甘肃 · Gannan & the Hexi Corridor
Gansu
Tibetan monastery towns on one side, dunes on the other
- Best season
- June–September
- Gateway
- Lanzhou (LHW) / Hezuo (GXH)
- Altitude range
- 1,000–5,800 m
- Join-in treks
- 0 available
Gansu is the most underrated trekking province in China and the easiest one to combine with a cultural itinerary. Zhagana sits in a rock-and-forest valley in Gannan that looks borrowed from Yosemite, with Tibetan farmhouses stacked up the hillside. Two hours east the landscape turns to desert, and the Badain Jaran dunes run higher than most of the world’s sand seas. Spring and autumn are short here; summer is the window.
Worth building a trip around
Three tiers, from the routes we sell most to the ones that need a bespoke arrangement.
Primary
The main objectives
- Zhagana
- Badain Jaran Desert
- Tengger Desert
Also here
The long tail
- Wushaoling
Practical notes
- When to go
- June–September
- Fly into
- Lanzhou (LHW) / Hezuo (GXH)
- Altitude span
- 1,000–5,800 m
- Working language
- Mandarin on domestic batches; English on flagged international departures
- Permits
- None for foreign travellers beyond a standard China visa or visa-free entry