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2 Days Kanas Tour from Urumqi

Thursday, March 22, 2018 by admin

Kanas Lake, Altay, Xinjiang

Hemu Village, Altay

Altay, Xinjiang

Day 1: Urumqi to Kanas then Kanas Tour

Attractions: Kanas Lake

Activities: Having breakfast early in the morning then drive to Airport to fly kanas, one hour of fly takes you to Kanas Airport, After arriving Kanas Airport take airport shuttle to JiaDingYu(70 km) and check in to Hotel . Jia DingYu is a place38 km away from Kanas main resort section, to protect environment most of hotels and restaurants are located in JiaDingYu, leave our luggage in Hotel then change scenic shuttle heading to Kanas lake(35km).on the way (or way back) stop and visit moon bay, dragon bay, immortal bay all these bay are formed by the lake water flowing in strange geography , Kanas is admitted by UN that one of the pure preserved nature land, different kind of trees, blue water river ,white Kazak Yurts keep you away from noisy city life. after lunch keep visit fish observation pavilion, you will take again shuttle bus to arrive fish observation pavilion, beautiful Zig Zag mountain road takes 25 minutes to destination, then more than thousand steps of wood staircase brings you the top point of the mountain, when you stand on the top you can have birds view from the top. After fish pavilion take the shuttle back to JiadingYu, take rest in Hotel.

Day 2：Kanas Tour then back to Urumqi

Attractions: Kanas Lake visit

Activities: After early breakfast in hotel take shuttle heading to lake again(35 km distance, takes one hour). In Kanas have Tuwa and Kazak people, both are nomadic people, both are living in Yurt, Tuwa people is one of the Tribe of Moghghol ethnic, they regard themselves decedents of Chingizhan, people also say they are 57^th ethnic group in china, Visiting Tuwa people’s house would be good choice, taste their milk tea, butter, listen their special music would be good for you (visiting ticket is not including), you may choose easy trekking alongside lake, nice wood paved road for trekking tourist, quiet and very beautiful narrow road alongside the lake gives you feeling that be part of the nature, mountain flowers two side of the trekking road seems to you just a picture, you may do 2 or 3 or 4 hours of trekking as you wish, you may take a boat tour on the lake if you want about 30 minutes to 40 minutes. After lunch take shuttle again drive back to JiaDingYu and change the Airport shuttle to catch evening flight to Urumqi.

2 Days Urumqi Tour

Thursday, March 22, 2018 by admin

2 Days Urumqi Tour

Day 1: Urumqi and Heavenly Lake Tour

Attractions: Xinjiang Museum, Kazak Yurt stay available from May till Oct

Activities: Our guide and driver will meet you after your breakfast at your hotel. You will be driving to Heavenly Lake which is located 110 km to Urumqi. It is located in Fukang city which is a sister city to Urumqi. You will get to Heavenly Lake after 80 km driving with our car/bus then another around 30 km with scenic spot shuttle. As you driving in the Heavenly Lake with scenic spot’s shuttle, the scenery start to appear slowly, and you start to see Elm trees, pine tree, white Kazak Yurts alongside the river on the zig zag mountain road. Heavenly Lake is located on elevation of 1910 m above sea level. It is a clear and blue water lake with snowy peak in the back with green mountain surrounded. Pine trees and white Kazak Yurts on hills with flying eagles on the sky (sometimes). If you have not seen yurt before, it would be great experience for you to have meal in hospitable Kazak Yurt. While you are there, you can do boat cruise, walk in the forest to waterfall, and trekking alongside the lake. After the tour, you will return to Urumqi. End of Service!

Day 2: Heavenly Lake Tour then back to Urumqi

Attractions: Heavenly Lake Trekking

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2 Days Urumqi and Heavenly Lake Tour

Thursday, March 22, 2018 by admin

Day 1: Urumqi City Tour

Attractions: Hong Shan Park, Xinjiang Museum, Wild Horse (Akhal Teke Horse) Ecological Museum, Erdaoqiao Grand Bazar

Activities: We will start our tour by picking you up from your hotel or train/bus/airport in Urumqi. First place you will visit is Xinjiang museum which has unique exhibition hall of Minority ethnic groups and 3800 years old dried Mummy. Xinjiang is multi-ethnic region with 13 major ethnic groups with distinctive culture, custom, and religion. You will also visit mummies hall and historical exhibition hall to learning about long and rich history of this region. Next you will visit Hong Shan (red hill) park which is located in the Urumqi city center. It is a local park where people practice Kong Fu, exercise or relax. The name of Red Hill park came from the red mountain, if you stand at the highest point of the mountain, you can have birds view of whole Urumqi city.

Your Urumqi tour continued followed by visit to Wild Horse Ecological Park. The horses feature in the park are “Akhal Tehe horse” in Turkmenistan language, it is a rare breed regarded as “country treasure ” of Turkmenistan. In Recent Chinese history, our Chairman have received twice such horse from Turkmenistan President as gift. If timing is right, you can watch horse show. We will concluded your Urumqi day tour by visiting Erdaoqiao Grand Bazar. It is a high tower bazaar with typical Islamic and local construction style. There are variety gift and souvenir shop like local dried fruit, Silk scarf, Jade stones, costumes, hats, Chinese Herbal medicine, and tea. It is best place to buy local gift or souvenir.