2-Day Zhangye Private Tour: Binggou Danxia, Zhangye Danxia Geo Park, Mati Temple Grottoes
Overview
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2 days
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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.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
What To Expect
Danxia Parks in Zhangye
Food and Drinks
LUNCH
Lunch
Binggou Danxia Scenic Area
Your professional tour guide will meet you at the lobby of your Zhangye hotel, by an air-conditioned minivan to Binggou Danxia Landform, it will take about 1 hour to the park. you will hike for about 2 hours in the park, the peak looks like a camel, torch, palace, frog,etc.. enjoy the beautiful view on the mountain.
Zhangye Danxia Geopark
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
The Horse Hoof Temple Grottoes & Pingshanhu Grand Canyon
Food and Drinks
LUNCH
Lunch
Zhangye
Transfer to the Horse-Hoof Temple Grottoes, you will see the countryside view and grassland on the way. The Horse-Hoof Temple Grottoes located in the Qilian Snow Mountain, initially the first cave was opened by Guoyu who came from Dunhuang in the third century. It is a very important Buddhism Grottoes in Gansu. Enjoy lunch a local ethnic Yugur people's tent, this minority group just can be find in Gansu province. they believe Tibten Buddhism also well. In the afternoon, you will visit the TOP 5 grand canyons in the world----Pingshanhu Grand Canyon, you will hiking in the park for about 2.5 hours. The scenic area includes the grand canyon, stone wonders, desert and snow mountain, primitive forest, and aesthetic value.
Options
2-Day Zhangye Private Tour
Visit the Binggou Danxia & Zhangye Danxia, the Horse Hoof Temple Grottioes , Pingshanhu Grand Canyon. Pickup included
What‘s Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Local guide
Admission fee
Transport by air-conditioned minivan / coach
Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
Gratuities
Accommodation
Pickup points
Zhangye Southeast Air Base Airport
Zhangye China
Zhangye Hotel
No.164 Xianfu Street, Zhangye China
Holiday Inn Express Zhangye by IHG
No. 184 Huancheng West Road, Ganzhou District Zhangye China
Meeting points
Zhangye
Zhangye China
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
3 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
I recommend
mariafI4051GY,May 22, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A day full of discoveries and beautiful landscapes. On all tours, concern for ensuring visitor safety can be seen. The guide who accompanied us was kind and competent.
Wonders of nature of culture with a professional agency
kairate2024,Feb 26, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was my pleasure to explore Gansu province together with Silk Road Angel Tours in February 2024. Steven took a good care of me accompanying me to the national parks and sites around Zhangye. All my needs were handled with the utmost professionalism. I wouldn't be able to visit these places myself having in mind complicated logistics and difficulties of not speaking Chinese and not having local apps. Steven arranged the hotel, a vehicle with driver and return train tickets for my next destination in China. I was satisfied with the quality of a vehicle and overall safety. I was glad to learn about local traditions and ways of life of local communities. Everything went smoothly and was totally worth it!
3 days in Zhangye - terrific, don't miss it
rmg08057,Aug 2, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This trip was 2 1/2 days in and around Zhangye. I worked with Steven Kang of Silk Road Angel Tours. This was a terrific experience. I have reviewed Steven and Angel tours elsewhere so this is more about the Zhangye section of the two-part trip. Steven seemed to accomplish everything effortlessly, nothing rushed, everything accomplished with ease. It was all arranged via email to/from China/New Zealand. I loved the colours at Binggou Park - the purple in the rock formations reminds me a lot of Utah and central Australia. I would recommend taking the helicopter ride over Danxia Geopark - it isn't cheap, but it is something else entirely, terrific. Steven had cleverly got us a private tour within the park which opened up several locations not otherwise available. The Mati Temple Grottoes were something unexpected. This is a Tibetan settlement, and it reinforced for me how far out west I was, the western side of the Hexi corridor is I realised the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. Lunch here was special, the wild mushroom soup was superb, good enough to support a flourishing restaurant in any other location. Steven was at his best, helping secure a ride for me near the grottoes when the altitude began to take effect. The surprise for me was the Dafo or Giant Buddha Temple in town ... it is a very moving place to visit, the atmosphere is serene, and the house swifts are beautiful. All the people I met were welcoming and friendly - all I had to do was smile and a great big grin would light up their faces. I knew it got to Steven as well, he said "I really like this town". My favourite was the lady on the street selling freshly-shelled peas - I said (via Steven) that she reminded me of my mother and that I used to do that before dinner when I was a kid - she laughed at that. Note: Why you might need a guide - Steven saved me when I had to explain to the three young women at the hotel counter, who had zero English, that I needed my toilet unblocked! Just another day for him I expect. Thanks Stevo.
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