Self-drive overland from xining to lanzhou with rental car

Highlights:

1. Qinghai Lake
2. Colorful Danxia Landform in Zhangye
3. Ice Ditch Danxia
4. Zhuoer Mountain
5. Chaka Salt Lake
6. Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai

Itinerary:

D1: Arrival in Xining

D2: Xining – Menyuan County

Activities: After breakfast, travel to Menyuan County. After arriving in Daban Mountain, shoot acres of rape flowers in Mengyuan County, which is one of the four great rape bases.
Photography: Heiquan Reservoir, acres of rape flowers in Qingshizui Town, Gangshika Snow Mountain and sea of flowers.

D3: Menyuan County – Zhangye

Activities: Get up early to go to Menyuan county to shoot rape flowers and dawn scenery. After breakfast, go to Zhangye to shoot Danxia Landform.
Photography: Sunrise of flowers sea, Ice Ditch Danxia Landforms in Zhangye and Colorful Danxia Landform.

D4: Zhangye – Qilian County

Activities: Get up early to shoot sunrise of Ice Ditch Danxia. Then, go to Heihe Canyon, which is the third great grand canyon in the world. Next, go to Babao Town to shoot the beautiful scenery of Niuxinshan Mountain, which is the treasure of Qilian Mountains.
Photography: Ice Ditch Danxia Landforms, Ebao Ancient Town, scenery of Babao River, rape flowers, snow mountain, scenery of Niuxinshan Mountain, Qilian Mountain Grassland, panorama of Qilian Snow Mountain and Danxia Landform in Zhuoer Mountain.

D5: Qilian County – Qinghai Lake

Activities: Get up early to go to viewing platform of Zhuoer Mountain to shoot sunrise, and then go to the Qinghai Lake.
Photography: Reshui Grassland, Hudong Grassland, rape flowers of Qinghai Lake and sunset of Qinghai Lake.

D6: Qinghai Lake – Chaka Salt Lake

Activities: Get up early to shoot the magnificent sunrise and prayer flags of Qinghai Lake. Then, travel to Chaka Salt Lake.
Photography: Sunrise scenery of Qinghai Lake, pastoral natural scenery, and sunset of Chaka Salt Lake.

D7: Chaka – Gui’de County

D8: Gui’de County – Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai

Activities: Get up early to shoot sunrise of the Yellow River, and then go to Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai. In the afternoon, shoot sunset of the Yellow River.
Photography: Sunrise of the Yellow River, Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai and sunset of the Yellow River.

D9: Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai – Lanzhou

Activities: Get up early to go to the key area of Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai to shoot sunrise, escarpments, columns and stalagmites. After shooting, return to Lanzhou.

D10: Lanzhou – Back home