Private Customized the Silk Road Tour

Yumen Pass and Yangguan Pass

Steven was very helpful and flexible ti help me thru my solo in Gansu. Lily was my guide. She was so knowledgeable, funny and made my trips more enjoyable.

Explore awe inspiring ancient grottoes in Dunhuang, be Dazzled with the magnificent colourful hills in Zhangye.

We recently completed our 3 day private tour with Steven to Dunhuang/Zhangye and had a wonderful experience covering camel rides through the sand dunes, ancient Maogao caves, MoonLake Springs, Horse Hoof Temples and the amazing Danxia multi coloured hills. We are glad to have covered these two incredible areas with rich ancient history and Steven has been a great local guide, well organised itinerary and logistic support that is always on time. Steven’s local connection helped secured us with good VIP seats to the cultural shows and provided professional services with his impressive knowledge and China history which helped to enhance our China experiences. Overall, our group of 9 were well taken care of and I will not hesitate to recommend Steven/ChinaRoad AngelTours. He is also effectively bilingual in Mandarin although English tours is what he specialised.

Two day private tour in Dunhuang

Steven provide me with an excellent two day itinerary that allowed me to see everything that I wanted to in the Dunhuang area. He made the process easy and took all the headaches out of the logistics of getting from place to place and accessing the important things I wanted to. He is quite knowledgeable about the history of the area and I learned a lot from him during the two days.

Flexible, Perfectly Professional, Full Service Tours

As the owner of Silk Road Angel Tours, Steven is very professional, knowledgeable and speaks perfect English (he serves as the official interpreter in town as well). He was extremely professional in arranging to meet me with a private car at my hotel and to tour around the Dunhuang area and Gansu, and he customized my tour to see the Jade Gate, the Dunhuang Solar Power Plant (the world's largest) and the Mogao Caves. He even spent the next day taking me to the White Horse Pagoda and to the airport to catch my flight free of charge. As a local of Dunhuang and Gansu, he is very familiar with the local history, culture and specific sights and specializes in this province of China. Highly recommended!

Excellent Dunhuang Private Tour

My wife and I had an incredible visit to Dunhuang with Steve at Silk Road Angel Tours. Steve organized our amazing two day private tour with visits to the sand dunes, camel rides, an excellent show, and the breathtaking Mogao Caves. He also booked a beautiful hotel for us near the sand dunes and treated us to some delicious meals. The booking process with Steve was very easy and he was very responsive to any inquires or requests.

Silk road tour organized by Steven Kang of Angel Tours

This 9 days Silk road tour organized by Steven Kang covering Lanzhou Zhangye Jiayuguan Dunhuang Urumqi and ended in Xian, Steven had done a very professional job and provided excellent service during the whole tour and all of us enjoyed with full satisfaction and we give Steven and Angel Tours 5 star rating on this tour

A trip of a lifetime with Steven Kang from Silk Road Angel Tours

This trip of a lifetime started with three good decisions ... my interests pushed me to concentrate on two areas, Zhangye and Tianshui (driven largely by Danxia National GeoPark outside Zhangye and Maijishan Grottoes outside Tianshui). I decided to get a personal guide in order to make the most of limited time (6 days). From researching Tripadvisor I contacted Angel Tours by email and Steven answered almost immediately. This was the first time I had ever used a personal guide over multiple days - I can't recommend it enough - just the companionship and shared experience is sufficient, let alone the timesavings from being with someone who has all the answers and tricks at their fingertips. As Steven and I began to understand each other, I really got into the experience and the majesty and beauty of China began to grow on me. I found Steven to be an excellent professional, obviously very experienced and knowledgable (he is in a select group of about 1800 who have been awarded the Gold Medal for guiding in China). His relaxed manner and friendly nature made him more of a companion than a 'tour guide'. When planning the trip from New Zealand, Steven responded almost instantly, was amenable to change and always had some great suggestions up his sleeve. Meetup was easy-as, and his work associates were excellent (the driver who met me, off his own bat, brought his niece from Teacher's College to the airport to help me). I found the pricing for the guiding and driving very reasonable - the whole guiding/Angel Tours things was brilliant in a money/efficiency sense. Next year I am taking the family to the Dunhuang area and Steven and I have already started talking about his home town. Best of all, I fell in love with China, we are definitely sympatico ... thanks to Steven and Angel Tours for helping in that.

Highly professional and knowledgeable tour experience

I booked a 2 day solo tour of Dunhuang with Steven only to have my plans impacted by a recent COVID outbreak in the region. I cannot recommend this tour or his services more highly! In a rapidly changing situation, Steven helped me figure out plans for onward travel and even followed up to make sure I arrived safe and sound. Even though in the end I only got to see the city and its sights for one day, it was more than worth it for the insight, historical knowledge and convenience he brought to the experience. Mogao Caves were more than worth the trip out west!

Effortless & Authentic experiences of Gansu

With the distances between points of interest across Gansu (Lanzhou, Zhangye, Dunhuang), and only 5 days to cover it, Steven’s services were indispensable. Ease of travel Mixing high speed train and shuttle we were saving time and traveled comfortably on long legs, while not having to worry about how to get around locally. English speaking Although Gansu’s sites are gaining traction with foreign tourists for a long time, English speaking guides are still rare. Especially if non of you is Chinese speaking, Steven will help out with briefing you on the context and getting you around. Familiar with places You are sure to get the authentic dishes, value for your money in hotels, and a quick fix to ideas that pop up. Plus, Steven is a comfortable person to have around.

3 Day Gansu Custom tour

We did a super condensed 3 day custom tour of Gansu Province. As foreigners, we were concerned about the impact of coronavirus travel changes to our trip. Our guide Steven ensured everything was smooth and effortless. We never had to line up for tickets or worry about where we were going to be picked up. Steven took charge of all communication with hotels, scenic staff, restaurants and transport and was sensitive to our needs I.e. frequent bathroom breaks, constant photo taking, need for coffee. We never felt rushed. We started in Zhangye, and visited both Rainbow Mountain as well as the Pingshanhu geopark. The view was breathtaking. In Dunhuang, we went to the Crescent Moon oasis in the sand dunes and went again next morning to catch the sunrise. The famous Mogao caves were also terrific. The great thing is both of these locations are very close to the city itself and not hard to get to. If you want a customized tour of Gansu, this is would be solid choice.

Recommend doing this trip with 4-6 people so you can easily share the expenses. Mogao caves and sand dunes was the best

After looking at all the options, seeing what other tours were doing and asking friends who have been; I ended up choosing this itinerary: Day 1: Lanzhou Arrival - Lanzhou Museum - Evening train to Zhangye Day 2: Pingshan Lake Grand Canyon - Zhangye National Geopark Day 3: Zhangye - Jiayuguan Pass - Great Wall Museum Day 4: Sand dunes & Crescent Moon Spring - Mogao Caves Day 5: Sunrise at Sand dunes and Dunhuang Museum and Departure Sent this to Steven and he quickly got me a quote and helped me arrange everything- from English guides in the Mogao Caves, to reserving tickets, and finding good hotels. We didn’t have to worry about anything, it was really convenient to have a car since it’s a pretty packed trip so we didn’t waste time trying to figure out how to get to one place to another. Overall, to visit the highlights of the Gansu province, a private tour is really the best way to go and didn’t come out too expensive. Compared to group tours, this private tour was only slightly more expensive. Recommend doing this trip with 4-6 people so you can easily share the expenses. The sand dunes and Mogao grottoes was our highlight! Steven made sure we got to see all of this, even if we slightly varied of our itinerary because we missed our train the first night. (Life happens) Lastly, Steven made sure we ate well! Lanzhou Beef Noodle Soup is famous in this region and we ate it a lot.

Silk Road Trip for our CIEE Shanghai program

We have been working with Steven Kang since 2012. Each year in late October, Steven helps us to organize and coordinate the trip to the west. From the students' evaluation, we can see students all amazed by the historic part from the trip and appreciated the opportunities that they can interact with tibetan minority group from the trip, on top of that, the professional service from Angel Tours ensure the travel experience educational and rewarding. Thank you!

Seamless Tour of Dunhuang

Everything was taken care of with ease. We all had so much fun at the Singing Sand Sand dunes and the Mogao Grottos!

Fantastic Dunhuang Tour Company

Silk Road Angel Tours is simply one of the best tour companies I have ever experienced. Steven (our tour guide) was incredibly knowledgeable and helpful wirh all aspects of the trip. I would certainly recommend this company if you are planning on traveling to Dunhuang or Gansu. Steven is an exceptional tour guide who goes out of his way to help you explore the city and learn about its fascinating history, everything was arranged perfectly and we had a fantastic driver as well!

Hexi Corridor Cultural and Art Tour

It was a happy and fruitful week. The Hexi Corridor went westwards, with great rivers, plateaus, Gobi Desert, oasis, golden poplar forests... As a Tang poet wrote: "The long distance is endless, and the mountains are broken and connected." Museums, temples, city walls, art exhibitions, music and dance, etc. The guide and I went from strangers to friends and relatives. "I visited Dunhuang several times and shook hands with my relatives a thousand times."