City: Gansu
Top Things to do in Gansu
Top Hotels in Gansu
- 1. 7 Days Premium Lanzhou Xiguan Shizi Zhongshan Bridge
- 2. Home Inn (Lanzhou Pedestrain Street)
- 3. 7 Days Inn (Lanzhou Jingning Road)
- 4. Dunhuang Guest House
- 5. Xihu Yinfeng Hotel
- 6. New Victory Hotel
- 7. Sunshine Plaza Hotel
- 8. Zugong Building Hotel
- 9. Ningwozhuang Hotel
- 10. Home Inn (Lanzhou Yongchang Road)
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Things to do in Gansu, China: The Best Geologic Formations
Gansu (Chinese: 甘肃, Tibetan: ཀན་སུའུ་ Kan su'u) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northwest of the country.
Restaurants in Gansu
1. Yadan National Geological Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 179 reviews
Reviewed By AZCasualTraveler - Mesa, United States
The Yadan (Dunhuang) Geological Park is a large, remote desert area that had been designated by UNESCO as both a World Cultural Heritage Site and a Global Geopark for its importance in the history (Silk Road) and a unique, natural scenic area. in the GeoPark, there is a modern visitor center with displays describing the area's history. Just outside the rear door of the visitor center, is the Small Fangpan Castle and is located in Yumen Pass. Also from the Visitor Center, there are shuttle buses that takes you to the ancient Han Dynasty Great Wall section. As can be seen in my photos of this section of the Great Wall, the design and construction is very much different than the sections of the Great Wall that is located in central and eastern China. So if you are interested in seeing ancient and historic sites of the Silk Road era like I am, then these attractions are for you.
2. Mengke Glacier
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2 reviews
3. Yellow River Stone Forest of Jingtai
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By WorldGlutton - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Our tour bus took 3.5 hrs travelling from Zhongwei to Jingtai to visit its Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Spot. Driving along the mountain to the Scenic Spot, views of the valley, river , buildings and forest down below was spectacularly scenic. Arriving at Scenic Spot Tourist Center, while our guide purchased tickets for our journey to Yellow River Hoodoo National Geopark, many were busy buying souvenirs and fruits from the stalls located around the Center building. A wall with carvings and signage “Synopsis About Yellow River Hoodoo National Geopark" gives tourists an impression of what they expect to see at the Stone Forest. There is also a Helipad for tourist who likes a ride in the helicopter to enjoy magnificent birdeye views from above over the Longwan Valley, desert, oasis and farmlands. From here ,Tourist Center bus took us up to another car park where we changed into battery car to proceed to their VIP Farm House for lunch. This Farm House is basically a homestay for tourists too. Food served is typically homecooked and tasted good. After lunch, the battery car took us to the wharf area. We were divided into group of 3 to a sheep skin raft. There are no proper seats on these rafts, we have to sit back to back on a timber platform for support as it drifted down the river. The raft basically drifted downstream and the oarsman control it's direction. On completion, it is hauled upstream & conveyed upstream by trucks for the next use. After a nerve wrecking raft ride, we finally arrived at Yellow River Hoodoo National Geopark which is supposedly the Yellow River Stone Forest. At the entrance, one side are numerous open donkey carts, the other side are horses. Tourists could choose their preference of ride into the uneven narrow road between the rock ravine formations. We went on the donkey cart, the mule moved slowly giving us time to appreciate the beautiful and unique rock formation carved by forces of nature - wind, water & erosion. We were amazed by the fitness of the aged donkey handler, she walked the mule in one direction for maybe 2 miles up but she did ask for permission to jump on the cart for its return trip. After this tour, we boarded the motorboat back to the harbor, Here we took the battery car to the bus, and headed up to the Tourist Center parking lot to take our Tour bus back to Lanzhou. It was physically and exhaustive day, nevertheless we did enjoy the activities . It is enriching and interesting to experience their local lives at Yellow River Stone Forest Scenic Spot, more especially the sheep skin raft ride !!!!!
4. Qiyi Plateau Glacier
5. Zhangye Danxia Geopark
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 294 reviews
Reviewed By 246StephenC
This is a UNESCO Geopark. Like most of the national parks, you will gather at a central point and take a bus into the park. There are four stops in all. You should make it a point to alight and walk around at each of the stops as they offer different views of the park. The biggest stop is the second one. There is the largest platform from which you can walk around and have a true panoramic view of the surrounding area. The fourth stop offers the best photo opportunities. It brings you closest to the multi colored rocks and this is a must visit stop for all visitors. Just be warned that there will be plenty of tourists and they’ll be crowding around looking for a photo opportunity as well. While some say that the best time to visit is at sunrise or sunset, we found the view in the afternoon to be good as well.
6. A'jiao Vally
7. Yuhu Park of Dingxi
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
