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Updated Jun 2024
  • No.1
    󰺂8.7
    4.7/5
    21312 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 307 reviews
    "Today I experienced a VIP in-depth tour. It is really good. I avoid a lot of people. I feel that the scenery belongs to me. The tour guide Shi Haipeng explained in detail and had a good personality. The driver Zhang Rui is also a talkative person. The car is stable and he also has a part-time job. The role of the tour guide, We also gave us a lot of validity suggestions for the next Xinjiang self-driving car. In short, this two-person chartered VIP trip is very satisfied!"
    Linze
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: The Zhangye Danxia landform was formed over 6 million years ago. It is located in Zhangye city, within Linze and Sunan counties. Zhangye Danxia is mainly composed of red gravel, sandstone and mudstone. Visitors can gaze upon its thousands of cliffs and mountains, dyed a beautiful shade of crimson. When the sun shines down on the mountains, they echo with even more fantastic colors! The Zhangye Danxia Scenic Area was the scene for Zhang Yimo's movie, "A Woman, A Gun, and a Noodle Shop" as well as the famous TV-show, "Amazing Detective Di Renjie".
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  • No.2
    󰺂8.4
    4.5/5
    8815 Review
    From27.52
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 886 reviews
    "It is Dunhuang! It is indeed Mogao Grottoes. There are very few people in the off-season, and the experience is also very good. This time, the experience of buying tickets on Trip.com is also good, and there is a special person to connect. I will choose Trip.com next time."
    Dunhuang
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: The Mogao Caves, also called Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, is located in the southeast of Dunhuang city. The Mogao Caves scenic area consists of the Mogao Caves Digital Center and the Mogao Caves. The Mogao Caves Digital Center shows short films about the caves. After thousands of years of carving, the caves have a large number of murals, cultural relics, and etc. It's a world-famous Buddhist art destination. The artistic characteristics of the caves are mainly reflected in the ingenious combination of architecture, statues and Dunhuang murals, and the artistic styles of many dynasties are vividly and harmoniously presented.
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  • No.3
    󰺂7.3
    4.7/5
    1876 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 27 reviews
    "Today, I went to visit Zhangye Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon. From 10:30 to 18:30, I took a lot of beautiful photos, although my tired heart was full of joy. I was deeply shocked by the ghostly work of nature. Every color is so dazzling, like a color palette between the world and the world."
    Zhangye
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon is located in Zhangye City, Gansu Province, only 56 kilometers away from the city. It is a national 4A-level Attraction that integrates canyon exploration, geological research, ethnic customs, self-driving off-road and other experiences. It is as spectacular as Zhangjiajie and as shocking as Colorado. It is a rare treasure in the eyes of geologists and a new discovery of the Silk Road in the hearts of travelers. In the track of the Qinghai-Gansu Grand Loop, Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon, with its primitive magnificence and deep canyons, unveils an extraordinary journey to travelers. This is not only a masterpiece of nature, but also a holy place for spiritual exploration, inviting you to give your tired soul a wanton stage.
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  • No.4
    󰺂7.3
    4.6/5
    3072 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 23 reviews
    "Still good, the plateau green mountains and green waters, and the dancers are not very crowded or good, the plateau green mountains and green waters, and the dancers are not very crowded or good, the plateau green mountains and green waters, and the dancers are not very crowded"
    Qilian
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: Zhuo'er Mountain is located on the northeastern side of Haibei Prefecture's Qilian County. This is a branch of the Qilian Mountains with a hilly landscape and Danxia-type landforms. Bare outcroppings of red sandstone stick up from the green vegetation of the grasslands. To either side of the mountain range lie a sea of trees, blooming canola flowers, little villages and country towns. The sight is both distinctive and beautiful. In addition to its own scenery, Zhuo'er Mountain is also a platform for visitors to view the surrounding countryside. Opposite to Niuxin Mountain, with its year-round snow-capped visage, the view from Zhuo'er’s peak is vast and expansive.
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  • No.5
    󰺂7.2
    4.6/5
    2680 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 131 reviews
    "Founded in the first year of Yongan, Chongzong, Xixia (1098), the temple has the largest Xixia Buddhist building in the country. The sleeping Buddha in the temple is the largest indoor wood-mud-plastic sleeping Buddha in Asia. Worth a visit!"
    Zhangye.Dafo Temple
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: Zhangye Buddhist Temple is located in the southwestern corner of Zhangye City in Gansu Province. It is an important historical site on the Silk Road and a symbolic building of the historical and cultural city Zhangye. The Great Buddha Temple is a prestigious Buddhist temple in the northwest inland. The temple contains ancient buildings, towering old trees, and a beautiful environment. There are rare religious halls of the Xixia minority in the country, oversized indoor statue buddhas, rare Ming Dynasty handbooks, and thousands of collections of fine cultural relics.
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  • No.6
    󰺂7.1
    4.6/5
    1523 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 45 reviews
    "The scenery is beautiful, the excavation project of the grotto is very great, but the sculpture mural has been destroyed. From the special cave of 1~ No. 4 (untapped, no photos are allowed), you can imagine the scene of the entire cave area through explanations and leftover sculpture murals. This time I only saw the Thousand Buddha Cave, the Horseshoe Hall, the 33-day Grottoes and the 1~ No. 4 special Grottoes. I don't know the situation of other Grottoes."
    Sunan
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: Mati Temple, otherwise called Puguang Temple, is situated in the Sunan Yugu Autonomous County inside the Qilian Mountains and the immense cave temple complex. On the stone divider, there are various Buddhist statues for present thousand years, and there are skyscraper temples and hollows. It is extremely breathtaking and marvelous. There are temples of Chinese Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhist temples here. The style of a similar place is extraordinary and it is exceptionally one of a kind. There are various amazing landmarks, for example, the paintings and Buddha statues in the cloister, which are fantastic.
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  • No.7
    󰺂6.3
    4.6/5
    1013 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 22 reviews
    "Binggou Danxia Scenic Area is an important part of Zhangye Danxia National Geopark. It is mainly distributed in Sunan County, which is known as Yugu Huaxiang in Zhangye City, Gansu Province. The total area of the scenic area is 300 square kilometers, and the core tourist area accounts for about 120 square kilometers. It is divided into small west sky landscape area and big west sky landscape area. It is the most typical Danxia landform in arid areas of China, and it is also one of the most complete and strangely shaped Danxia landforms in China. Binggou Danxia is the main body of sandstone landform landscape, is the best development of the domestic window-shaped palace, the largest geological landform relics, is "window-shaped palace-style Danxia" geological name, rated as "window-shaped palace-style Danxia landform China first". The scenic area is widely distributed in Danxia cliffs, stone walls, stone pillars, spikes, hills and other landforms, steep and upright, continuous and magnificent. Binggou Danxia is known as "the first wonder in the world" and has been successively published in China Geographic Magazine and the United States. National Geographic Magazine named one of the "7 most beautiful Danxia landforms in China" and one of the "10 magical geographical wonders of the world". It takes about 25 yuan to take a taxi from colorful Danxia"
    Sunan
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: Binggou Danxia Scenic Area is located in the Zhangnan Sunan Yugu Autonomous County. It is a natural scenic spot dominated by the red palace-type Danxia landform. Compared with the Zhangye Danxia landform scenic spot (also known as the colorful Danxia) not far away, Danxia's color is relatively simple and has little change, but the main feature of the scenic spot is that the shape of the Danxia landform is very unique here. The style of the style is very large. Moreover, due to the late development here, there are fewer tourists than the colorful Danxia, ​​and you can have a quiet view.
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  • No.8
    󰺂6.2
    4.5/5
    175 Review
    "Dongfeng Aerospace City, the former General Equipment Ministry 20 base, was established on October 20, 1958, China created the earliest and largest comprehensive missile and satellite launch center, test and launch Long March series of launch vehicles, medium and low orbit various test satellites, application satellites, The main base for manned spacecraft and rocket missiles, and the base also has tasks such as recovery of wreckage and emergency life-saving for astronauts. It is one of the launch and test bases for Chinese scientific satellites, technical test satellites and launch vehicles."
    Ejin Banner
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as Dongfeng Space City, is a comprehensive test launch site established in my country and also my country's manned space launch site. The first astronaut Yang Liwei flew into space from here, and the Chinese nation's centuries-old dream of flying into space came true here.In Dongfeng Aerospace City, you can walk into the Wentian Pavilion to learn about the astronauts' work, life and training places before their expedition; step into the History Exhibition Hall to learn about the history of China's space development; visit the manned space launch site to experience the country's important equipment up close and feel the development of China's space technology.Deep in the Dongfanghong Satellite Launch Site, in the great practice of nurturing and inheriting the spirit of "two bombs and one satellite", the officers and soldiers of the base worked hard, made selfless contributions, sought truth from facts, and forged ahead, and together with scientific and technological personnel created ten iconic firsts in the history of my country's aerospace industry; at the Dongfeng Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, we commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who made outstanding contributions to my country's aerospace industry and review their heroic deeds.1. The on-site tour service management fee routes are: Manned Space Launch Site, History Exhibition Hall (closed on Mondays), Wentian Pavilion (closed in case of launch, etc.), Feitian Park, Dongfeng Auditorium (exterior view). Due to the military special nature of Dongfeng Aerospace City, you can choose three out of five to visit based on the actual situation of the base.2. The off-site visit service management fee routes are: Dongfeng Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery and Dongfanghong Satellite Launch Center.
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  • No.9
    󰺂6.1
    4.6/5
    1197 Review
    "The scenery here is beautiful, suitable for autumn, there is a lake that is really a beautiful view of Jinta Populus euphratica forest located 6 kilometers northwest of Jinta County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, is a scenic spot with great ornamental value. This scenic spot includes five functional areas such as Populus euphratica-Jinbo Lake core tourist area, Shazao Forest sightseeing area, Bohai Red Willow Forest Conservation Area, Desert Entertainment Experience Area and Desert Reed Labyrinth Area, covering an area of more than 80,000 mu. Jinbo Lake blue waves, Populus euphratica forest golden and dazzling, sand dates flowers fragrance, a wide variety of wildlife, red willow red autumn drunk, reed white flowers cold blowing, the beach soft, the sun is charming. It integrates ecological afforestation, wind-proof sand, dining and entertainment, leisure vacation, photography creation, sightseeing and tourism, and is one of the most beautiful places in Gansu Province. The best viewing period of the Golden Pagoda Populus euphratica forest is usually in autumn. When the desert wilderness blows a cool autumn wind, the Populus euphratica forest is unknowingly changed from thick green to light yellow, and then to apricot yellow. The sea of golden autumn is refreshing. The sunset was clear, the sunset was a touch, the Populus euphratica changed from golden yellow to golden red, and then turned into a brown red, gradually integrated into the night. The frost fell overnight, and the Populus euphratica forest was as red as the Xiangshan maple leaf, as burning. And each tall poplar tree canopy branch, occasionally have light green, yellow leaf is flashing, scattered, colorful. The autumn wind, poplar golden leaf, fluttering to the ground, the earth is covered with gold carpet, brilliant and solemn. Walking in the Populus euphratica forest, it is like entering a fairyland in mythology. The dense Populus euphratica is strange and strange."
    Jinta
    54.3km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: The Jinta Desert Poplar Forest Attraction is located on the north side of the middle section of the ancient Silk Road and 6 kilometers northwest of Jinta County, Gansu Province. It consists of five functional areas: the Poplar Forest-Jinbo Lake Core Scenic Area, the Elaeagnus angustifolia Forest Sightseeing Area, the Desert Red Willow Forest Conservation Area, the Desert Entertainment Experience Area and the Desert Reed Maze Area. It covers an area of ​​more than 80,000 mu. The Attraction is distributed with 10,000 mu of Poplar Forest, the largest "fossil-level plant" in the northwest region, which is of great ornamental value. The Jinbo Lake is rippling, the Poplar Forest is dazzling, the Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers are fragrant, there are many kinds of wild animals, the red willows are intoxicated in autumn, the white flowers of the reeds are cold, the beach is soft and the sun is charming. When you visit this place, you can fully appreciate the desert style, appreciate the Poplar Culture, explore the secluded realm of the Tonglin, and experience the wild fun of the desert. This is a tourist destination integrating ecological afforestation, windbreak and sand fixation, Dining and entertainment, leisure and vacation, photography creation, and sightseeing tourism. It has been rated as a place with beautiful autumn colors in Gansu Province. When a cool autumn breeze blows across the desert, the poplar forest changes from dark green to light yellow, and then to apricot yellow. Climbing high and looking far away, the golden autumn sea is refreshing. The setting sun is vast, and the evening glow is a touch. The poplars change from golden yellow to golden red, and then to a brown red, gradually blending into the hazy night. After a night of frost, the poplar forest is as red as the maple leaves of Xiangshan Mountain, as if it is burning. And on the crown branches of each tall poplar tree, light green and light yellow leaves occasionally flash, staggered and colorful. When the autumn wind blows, the golden leaves of the poplars fall to the ground with a "rustling" sound, and the ground is covered with a golden carpet, brilliant and solemn. Walking in the poplar forest is like entering a fairyland in mythology. The dense poplars are strange and varied, with various expressions. The sturdy poplars are so big that it is difficult for several people to hug them. Some are as tall as 15 to 20 feet. They are strange and look like dragons leaping and twisted and dancing wildly, which is amazing. The dense leaves are also unique. The leaves of young poplars are narrow and small, like the willow eyebrows of a girl, and people often mistake them for willows; the leaves of middle-aged poplars become oval or triangular, like the white birch in Xing'an Mountains; the leaves of old poplars are elliptical. What's more, the upper and lower layers of the crown of the same poplar grow leaves of several different shapes, which is amazing.
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  • No.10
    󰺂6.1
    4.6/5
    253 Review
    taCommentScoreUrlbased on 22 reviews
    "Master Xiao Li is very young, very dedicated, very patient, the photo technology is quack, will try his best to find us a water toilet, try our best to meet our requirements, the day trip is very satisfied"
    Guazhou
    >100km from Jiayuguan
    Highlights: Yulin Grottoes are a part of Dunhuang Grottoes, carved before the Sui and Tang dynasties. The existing caves are from the Tang, Xixia, and Yuan dynasties. Yulin Grottoes share a lot with its sister Mogao Grottoes in content, artistic style, and painting form. Its value is mainly manifested in the exquisite murals, including Buddhas and Bodhisattva portraits, scenes of Buddhist stories, and a wide variety of flowers and beasts. Most of the murals are works made from a time stretching from the Tang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. Some images are unique in these grottoes, such as the portrait of the military officers in the Xixia period, the Buddhist monk of Tang Dynasty going on a pilgrimage for scriptures, and so on.
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FAQ

What are some Best Things to Do near Jiayuguan?
Some Best Things to Do near Jiayuguan include:Zhangye Danxia Geopark, Mogao Grottoes, Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon, Zhuo'er Mountain, Zhangye Buddhist Temple
What are some highly-rated Best Things to Do near Jiayuguan?
Some highly-rated Best Things to Do near Jiayuguan include:Zhangye Danxia Geopark:4.7, Mogao Grottoes:4.5, Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon:4.7, Zhuo'er Mountain:4.6, Zhangye Buddhist Temple:4.6
Where are Best Things to Do near Jiayuguan located?
The Best Things to Do near Jiayuguan are mainly located in:Zhangye Danxia Geopark:Linze, Mogao Grottoes:Dunhuang, Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon:Zhangye, Zhuo'er Mountain:Qilian, Zhangye Buddhist Temple:Zhangye
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