How to get to Zhangye Danxia from Beijing?

How to get to Zhangye Danxia from Beijing?

In recent years, as Zhangye Danxia Landform has enhanced the global reputation significantly, it has attracted more and more inbound tourists' visit. Among them, the vast majority of tourists will arrive in China from those big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi'an. Here, we will start with a general explanation of how to get to Zhangye Danxia from Beijing.

The distance between Beijing and Zhangye is 1372 km, and there is no direct airlines. As for the railway, the fastest direct railway between the two places need 18.5 hours currently, but it is not the best option.

Zhangye Danxia Geopark is located in northwest China's Gansu province whose provincial capital is Lanzhou. This means that you can fly direct to here from most Chinese cities and then take plane or D-trains to Zhangye city. Except Lanzhou, Zhangye has some surrounding cities like Xining and Xi'an as well. You can choose to fly to these cities and change airplane or D-train to reach Zhangye.

5 ways to get from Beijing to Zhangye Danxia

Option 1: Fly from Beijing to Lanzhou, and then continue to Zhangye (The Fastest Way)

Duration: 5 hours

Price: $378—$528

Beijing to Lanzhou Flight Timetables

Airline

Flight No.

Depart

Arrival

Duration

Days of Operation

Air China

CA1273

07:50

10:25

02h 25m

S M T W T F S

Air China

CA1239

08:30

11:05

02h 35m

S M T W T F S

China Eastern Air

MU2412

11:15

13:50

02h 35m

S M T W T F S

Air China

CA1271

12:10

14:45

02h 35m

S M T W T F S

Lanzhou to Zhangye Flight Timetable

Airline

Flight No.

Depart

Arrival

Duration

Days of Operation

Juneyao Airlines

HO1103

11:40

12:40

1 hour

T T S

Chengdu Airlines

EU2271

16:30

17:30

1 hour

S M W F


Option 2:  Fly from Beijing to Lanzhou, and transfer from airport to the railway station, then take a D-train to Zhangye

Duration: 7h 25min

Price: $247—$398

Beijing to Lanzhou Flight Timetables

Airline

Flight No.

Depart

Arrival

Duration

Days of Operation

Air China

CA1273

07:50

10:25

02h 25m

S M T W T F S

Air China

CA1239

08:30

11:05

02h 35m

S M T W T F S

China Eastern Air

MU2412

11:15

13:50

02h 35m

S M T W T F S

Air China

CA1271

12:10

14:45

02h 35m

S M T W T F S

Lanzhou to Zhangye D-Trains Timetable

Train No.

Train Type

Depart

Arrival

Duration

1st Class

2nd Class

D2743

Bullet train

06:40

10:41

04h 01m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2701

Bullet train

08:08

12:31

04h 23m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D55

Bullet train

08:27

12:51

04h 24m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2703

Bullet train

08:43

13:13

04h 30m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2753

Bullet train

08:52

13:34

04h 42m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2711

Bullet train

09:32

13:51

04h 19m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2749

Bullet train

09:48

14:15

04h 27m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2671

Bullet train

11:05

15:20

04h 15m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2687

Bullet train

13:36

17:46

04h 10m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2741

Bullet train

14:18

18:35

04h 17m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2757

Bullet train

16:43

20:49

04h 06m

CNY 239

CNY149.5

D2673

Bullet train

17:02

21:25

04h 23m

CNY 239

CNY149.5


Option 3:  Take a direct train from Beijing to Zhangye (The Cheapest Way)

Duration: 18h 35min

Price: $86—$95

Beijing to Zhangye Train Timetable

Train No.

Train Type

Depart

Arrival

Duration

Soft-sleeper

Z69

Direct express

10:00

04:35+1

18h 35m

CNY566

Z179

Direct express

15:00

15:58+1

24h 58m

CNY625

K41

Fast train

20:45

00:56+2

28h 11m

CNY625


Option 4:  Fly from Beijing to Xian, and then continue to Zhangye

Duration: 7h 50min

Price:  $250—$420

Beijing-Xian -Zhangye Flight Timetable

Airline

Flight No.

Depart

Arrival

Duration

Days of Operation

China Eastern Air

MU2104

08:40

16:30

07h 50m

S M T W T F S


Xian to Zhangye Flight Timetable

Flight No.

Depart

Arrival

Duration

Days of Operation

MU9650

17:35

19:35

2 hours

Every day


Option 5:  Fly from Beijing to Xining, and transfer from airport to the railway station, then take a D-train to Zhangye

Duration: 5h 20min

Price: $347—$490

Beijing to Xining Flight Timetables

Airline

Flight No.

Depart

Arrival

Duration

Days of Operation

China Eastern Air

MU2428

10:25

13:20

02h 55m

S M T W T F S

Air China

CA1265

12:45

15:25

02h 40m

S M T W T F S


Xining to Zhangye D-Trains Timetable

Train No.

Train Type

Depart

Arrival

Duration

1st Class

2nd Class

D2687

Bullet train

15:57

17:46

01h 49m

CNY147

CNY91.5

D2741

Bullet train

16:40

18:35

01h 55m

CNY147

CNY91.5

D2757

Bullet train

18:53

20:49

01h 56m

CNY147

CNY91.5

D2763

Bullet train

19:23

21:25

02h 02m

CNY147

CNY91.5



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