If you need to travel, the first suggestion is that you'd better choose Yining as your first stop before deciding your itinerary, and then make preparations before you leave.
The urban layout of Ili Valley is banded. Therefore, if you choose the provincial road instead of the mountain road, Yining City will be the entrance to the Ili Valley.
First enter Yining City, and then set off for Gong Liu and other places in the southeast. You can visit Nalati Grassland in Chaxi Scenic Area of Chapuqihai Hydropower Station.
To the south, from Yining City through Chabuchar County, over the back hill, to Zhaosu and other places, there are also tourist attractions such as Xiata Hot Springs.
It depends mainly on your own choice. After all, the distance between cities is still far. It's easy to get tired when coming here for the first time, so I suggest going to Yining first and then starting from Yining.