Day 9 Urumqi

Attractions: Heavenly Lake, Xinjiang Regional Museum

Meal: Not included

Hotel: Overnight in Urumqi

After breakfast, we will meet you at the hotel and then drive you to visit  Heavenly Lake. The lake reflects the Bogda Peak, surrounded by spruce. The scenery is like a fairyland. The scenic area encompasses alpine lakes, wetland meadows, forest canyons and other natural landscapes, and in 2013, the scenic area was named a National Geopark by the state.

After the exploration of the Heavenly Lake, we will drive back to Urumqi, and continue your journey at the Xinjiang regional museum to see archaeological treasures from the Silk Road and Xinjiang's minority cultures. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum is a provincial-level comprehensive geography museum in China, and also an institution for the collection and protection of cultural relics and specimens, scientific research and publicity and education in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.