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URUMQI / FUKANG / / 19 PLANNED MEALS LIUYUAN / DUNHUANG / JIAYUGUAN / 07 BREAKFASTS 05 LUNCHES ZHANGYE / WUWEI / LANZHOU MEAL PLAN 07 DINNERS

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CHINA MAP BY COACH

FUKANG 1 BY TRAIN

1 URUMQI 1 TURPAN

LIUYUAN 1 DUNHUANG JIAYUGUAN 1 1 ZHANGYE WUWEI

LANZHOU 1 GANSU by Dynasty Travel 74 Gobi Desert

DAY 1 DAY 3 SINGAPORE URUMQI FUKANG (ABOUT 1 HR) URUMQI TURPAN (ABOUT 3 HRS) Welcome to a unique experience! • Drive past the largest Windmill Power Station in Asia – A unique • Assemble at Changi Airport for departure to Urumqi (Transit scenery along Turpan-Urumqi Highway. flight). • Jiaohe Ancient City (Includes electric car) – The oldest and most • Head to Fukang to check in hotel. well-preserved native construction city in the world, and also Dinner – Big Plate of Chicken Delights the first place where Tangxiyu’s Supreme Military and Political Institution were set up. DAY 2 • Kan’er Well – The underground irrigation channel of the Gobi FUKANG URUMQI (ABOUT 1 HR) Desert. • Head to Bogeda Mountain, the centre of Tianshan. • Su Gong Pagoda – It is the largest mosque in Turpan and largest • Heavenly Lake (By boat, eco-bus and electric car, but in the ancient pagoda in Xinjiang. event of unforeseen factors, boat ride will be cancelled). • Grapes Valley, Uyghur Home Visit. • The – Large-scale ethnic mall, feel free to shop for souvenirs. • Grape Picking (Seasonal activity), Uyghur will sing and dance under the grape racks. Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner 75 www.dynastytravel.com.sg | Book Online. Anytime, Anywhere! Crescent Moon Lake

• Watch a movie “Thousand Year Mogao”, introducing the history of Mogao Caves (Est. 20 minutes). • A worth-seeing cinerama on “Fantasy Buddhist Temple”, a magnificient high-definition film introducing the 7 caves that are not open frequently (Est. 20 minutes). • Head to Jiayuguan - the most western end of the Great Wall. • Along the way, enjoy the scenery of Gobi, unique to the Northwest - if weather permits, you might be able to see the rare natural phenomenon, mirages. Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Xiongguan Cuisine

Turpan Urumqi Highway DAY 6 JIAYUGUAN ZHANGYE (ABOUT 3.5 HRS) • Flaming Mountains – The place where Sun Wukong battled Princess Tieshan in the famous chinese novel “”. • Ascend Jiayuguan Great Wall Tower (Includes electric car) – View Qilian Snow Mountain from afar. Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Xinjiang Roasted Whole Lamb Cuisine (For tour groups with more than 16 persons, arrange for one whole roasted lamb) • Cantilever Wall – The most western pass of the Great Wall, built in the . DAY 4 • The World’s Top Pier (Includes electric car) – The first platform pier TURPAN LIUYUAN (HIGH-SPEED RAIL ABOUT 4 HRS) at the western end of Ming Dynasty’s Great Wall. DUNHUANG (ABOUT 1.5 HRS) • Head to Zhangye for accommodation. • Head to Liuyuan via High-speed rail. After arrival, drive to Dunhuang Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – A famous frontier town as stated in history. • Mingsha Hill (Includes electric car). DAY 7 • Crescent Moon Lake – The rare, gorgeous and crystal-clear spring ZHANGYE WUWEI (ABOUT 3 HRS) in desert. LANZHOU (ABOUT 4 HRS) • Shopping at Shazhou Night Market. • Colourful Danxia Geomorphic (Includes electric car). Breakfast | Lunch – Own Expenses in the Train | Dinner – Dunhuang Cuisine • Head to Lanzhou. • Baita Temple – One of Lanzhou’s 8 greatest sceneries. Within the DAY 5 temple, there are 3 precious goods, the first being elephant skin DUNHUANG JIAYUGUAN (ABOUT 6 HRS) drum, the second is a bronze bell, and the third is a Bauhinia tree. CHINA by Dynasty Travel • Mogao Grottoes (Includes eco-bus). Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Ramen Cuisine 76 DAY 8 LANZHOU SINGAPORE • Free at leisure before your flight back to Singapore. We hope that you have had an enjoyable vacation with Dynasty Travel and look forward to bring you to your next holiday destination. Breakfast

Note: - Tour sequence, hotels and meals are subject to change with / without prior notice. - In the event of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese itineraries, please refer to the Chinese itinerary for accuracy. - Due to airlines schedule, flights between Singapore and the destinations are transit flights.

Mogao Grottoes

Cantilever Wall

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