What to do and see in Gansu, China: The Best Canyons

November 27, 2021 Giuseppe Pratt

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. Pingshan Grand Canyon

Zhangye China
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4.5 based on 27 reviews

Pingshan Grand Canyon

Reviewed By ladakhed

This was a great place to go, and was a very different kind of landscape to the Danxia Rainbow mountains, which do not seem to be mentioned on tripadvisor, and May be conflated with these ones. Many people go on a day tour to see both landscape areas, but only do this if you are in a rush. Whereas in the rainbow mountains you are in the thick of the beauty, you start here floating above a landscape far below you, and it is mesmerising. There are a range of colours and shapes, mesas, escarpments, towers of stone and jagged layers of rock plummeting down into narrow canyons. Having enjoyed the scenery from above, you descend into one of the canyons through steep sections of steps and ladders, before squeezing through some tight spaces, as well as climbing two vertical 20m ladders to make it up one of the chutes. It sounds scary and strenuous, but antobe with moderate Fitness will find it fine. It took a comfortable 3 hours or so to enjoy the view s and do the walk. There is a 0945 bus from the west bus station that will do you off at the site at 1100 and pick you up again at 1630. We twiddled our thumbs a bit for an hour, but you could easily extend the walk in the park, or enjoy all the new facilities they are building outside the park. A taxi would cost between 200 and 300 for a return trip, depending on your bargaining skills. It was 100rmb per adult to enter, and 30rmb for a return 25 minute bus ride from the gate to the main park itself. It was a beautiful area and a fun walk. Definitely worth going.

2. Binggou Danxia Scenic Area

Sunan County China +86 936 628 0039
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4.5 based on 20 reviews

Binggou Danxia Scenic Area

Reviewed By jjwouters - Utrecht, The Netherlands

There is a bus from Zhangye West bus station. It takes 45 minutes to Danxia and another 15 to Binggou. For the way back we can confirm that, at the time of writing, there were buses at around 13:40 and 14:40, so probably they go hourly. The buses also stop at Danxia color mountains, if you want to combine the visit. Also, in October, there were no regular taxis waiting to take you to Danxia color mountains or Zhangye city. There are however shady taxi drivers, that ask whatever they want. They tell you that there is no bus, which is not true. In our case the bus was approaching as he tried to convince us that there would be no bus. I recommend Binggou over the color mountains. In October it was almost deserted, and the strange structures and the snow peaked mountains are breathtaking.

3. Red Cliff Canyon

Northwest of Yeliguan Town, Lintan County 747500 China
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

Red Cliff Canyon

4. Bapan Canyon Tourist Resort

Bapan Canyon Reservoir, Chengguan District, Lanzhou 730000 China
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3.0 based on 1 reviews

Bapan Canyon Tourist Resort

5. Yellow River Gorges Scenic Resort

Within the District, Baiyin District, Baiyin 730900 China
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

6. Yueliang Gorges

Jialing Town, Hui County 742308 China
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4.0 based on 1 reviews

7. Yaoshui Gorge

Within the County, Kangle County 731500 China
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4.0 based on 2 reviews

8. Tanzheng Gorge

Anguo Town, Kongtong District, Pingliang 744019 China

9. Yellow River Three Gorges Scenic Resort

Within the County, Yongjing County 731600 China

10. Chijin Canyon Water Resources Scenic Resort

Chijin Town, Yumen 735200 China +86 937 334 2067

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