10 Days East Xinjiang and Kumul Photography Tour

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Visit the highlights of Urumqi city and Turpan city. Enjoy the colored Yardan landform at Five-colored park. View Diversiform-leaved Poplar Forest in Mulei.

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Tour Code：Yaso-CDT-781

Length of Travel：10 Days

Tour Route： Urumqi → five-colored (Yardan Landform) → Mulei Diversiform-leaved Poplar Forest → Hami → Kumtag Desert → Tuyoq valley → Urumqi

Tour Type：City Tours / Classic China Tours / Top China Tours / History and Culture Tours / Provinces Tours / Hiking Tours / Food Culture Tours

Guide & Driver：English-speaking guide, experienced driver with an air-conditioned vehicle.

Accommodation：Best 3-4 Star Hotels for Value Stays with Daily Breakfast Included

Xinjiang is a vital gate way of the Silk Road and boasts one of the most diverse landscapes in China. Starting from Urumqi and through Qitai, Mulei, Shanshan, and Turpan, this Xinjiang Photography tour is filled with a large collections of natural landscapes.

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1

Urumqi ArrivalXinjiang Museum, Grand Bazaar

Picked up from airport and start today's tour. Visit Xinjiang Museum first. A visit to Xinjiang’s capital of Urumqi would be incomplete without a visit to the Xinjiang Museum. It is a comprehensive historical museum in China built in 1953, and famous for holding artifacts and mummies of Caucasians who lived in the region 1500 and 4000 years ago.

Then continue the tour to Grand Bazaar, one of the most famous landmarks in Urumqi city, which is the largest bazaar in the world by scale, combining Islamic culture, architecture, ethnic commerce, tourism and entertainment.

Day

2

Urumqi - Five-colored park

Morning, drive to Five-colored park to enjoy the colored Yardan landform. On route, we will pass by Kalamali Wild Animal Protection Reserve. See some wild animals through the window.

In the evening, enjoy the hot spring in the vast dessert.

Day

3

Five-colored park - QitaiJiangbulak scenic spot

Morning, drive to Jiangbulak scenic spot for a visit. Located more than 60 kilometers away from Qitai county, it is a vast grassland in the eastern part of Tianshan Mountain. Stay overnight at Qitai county.

Day

4

Qitai - MuleiDiversiform-leaved Poplar

After breakfast, drive about 3 hours to Mulei for visiting Diversiform-leaved Poplar.

Day

5

Mulei - BalikunBalikun Lake, Balikun grassland

Morning drive to Balikun county. We will visit the Balikun Lake and picturesque grassland here. Balikun grassland is the second largest grassland in Xinjiang.

Day

6

BalikunWhite Stone park, Barkol Sand Dune

Enjoy the morning here and then head to visit White Stone park. Shot the view of the East Tianshan prairie. After that, head to Barkol sand dune and stay overnight in local Kazak's Yurt.

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7

Balikun - HamiHami Ghost Castle

Enjoy the morning of Balikun and then drive to Hami. After lunch, head to visit Hami Ghost Castle in the southwest Gobi. It has been developed into Yadan ecological garden, including four scenic spots: east, south, west, and north cities.

Day

8

Hami - ShanshanKumtag desert

After breakfast, drive to Kumtag desert for shooting. Kumtag desert is one of wild Bactrian camel distribution area in the world, the main topography unit there is piedmont alluvial floodplain gobi, desert and salt desert wetlands.

Day

9

Shanshan - TurpanTuyoq Valley, Astana Tombs, Bezklik Grottoes

After breakfast, drive to Turpan and visit Tuyoq Valley, splitting the grand Flaming Mountain into two parts, which is a gorgeous valley with a long history, splendid culture and charming natural scenery.

In the afternoon, visit the Astana Tombs and Bezklik Grottoes. Astana Tombs is an underground cemetery of ancient Gaochang residents, which is considered to be one of the humblest burial sites in China. Bezklik Grottoes is a complex of Buddhist cave grottos.

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10

Turpan - Urumqi

Drive back to Urumqi and escort you to the airport for your next destiantion.

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Accommodations: hotels based on twin occupancy as specified(Except day tours);

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Itinerary

1

Urumqi ArrivalXinjiang Museum, Grand Bazaar

2

Urumqi - Five-colored park

3

Five-colored park - QitaiJiangbulak scenic spot

4

Qitai - MuleiDiversiform-leaved Poplar

5

Mulei - BalikunBalikun Lake, Balikun grassland

6

BalikunWhite Stone park, Barkol Sand Dune

7

Balikun - HamiHami Ghost Castle

8

Hami - ShanshanKumtag desert

9

Shanshan - TurpanTuyoq Valley, Astana Tombs, Bezklik Grottoes

10

Turpan - Urumqi

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