Ganqing Great Circuit is the hottest self-drive tour route in recent years, much loved by young domestic tourists, we can drive or ride, but it is recommended to drive is better, riding is too consuming physical strength and time, and now you can also take the train to enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way, the following to share with you the detailed Ganqing Great Circuit travel tips and maps.
Some people say that, in their lifetime, must go to the Great Northwest to walk a big loop, because walk a big loop is equivalent to travel 10 times, the most classic Northwest seven-day big loop across the two provinces of Qing, Gan distance of about 2700 kilometers, covering the two provinces of the essence of the attractions of about 20, seemingly incompatible with the beauty of all the real convergence of this line above the desert, the Gobi, the Grottoes, Yadan, Danxia, mountains, lakes, grasslands, flowers, temples, no man's land, salt lakes, snowy mountains
You may have to spend many trips to see all the scenery, here you can meet, but the Northwest, the attractions are scattered, the distance is farther, then in the Northwest attractions of the traffic is not convenient under the conditions of the most suitable way is to drive.
Coming to May, the annual summer long tour is on the agenda again, where to go this year? A family gathering, occasionally talk about this topic, I said my daughter wants to go to Dunhuang to see the Mogao Grottoes. A person driving too tired, can only regret with the group tour. I didn't expect to get a positive response from my elder brother and his family, saying that why don't we rent a seven-seater car in Xining, and the two of us will take turns to drive, and it's not very tiring, and so the trip was made.
DAY1: Z86 Nanjing - Xi'an
Comfortable soft sleeper carriages
DAY2 Xi'an - Xining
The next day at noon to Xi'an station, Wudaokou station to take the subway line 1 to the North Street to line 2 to Xi'an North Station, on the D2673 to Xining Xi'an North Station, arrived at Xining station at 19:40, out of the station directly to the Shenzhou car rental pick up the car. The first car is not working. The first car is not working.
The second car I took a picture of the whole car ready to pick up, my wife said it seems to look at the staff shifting problems, I let the master face to face to hang to see, the results are indeed very difficult to hang, ten times three can be hooked into the good. This kind of car let me drive a few thousand kilometers I certainly do not dare.
Fortunately, the third car did not have any problems, and I repeatedly tried the brake and throttle position. The whole car has a touch of the original place to take pictures to keep. Later in the journey, the car is still relatively strong, did not have any condition.
Shenzhou Rent-A-Car Xining High-speed Railway Station
The fuel tank of the car has reached the alarm line, so I immediately went to add fuel. After the toss has been to almost ten o'clock, hastily ate a ramen, stayed in Ruijia Select Hotel (Jianguo Street 26).
The night view of Xining from the Ruijia room
DAY3 Xining - Zhuoer Mountain - Qilian Town (total travel about 290 kilometers)
Xining to the west!
Dasan Mountain toll station
Continue to move forward, over 3700 meters Jingyangling Pass to reach the Silk Road, the main road of the town of Ebao, where the lunch, all the way to Zhuoer Mountain
Ebao ancient town (newly renovated)
Road through the Arou Daxue
Arrived at Zhuoer Mountain about 1:00 p.m. or so. Zhuoer Mountain is directly across the Oxheart Mountain, the snow on top of the mountain is clearly visible, under the mountain rapeseed flowers and wheat fields correspondingly yellow and green, known as the "sky Qilian".
Zhuoer Mountain's altitude is 4328 meters. May be just on the plateau is not acclimatized, may be walking a little fast, down the Zhuoer Mountain after experiencing what is called high reflexes, a little gas, about two hours or so the end of the tour, drive to the Qilian town of the B&B. B&B is in the line of Audemars Piguet more than a month in advance of the good. B&B in the sixth floor, the size of the luggage on the sixth floor and increase the degree of high altitude sickness. The night hurriedly finished dinner, into the room to rest, the night after a short nap, and then fall asleep is very difficult, headache is unbearable, the eyeballs as if to be squeezed out of the frame. Stayed up slowly till morning.
DAY4 Qilian town - Zhangye seven-color Danxia scenic area (242 kilometers) - Jiayuguan City (about 220 kilometers)
Night headache did not ease, had to get up and ate an aspirin. Continue the trip, out of the Qilian town to Ebao direction. Early in the morning all the way to meet the herdsmen to cattle and sheep from their own pens to drive out to the natural pasture. From time to time, encounter cattle and sheep herd borrowed across the highway to the pasture. All we can do is wait quietly for them to pass, after all, this is their territory. We are the passers-by. (Encounter cattle and sheep to borrow the road, do not honk, slowly waiting for the opportunity to pass on the line, otherwise easy to be frightened. The consequences will be very troublesome).
Yak
Sheep lend a hand
The car traveled to the Ebao town yesterday to the three-way intersection. g227 turn to go to the direction of Gansu Zhangye. Over 3685 meters of the Oboling Pass, into Gansu Province, Minle County territory, the original in the memory of a documentary to see the Minle County, the impression that the county of rape fields a little fame. Sure enough, all the way to see a large blooming rapeseed fields, can not help but stop the roadside photo
Blooming rapeseed flowers
Arrived in Zhangye scenic area has been over noon, after entering the Gansu territory, high reflexes have disappeared without a trace. In the scenic area of a Sichuan restaurant wildly ate a meal, make up for yesterday's high reflexes did not eat much of the deficit. Physical fitness is also restored. Zhangye's seven-colored Danxia is famous for "Three Shots" and has since become the setting for several popular movies. The cascading heavy mountains are covered in layers of colorful ribbons, like God's palette dropped on earth.
Scenic play about two hours, the original plan to take a hot air balloon to shoot the panoramic Danxia landscape, ask the staff, the weather is too hot, safety factors, to five o'clock after the discretionary opening. Had to give up. Out of the Danxia scenic area, straight to Jiayuguan and go. Arrived at Jiayuguan scenic area has been about six o'clock, Jiayuguan ticket 110 yuan. Because of the forum and friends who have been there before, I learned that this scenic spot is a bit of a pit. So we decided to drive around the three sides of the Jiayuguan Pass, and take pictures from all angles. Then we stayed at Ibis Jiayuguan Hotel for the night.
Because of the first time to Gansu. In the hotel opposite a Long cuisine restaurant experience Long cuisine. The experience was good
Great tasting milk mash
DAY5 Jiayuguan - Dunhuang (about 362km)
Waking up early in the morning, I pushed the window to see the Qilian Mountains in the distance. Many of the peaks are wearing white hats. On top of them are all the white snow that never melts all year round. Unfortunately, the hotel screen window can not be opened to take pictures. Only in the hotel downstairs shot Jiayuguan Railway Station, Jiayuguan Railway Station out of Jiayuguan to Dunhuang. Both sides of the highway is the vast Gobi, all the way to the west, listening to Xu Wei's "free as the wind". The heart is full of pride at once. I feel that the sky and the earth are as wide as my heart is."
Jiayuguan Pass-Dunhuang
Arrived at Dunhuang at noon. Had dinner and went straight to Mogao Caves Digital Display Center, we booked the Class A ticket on the Mogao Caves official website a month ago. 238RMB/adult. Including digital movie, 8 caves, tour bus. Reservations need to be booked to the time, more than the reservation time will not be able to enter the theater to watch, digital film is mainly about the past life of the Mogao Grottoes. After watching the movie take the tour bus to visit the Mogao Caves, due to the Mogao Caves is a world-famous art treasure trove, come to visit a very large number of people. Security and protection reasons, only in the door queue, batch entry, every 15-20 people a team led by a tour guide, issued a pair of headphones, the whole explanation.
Mogao Grottoes: the "Oriental Louvre" known as the Mogao Grottoes, also known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, there is a thousand years of inheritance of the artistic treasures, those carefully carved statues of the Buddha, those fine brush strokes, depicted by the heart of the mural, is the ancient dynasties craftsmen left us and the world's precious gift, the Mogao Grottoes is the northwestern trip can not be missed! A classic. The Buddha statue inside the cave is very exquisite, wearing a robe sitting on top of the lotus platform, naturally hanging down on the lotus platform, covered in the folds of the robe on the lotus platform is clearly visible. Algae wells within the flying sky dress fluttering, colorful ribbons flying. As if at any time through space and time to fly to the eye, cave murals are made of precious stones and precious metals ground pigments on the color. After thousands of years or colorful. Because of cultural relics protection caves are not allowed to take pictures. Visited the caves, Mogao Grottoes trip to the end, (high speed rail brush microblogging. See Dunhuang area under heavy rain, a day under the rain is the sum of the year. The water flow to the road to the Mogao Grottoes washed out, the reservation to visit the ticket tourists are refunded to deal with. Can't help but be secretly grateful. The days of our Northwest tour were good weather. (Photo tour of both) is still back to the digital display center to get the car, about ten kilometers to arrive at the Mingsha Mountain scenic area, the ticket 110, children half price. Does not contain any play costs, another into the scenic area to pay 130 / person play costs, including sandboarding, camel riding. Scenic spot electric car one-way.
Eight o'clock out of the scenic drive Dunhuang IU hotel. After the formalities, a simple dinner, stroll through Dunhuang night market, purchased part of the accompanying gift.
Dunhuang city logo rebound pipa statue
DAY-6 Dunhuang - Yumen Pass (100 kilometers) - Yadan Devil City (70 kilometers or so) - Akse (180 kilometers)
Dunhuang Come out to run Yumen, all the way to the Gobi, very few vehicles. The first thing you need to do is to look at the empty highway. We also pulled over and took a few pictures of the highway,
The Yellow River is far away from the white clouds, a lonely city of 10,000 feet of mountains. The Qiang flute is not necessary to complain about the willow, the spring wind does not pass through the Jade Gate Gate. Every countrymen should memorize the Tang poem in their initiation education. Finally, seeing is believing, seeing the remaining small square city of Yumen, walking into the city, looking at the yellow rammed earth piled up the city wall, feeling the sadness and loneliness of the soldiers who were garrisoned in those years. (Yumen attractions single 40, driving without having to buy a scenic transportation vehicle)
Yumen down about more than an hour to reach the Yadan Devil City scenic area, Devil City: Dunhuang Yadan Devil City belongs to a part of the ancient Lop Nur, the scale of the huge, endless Gobi, the jagged Yadan landforms all over the group, fantastical and spectacular, whenever the night falls, the sharp strong winds across the Gobi, the horror of the roar, people Whenever night falls, the sharp winds across the Gobi make a horrible roar, which makes people feel creepy, and the "Devil City" is thus named.
Through the Gobi and desert highway, more than six o'clock in the afternoon to reach the Akse oil town, the oil has been extracted. The oil has been extracted and the town is quiet. There were not many vehicles. We arrived at the hotel to settle down, and then immediately went to the town of Boro Turning Well. Akse Oil Town: The oil town of Akse Kazakh Autonomous County. The locals charge entrance fee outside for 20/person. Here is the filming site of the movie "Nine Layer Demon Tower", which is an abandoned city fixed in the 80s, there are many scenes in the movie are still intact, flying minibus, gas station, school is a good place to pose for photos.
Strange picture, a small hotel actually parked a helicopter in front of the door, in the oil maintenance
DAY7Akse-Yuka service area (270 kilometers or so)-Dachaidan (50 kilometers)-Delingha
Because today we have to go over the Dangjin Mountain, which is more than 3700 meters above sea level, and enter Qinghai again, so we get up early in the morning to wash and clean up, and fill up the fuel at 7:30am, and start the journey, out of Akesai, to Dangjin Mountain, there is a section of 42 kilometers of the long uphill slope, and it is obvious to feel that the Datsun of the 2.0T gas pedal stepped on the bottom, the car is not much strength, 20 yards to move forward.
The opposite lane has a 10-meter-high paved platform every so often, and I wondered what it was for, and I saw a sign written in front of the platform that made me realize it. Out-of-control vehicle guidance. The original is afraid of continuous 42 kilometers long downhill. Some vehicles brake failure, let it rush on the platform to brake. Think about dozens of tons of long trailer if it fails to run wild is very scary.
All the way without words, when Jinshan has a section of road under repair, road conditions are very poor, full of potholes. Be careful driving, another reminder is such as in this section of the car to get out of the car to facilitate, remember to close the door, mountainous areas in July mosquitoes are very much, very big, get on the car after traveling a long period of time before playing clean. Over the pass, along the G3011 Liuge highway forward.
At 11:30 pm arrived at the fish card public security checkpoint. All of the cars have to get out of the car for security checks. No photos are allowed here. After getting back on the bus, you will enter the Yuka service area, which is contracted by the Tibetans. The service area is contracted by the Tibetans and only provides Tibetan food. 59 RMB per person, which is a bit expensive, and there is no instant noodle when I asked. Overall feeling is not very friendly.
We only had our own snacks. (In fact, you can not eat here to continue forward 50 kilometers in a very short period of time to Chaitan Town, the administrative committee of Chaitan, this side of the restaurant supermarkets have, there is a lot of choice).
We ate something before we went straight to the emerald lake of Dachaidan Lake. The town to the lake section of 5 kilometers of road, road conditions and its poor. Only turtle speed forward. At least, the beautiful scenery at the lake made us feel that it was worth driving this unprecedented bad road.
This place is still undeveloped, there is no cost, in the lake also met a small group of old folks driving to play. More than two o'clock in the afternoon from the Emerald Lake out, continue G3011 Liuge highway to take a section of the turn of the German small highway to Delingha, halfway in the Huai head of the pull service area to rest, Huai head of the pull near the aliens is the place where the discovery of the aliens, there is an alien ruins attractions. There is currently an alien ruins site. We did not plan our trip here, and only clocked in at the service area. Continue east until Delingha City
Wai Toutala Service Area
Delingha City was founded in 1988, is the capital of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, at an altitude of about 3,000 meters above sea level, with a population of about 50,000 people in the city. The air in the small town is fresh. The street plan is neat and clean. It gives people a comfortable and livable feeling. Delingha has been visited by the poet Hai Zi several times. And wrote the famous poem "sister, tonight I'm in Delingha" and famous, is a lot of literature into Qinghai must go to the place. The Hanting Xinyuan Road Hotel, where we stayed, has a memorial hall near the river, which introduces the life of Hai Zi and his poems.
DAY8 Delingha - Chaka Salt Lake (200km)-Tianjun County - Gangcha County
Delingha out, take the Chade Expressway to S2013 - Chaka Salt Lake, touring Out, S2013 to G315, over the elevation of 3847 meters Guanjiao Mountain, into the Tianjun County, once again into the pastoral area, and see a large area of pasture and cattle and sheep. Zero distance from the cattle and sheep, Tianjun County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture into Gangcha County, and the Qinghai Lake meet, along the lake line twenty to thirty kilometers, into the plateau of the sea city of Gangcha County
The Chaka Salt Lake: This is the "National Tourism Geographic Magazine" rated as "one of the life of a person must go to one of the 55 places," there are "As a mirror that reflects the sky, it is a holy place to visit Qinghai and take pictures. Chaka Salt Lake is a famous natural crystalline salt lake in the Qaidam Basin, China's "mirror of the sky", salt production can be used by the people of the country for about 75 years. There are numerous salt sculptures in the scenic area for viewing, and you can also take a small train to the depths of the salt lake for sightseeing. Visitors can walk barefoot onto the lake to watch and photograph their reflections, and if they are lucky enough, they can see mirages forming on these rivers during the day. (Chaka Salt Lake train 50 yuan / person one-way, you can sit a one-way directly to the core area, the lake shooting, back to walk a kilometer or so to the Salt Sculpture Plaza to take the electric tour bus to the exit. 5 yuan / bit)
Tianjun County and then into the pastoral area of the road encountered by the flock of borrowed
Qinghai Lake (blue as the sea like the big lake boundless)
Qinghai Lake: each season, Qinghai Lake have its different beauty, the year of the lake, the lake has its own beauty. Have its different beauty, in the year, the scenery to July, August two months optimal, because this time, the lake has a large area of brilliant golden rapeseed flowers bloom, the yellow sea of flowers with the sky and water connected to the blue lake, the scenery is absolutely beautiful. (It was a bit cloudy when we arrived. The wind was very strong).
Plateau sea city of Gangcha County (symbolizing the unity of the various ethnic groups of the "auspicious four Rui" sculpture)
Tibetan elderly people on the square jumping pot Zhuang
Appetite on the booking of the Tibetan style of decoration of the bed and breakfast
DAY9Gangcha - Huangzhong Tal Temple - Xishui Lake. Huangzhong Tal Temple-Xining
From Gangcha County, drive along the G315, passing through Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Haiyan County, Huangyuan County, Xining, and arriving at the Tal Temple in Huangzhong County.
Tal Temple: one of the six major monasteries of the Yellow Religion of Tibetan Buddhism in China, and the birthplace of the founder of the Yellow Religion of Tibetan Buddhism. Tal Temple, also known as Tal Temple, founded in Ming Hongwu ten years (1377). It got its name from the Great Silver Pagoda built in the Dajinwa Temple in honor of Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Yellow Religion. Here, you will feel a sense of spiritual holiness, the temple inside and outside the building have a strong religious style, but also can be refreshing.
Tal Temple, Golden Temple, Golden Temple of Tal Temple
Return to Xining around 5:00 pm. Starting point - end point - starting point. Turned a big circle. When we got to Xining, we settled the kids in the hotel, filled up the gas tank, and immediately went to Shenzhou Rent-A-Car to return the car. Since there was no fuel in the tank when we picked up the car, we filled it up and returned it to the car, and Shenzhou had a record of returning 450 yuan in fuel costs to us. It was still more formal. We also then gave the store a like on the app. Back to the hotel to clean up a bit, went to the net red restaurant Yiranxuan Qinghai specialty restaurant, came too late to taste the Qinghai food, this time a good high. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a good deal on the price, but I'm sure you'll be able to get a good deal.
Because it's a Netflix restaurant, it means there are a lot of people. A lot of people dragged their suitcases to eat (I guess they just got off the transportation). While we were waiting for our seats in the queue, I slipped to the alley across the street. Unexpectedly found across the alley. There was actually the magnificent Dongguan Grand Mosque that I wanted to see earlier. Sort of a meal piggyback benefits
DAY10Xining-Xi'an North-Nanjing South
The trip is over. A perfect big loop.
Necessary items for a trip on the Qing-Gan Grand Tour:
Documentation: ID card, student ID card, etc. (It's best for children to get an ID card as well, so it's easy to travel)
Moisturizing: lip balm, hand cream, hydrating spray
Sunscreen: sunscreen, sunscreen clothing, hats, sunglasses, shawls
Cash: Northwest basically popularized Alipay and WeChat, but it's best to have a little on hand, and it may be useful in smaller towns.
Clothing: the temperature difference between morning and evening is big, summer temperature is also low, July travel in addition to the seasonal clothing, punching jacket and ultra-thin down jacket is best to prepare one. Due to the beauty of a lot of natural photography is also much. You can bring clothes with brighter colors.
Sandals: Salt Lake, the desert are useful
Pharmaceuticals: basic will not be high, with a little cold medicine and band-aids and aspirin, and the Northwest Territories diet meat, and corresponding health conditions to be a little inferior, so it is important to prevent diarrhea, corresponding to the drug must be.
Electronic equipment: camera phone, charger. Charging treasure. There is a more important, bring a multi-USB port cigarette lighter charger (car rental company cars do not provide this, long time listening to music and navigation, charging treasure can not carry)
Maps: navigation map is best to travel before the next good offline, and in the pro-travel before the update to the latest, because we have to pass through the no man's land, and there are some mountainous areas and the desert and the Gobi region also no signal.
Writing in the end.
The things you need to do in advance when traveling:
1: If you are not driving the whole trip, rent a car locally, for example, and book it 2 months in advance. In advance not only have cars available for rent, and the package price is reasonable. If you rent a car temporarily, you may not have a car to rent or increase the price three or four times.
2, July and August and the National Day period, along the route of the accommodation are particularly tense, need to be in advance in accordance with the daily itinerary planned for the day's destination to set a good hotel. If the day trip can not get to the scheduled location, it is best to appropriate improvisation to remove individual trips.
3, Mogao Grottoes tickets also need to be booked a month in advance on the official website. Temporarily go to buy tickets can only see the opening of a limited number of temporary caves.
Other notes
1, into the Buddhist holy places, such as the Tal Temple, do not wear short skirts and shorts, it is recommended to wear long pants directly, some ankle skirts are not allowed to enter.
2, along the way, there are Hui, Tibetans, Mongolians and other ethnic minorities inhabited, please respect other ethnic cultures
3, into the pastoral area, cattle and sheep lend a hand, do not honk. Just wait slowly and wait for the opportunity to pass.
Qinggan big loop four people two small children cost (does not include companion gifts and snacks on the road and mineral water and other incidental costs
1: accommodation costs 3502
2: railroad transportation costs 6903 (including breakfast one meal)
3: car rental related costs
Car rental fee 1630 yuan The cost of the car rental is 1630 yuan. Gas 450. gas 220 yuan. Fueling 280 yuan. Fueling 240 yuan
Akse gas 265 yuan. ___Ringha refueling 280 yuan. Gangcha 270 yuan for refueling. Gasoline 130 yuan (the last day)
Total 3765
3: tolls
The toll fee of 68 yuan. toll fee of 123 yuan. Highway toll 65 yuan. Delingha highway fee of 60 yuan
Highway fee of 35 yuan + 20 yuan
Total 371
4: Attractions entrance fee
Mogao Grottoes cost 1248 yuan. Zuoer Mountain 420 yuan. Seven-colored Danxia 390 yuan
Mingsha Mountain tickets 550 yuan. Mingsha Mountain tour is 780 yuan. Yumen Pass 200 yuan
Yadan Park 670 yuan. Oil town 120 yuan. Tal Temple tickets 350 yuan
Chaka tickets 300 yuan, 300 yuan for the small train
Total tickets 5328
5: Meals 2665