The south and north Xinjiang 18 days tour

Today welcome to Urumqi we will meet you at the airport and stay in Urumqi hotel overnight

Urumqi arrival

After breakfast in the hotel, take a car about 1.5h to the heavenly lake, which is a national 5A level scenic spot and a famous summer resort. Take the shuttle bus to the Heavenly lake Scenic Spot bus stop, then take the battery car to the lakeside. After paying a visit to the lake ,have lunch then backto Urumqi by car, stay in Urumqi overnight

Urumqi arrival

Turpan arrival

After breakfast in the hotel, take a bus to visit the Karez well underground irrigation system, which is known as one of the three ancient great projects in China and the other two are  Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Great Wall, it is the life of Turpan people ,and then go to the largest existing ancient pagoda Su Gong Pagoda in Xinjiang ,it was built in 1778 by Sulaiman and next to it is a mosque ,it is the largest mosque in Turpan, then have lunch, and then take the car back to Urumqi and stay there overnight

Urumqi arrival

After breakfast in the hotel drive to our destination -Burjin,cross the S21 desert road about 4 hours, arrive in Burjin  a Russian style town andpay a visit to the colorful bay scenic spot, enjoy the colorful Yadan landscape and the origin of the Irtysh River.it is only river that flows into the Arctic Ocean Irtysh River.after dinner go to the the Russian style folk night market.here you can appreciate and taste all kinds of Russia’s articles and local cuisine

Burjin  arrival

After breakfast in the hotel, go to Kanas by car. When you arrive at the entrance of the scenic area, transfer to the shuttle bus to enter Kanas scenic spot. Along the way, you can enjoy Shenxian (fairy) Bay, Wolong Bay, Moon Bay, Yaze Lake and Kanas Lake, which is the deepest freshwater lake in Xinjiang, with an elevation of 1374 meters and a maximum depth of 188 meters. You can choose a cruise boat to enjoy the scenery of Kanas Lake, or you can choose a Tuva family visit to learn the customs of the 57th ethnic group. You can take the shuttle bus to the Fish Viewing pavilion to challenge the 1068 steps from the fish pavilion you will have a good bird view of Kanas and explore the traces of Kanas Lake monster. Then go back to Jiadengyu hotel.  Tonight you will stay in jiadengyu village

                                                      

Urumqi arrival

                     

After breakfast in the hotel, go to Hemu scenic area by car, after two hours enter Hemu village scenic spot then you need take the local shuttle bus, through the original birch forest, the Irtysh River, Hemu is known as the God's private land, which is also one of the eight major photography places in the country. Hemu Village is a beautiful primitive village surrounded by snow-capped mountains, birch forests and rivers. You can take pictures by the Hemu River, and stay in the Hemu scenic area at night to experience the original log cabin for a night under the sunny day you can appreciate the stars sky .

Hemuarrival

After breakfast in the hotel, drive to Ulhe to visit "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" shooting site Ulhe ghost town scenic spot, where you can enjoy the miracle Yadan landform. Formed naturally all kinds of images Like an ancient castle, Elephant peacock, lions, human figurine and so on  tonight stay in Ulho or Karamay for the night

 

Jiadengyu arrival

After breakfast in the hotel drive to the last drop of tears in the Atlantic Ocean "Sayram Lake" then pay a visit around the lake it will take you about 5 hours, then head for the town of Qingshui stay there overnight, via the magnificent Guozigou Bridge, pay a visit to it from car this evening stay in Qingshui town

Qingshuihe arrival

After breakfast in the hotel, go to Yining City by car. After arrival, go to Kazanqi Folk street and Liuxing Street you can stroll around them to feel the unique Xinjiang ethnic customs. Then arrange lunch and stay in Yining City overnight

Yining arrival

After breakfast in the hotel, go to Narati scenic area by car pay a visit of the Sky prairie, located in the hinterland of Tianshan Mountain, known as "outside the Yangtze River" then stay in Narati town

Narati  arrival

After breakfast in the hotel drive to Kuqa along the southern section of the Duku highway, along the way to enjoy canyons, high mountains, snow mountain top,on the way pay a visit to the large and small dragon lakes,then arriving in Kuqa

Kuqa arrival

After breakfastin the hotel then drive  to Wensu County Tomur Grand Canyon, in Uygurlanguage it means thrilling and mysterious is the largest, the highest aesthetic value of the red layer canyon,  of the north and south of Tianshan Mountains  is known as the "king of the canyon", is also the Tianshan Tomur World Natural Heritage .it is a developed landscape .then head to Aksu .tonight stay in Aksu city overnight

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Day14：Aksu/Kashgar
Transportation: Tourist Bus	Hotel：Kashgar	Restaurant：BLD

After breakfast in the hotel drive to Kashgar,along the fridge of Taklimakan desert,

              

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Day15：Kashgar/Taxkorgan
Transportation: Tourist Bus	Hotel：Taxkorgan	Restaurant：BLD

After breakfast in the hotel, drive to Taxkorgan County leisurely, along the Karakoram Mountains on the half way you can pay a visit to White sand Lake, the lake is blue, white sand like snow, it is so amazing. Then go to Muztag Glacier Park, to feel the exotic nature, experience the mystery of the glacier. Then head to the hotel to rest 

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Day16：Taxkorgan/Kashgar
Transportation: Tourist Bus	Hotel：kashgar	Restaurant：BLD

After breakfast in the hotel, we will drive to the Golden Grassland and Stone Fortress to feel the peace and beauty of nature, and then we will head to explore the Karakul Lake walk around the lake and take a deep breath  it is located  at the foot of the Father of the glacier-Muztag. Under the sun shine the holy Muztag snow mountain reflected in the lake and Tajk Ethnic group is the main minority who settle down here and graze their herds around the lake .then drive back to Kashgar ,stay in kashgar overnight.

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Day17：Kashgar
Transportation: Tourist Bus	Hotel：kashgar	Restaurant：BLD

After breakfast in the hotel, go to Kashgar city to enjoy the ancient city Opening ceremony, Khan Bazaar, Oil Painting Street and other places to feel the history and culture of Kashgar Ancient City. Century-old teahouse, be sure to sit for a while, taste a cup of tea, listen to folk artists to play and sing and enjoy leisure time. Go to Xinjiang's largest mosque Id Kah Mosque, Xiangfei Garden Xiangfei Garden scenic area with "Xiangfei" culture is the theme, is not only a typical Uygur traditional architectural art features of the ancient building complex, but also a variety of cultural integration and coexistence of mausoleums, but also famous for the burial of Qianlong's concubine, After sightseeing,have dinner tonight you can go to Kashgar ancient to feel night tour of it,and stay in Kashgar

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Day18：Kashgar
Kashgar Departure

According to your flight time our tour guide and driver will transfer you to the airport to catch your flight ,your 17days China’s tour comes to an end ,have a good trip see you next time .