City: Gansu
Top Things to do in Gansu
Top Hotels in Gansu
- 1. 7 Days Premium Lanzhou Xiguan Shizi Zhongshan Bridge
- 2. Home Inn (Lanzhou Pedestrain Street)
- 3. 7 Days Inn (Lanzhou Jingning Road)
- 4. Dunhuang Guest House
- 5. Xihu Yinfeng Hotel
- 6. New Victory Hotel
- 7. Sunshine Plaza Hotel
- 8. Zugong Building Hotel
- 9. Ningwozhuang Hotel
- 10. Home Inn (Lanzhou Yongchang Road)
What to do and see in Gansu, China: The Best Canyons
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
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 27 reviews
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
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 20 reviews
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
4. Bapan Canyon Tourist Resort
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 1 reviews
5. Yellow River Gorges Scenic Resort
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
6. Yueliang Gorges
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1 reviews
7. Yaoshui Gorge
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 2 reviews
