Qinghai-Gansu Loop Tour: Self-driving or chartering?

Share some practical advice on transportation options for this line: ⚠️ Be cautious when driving: 🎬 1, driving experience is not enough friends, unless the holidays are ample (10-15 days), otherwise it is not recommended to try easily; 🎬2, off-season self-driving is okay, peak season traffic volume, and rental cars, fuel costs, tolls and charter costs are almost the same, self-driving is also very energy-consuming; 🎬3, some sections of the road mobile phone no signal, download offline maps in advance, more to pay attention to the niche route; 🎬4, the whole process speed limit photography, interval speed measurement more, empty sections easy to unconsciously speed; 🎬5, no man's land highway view wide, lack of reference objects, sunlight reflection easy visual fatigue; 🎬6, peak season trucks, if the night rush, self-driving risk increases sharply; 🎬7, to Rouge Mountain, Obo Leung and other places, poor signal and easy to get stuck in the car, beginners beware. - 🚗 Transportation Choice Guide: ✈️ You can land at Xining Caojiabao Airport or Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport 🚄Arrive at Xining Station, or Lanzhou Station/Lanzhou West Station 🚙 Self-driving requires adequate planning, the trip is relatively hard 🚕 Recommend chartered car or small group (2-8 people pure play), flexible and frugal - 🌄8 Days Classic Itinerary: D1.Xining Airport Pick-up/Train Pick-up (Accommodation) D2.Xining-Riyue Mountain (Cheguan)--Qinghai Lake-Chaka Salt Lake-Delingha/Chaka (Accommodation) D3. Delingha-Qarhan Salt Lake - Dachaidan (Accommodation) D4.Dachaidan - U-shaped highway - Dongtai Jinel Lake - Water Yadan - Nanbaxian Yadan - Dachaidan (Accommodation) D5. Dachaidan-Emerald Lake--Oil Town-Dunhuang (Accommodation) D6.Dunhuang - Mogao Grottoes - Crescent Moon Spring in Mingsha Mountain - Dunhuang (Accommodation) D7.Dunhuang - Guazhou - Jiayuguan - Zhangye Colorful Danxia - Zhangye (Accommodation) D8.Zhangye--Biandukou-Qilian Mountain Prairie-Gangshika Snow Peak (distant view)-Menyuan (via the sea of ​​​​rapeseed flowers with flowering period July-August)-Xining 📸 Highlights: 🎈Qarhan Salt Lake: The view of the salt lake is magnificent, like jade 🎈Emerald Lake: aerial perspective more out of the film, small train on demand selection 🎈Qinghai Lake: The lake and mountains are beautiful 🎈Mogao Grottoes: Book in advance for ordinary tickets (A tickets) 🎈Mingsha Mountain Crescent Moon Spring: Feel the unique scenery of the desert 🎈Colorful Danxia: The scenery of the four seasons has its own charm - 🍜Specialty food recommendations: ✔️ Grab mutton with hands ✔️Qinghai old yogurt ✔️ Local hot pot ✔️ Lamb stew cake ✔️ Stuffed skin ✔️ Stir-fried pull strips ✔️ Dog watering urine cake ✔️Apricot peel water - 💡Practical reminder: 1, late June begins to enter the peak season, prices rise, as early as possible to plan the trip; 2, plateau UV rays strong, sunscreen measures must be in place; 3, the first to the plateau avoid vigorous exercise, suspend bathing and shampooing, prevent high fever. Images and texts are taken from the Internet. If there is any copyright infringement, please inform us to delete it.