The Silk Road via Lanzhou
No.CRS-02

18 days / 17 nights

Lanzhou - Labrang - Xining - Dunhuang - Turpan - Urumqi - Hotan - Kashgar - Lake Karakuli

There's not just one Silk Road - there are several. Depending on their country of origin, and that they were searching in China, travellers and merchants from the West used different path to lead them to the same goal: trading goods between East and West. One route began in Lanzhou, a city in Gansu province.

Highlights :

- Labrang Monastery, one of the most important monasteries in Tibet
- See the Mogao Grottoes, a high point of Buddhist art
- Visit the Grand Bazaar of Kashgar
- Spend a night under canvas on the Pamir plateau