Self-drive overland from Xi’an to Taiyuan with rental car

D1: Xi’an Arrival

Activities: Arrive in Xi’an in the afternoon. transfer to hotel.
Overnight: Xi’an

D2: Xi’an – Yongtai Turtle Town – Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai

Activities: After breakfast, depart from Xi’an and arrive in Yongtai Turtle Town of Gansu in the afternoon.
Photography: Shoot walls and gates which are saved completely, two ancient houses made in Qing Dynasty, sunflower s in the surrounding and in the evening shoot sunset .
Overnight: Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai

D3: Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai

Activities: Get up early to go to Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai to shoot sunrise and scenery, and then drive into the Grand Canyon to shoot the scenery of canyon. In the afternoon, shoot the Yellow River.
Photography: Free shoot Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai all day.
Overnight: Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai

D4: Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai – Tengger Desert – Zhongwei

Activities: Get up early to free shoot the Yellow River. After breakfast, depart from the beautiful Yellow River Stone Forest. In the afternoon arrive in hinterland of Tengger Desert, which is China’s fourth largest desert, and then shoot beautiful desert landscape, sunset and silhouette of camels.
Photography: Shoot beautiful desert landscape, sunset and silhouette of camels.
Overnight: Zhongwei

D5: Zhongwei – Ansai District

Activities: Get up early to shoot scenery of the great bend of the Yellow River in Ningxia. Then, go to the Sacred Places of the Revolution – Yan’an. In the afternoon, arrive in Ansai District to shoot Ansai Waist Drum.
Photography: The great bend of the Yellow River, Yan’an and Ansai Waist Drum.
Overnight: Yan’an

D6: Chinese Antelope Valley

Activities: shoot in Chinese Antelope Valley all day.
Photography: Chinese Antelope Valley
Overnight: the Wave Valley

D7: the Wave Valley

Activities: Get up early to shoot sunrise, light and shadow of the Wave Valley, and then shoot “Danxia Landform above the water”.
Photography: the Wave Valley and “Danxia Landform above the water”.
Overnight: the Wave Valley

D8: the Wave Valley — Qikou Ancient Town

Activities: Get up early to free shoot sunrise of the Wave Valley and surrounding sceneries. After breakfast, go to the Qikou Ancient Town to shoot humanities and architectures made in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the afternoon, go to the Yellow River to shoot the scene of boat trackers towing boats and sunset.
Photography: Qikou Ancient Town, humanities of ancient town and free shoot the Yellow River along the way.
Overnight: Qikou

D9: Qikou — Lijiashan Village — Taiyuan

Activities: Get up early to go to Lijiashan Village to free shoot, which is called “ Potala Palace” on the Loess Plateau( Huangtu Plateau). In the afternoon, depart from Lijiashan Village, drive to Taiyuan.
Photography: Free shoot sceneries of Lijiashan Village.
Overnight: Taiyuan