Dunhuang Excursion Day Tour

Dunhuang     Yumenguan Pass     Yadan National Geopark      Dunhuang

Yadan National GeoparkPick up from your hotel in Dunhuang. You will be arranged to visit Yadan National Gepark and Yumenguan Pass (Jade Gate Pass ). The weird eroded desert landscape of Yadan Park is 180km northwest of Dunhuang in the middle of the awesome zone of the Gobi desert. The unique rock formations in the park developed over a period of 700,000 years. One of the most remarkable sites inthe Dunhuang Yadan National Geopark is the Yadan Ghost Town.

On the way to the Yadan Gepark, you will pass by the Yumen Pass. You will stop to have a brief visit to the ancient military station, 102km from Dunhuang. This pass and the South Pass (Yangguan Pass ) were both the former ancient military passes, part of the Han dynasty series of beacon towers that extended to the garrison town of Loulan in Xinjiang.

Then transferred back to your hotel in Dunhuang.

Meals: Local Chinese Lunch
Hotel: No