Jiayuguan is located in northwestern Gansu and middle of Hexi Corridor, between Zhangye and Dunhuang. The city was a crucial transportation hub on ancient “Silk Road”and the westernmost starting point of Ming Dynasty Great Wall. Beyond the vast, wild and desolated frontier landscape, the city is most known for Great Wall relics, including the Jiayuguan Pass, the First Beacon Tower, gradient Overhanging Great Wall. The special brick paintings in Wei and Jin Tombs rare seen is also worth a quick visit. 1 to 2 days are enough for a brief layover in Jiayuguan. Currently, high speed trains and flights has brought huge convenience for journey to Jiayuguan. You can take fast-speed bullet train or direct flight to Jiayuguan from Xian, Lanzhou, and continue train travel to Dunhuang and Xinjiang. Months from May to October are the best time to Jiayuguan, better avoid crowds during China’s public holidays in beginning of May, October and students’ summer vacation. Tourists usually accommodate in Jiayuguan City. If time permits, most adventures prefer to travel further to more “Silk Road”destinations, like Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar. Below are 3 most popular Jiayuguan tours highly recommended to you:
Memorable trip to discover three most glorious destinations in Zhangye, Jiayuguan and Dunhuang - diverse experience, enjoyable pace, budget price!
Highlights: Zhangye Danxia Landform, Jiayuguan Fort, Mogao Grottoes, Echoing Sand Mountains, Yulin Caves, Shazhou Night Market, Bullet Train Travel
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Brief highlights of Ancient Silk Road - travel from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang like the ancient caravans of merchants and travelers from far Europe and Middle Asia.
Highlights: Jiayuguan Fort, Yulin Grottoes, Mogao Grottoes, Echoing Sand Mountains
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Visit the ancient Great Wall relics to learn more history of the Great Wall and watch lifelike murals of ancient daily life scenes nearly 2,000 year ago.
Highlights: Jiayuguan Fort, Overhanging Great Wall, Wen and Jin Tombs
Check DetailsIn Gansu, there are lots of great destinations to discover together with Jiayuguan, such as Dunhuang, Zhangye, Lanzhou, Tianshui, Xiahe and so on. Each journey presents stunning nature and culture both. It’s very popular to visit Zhangye, Jiayuguan and Dunhuang in a single trip, seeing the most famous landmarks in different types. The following are hot Gansu tour packages for you to choose from.
Lanzhou / Xiahe / Jiayuguan / Dunhuang
Traveling in Gansu is quite different from traveling other places like Beijing, Guilin, Xian, Chengdu, etc. Our Gansu highlights tour takes you to explore the diversity of this northwestern province. You will get lost in the wild, vast and grand landscape, at the same time discover many historical experiences, such as the Great Wall, ancient Silk Road, ancient military passes... Starting from Lanzhou, via Xiahe, Zhangye and Jiayuguan to Dunhuang, it is an in-depth tour to discover the best highlights of Gansu.
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Tianshui - Lanzhou - Zhangye - Jiayuguan - Dunhuang
Traveling from Tianshui, and marching northwestward along the legendary Hexi Corridor, and getting to Dunhuang, the brightest star on the Silk Road - This is a classic travel route on the ancient Silk Road that has been traveled by travelers for more than two thousand years. It is a route of history, culture and landscape. You will visit two of the Four Greatest Grottoes in China – Maijishan and Mogao which have their own unique features, and many historical sites which have existed more than a thousand years, such as Jiayuguan Pass, Great Wall of Han Dynasty, Giant Buddha Temple, etc., and also explore unique landscape that you can only see in northwestern China - Rainbow Mountains, Yardang Landform, Gobi, desert... Surprises never end in this lifetime Silk Road journey!
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Dunhuang - Jiayuguan - Zhangye - Xining
This 8 Days Miraculous Land Tour takes you travel from Dunhuang, via Jiayuguan and Zhangye, to Xining (opposite route is available too). It is a classic itinerary which has diverse landscape and many cultural experiences. Both your eyes and mind will be refreshed as you will explore magnificent World Heritage Site Mogao Grottoes, western starting of Great Wall, colorful Danxia landform, wild Yardang Gobi view, holy Tibetan Taer Monastery, vast Qinghai Lake and many unique places in just one go!
from $1287Nature and history has created many wonders along the ancient trade route. Jiayuguan is merely a small part of the dazzling treasury. After you finish tour in Jiayuguan, you can extend journey further from Gansu to farther Xinjiang or inland cities, like Xian, Luoyang, Turpan, Kashgar, take an in-depth exploration of nature, culture, history, customs an the “Silk Road”. Find your inspiration our highly-recommended Silk Road Tours:
Lanzhou / Zhangye / Jiayuguan / Dunhuang / Turpan / Urumqi / Kashgar
This is an in-depth wild Silk Road adventure covering the best cultural and natural highlights in Northwest China. You will first transfer from Lanzhou to Zhangye by high speed train and view colorful Zhangye Danxia landform - “Rainbow Mountains” sprawling for tens of miles, and then visit Jiayuguan Pass - the largest and greatest military fortress of China’s Great Walls, later get to Dunhuang, enjoy splendid Buddhist murals and sculptures in Mogao Caves, feel the natural wonders of Singing Sands and desert oasis. Continue your Silk Road via bullet train trip to Turpan, where Jiaohe Ancient City and many heritages, ethnic legacies and natural landscape are well reserved. Next, move to Urumqi, capital and transfer center of Xinjiang to learn the regions’ culture and history and a bright pearl on Tianshan Mountains - Heavenly Lake. The last stop is Kashgar, where you spend one full day discovering Kashgar Old Town and major landmarks and a visual feast of Karakul Lake.
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Kashgar / Tupran / Dunhuang / Jiayuguan / Zhangye / Xian / Beijing
Explore the Silk Road on the gigantic regions of northwester China, an almost dizzying agglomeration of deserts, grasslands, raging rivers and colossal mountains, connecting Xian, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar, etc. Unlike the ancient travelers who walked and rode camels to traversing the Silk Road, you from the modern civilization will explore the legendary route in a stylish and relaxing way - mainly taking high speed bullet trains, and also using flights and vehicle, to make your trip more enjoyable.
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Shanghai / Xian / Zhangye / Jiayuguan / Dunhuang
As the fast growing of the networks of both flights and high speed railways, you can now easily travel from Shanghai to the highlighting part of the Silk Road - Zhangye, Jiayuguan and Dunhuang (can extend to Turpan, Urumqi and Kashgar). The most recommended itinerary is: Shanghai – Xian – Zhangye – Jiayuguan – Dunhuang in which you can explore the history, culture and food of the ancient Silk Road, also marvel at tremendous landscapes of desert, Gobi, rainbow mountain, Yardang landform which you can only see in the wild northwestern China.
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