Immediately ushering in the May Day holiday, have you already encountered the embarrassment that it is difficult to determine a ticket and a room. If you can't go far away, it's better to drive around the surrounding area, and the day's trip is easy and convenient without worrying about accommodation. Here, as a travel enthusiast, I grandly recommend all the routes of the easy day trip from Lanzhou by car, so that you can live a happy May Day.
Route 1: Shichuan Town Old Pear Garden Day Tour
Shichuan Town is located about 20 kilometers northeast of Lanzhou, with the Yellow River flowing through the village and surrounded by mountains, with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, a bit of a small Jiangnan feeling in the world. However, the most breathtaking thing here is that there is currently the largest 10,000-mu pear orchard in China, known as the "world's first ancient pear orchard". From May Day to Shichuan, there are all kinds of pear trees with strange shapes, village houses are hidden in the trees, and distant mountains and wilderness are immersed in turquoise. Bring three or five friends, or parents and children, wander freely in the blue field spring light and enjoy the scenery of pear orchards.
Route 2: Shuping Town Ink Danxia Scenic Area Day Tour
Ink Danxia Tourist Scenic Area is located in Shuping Town, Yongdeng County, between Lanzhou City and Lanzhou New District. It is the "nine most" Danxia landforms with the largest distribution area, the most complete landform variety, the oldest formation time, the latest discovery time, the best preserved, the closest to the city, the fewest indigenous residents, the deepest cultural accumulation, and the most famous people among the same type of landforms found in China. Due to the difference in sunshine in the scenic area, the Yang slope and the Yin slope here form different landscape styles, the dominant color of the Yang Slope is orange-red, and the main color of the Yin Slope is dark green. Along the way, the names can be called Autumn Mountain Map, Rainbow Sea, Danxia Reflecting Sun, Rainbow Falling Sky, Bai Lian, Bai Touwen, Rainbow Waterfall, Colorful Corridor, Danxia Mountain Peak - Tonghai Mountain, Danxia Cliff - Dahuai Mountain, etc., all kinds of scenes are majestic, strange, dangerous, secluded, and rugged, just like landscape ink paintings, people in the painting, linger.
Route 3: Liujiaxia Day Tour
Liujiaxia is located in Yongjing County, about 80 kilometers southwest of Lanzhou City. The climate here is pleasant, rich in melons and fruits, and rich in tourism resources. You can play in 2 courses.
The first route cultural tour can go to Liujiaxia Dam and Bingling Temple. The Liujiaxia Dam is majestic, walking on the dam, standing on the wall to intercept the clouds and rain of the high gorge... The majesty and beauty of the Liujiaxia Reservoir are endless. Then you can take a big boat or a local speedboat to Bingling Temple, on the way you can enjoy the "two dragons playing pearls" wonder of Liujiaxia, at the confluence of the Tao River and the Yellow River, one yellow and one green two rivers meet in a Y-shape, after the intersection, the river does not merge into one, but continues to keep the yellow and green side by side, and finally form a wonder into the Yellow River. The green willows on both sides of the riverbank, the magnificent water surface, and the wonderful landscape give people a kind of beauty of swimming in the painting. Disembark and visit Bingling Temple, Bingling Temple Grottoes, which was built in the first year of Jianhong of Western Qin (420 AD), from the Sixteen Kingdoms era, through the Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming dynasties, has a history of more than 1,600 years. During the summer when the capital of Western Qin was built, the king personally visited the grotto, waved an inscription, and the real work still existed on the rock wall.
The second line Internet celebrity check-in leisure trip, you can drive directly to the Kaole viewing platform, located in Kaole Township, Dongxiang County, bordering the Liujiaxia Reservoir, 35 kilometers away from the county seat, is a newly developed tourist attraction in Dongxiang County, Douyin on the Liujiaxia Bridge viewing platform has recently been very popular, and the surrounding people rush to the viewing platform to see the magnificent scenery. The majestic Liujiaxia Bridge is like a rainbow, spanning the river, vehicles coming and going on the highway in the distance, the reservoir is thousands of blue waves, and the Danxia landscape stretches for hundreds of miles, as if entering a picture scroll, making people haunted. After touring the viewing platform, go to Tulip Park or Taiji Island next to the Yellow River Bridge in Jinhewan, stroll around, and the day can end leisurely.
Route 4: Jingtai Yellow River Stone Forest Day Tour
Located in the southeast of Jingtai County, the Yellow River Stone Forest is a national AAAA-level tourist scenic spot. It integrates deserts, Gobi, the Yellow River, stone forests, oases, farms, etc., surrounded by mountains, mountains and rivers, and the movement and static. The magic of nature has created the meandering canyons in the stone forest scenic area, the peaks and forests towering, the cliffs volleying, the majestic momentum, and the natural shapes are colorful and expressive. It is also a natural film and television base, and the famous film and television works "The Granary of the World", "Western Hot Land", "Sweat and Blood BMW", "Shocking Legend", "Mythology", "Where Is Dad Going", etc., are all filmed here, making the stone forest famous all over the world.
Road 5: Lanzhou Safari Day Tour
Located in Yachuan Village, Zhonghe Town, the wildlife park covers an area of 5,358 acres, mainly including several functional areas such as oceanarium, theme animal venue, cute pet paradise, circus performance ground, beast experience area and agricultural sightseeing belt. In the park, you can take a small train to visit the African grassland area and the Asian desert area, and the African grassland area can enjoy the African Lion House, Bear Valley, rhinos, zebras, giraffes, wildebeest and highhorned antelopes, etc., and in the kangaroo and alpaca polybreeding area, you can also interact with alpacas up close. In the desert areas of Asia, there are Tibetan wild yaks, northwestern mountain sheep, deer houses, as well as red deer, white-lipped deer and sika deer, wolves, wild asses, wild horses and tiger mountains.
Route 6: Qinghai Beishan Park Zhalonggou Day Tour
Qinghai AAAA-level scenic spot Mutual Aid Beishan Zhalong Gou Scenic Area is about 220km away from Lanzhou City, famous for its strange scenery, where the mountains are more blue, the forest is more secluded, the pines are verdant, the azaleas are splendid, and the streams are babbling, which is a good place to find seclusion and exploration. Go down the river, step through the forest and breathe in the fresh air.
Route 7: Qinghai Beishan Langsdang Day Tour
Qinghai AAAA level scenic spot mutual aid Beishan Forest Farm Langsudang Scenic Area is about 200km away from Lanzhou, the scenic area is surrounded by mountains, ravines and ravines, forests and seas, green like weaving, fine water and long flow, elegant environment, beautiful scenery.
Route 8: A day trip to Hekou Ancient Town
Hekou Ancient Town is 40 kilometers away from Lanzhou City, in the past, it was an important port of the Yellow River waterway, and it was also one of the four famous ferry ports in the upper reaches of the ancient Yellow River. Now, the main street of the ancient town is centered on the bell and drum tower, divided into east and west streets. In the ancient town, along the village road, the lanes on both sides are staggered, there are brick-concrete houses, farmhouse restaurants and shops, etc., mixed with ruined ancient buildings, wooden archways, etc., recording the prosperity of the place. The ancient town is surrounded by the Yellow River, and a wooden plank road and observation deck have been built by the river, and you can enjoy the Yellow River along the wooden plank road.
Route 9: Zhongwei Shapotou Day Tour
It is about 4 hours by car from Lanzhou, integrating deserts, oases, the Yellow River and mountains, with peculiar terrain and sand rivers, which not only has the beauty of the scenery of the south of the Jiangsu, but also the majestic scenery of the northwest, and is called "the world's monopoly tourism resources" by experts in the tourism industry. Here you can relive the wonderful artistic conception of "the desert is lonely and straight, the sun sets on the long river", you can also experience the feeling of leisurely sandboarding in China's largest natural sandboarding ground and the thrill of flying over the Yellow River in 40 seconds.
Route 10: Weihe Source Day Tour
The scenic area is located 25 kilometers south of Weiyuan County and 160 kilometers from Lanzhou. This is the birthplace of the Wei River, where human beings thrived as early as six or seven thousand years ago, and it is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. Yuwang Worship Area is the core area of the entire scenic area, with attractions such as Dragon King Temple, History and Culture Exhibition Hall, Jade Dragon Landscape Road, Jiuding Terrace, Dayu Hall, and relief wall. Walking inside, the forest is dense, the stream is babbling, there is a line of heavenly wonders and grassland landforms, and the whole scenic area is about 5 hours away, so you must remember to wear tourist shoes.
Route 11: Zhangxian Guiqing Mountain Day Tour
Guiqing Mountain Scenic Area includes "Zen Forest Guiyue", "Broken Stream Immortal Bridge", "Eyewash Clear Pond", "Turning Tree Dangerous Road", "Western Scenic View", "Three Peaks Ring Cui", "Stone Stack Through the Clouds", "Lingyan Ancient Cave", "Fangqian Songtao", "Buddha World Bells" and other scenic spots. Along the way, there are also Dripping Cliffs, Buddha Cliffs, Living Tiger Temple and other scenic spots. Deep in the mountains, it is a natural botanical garden and zoo. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 1,000 species of precious flora and fauna here. To go to Guiqing Mountain, you must take the national highway, do not get on the highway, because the national highway passes through the watershed, and the watershed observation deck to view the winding mountain road with nine curves and eighteen bends is a rare experience. The mountains and waters on both sides of the road are beautiful, and there are houses dotted between them, and another unimaginable scenery, which should be the real scenery on the road.
May Day 5 days off, these eleven routes, basically cover all the worthwhile attractions around Lanzhou self-driving day trip, don't forget to collect after reading Oh, you can still use it on your next trip!