Itinerary Details

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  Day 1: Kashgar Arrival

  Attractions: No
  Meals: No
  Hotel: hotel in Kashgar

  Today you will catch the flight to Kashgar. We will meet you at the airport with a welcome board, then bring you to the downtown hotel and check in. Have a good rest.

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  Day 2: Kashgar - Shipton Arh (220kms, 2.5hrs driving)

  Attractions: Shipton Arh
  Meals: Breakfast
  Hotel: hotel in Kashgar

  Enjoy your breakfast then to visit Shipton Arh, the first activated stone Museum of geological movement change in China and an excellent Global Geopark. It has a total length of about 30 kilometers, with high cliffs on both sides, just like a mountain torn apart by force. At the same time, the mountain changes in different periods of the Grand Canyon have recorded the whole process of the geological crustal movement in Xinjiang in the past 400 million years, which can be called the living fossil exhibition hall and Geological Museum of the geological crustal changes in China and even the world.

  

  Lanzhou Airport Pick-up

  

  Lanzhou Railway Station Pick-up
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  Day 3: Kashagar - Oytagh Glacier Park (100+kms, 2hrs driving)

  Attractions: Sunday Bazaar, Pamirs Plateau, Oytag Glacier Park
  Meals: Breakfast
  Hotel: hotel in Kashgar

  In the morning, enjoy your nice buffet breakfast. your guide and driver will meet you at hotel lobby to start the adventure. We will pay a visit to the famous Sunday Bazaar that is combined two section. The covered bazaar sells the clothing, nuts, household goods and many things out of your imagination. The outdoor Animal Bazaar is the first bazaar we visit, where the farmers and buyers arriving by donkey cart, truck, bicycle, horseback, motorbike or on foot, with their animals. It's loud, lively and cheerful as they arrive. It is quite interesting to witness their typical methods of bargain. Then driving on the China - Pakistan Highway, you can enjoy the beautiful landscape of Pamirs Plateau - a large plateau of the Pamirs Mt, with altitude, ranges around 2500m - 3500m, mountain peaks as high as 7000m along the way.

  You can also see the magnificent Oytag Glacier Park. 

  

  Sunday Bazaar

  

  Animal Bazaar
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  Day 4: Kashgar flight to Urumqi

  Attractions: Idigar Mosque, Kashgar Old Town
  Meals: Breakfast
  Hotel: hotel in Urumqi

  Today meet your guide and driver at the hotel lobby, then we will do full day Kashgar city excursion. we will visit the Idigar Mosque, the largest Mosque in China and the most sacred mosque for the locals to practise their Islamic activities. around 10:30 we have to visit the Old Town when the open ceremony ready to greeting all the tourists with the culture show, further exploration to the special culture and experience the lifestyle with the arrangements of the visiting to the local Uighur Family. Lunch arranged in the local Restaurant. Kashgar city tour ends with the wandering to the bustling Handicraft street, dazzling jewelry, primitive pottery,unique musical instrument, daily resources of the locals.

  After visiting, say goodbye to Kashgar where you must have amazing experience and you will be transferred to the airport and catch the flight to Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang.

  

  Idigar Mosque

  

  Kashgar Old Town
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  Day 5: Urumqi - Heavenly Lake (120kms, 1.5hrs driving)

  Attractions: Heavenly Lake, Xinjiang International Bazaar
  Meals: Breakfast
  Hotel: hotel in Urumqi

  Driving to the picturesque Heavenly Lake, which is surrounded by the snow mountains, blooming wildflowers, evergreen pine trees. Trekking along the lake in the fresh air. or you can explore further  to the Maya Mountain by the cable car to enjoy the magnificent view of the Mountains. Afterwards, transfer back to Urumqi about the other 1.5hrs, visit the Xinjiang International Bazaar, the largest bazaar in Urumqi. You'll find a bustling market filled with fruit, clothing, crafts, knives, carpets and almost anything that you can imagine.

  

  Heavenly Lake

  

  Xinjiang International Bazaar
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  Day 6: Urumqi - Turpan (200kms, 3hrs driving)

  Attractions: Tuyoq Village
  Meals: Breakfast
  Hotel: hotel in Turpan

  Start the trip off with the 2-3hours driving to Turpan, passing by the wind power station which is the largest one in Asia spreading at the foot of Tianshan Mountain. Following glimpse of Salt Lake in Dabancheng. We'll be amazed by the histroical sites and oasis land of Turpan. A must and first visit is the oldest Uighur village Tuyoq Village located in the very center of Flaming Mountain Canyon. It used to be the holy site of Buddhism and Islam. The village consists of four parts: Canyon scenery, Thousand Buddha Caves, Maza tomb and the old buildings of the ancient village.

  

  Tuyoq Village

  

  Flaming Mountain
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  Day 7: Turpan - Urumqi

  Attractions: Karez Well, Sugong Minaret, Jiaohe Ruins
  Meals: Breakfast
  Hotel: hotel in Urumqi

  Morning depart from the hotel, we will head to the Karez Well, which is special kind of irrigation system, here you can not only visit this ancient irrigation system, but also get rid of the heat of summer. Then explore the Sugong Minaret, the largest Islamic minaret in China built in 1778. Then drive to enjoy the scenery of Jiaohe Ruins with a history of 2,300 years lies between two rivers on a loess plateau atop a cliff of over 30m. It is one of the best preserved ruins of its ancient era in China, it was include in the World Heritage List on June 22, 2014. After the visiting, drive back to Urumqi for overnight stay.

  

  Sugong Minaret

  

  Karez Well
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  Day 8: Depart from Urumqi

  Attractions: No
  Meals: Breakfast
  Hotel: No

  Say farewell the most charming place Xinjiang. Then you will be transferred to the airport and back to your destination. Wish you a pleasant journey home!