3-Day Journey to Dunhuang

• Arrive in Zhangye
  

• 4+stars Hotel

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Welcome to Zhangye, your guide and driver will pick you up and transfer you to your hotel, have a good rest and get ready to start tomorrow's journey.

• Zhangye Binggou Danxia Scenic Area - Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park
  

• 4+stars Hotel

• Breakfast

  
  

After breakfast, you will be driven for about one hour to the unique Benggou Danxia Landscape Scenic Area. If the Danxia of Linze is famous for its colorful, then the Benggou Danxia is more like a work of art carefully carved by nature, with her unparalleled dexterity, the mountains and rivers are shaped into a breathtaking spectacle - a magnificent palace standing tall, a long corridor stretching out sinuously, huge stone pillars rising up from the ground, with different shapes and forms, which attracts people's imagination. For the next two hours, you will take a leisurely stroll through this magical land and experience nature's artistry up close.

Then, you will head to Zhangye Danxia National Geopark, a wondrous landscape originating from the remote pre-Jurassic period, where thousands of peaks and peaks, like a brilliant palette of colors in the setting sun, stretch endlessly, draping the barren mountains in a gorgeous red dress. In order to capture this stunning beauty in all aspects, there are several viewing platforms in the park for you to stop and watch, and to freeze every wonderful moment. When the sun sets, the Rainbow Terrace is the perfect place to watch the sunset over the Danxia landscape. It is recommended that you arrive early to grab an excellent viewing position, so as not to miss the magnificent view of the setting sun coloring the sky and Danxia together.

• Great Buddha Temple - Mati Temple
  

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• Breakfast

After breakfast, you will proceed to the prestigious Great Buddha Temple, famous for housing Asia's largest indoor sleeping Buddha. Built during the Western Xia Dynasty (1098 AD), this magnificent temple complex is not only admired for its opulent decorations, but even more precious for its well-preserved Buddhist scriptures and exquisite murals, a treasure of history and art. At the heart of the temple, a 34.5-meter-long giant sleeping Buddha lies in the center, showing the solemn scene of Buddha's nirvana with exquisite wood carving, and its ears are wide enough for four adults to sit side by side, demonstrating extraordinary artistic attainments and religious significance.

We then drive across about 65 kilometers to the historic Mati Temple. Mati Temple, is a monument that carries the deep cultural heritage of the Northern Liang period (397 to 460 AD). The core attraction, Puguang Temple, is like a bright pearl set on the craggy cliffs. Its uniqueness lies in the 21 staggered grottoes, standing proudly in the posture of a five-tiered pagoda, with each layer seeming to tell a thousand-year story. The outer walls of the temple bravely poke out over the edge of the cliff, creating a breathtaking illusion of standing in the air. Part of the area requires a hike up steep stone steps to reach the top of the temple, each step filled with admiration for the wisdom and perseverance of the ancients.

Grottoes outside the Qilian Mountains towering, November to June is silver, snow-capped in the sun shining with the holy light, for this land added a few points of mystery and magnificence.

Our journey comes to an end, the guide and driver will according to your schedule to send you to the station or airport, hope that this trip can leave you with good memories, look forward to meeting you again!