If you take the northern route, the starting point is Qinghai Province, will pass through Gansu Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and then Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. If you take the southern route, it will be Qinghai Province, Gansu Province, Shaanxi Province, and then Taiyuan in Shanxi Province! So, from Xining to Taiyuan, its only Henan.

2. Taiyuan to Qinghai travel guide

Qinghai-Gansu big loop, the budget of each expenditure overview of transportation costs (self-driving or carpooling) Self-driving: Qinghai and Gansu is a vast area, the public **** transportation is very inconvenient, so most of the way to go by self-driving or carpooling. If you drive, you can rent a car in Xining City. General car peak season about 300-400 days (off-season about 200-300 yuan), the whole 7 days, including fuel, tolls and so on. It can not save much money than renting a car. It it' hard to drive, the whole loop takes about 2700 kilometers. It seven days past, it' still a little tired. Carpooling: If you rent a car or carpool locally, the per capita cost is about 1300-1500 (about 1100-1300 in the off-season), depending on the model and number of people. Usually the carpool fare will be cheaper if there are more people. The cost of accommodation along the way is basically three months in the peak season of tourism in Qinghai and Gansu. June-August is the peak season every year, so the price of accommodation is higher. Many merchants live on these three months, so the average cost of accommodation during the whole trip is around 400 yuan a night (only about 150 yuan in low season). A budget of around $200 per person is more reasonable. It is important to note that reservations must be made in advance. The key is accommodation at Qinghai Lake, Chaka Town and Dachaidan Town. The hotel is very popular, behind Dunhuang, Zhangye, Qilian is relatively good. Prices are not as expensive and there are more choices.

Spend the whole trip, there are several attractions with high entrance fees, such as the Mogao Caves, Mingsha Mountain Crescent Springs, Jiayuguan Pass, Ta'er Temple. There are about ten places worth spending the entrance fee. A basic ticket of about 800 RMB (half price in low season) is reasonable, and you can save on tickets for some places. For example, Qinghai Lake, you can go to the herdsmen around the lake instead of Erlangjian, that is, 20 dollars a person can almost get in, and there are some fake ones along the way can be ignored. If it s carpooling, the local master will give sound advice.

No meals off-season and peak season there is little difference. Northwest although economically backward, but the cost of eating is not too low, because the material is not so rich, such as vegetables and so on, meat and vegetables are still not cheap. The basic cost per person should be around 100 yuan a day. You can if you come here, don't eat pasta every day. You should also taste some local specialties. Beef and lamb are great here and halal food is great to feast on. There are also many non-halal restaurants.

The total cost of the 7-day Ring Road, excluding the big transportation on the way (air ticket or train ticket). If you count from the arrival in Xining, the per capita cost in peak season is about 4000. Catering accommodation car attractions tickets are counted, play more comfortable. As off-season accommodation, chartered cars, tickets are cheap, the cost is about 3000-3500;

3. Qinghai to Taiyuan driving tour strategy map

The strategy is to get on the road from Taiyuan, Tibet

6 Driving route: the whole journey is about 3109.3 kilometers. Starting point: Taiyuan

1.Driving plan from Taiyuan

1)From the starting point to the east, drive 100 meters, turn right into Xinjian Road.

2)Drive along Xinjian Road for 1.3km and enter Yingze Street.

3)Drive along Yingze Street for 3.6km and enter Heping South Road.

4)Drive along South Heping Road for 170 meters and turn right.

5)Drive 3.5 kilometers and turn left into Guo Pu Road.6)Drive along Guo Pu Road for 300 meters and then turn right into the ramp.

7)Drive along the ramp for 1.7 kilometers and go straight into Taiyuan Bypass Highway.

8)Drive 11.2km along Taiyuan Bypass Highway and go straight into Jingkun Highway.

9)Drive along the Jingkun Expressway for 130 meters, heading for Linfen/Lvliang/Pingyao/Jinci, and turn slightly right into Luocheng Junction.

2) Drive along Luocheng Junction for 610 meters, turn right ahead and enter Jingkun Expressway.

3. Drive along Jingkun Expressway

7. Drive 1.3km along the ramp and go straight into Dingwu Expressway.

8. Drive along Dingwu Expressway for 20.2km towards Ning, then turn left into Enhe Junction.

9. Drive along Enhe Junction for 1.5 kilometers, then go straight into Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

10. Drive along Beijing-Tibet Expressway for 272.9 kilometers, heading toward Airport/Xining/G6/G30, then turn right into Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

11.Along the Beijing-Tibet Expressway drive 640 meters, straight into the Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

12. Drive along Beijing-Tibet Expressway for 20.3 kilometers, turn left slightly toward Honggu/Xining and enter Shuping Junction.

13. Drive along Shuping Junction for 1.4 kilometers, turn right ahead into Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

14. Along the Beijing-Tibet Expressway, drive 169.2km, turn right slightly to take the ramp in the direction of G0612/Xining South Line/Huangyuan/Germany.

15. Drive 2.2km along the ramp, go straight into the West River Expressway.

16. Drive along the West River Expressway for 57.6km, go straight into the Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

17.Along Beijing-Tibet Expressway, drive 16.9km, go straight into Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

18.Along the Beijing-Tibet Expressway, drive 110 meters, go straight into the western level.

19. Drive 30.6 kilometers along Xidao First Class Highway, go straight into Xidao First Class Highway.

20.Drive along Xidao First Class Highway for 15.4 kilometers, go straight into Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

21. Drive 40 meters along Beijing-Tibet Expressway, turn left into Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

22. Drive along the Beijing-Tibet Expressway for 190.7 kilometers. Turn right at Chaka exit and take the ramp.

23. Drive along the ramp for 960 meters, turn right ahead and enter Jingla Line.

24.Follow the Keira Line for 5.4 kilometers, then turn slightly right and take the ramp.

25.Follow the ramp for 1.4km and go straight into Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

26. Drive along Beijing-Tibet Expressway for 470.9km and go straight into Beijing-Tibet Expressway.

27. Drive along Beijing-Tibet Expressway for 30 meters, turn left into Beijing-Tibet Railway.

28. Drive 811.8 kilometers along Beijing-Tibet Railway, go straight into Lhasa Road.

29. Drive along Lhasa Road for 4.3km, go straight into Jingla Line.

30.Drive 112.9km along Jingla Line, go straight into Qinghai-Tibet Highway.

31.Drive 49.1km along Qinghai-Tibet Highway, go straight into Dangqu River East Road.

32. Drive 5.2km along Dangqu River East Road and enter Qinghai-Tibet Highway.

33. Drive 146.4km along Qinghai-Tibet Highway and go straight into Jugun West Road.

34. Drive 6.5 kilometers along Jugun West Road and go straight into Jugun Middle Road.

35.Driving Plan for Tibet Autonomous Region

1)Drive 1.4 kilometers along Zhugen Middle Road, go straight into Zhugen East Road.

2)Drive 2.4 kilometers along Zhugen East Road and go straight into Jiangsu Road.

3)Drive along Jiangsu Road for 110 meters and turn around into Jiangsu Road.

4)Drive 110 meters along Jiangsu Road and go straight into Jugun East Road.

5)Drive 360 meters along Jugun East Road to the end (on the right side of the road)

End: Tibet Autonomous Region

4. The best route for driving from Taiyuan to Qinghai Lake

Day 1:

Taiyuan - Yinchuan (the whole journey is more than 700 kilometers of highway). Gather at 5:30 am, 6o from Taiyuan Xiaodian highway on time. If it is not very far, follow the tips to change lanes to Fenyang and Lishi, the speed will be maintained at about 90 to 100. After Li Shi Kou, the large vehicles carrying coal will be significantly reduced, the road condition is good, the speed can be slightly increased. 9o clock, you can arrive at the military crossing at the border of Shanxi and Shaanxi - Wubao Yellow River Bridge. After crossing the Yellow River to the Wubao border in Shaanxi, the highway condition improved, the road surface was smooth and clean, there were fewer vehicles, and the speed increased to about 110. However, there are many curves on the road before Jingbian in Shaanxi and many tunnels in Wubao. Please pay attention to driving safety. Expect to arrive at Dingbian, the last stop on the Shaanxi border, at 12:00 noon. You can enter Dingbian County by driving 1 kilometer at the Lower Dingbian Expressway Intersection. A little further on you will enter the center of Dingbian County. Dingbian's specialty brine dishes include chicken, beef and mutton. A big bowl of local stuffed skin is recommended 4.5 RMB is solid. Unlike other places, three tablespoons of lamb liver sauce is added as a seasoning for a nice flavor. The side dishes ordered are very affordable, even if they are small noodles

Driving along the highway. at 1330 hours, after taking the highway, more than 10 kilometers from Ningxia. Connected to the border of Ningxia and Shaanxi is the huge Wang Quanliang toll station, after the station is Ningxia, then the edge of the Mao Wusu Desert, rolling small sandbags, bleak eyes. Only the sparse willows can make one feel a little green. Road conditions from Jingbian (you can choose to go to Yan'anan, the holy land of the revolution, the whole highway 150KM) to Yinchuan is very good, fewer vehicles, the road is flat. It only takes about one and a half hours to Shaanxi Yanchi, and we are expected to arrive at Yinchuan at 15:30 pm. (Yinchuan s main attractions: western cinema in Zhenbei Fort (admission 40 yuan), "Journey to the West with Big Words", "Red Sorghum", "Horse Herder", "New Dragon Inn", other films are being filmed during this time. Nanguan Mosque. Local specialties of Xixia Ling: wolfberry, licorice, Helan stone. Local food: pigeon fish in Zhongwei, hand-held mutton, soup mutton, steamed mutton, hairy vegetables, local yogurt is also very delicious, thick and powerful). When you arrive in Yinchuan, you can contact the Yinchuan brigade to enhance the relationship. (Su Yinchuan)

The next day:

Yinchuan-Lanzhou. Departure at 7:00 a.m., the whole about 400KM highway. Visit Zhongwei Shapotou on the way(Ticket 80)Ningxia Shapotou Tourist Area is located in the southeast edge of the Tengger Desert, 20 kilometers west of Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on the north bank of the Yellow River. Here, the desert, the Yellow River, the mountains and the oasis merge into one, with both the magnificent beauty of the northwest and the beauty of the south of the Yangtze River. In the Qianlong period, a large sandbar 2000 meters wide and about 100 meters high was formed on the river bank, so it was called Shatotou, or Shapotou. With a slope of 100 meters and an inclination of 60 degrees, the weather is sunny and the temperature rises. When people slide down the slope, there will be hum-; roaring in the slope, like a golden bell, languid and loud. Therefore, it has a bell ringing on the slope is one of the four famous temples in China. Lanzhou is the ancient Silk Road. History and nature have left many places of interest in Lanzhou. Lanzhou is a famous fruit fruit city at home and abroad, especially in summer and fall. You can see the ancient raft ferry and experience blowing cattle across the Yellow River; you can also take a rubber boat to float on the Yellow River. Lanzhou s food and drink: mutton buns, Lanzhou stuffed skin, Lanzhou beef noodles, Lanzhou snacks, gray beans, sweet spirits. Get in touch with the Lanzhou brigade to enhance the relationship. (Suzhou)

Day 3:

Lanzhou Qinghai Lake. Morning: drive to Xining, the whole highway. We are expected to arrive at Xining in three hours. From Xining on the Xita highway, we will arrive at Ta minute er temple. The entrance fee is in RMB and the tour time is about 20 hours . Then, you set off for Riyue Mountain, climbing the Laji Pass at an altitude of meters to reach Riyue Mountain. The entrance fee is CNY and the tour time is about 10 hours . It was from here that Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty married Songtsen Gampo, the Tibetan Prefect of Tubo, and traveled south into Tibet via the Tangfan Road. After crossing the Inverted Bleeding River, all the rivers in the world flow to the east, but this small stream flows to the west. Then arrive at the destination of this event, China's largest and most beautiful lake, Qinghai Lake (100 RMB/person, 50 RMB/person by boat), which is China's largest saltwater lake, covering an area of more than 4,500 square kilometers, with lush grasses and trees beside the lake. From June to September each year, large areas of rapeseed flowers bloom on the lake, golden and spectacular. How can you bear to stay in a hotel to find a suitable camping site, set up a camp, burying pots and pans to cook? It looks at the rising smoke of cooking, rippling lake water and melodious pastoral songs, it is really beautiful! (Su Qinghai Lake)

Day 4:

Qinghai Lake-Lanzhou (750 kilometers). 7:00 am Tour around Qinghai Lake, the whole 360KM.

Qinghai Lake is the holy lake in Tibetan area. It is best to respect the local customs clockwise around the lake. There are basically barbed wire fences erected by the government along the way between the highway and the pastures in the lake area, but there are still many places without barbed wire or easy to go over to get close to the Qinghai Lake.

Traveling Route: Bird Island, Chaka Salt Lake, Rubber Pass, Haim

010-10:10 train will transfer to Xi'an an. Taiyuan to Xi'an an is as follows: train departure time, arrival time, hard seat, soft seat, hard sleeper, soft sleeper mileage L27 Taiyuan 21:30 Xi'an an 07:249 hours 54 minutes 65145-97-1725 Taiyuan 08:57 Xi'an anan 20:2411 hours 27 minutes 64446-991621485 Taiyuan 14:07 Xi'an anan 00. 2410 hours and 17 minutes 694-2535 Taiyuan 18:12 Xi'an An 07:4513 hours and 33 minutes 67946-991621674/175 Taiyuan 00:15 An 10:2710 hours and 22 minutes 65145-97156 Train trips from Xi'an An to Xining are as follows: Train Departure, Arrival, Mileage, Hard Seat, Soft Seat, Hard Sleeper. Soft Sleeper T27 Xi'an An 08:48 Xining 18:149 hrs 38 mins 892116-207326t51 An 03:18 Xining 14:3911 hrs 27 mins 892116-2073261101 An 21:15 Xi'an An 13:2716 hrs 22 mins 892-1101 Xi'an An 21:15 Xi'an An 13:2716 hrs 22 minutes892-K172/K13XianAn 10:28Xining21:4411 hours24 minutes892-K172/K173An 10:28Xining21:4411 hours24 minutes892-K376/K377An 04:54Xining17:2812 hours42 minutes892116-207326T164/T165An 10 :12 Xining19:389hours38mins892116-207326T264/T265An 10:12 Xining19:389hours38mins892116-207326T222/T23An 06:45 Xining16:259hours55mins892116-207326T222/T223An 06:45 Xining 16:259 hours 55 minutes 892116-207326T222/T23An 06:45 Xining16:259 hours 55 minutes 892116-207326T222/T223An 06:45 Xining16:259 hours 55 minutes 892116-207326Taiyuan has no direct flights to Xining. Currently if you go by plane, it is recommended to transfer to Xiningan in Xi'an, this flight takes 140 minutes. The full price is 1316.

5. Taiyuan driving to Qinghai

There is no special train from Taiyuan to Lhasa, but there is a train stopping in Taiyuan, which is convenient for tourists traveling to Lhasa, Tibet. This train starts from Beijing West, arrives at Taiyuan station at 12:20 a.m., and starts at 12:26 a.m. It takes about 36 hours, and you can arrive in Lhasa at 12 noon. Although the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a long way, it is still worthwhile to enjoy different beautiful scenery along the way.