Gansu, Xinjiang & the Silk Road
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Gansu, Xinjiang & the Silk Road

Ride camels across singing dunes at dusk, enter restricted Mogao caves with a researcher, and haggle over livestock at Kashgar's Sunday market. The Silk Road is desert China at its most epic — oasis cities, Buddhist cliffs, and Uyghur bazaars that feel like another continent.

  • Gansu
  • Ningxia
  • Xinjiang

Journeys in this region

Journeys crafted on request.

Signature experiences

What this region does better than anywhere else in China.

01

Mogao Caves, after closing

Restricted-access chambers with a Dunhuang Academy researcher.

02

Camel camp at Mingsha

Private tented camp under the singing sand dunes.

03

Kashgar Sunday market

Pre-dawn livestock market and a Uyghur lunch with a local musician.

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