and valley, it…
Day 3: Mati Grottoes & Dafo Temple
Scenic sites for the day For the day we visited two very special and interesting temples. One was practically carved into t rock cliffs and the other was integrated into a hill. Both the temples were near to each other…
Day 2: Zhangye Danxia Scenic Areas
Zhangye Danxia There were two very large Danxia Scenic Areas(丹霞 景区) near Zhangye City. One was Bingou Danxia Scenic Area (冰沟 丹霞 景区) and the other was Rainbow Danxia Scenic Area (七彩丹霞景区. Danxia (丹霞 ) basically meant “red glow” so…
Day 1: Flying into ZhangYe
Four parts – 26 Days China Trip We were on the first day of our 8-day trip covering Zhangye, Badain Jaran Desert and Xining This was Part 2 (of four parts) of our 26-day China Trip. Part 1(Beijing) and Part…