9-Day Xinjiang Tour of Mysterious Kashgar and Picturesque Yili Prairie

Attractions: No

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Urumqi

When you arrive at Urumqi airport/train station, you will be met at the exit by a local driver holding a welcome sign with your name and transferred to your hotel in the city centre for check-in. Free to organise the rest of your day at your leisure.

Attractions: Sayram

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Recreational Vehicle

After breakfast, our guide and griver will meat you at the lobby, driving all the way to Yining. On the way, you will enjoy the fantastic landscape of Dushanzi Grand Canyon, located on the Northern Slope of the sky (Ilenhabir Mountain), the backbone of Xinjiang. The Grand Canyon is a canyon landform created by the continuous cutting of the Kuitun River from Ilenhabir Mountain for millions of years. Melting snow poured down the north slope of the Tianshan Mountains, splitting the Dushanzi Grand Canyon in two.

Sayram Lake is Xinjiang's highest and largest alpine lake, "Sailimu" Kazakh for "wish", and Mongolian herders affectionately called him "Sailimu Nur", which means "lake on the mountain ridge".Sailimu Lake’s ancient name is "net sea", also known as the three Taiwan sea. Spend the night at the recreational vehicle and enjoy the beautiful starry sky.

Attractions:Guozigou Bridge, Lavender Garden, Cole Flowers

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Tekes

We will first stop at Guozigou Bridge, a high-speed channel in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is located on the Guozigou Canyon, one of the main components of the Lianyungang-Horgos Expressway and an important livelihood project in Xinjiang. After that, we will head to Lavender Garden. It is a piece of heavenly treasure in Xinjiang, the wet island in the vast sea, the four seasons are clear, each season scenery is different, endless, almost every season to go will have a different experience, but the only June and July Yili is injected into the soul.

If time allowed, we will take a sightseeing at Cole Flowers nearby.

Attractions:Kalajun Prairie

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Narati

Karajun Grassland, also spelled as Kalajun Grassland is an attractive tourist attraction integrating grasslands, forests, canyons, snow-capped peaks, lakes as well as peaceful villages. If you plan to visit Xinjiang and want to immerse yourself in the true nature and peaceful environment, don’t miss this beautiful place.

We will drive you to Narati after the exploration.

Attractions: Naraty Grassland

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Yining

We'll head to the famous pasture Naraty Grassland with about 4-5 hours driving. River valley grassland water and grass, sheep and cattle everywhere, horses gallop, every year there are tens of thousands of tourists, photography enthusiasts, beekeeping workers gathered in the beautiful river valley grassland, enjoying the gifts of nature.

Naraty Air Prairie is as beautiful as in a poem or a picture. There are springs densely distributed here. Every year, from May to September, with flowers all blossoming out here and numerous herds gathering around, a great number of tourists domestic and abroad are attracted here. The Narat Prairie is also called “Deer Garden" in history and an ideal place for people of the pasture to exchange materials and hold cultural activities.

Afterwards, drive back to Yining for overnight stay.

Attractions: Kazanqi Folk Village

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Kashgar

Enjoy a morning tour at Kazanqi Folk Village, the only large-scale cultural scenic spot in Northern Xinjiang, which mainly reflects the Uygur customs. Unique architectural style and Hospitable locals are the best choices to experience the local lifestyle and culture. We will catch the afternoon flight to the westernmost city—Kashgar.

Attractions: Karakul Lake

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Taxkorgan

Today we will head to Taxkorgan, a town in the far west of Xinjiang Province in China, bordering Pakistani, Tajik, and Afghani.This region is commonly known as the main road of the "old Silk Road" the main route leading from China to West Asia.

On the way, you can experience beautiful Karakul Lake. The lake is in the mountains in the environmental protection, the lake water and grass, often Kirgiz herdsmen stationed here. Karakuli Lake is one of the few highland lakes in the world. Every year in summer and autumn, is the base camp of mountaineering tourists, but also passing travellers to visit the place of excursion.

Stay one night and explore its peculiar folk customs of Tajik nationality. Taste snack and milk tea provided by local herdsman and spend your rest of day at leisure.

Attractions: Id Kah Mosque, Old Town, Handicraft street, Sunday Bazaar 

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Kashgar

Upon arrival in Kashgar, drive you to hotel to check in.Today you will enjoy a full-day excursion of Kashgar. Our first stop is the famous Stone Fortness. The city was oval in shape, and the walls were constructed of bricks on sun-dried walls. Its outer circumference is 1,285 metres.

Pay a visit to Id Kah Mosque. The mosque was also an important institution for spreading Islamic culture and training talents in ancient times, training many Islamic clergymen and scholars, and other influential poets, literary scholars, historians and translators, which had a certain influence on the religious circles both at home and abroad.

Attractions: No

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Not included

Our next stop is the famous Sunday Bazaar drive to the bustling Kashgar Sunday market, which used to be a great place to meet locals, traders and travellers on the Silk Road. They will haggle in the sign language that is unique to their people. Today, there are still many locals who transfer their sheep and cattle to the local market for exchange.

Thereafter, we will arrange the airport transfer for you. Wish you have a pleasant journey home.