Departure Point → Lanzhou → Hezuo
🚗Distance: Lanzhou → Hezuo, approx. 230 km, 3 hours
🏠 Accommodation: Heze Heyi Grand Hotel
📸 Attractions: Confluence of the Huang and Tao Rivers, Liujiaxia Bridge
🍜 Food: Grab a bowl of Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles as soon as you arrive at noon
Hezuo → The Rock Road → Zhagana
🚗Distance: approx. 180 km, 4–5 hours (road conditions on the Rock Trail are challenging)
🏠Accommodation: Zhagana Himalaya Homestay
📸 Attractions: Milarepa Buddha Hall, scenery along the Rock Road
⛰ Elevation: Hezuo 2,900 m → Zhagana 3,000 m
Zhagana → Xiao Duku → Ruoergai → Tangke
🚗Distance: approx. 200 km, a full day of sightseeing along the way
🏠Accommodation: Ruoergai Tangke Yazhuo Homestay
📸 Attractions: Morning mist in Zhagana, the “Little Duku” Highway, Ruoergai Grasslands
Tangke → Lianbaoyeze → Gemo Monastery → Aba
🚗Distance: approx. 180 km, 3 hours
🏠Accommodation: Hanting Hotel, Aba
📸 Attractions: Lianbaoyezhe (real-life "World of Warcraft"), Gemo Temple
Aba → Jiuzhi → Labrang Monastery
🚗Distance: approx. 300 km, 5–6 hours
🏠Accommodation: Xiahe Sizhou Homestay
📸 Attractions: Grassland scenery along the way, Labrang Monastery (the world’s longest prayer wheel corridor at 3.5 km)
Labrang Monastery → Ganjia Secret Paradise → Lanzhou
🚗Distance: Labrang Monastery → Ganjia Secret Paradise approx. 40 km; Ganjia Secret Paradise → Lanzhou approx. 280 km, 4 hours
🏠Accommodation: Lanzhou Full Season Hotel
📸 Attractions: Ganjia Secret Realm (the 1,000-year-old octagonal ancient city, White Stone Cliff)
Slow-paced life in downtown Lanzhou
📸 Attractions: Tea by the Yellow River (be sure to visit Sanpaotai), Gansu Provincial Museum (the original “Galloping Horse” bronze sculpture is a must-see)
🍜 Food: Enjoy one more bowl of Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles, buy some souvenirs, and get ready to head home
💡 A few tips:
✨Cuisine: Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles and yak hot pot are both worth trying
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