Customized Private Tours in Xinjiang · High-end Planning and Customization for Xinjiang Tourism
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Xinjiang is vast and beautiful, but our time is limited. So how can we reasonably arrange a travel plan?
Customized Private Tours in Xinjiang · High-end Planning and Customization for Xinjiang Tourism
Let travel return to its essence and become a pleasure. Customized Xinjiang travel emphasizes experience and feeling, from several aspects:
First, dining: Our customized Xinjiang travel often chooses representative Xinjiang restaurants, such as Milage, Hairbag, Platinum Hotel, Mayflower, and Apple’s Father, focusing on ingredient taste and decoration style.
Secondly, hotel accommodation: The hotels chosen by our customized Xinjiang travel are basically among the top-ranked and most reputable locally. The floors are also pre-arranged, and we provide more detailed services. We can provide both smoking and non-smoking rooms with meticulous care.
Next is transportation: We choose vehicles based on the number of guests. We only select vehicles within 5 years old, and the empty seat rate must be over 30% to ensure sufficient space and comfort. All drivers have held an A-class driver’s license for more than 10 years, provide excellent service, and have received professional training from the Tourism Administration and Xinjiang Kanghui International Travel Agency.
Fourth is the tour guide: For groups that require a tour guide, we generally pay a guide a difference fee that is 20% higher than the market guide service fee to ensure that no shopping or forced self-pay items are promoted during the trip. The appearance, age, gender, etc., of the tour guide are also determined based on the guests’ preferences.
Customized Xinjiang travel often visits attractions. I have listed some must-visit attractions in Xinjiang. Let’s walk into Xinjiang to feel its beautiful scenery and local customs. We specialize in making self-guided tour products and free-and-easy tour products for Xinjiang. Please feel free to correct any inaccuracies.
A must-visit list for tourism in Xinjiang:
Balikun Grassland – located in a basin
Surrounding attractions: Huiwang Tomb, Gayis Tomb, Mingsha Mountain, Baishitou, etc.
Driving along National Highway 312 on the Silk Road into Xinjiang, the first place you will come to is the Hami region, yes, the place where Hami melons are produced. Barkol Grassland is in Hami. It is not as endless as the Inner Mongolia grassland but is located in a basin surrounded by continuous mountain peaks. The tops of the mountains are covered with white glaciers, and the mountainsides are green. What’s unique is that amid the vast grassland, there is a unique desert mountain, Mingsha Mountain, and a white stone mountain, Baishitou Mountain.
Flaming Mountain – You can make a "fried egg" on the hood of a car
Nearby attractions: Karez Wells, Suping Tower, Aiding Lake, Grape Valley, Jiaohe Ancient City, Tuyugou, etc.
The "Eight Hundred Li Flaming Mountain" mentioned in "Journey to the West" is here. Locals call the Flaming Mountain "Red Mountain", which is composed of medium-red sand, conglomerate, and mudstone. Every summer, the intense sunshine shines on the red mountain, creating rolling waves of heat. How hot is the Flaming Mountain? According to a local saying, if you break a raw egg and spread it on the hood of a car, it will become a "fried egg". There is also a 12-meter-tall thermometer standing there, like Sun Wukong’s Golden-Hooped Staff.
International Bazaar – You can buy all kinds of local specialties from all over Xinjiang here
Nearby attractions: Xinjiang Museum, Hongshan (Red Mountain), Wuyi Night Market, Baiyanggou, etc.
Tianchi Lake – A concentrated essence of Tianshan scenery
In Urumqi, if the weather is clear, you can see the majestic Bogda Peak. Tianchi Lake is located in the mountainside area of Bogda Peak, 110 kilometers away from Urumqi City. Tianchi Lake is a high-mountain lake located above 1980 meters above sea level. Because the lake water is crystal clear like jade, myths say that Tianchi Lake is the mirror on the dressing table of the Queen Mother of the West. It integrates high-mountain lakes, spruce forests, and snow-capped mountains into one,浓缩了天山的精华景致, and is known as the "Pearl of Tianshan".
Wucaicheng – Wild asses and gazelles by the roadside
Nearby attractions: Kalamaili Hoofed Wildlife Reserve, Gurbantünggüt Desert, etc.
Wucaicheng (Colorful City) is located in the Gurbantünggüt Desert, the second largest desert in China. Over billions of years, coal seams, sand layers, and ore beds have formed there. After being eroded by wind and rain, exposed to sun and lightning, it has formed a "Yardan landform" dominated by ochre red, mixed with yellow, white, black, green, and other colors. From a distance or up close, it looks like a castle. Near Wucaicheng is the Kalamaili Hoofed Wildlife Reserve, which has attracted much attention in recent years. On a self-driving trip, you can see wild animals such as wild asses, argali sheep, and goitered gazelles along the way.
Kanas Lake – Eastern Switzerland
Nearby attractions: Wulungu Lake, Irtysh River, Alashan Hot Spring, Baihaba, etc.
Xinjiang boasts countless beautiful scenery. If you have to choose where is the most beautiful, many people would choose Kanas Lake. Kanas is known as the "Eastern Switzerland" because of its special geographical location, where the vegetation landscape resembles the European Alps. Different plant communities are well-layered and colorful. Kanas Lake is like a colorful gem, making it a paradise for photographers. When you visit Kanas, you can also see the ancient indigenous people, the Tuwa people.
Ghost City – A "castle" blown by the wind
Nearby attractions: Karamay Oilfield No. 1
Both in Mongolian and Kazakh, the place is unanimously called "Ghost City". Ghost City is not a castle but a rare wind erosion landform in China, where various "buildings" are formed by the wind, resembling the Liuhe Pagoda in Hangzhou, the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, and Angkor Wat in Cambodia… The terrifying time at Ghost City is when the night falls and strong winds blow, creating a eerie atmosphere with the sound of flying sand and stones. However, during the daytime, visitors may have the chance to pick up crystal-clear agate stones.
Sayram Lake – Visibility of the lakebed up to 10 meters deep
Nearby attractions: Guoshi Valley, Alataw Pass, etc.
Some people compare Xinjiang’s Sayram Lake to Tibet’s Namtso Lake because Sayram Lake is also an alpine lake, being Xinjiang’s highest and largest alpine cold-water lake. Sayram Lake is known as the "Pure Sea", allowing visibility of the lakebed up to 10 meters deep.
Nalati Grassland – A grassland with fat cattle and sheep
Nearby attractions: Ili River, Guozigou Valley, Gongnais Grassland, Tangbula Grassland, etc.
The Ili River area boasts many grasslands, among which Nalati Grassland is well-known. Nalati Grassland is also a developed grassland suitable for tourism, accommodating thousands of tourists every day. The grass on Nalati Grassland reaches over half a meter in height. With plenty of rainfall, the cattle and sheep there are fatter. Historically, Nalati Grassland was known as the "Deer Enclosure" and is also called the "Aerial Grassland" due to its high altitude.
Mount Muztagata – Father of Glaciers
Nearby attractions: Tashkurgan Stone City, etc.
Starting from Kashgar, a major city in southern Xinjiang, and driving towards Hongqilapu on the China-Pakistan border, the journey offers a breathtaking view of snowy mountains and grasslands. Before realizing it, you have already reached an altitude of over 3,000 meters. Beside you stands a huge glacier-capped mountain, Mount Muztagata, known as the "Father of Glaciers", resembling a creamy cake. Mount Muztagata faces Mount K2, the world’s second-highest peak at 8,611 meters, across the distance.
Desert Highway – Drive freely through the desert
Nearby attractions: Tarim River, Populus Euphratica Natural Reserve
The desert highway runs vertically through China’s vast Taklamakan Desert, which covers an area of over 330,000 square kilometers and has long been considered a "forbidden zone for life", making it difficult for tourists to visit its hinterland. However, with the opening of the desert highway, self-driving tourists can now traverse it. The desert highway is 446 kilometers long and is currently the longest highway built in a mobile desert in the world. It usually takes five to six hours to drive, and it is essential to prepare sufficient water in the car before setting off.