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Introduction to Xinjiang:
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, referred to as Xinjiang, is located in the northwest border of China, covering an area of 1.66 million square kilometers, accounting for one-sixth of the total land area of China, and is the largest provincial administrative region in China. Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of Asia-Europe continent, with a land border of more than 5,6 kilometers. It is bordered by eight countries including Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan. It was an important passage of the ancient Silk Road in history, and now it has become the only place for the second "Eurasian Continental Bridge", and its strategic position is very important.
The geographical pattern of Xinjiang is simply that the three mountains are sandwiched by two basins-the three mountains refer to Altai Mountain, Tianshan Mountain and Kunlun Mountain from north to south, and the two basins refer to Junggar Basin sandwiched between Altai Mountain and Tianshan Mountain and Tarim Basin sandwiched between Tianshan Mountain and Kunlun Mountain. When we talk about southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang at ordinary times, it is bounded by Tianshan Mountain, with northern Xinjiang to the north and southern Xinjiang to the south. There are Kanas Line, Yili Line and Turpan Line in northern Xinjiang, Pamirs Line and Desert Line in southern Xinjiang.
Xinjiang is so big and there are so many scenic spots. What should I do?
Xinjiang is divided into two parts: southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang. Tourists usually recommend and plan their travel routes according to the northern Xinjiang. Northern Xinjiang focuses on mountains, lakes, virgin forests and pasture grasslands. The representative scenic spots are Tianchi Lake, Cocoto Sea, Kanas Lake, Hemu Village, Rainbow Beach, ghost city, Sailimu Lake and so on. Bayinbuluke Swan Lake, Duku Highway, etc. are the most beautiful seasons in northern Xinjiang from May to September every year, so northern Xinjiang tourism is also the first of many tourists at this time. However, Kanas, Hemu and Sailimu Lake in winter also have a unique charm, and snow skiing holidays in winter have gradually become a hot spot in northern Xinjiang. Southern Xinjiang focuses on deserts, Populus euphratica, canyons, plateau scenery and strong ethnic customs in Xinjiang. Turpan is the representative scenic spot. Kumutage Desert, Luobu Village, Populus euphratica Forest in Tarim River, Taklimakan Desert, Kuqa Grand Canyon, Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave, Wensu Grand Canyon, Kashgar Old Town, Karakule Lake, Stone Town in Taxian County, Panlong Ancient Road, Hotan Tuancheng, Hotan Stone Bazaar, etc. Southern Xinjiang is suitable for year-round tourism to explore the rich and simple folk customs and authentic food in Xinjiang, especially when the leaves of Populus euphratica are yellow in October, there are endless tourists taking the southern Xinjiang route. It is not a day or two to play so many famous scenic spots. If the time is only 5-8 days, you can play a Kanas loop line or an Ili loop line alone. If you have more than 1 days, Then you can play the northern loop of Kanas+Ili+Duku Highway, or take a tour of ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang. If you have 15-2 days, then we can plan a bus trip to northern and southern Xinjiang and catch all the beautiful scenery, folk customs and authentic food in the whole northern and southern Xinjiang.
A chartered tour is your first choice for traveling in Xinjiang:
How can we play more comfortably in such a big Xinjiang? Xiaobian suggests that you charter a tour. The following are the reasons for recommending a chartered tour. First of all, Xinjiang's area of 1.6 million square kilometers is too large, and the distance between cities and scenic spots is far away. Sometimes, the number of kilometers by car in a day is around 4-5 kilometers, which causes us to travel for a long time. Secondly, there is a saying in Xinjiang that "the most beautiful scenery is always on the road". In Xinjiang, there are beautiful scenery everywhere along the way. It is essential to stop and take pictures when encountering good scenery, especially the Duku Highway and Yizhao Highway, where the whole journey is beautiful and only vehicles with less than 7 seats can pass. Therefore, only chartered travel can fully meet your needs of enjoying the scenery and taking pictures.
Here are some classic routes suitable for your chartered tour. You can decide when to come and where to go:
It is often said that the peak season in Xinjiang is May-October. Xinjiang is so big that it is beautiful all year round. For the sake of simplicity and clarity, I won't go on the picture.
January-February: Hemu Snow Town, Kanas Snow Town, Kashgar and Mustag Glacier in southern Xinjiang, when Xinjiang is sparsely populated and beautiful.
March-April: Pay attention, spring is coming in Xinjiang. This is a good time to see apricot flowers. Apricot flowers in Tashkurgan county (Datong township, Bandier township), Nalati apricot flower ditch ...? The time of apricot blossom varies from year to year, subject to specific notice.
may: summer gradually enters southern Xinjiang, and spring enters northern Xinjiang. Kanas is not in spring yet, so we have to wait for the grass to be green. At this time, you can see the flowers in Yili in full bloom, and the scenery is different according to the different flowering periods.
June-August: Xinjiang is fully opened. All Xinjiang is a good place to go.
September: Don't go to Yili at this time. Once the grassland in Yili is yellow, it won't be so beautiful. The main attractions are Kanas and southern Xinjiang.
October: Betula platyphylla forest in Kanas and Populus euphratica in southern Xinjiang.
November-December: same as January-February.
In a word: Xinjiang is beautiful and you can go there all year round.
Tour around Kanas in Northern Xinjiang:
Day 1: Urumqi-Tianshan Tianchi-Fuyun
Day 2: Fuyun-Cocotohai-Rainbow Beach-Brzin
Day 3: Brzin-Kanas Lake
Day 4: Kanas Lake-Hemu Village
Day 5: Original circular tour:
Day 1: Urumqi-Sailimu Lake-Yining
Day 2: Yining-Xiata-Zhaosu
Day 3: Zhaosu-Karajun Grassland-Tex Bagua City
Day 4: Tex-Nalati Grassland
Day 5: Na. Lumuqi-Rainbow Beach-Brzin
Day 2: Brzin-Kanas Lake
Day 3: Kanas Lake-Hemu Village
Day 4: Hemu Village-Brzin
Day 5: Brzin-ghost city-Kuitun
Day 6: Kuitun-Sailimu Lake-Yining < p Minority customs tour in Xinjiang+South Xinjiang (the whole journey of Duku Highway):
Day 1: Urumqi-Rainbow Beach-Brzin
Day 2: Brzin-Kanas Lake
Day 3: Kanas Lake-Hemu Village
Day 4: Hemu Village-Brzin
Day 5: Brzin-. Bayinbuluke
Day 9: Bayinbuluke-south section of Duku Highway-Kuqa Grand Canyon-Kuqa
Day 1: Kuqa-Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave-Aksu
Day 11: Akesu-Kashgar visited the old city in the afternoon
Day 12: Kashgar-Karakuli Lake-Stone Town-Taxian
Day 1: Urumqi-Tianshan Tianchi-Fuyun
Day 2: Fuyun-Keketuohai-No.3 Mine-Brzin
Day 3: Brzin-Kanas
Day 4: Kanas-Hemu
Day 5: Hemu-Rainbow Beach-Brzin
Day 6. : Nalati Grassland-Bayinbuluke
Day 1: Bayinbuluke-Duku Highway-Kuqa Grand Canyon-Kuqa
Day 11: Kuqa-Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave-Wensu Grand Canyon-Aksu
Day 12: Aksu-the hometown of peasant paintings-Kashgar
Day 13: the old city of Kashgar, All-day free activities in Kashgar
Day 14: Kashgar-Lake Karakule-Stone Town-Taxian County
Day 15: Taxian County-Panlong Ancient Road-Kashgar
Day 16: Kashgar-the hometown of clay pottery in Yengisar-Hotan
Day 17: After Stone Bazaar in Hotan Tuancheng-Desert Highway-Shaya
City, Karez, Flame Mountain, Grape Valley-Urumqi
A tour of ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang:
Day 1: Urumqi-Turpan
Day 2: Turpan-Luobu Village-Korla
Day 3: Korla-Kuqa Grand Canyon-Kuqa Palace-Kuqa
Day 4: Kuqa-Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave. : Taxian-Panlong Ancient Road-Kashgar
Day 8: Free activities in Kashgar
The above are some of the best tourist routes recommended by Xiaobian for your reference. The routes recommended by Xiao Bian are all the routes that I have personally traveled. Based on years of experience in operating a tourism team, I personally advocate that traveling is to relax, and the beautiful scenery I see serves to relax, so I don't recommend traveling on the road. If I keep on traveling in order to see more scenery, in the end, the scenery is not optimistic, my mood is not relaxed, and I am exhausted. My last memories are in the car, and my last feelings are on the road, so don't mind that my trip will be 1-2 days longer than others.