Zhangye Travel Guide
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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