[day title=”Day 1” image=”/wp-content/upload/image/kashgar/free-day2.jpg”] Arrive in Kashgar
Hotel:Atour Hotel Kashgar Wanda Plaza
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Arrive in Kashgar and have free time, walk around old city if you like
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Hotel:Atour Hotel Kashgar Wanda Plaza
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Arrive in Kashgar and have free time, walk around old city if you like
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[day title=”Day 2” image=”/wp-content/upload/image/urumqi/heavenly-lake2-second-day.jpg”] Urumqi to Beitun
Hotel:On the train
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Visit Heavely lake and drive to Beitun
After breakfast, drive to Tianshan Heavenly Lake, a stunning alpine lake surrounded by snow-capped peaks. Enjoy a hike along wooden boardwalks, an optional boat ride, and visit Wangmu Temple. Continue through Gurbantünggüt Desert, China’s second-largest desert, where you can spot wild camels and take photos of the vast sand dunes. Arrive in Beitun by evening and savor Kazakh dishes like beshbarmak (boiled meat with noodles). Overnight in Beitun.
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Hotel:On the train
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Visit Heavely lake and drive to Beitun
After breakfast, drive to Tianshan Heavenly Lake, a stunning alpine lake surrounded by snow-capped peaks. Enjoy a hike along wooden boardwalks, an optional boat ride, and visit Wangmu Temple. Continue through Gurbantünggüt Desert, China’s second-largest desert, where you can spot wild camels and take photos of the vast sand dunes. Arrive in Beitun by evening and savor Kazakh dishes like beshbarmak (boiled meat with noodles). Overnight in Beitun.
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[day title=”Day 3” image=”/wp-content/upload/image/turpan/tuyuq-village-top.jpg”] Urumqi to Turpan Tuyuq Village
Hotel:Lanzhou Longxin Hotel (4*)
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountain and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountains and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
After breakfast, drive on the first-class highway to Turpan for about 2:30-3:00 hours. Once you arrive in Turpan check into the hotel, then start our wonderful day in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Karakhoja Astana tombs, a Tang-dynasty burial ground which also known as the “Underground Museum”. Astana means “capital” in the Uighur language and Karakhoja is name of a legendary hero of an ancient Uighur Kingdom who saved his people by killing a vicious dragon.
After lunch visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
We’ll stop on the roadside for photos of the Flaming Mountain which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Finally, Move on to Toyuq village, an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have dinner with a local family and spend a night in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour today.
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Hotel:Lanzhou Longxin Hotel (4*)
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountain and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountains and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
After breakfast, drive on the first-class highway to Turpan for about 2:30-3:00 hours. Once you arrive in Turpan check into the hotel, then start our wonderful day in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Karakhoja Astana tombs, a Tang-dynasty burial ground which also known as the “Underground Museum”. Astana means “capital” in the Uighur language and Karakhoja is name of a legendary hero of an ancient Uighur Kingdom who saved his people by killing a vicious dragon.
After lunch visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
We’ll stop on the roadside for photos of the Flaming Mountain which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Finally, Move on to Toyuq village, an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have dinner with a local family and spend a night in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour today.
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[day title=”Day 4” image=”/wp-content/upload/image/turpan/tuyuq-village-top.jpg”] Urumqi to Turpan Tuyuq Village
Hotel:Yujing International Hotel(4*)
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountain and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountains and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
After breakfast, drive on the first-class highway to Turpan for about 2:30-3:00 hours. Once you arrive in Turpan check into the hotel, then start our wonderful day in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Karakhoja Astana tombs, a Tang-dynasty burial ground which also known as the “Underground Museum”. Astana means “capital” in the Uighur language and Karakhoja is name of a legendary hero of an ancient Uighur Kingdom who saved his people by killing a vicious dragon.
After lunch visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
We’ll stop on the roadside for photos of the Flaming Mountain which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Finally, Move on to Toyuq village, an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have dinner with a local family and spend a night in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour today.
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Hotel:Yujing International Hotel(4*)
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountain and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountains and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
After breakfast, drive on the first-class highway to Turpan for about 2:30-3:00 hours. Once you arrive in Turpan check into the hotel, then start our wonderful day in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Karakhoja Astana tombs, a Tang-dynasty burial ground which also known as the “Underground Museum”. Astana means “capital” in the Uighur language and Karakhoja is name of a legendary hero of an ancient Uighur Kingdom who saved his people by killing a vicious dragon.
After lunch visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
We’ll stop on the roadside for photos of the Flaming Mountain which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Finally, Move on to Toyuq village, an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have dinner with a local family and spend a night in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour today.
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[day title=”Day 5” image=”/wp-content/upload/image/turpan/tuyuq-village-top.jpg”] Urumqi to Turpan Tuyuq Village
Hotel:Yujing International Hotel(4*)
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountain and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountains and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
After breakfast, drive on the first-class highway to Turpan for about 2:30-3:00 hours. Once you arrive in Turpan check into the hotel, then start our wonderful day in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Karakhoja Astana tombs, a Tang-dynasty burial ground which also known as the “Underground Museum”. Astana means “capital” in the Uighur language and Karakhoja is name of a legendary hero of an ancient Uighur Kingdom who saved his people by killing a vicious dragon.
After lunch visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
We’ll stop on the roadside for photos of the Flaming Mountain which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Finally, Move on to Toyuq village, an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have dinner with a local family and spend a night in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour today.
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Hotel:Yujing International Hotel(4*)
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountain and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountains and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
After breakfast, drive on the first-class highway to Turpan for about 2:30-3:00 hours. Once you arrive in Turpan check into the hotel, then start our wonderful day in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Karakhoja Astana tombs, a Tang-dynasty burial ground which also known as the “Underground Museum”. Astana means “capital” in the Uighur language and Karakhoja is name of a legendary hero of an ancient Uighur Kingdom who saved his people by killing a vicious dragon.
After lunch visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
We’ll stop on the roadside for photos of the Flaming Mountain which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Finally, Move on to Toyuq village, an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have dinner with a local family and spend a night in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour today.
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[day title=”Day 6” image=”/wp-content/upload/image/turpan/tuyuq-village-top.jpg”] Urumqi to Turpan Tuyuq Village
Hotel:Yujing International Hotel(4*)
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountain and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountains and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
After breakfast, drive on the first-class highway to Turpan for about 2:30-3:00 hours. Once you arrive in Turpan check into the hotel, then start our wonderful day in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Karakhoja Astana tombs, a Tang-dynasty burial ground which also known as the “Underground Museum”. Astana means “capital” in the Uighur language and Karakhoja is name of a legendary hero of an ancient Uighur Kingdom who saved his people by killing a vicious dragon.
After lunch visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
We’ll stop on the roadside for photos of the Flaming Mountain which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Finally, Move on to Toyuq village, an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have dinner with a local family and spend a night in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour today.
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Hotel:Yujing International Hotel(4*)
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountain and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
Drive to Turpan after breakfast and visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Astana tombs, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves, Flaming Mountains and stay overnight at a Local family in Tuyuq village.
After breakfast, drive on the first-class highway to Turpan for about 2:30-3:00 hours. Once you arrive in Turpan check into the hotel, then start our wonderful day in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Karakhoja Astana tombs, a Tang-dynasty burial ground which also known as the “Underground Museum”. Astana means “capital” in the Uighur language and Karakhoja is name of a legendary hero of an ancient Uighur Kingdom who saved his people by killing a vicious dragon.
After lunch visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
We’ll stop on the roadside for photos of the Flaming Mountain which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Finally, Move on to Toyuq village, an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have dinner with a local family and spend a night in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour today.
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[day title=”Day 7” image=”/wp-content/upload/image/kashgar/to-village-market.jpg”] Kashgar to Desert (Monday market on the way)
Hotel:4-star hotel
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Desert and stop in Hanerik Monday Market on the way
Drive to Desert which is for about 2 hours driving distance and there is a very interesting Monday Market on the way, this market is absolutely non-touristic and much more traditional than Kashgar Sunday Market (optional without any extra cost)
Once arrive in the desert, pack up camels and start trekking for about 2 hours. then stop at a place with high sand dunes and pitch up the tents and stay one of the most peaceful nights in your life under millions of stars.
In the evening we make a fire for a few hours and you can have fun by dancing and singing around the fire. For dinner, We make kebabs, pilaf or vegetable as your like.
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Hotel:4-star hotel
Meals:B,L,D
Activities: Drive to Desert and stop in Hanerik Monday Market on the way
Drive to Desert which is for about 2 hours driving distance and there is a very interesting Monday Market on the way, this market is absolutely non-touristic and much more traditional than Kashgar Sunday Market (optional without any extra cost)
Once arrive in the desert, pack up camels and start trekking for about 2 hours. then stop at a place with high sand dunes and pitch up the tents and stay one of the most peaceful nights in your life under millions of stars.
In the evening we make a fire for a few hours and you can have fun by dancing and singing around the fire. For dinner, We make kebabs, pilaf or vegetable as your like.
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