2024 Xinjiang Special Tourist Train Ticket Purchase/Ticket Price/How Much/Registration
’As the weather gets hotter, tourism in Turpan is also becoming more popular. On May 31 alone, nearly 2,000 people arrived on three special tourist trains from Beijing, Hubei, and Zhejiang.’,
Xinjiang is abundant in tourism resources with prominent characteristics, which are highly attractive to mainland tourists. In recent years, Xinjiang’s tourism department has closely cooperated with the railway department. Starting from meeting market demand, based on the tourism season and passenger flow changes, they have designed special tourist trains according to different times of the year. At the same time, themed holiday tourist trains have been operated for different groups, and a special train product system suitable for the integration of Xinjiang’s railways and tourism has been established. They actively guide tourist flows into Xinjiang. The abundant special tourist train products have made Xinjiang’s railways the focus of national attention. ‘Traveling to Xinjiang by train’ is not only a new form of tourism but also a popular and recognized tourism brand.
Soon afterward, multiple special trains will arrive in Xinjiang to embark on scenic journeys.
In July, August, and September of this year, Tianjin will continuously operate special tourist trains to fulfill tourists’ wishes of ‘traveling to Xinjiang by train’.
2024 "Beautiful Xinjiang" Tourist Train: June, July, August, September. Inquiry Hotline: 0991-8585456, 1813962-2229
8 nights and 9 days itinerary arrangement on the "Beautiful Xinjiang" special train
D1 Various Cities – Urumqi – Beitun
After arriving in Urumqi from various parts of the country and taking a short break, gather at Urumqi Station (High-speed Railway Station). Around 9:00 pm, take the "Beautiful Xinjiang" special train to Beitun City, a place of Corps reclamation in the north.
D2 Beitun – Kanas
Arrive at Beitun Railway Station at 7:30 am. Pass through Beitun, an important town in the Corps, and take a bus to Burqin, a riverside town with Russian flair, for breakfast. After breakfast, depart for the Kanas scenic area, passing through the barren desert landscape of White Sand Mountain and the picturesque Agonggatei Grassland. Arrive at the Jiadengyu living area of the Kanas scenic area for lunch. After lunch, take the scenic area shuttle bus to enter the [Kanas Scenic Area] (entrance fee and second entry shuttle bus included). Take a sightseeing tour along the Kanas River, enjoying the primitive forest of Siberian larch, birch forest scenery, Shenxianwan, Wolongwan, Moon Bay, and Yaze Lake. The final stop of this section of the shuttle bus is the "Transfer Center", then return to Jiadengyu. After dinner, check in at the hotel in Jiadengyu.
D3 Kanas – Hemu
After breakfast, re-enter the Kanas scenic area to enjoy the morning sunshine and fog over Kanas Lake,… After lunch, return to Jiadengyu and take the shuttle bus to the [Hemu Scenic Area], known as "God’s Private Reserve" (entrance fee and shuttle bus included). The scenery along the way is breathtaking, with dense birch forests hiding winding streams and wide, majestic rapids. After arriving at the Hemu village, check in at the wooden cabin hotel, then explore the beauty of the Hemu River, take a leisurely walk in the birch forest, and climb the Hadeng Platform to overlook the ancient Hemu village. Immerse yourself in the tranquility and leisureliness. Dinner will be served at the hotel according to the notification’s gathering time. After dinner, free activities await, as you wander under the starry sky of the ancient Hemu village.
D4 Hemu – Beitun – Yining
Get up early to enjoy the sunrise, then take the Hemu shuttle bus back to Jiadengyu for lunch. After lunch, take a tourist bus back to Burqin County, passing through the colorful fairy-tale world of the world’s first beach – [Wucaitan] (entrance fee and extra mileage fee included). Visit the Yadan wind-eroded landform, then arrive in Beitun and take a tourist train to Yining.
D5 Beitun – Yining
Around 10:00 am, take the "Beautiful Xinjiang" special train from Beitun to the border city of Yining, enjoying the scenery of the Tianshan Mountains along the way. Arrive in Yining around 9:26 pm and check in at the hotel.
D6 Yining – Bayinbrook – Nalati
After breakfast, take a bus to Bayinbrook and visit China’s second-largest grassland, [Bayinbrook Grassland] (entrance fee and shuttle bus included). Visit the Swan Reserve – Swan Lake, which is a high-altitude wetland lake surrounded by continuous snowy peaks, forming a natural barrier for Swan Lake. Observe the magnificent scenery of the Kaidu River with its 18 bends, which is 516 kilometers long and has up to 1,142 bends. It is truly a place where "the winding river flows east, through thousands of twists and turns before reaching its end" (visiting time is approximately 3 hours). Afterwards, proceed to Nalati to check in at the hotel.
D7 Nalati – Yining
After breakfast, take a tourist bus to one of the world’s four alpine valley grasslands – [National AAAAA Scenic Area Nalati] (ticket included). The road is filled with blooming flowers, flying butterflies, and dotted tents. You can also see small patches of diversiform-leaved poplar forests and experience their tenacious life and unyielding demeanor. Pass by the Wusu Ancient Tomb Group; along the way, enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the巩乃斯 River Valley. Arrive in Nalati Town for lunch, and after lunch, take the scenic area’s [Valley Grassland Shuttle Bus] (fare included) to the Nalati scenic area to experience Kazak folk customs (visiting time is about 3.5 hours, including the time to enter and exit the scenic area with the valley shuttle bus). You can take self-paid tours within the scenic area, such as sightseeing buses, horse riding, tandem bicycles, lawn motorcycles, etc., to experience the charm of the grassland. Then take a bus to Yining to check into the hotel.
D8 Yining – Sayram Lake – Horgos Port – Yining – Urumqi
After breakfast, pass by the Fruit Valley Bridge, known as the first scenic spot in Yili, and take a vehicle tour of the [Asia’s Large Span Mountain Cable-Stayed Bridge] (cannot stop due to traffic reasons). Take an air-conditioned tourist bus to the overseas gem – the mysterious and beautiful alpine lake – [Sayram Lake] (ticket included). Take a bus to the west of the lake area (with complimentary lake circuit bus fare) for lake area sightseeing or free activities for about 100 minutes. After lunch, visit [Horgos Port], one of China’s three major land trade ports. Learn about the distribution of aromatic plants and products in the world, as well as aromatic culture. Yili is the national lavender base, where you can learn more about lavender up close and even take a photo with the sea of flowers and colorful flower belts (free activity and visit for about 50 minutes). Take a bus back to Yining and then take a train to Urumqi.
D9 Urumqi – Various Destinations
Arrive at Urumqi Station early in the morning, ending a pleasant journey and returning to beautiful Urumqi! The pleasant itinerary has come to an end.
Service Standards
Accommodation: The entire tour includes local senior standard twin rooms. Natural single rooms are not provided, and any resulting single room supplements will be paid by the guest.
Dining: The entire tour includes 7 breakfasts and 12 lunches. The lunch standard is ten people per table, with eight dishes and one soup (excluding special meals and meals on the train). If there are less than ten people, meals will be arranged according to the actual number of people. Unused meals will not be refunded.
Transportation: Urumqi/Yining/Beitun/Urumqi connected air-conditioned luxury tourist train hard sleeper, equipped with a bar, tea room, small dance hall, etc. Air-conditioned tourist buses are used for transportation between other cities or scenic areas.
Transportation: Urumqi/Beitun/Yining/Urumqi connected air-conditioned special train. The train is equipped with four-person hard sleeper compartments, four-person soft sleeper compartments, and double soft sleeper compartments. Tourists can choose different berths in advance when registering. The tourist train is also equipped with a bar, tea room, small dance hall, etc. Air-conditioned tourist buses are used for transportation between other cities or scenic areas.
Entrance fees: Include the first entrance ticket to the scenic areas, including: Kanas entrance ticket (with shuttle bus), Hemu entrance ticket (with shuttle bus), Nalati entrance ticket (with valley shuttle bus), Sayram Lake entrance ticket and west lakeside circuit [complimentary], Colorful Beach entrance ticket [complimentary], Bayanbulak Grassland entrance ticket (with shuttle bus), Jieyou Lavender Garden entrance ticket [complimentary]. Discounted entrance tickets for special credentials will be refunded according to the travel agency agreement price.
Tour guide: Includes Chinese tour guide service. The attendants on the train are composed of people from various ethnic groups in Xinjiang, welcoming guests from afar with enthusiastic service.
Insurance: Travel agency liability insurance. Complimentary travel accident insurance [coverage of 200,000 yuan].
Child standards: Children under 1.2 meters only include local car fees, tour guide service fees, and half of local meals; not including train tickets, entrance tickets, accommodation, and other fees.
Prices may vary in June, July, August, and September. For details, please call: 0991-8585456 1813962-2229
6-night 7-day quality tour of the beautiful Xinjiang on a dedicated train
A song by Xu Qianya, "Take the Train to Lhasa", has become popular all over the country. The lyrics say, "Take the train to Lhasa, to see the magical Potala Palace, to see the most beautiful gypsophila flowers blooming under the snow-capped mountains." But I want to change the lyrics to attract more people to be fascinated by the beauty of Xinjiang, "Take the train to Xinjiang, to see the most beautiful Kanas, presented under Friendship Peak."
Itinerary arrangement:
D1: Various places – Urumqi – Beitun (one-way about 700 km, about 12 hours)
Arrive in Urumqi from all over the country, gather at Urumqi Station (High-speed Railway Station) [gathering time is 19:00, for reference only, staff will notify you of the exact gathering time in advance.] Take the Northern Xinjiang Circuit Train in the evening to Beitun City, where the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps are located.
Meals: Please arrange your own. Accommodation: Train sleeper (bed space is not guaranteed)
Travel time: (The travel time is for reference only. In case of traffic control, traffic jams, and other irresistible factors, the actual arrival time shall prevail!)
Arrive at the railway station at 19:00
Depart for Yining at 20:40
D2: Beitun – (about 300 km by car, about 4 hours) Kanas
Arrive at about 8:00 am, depart for Kanas scenic area after breakfast, passing through the barren desert landscape – White Sand Mountain, and the picturesque Agonggaiti Grassland. Arrive at the Jiadenyu living area of Kanas scenic area for lunch at noon. After lunch, take the scenic area shuttle bus to enter [Kanas Scenic Area] (entrance ticket and shuttle bus are included for two entries). Take a sightseeing tour along the Kanas River, enjoying the primitive forest of Siberian larch, the birch forest scenery,神仙湾 (Fairy Bay), Wolong Bay, Moon Bay, and Yaze Lake. The final destination of this shuttle bus segment is the "Transfer Center", then return to Jiadenyu. After dinner, check in at the hotel in Jiadenyu.
Meals: Breakfast (included), Lunch (included), Dinner (included)
Accommodation: Jiadenyu
Travel time: (The travel time is for reference only. In case of traffic control, traffic jams, or other irresistible factors, the actual arrival time shall prevail!)
Arrive in Beitun City at 07:30, and the tour guide will pick you up in the morning
08:00 breakfast time (30 minutes), depart for Kanas at 09:00
Arrive in Kanas at 12:30 for lunch (40 minutes)
At 13:30, go to Kanas Lake scenic area to play (about 3 hours and 30 minutes)
At 18:00, return to Beitun City and arrive in Yining City at 19:00 for dinner (1 hour)
Check in to the hotel at 20:00
D3: Kanas – (one-way by car 300 km, about 4 hours) Beitun
After breakfast, re-enter Kanas Scenic Area to enjoy the morning light and fog scenery at Kanas Lake,… After lunch, take the bus back to Jiadenyu and then take the tourist bus back to Burqin County. On the way, pass through the colorful fairy-tale world, the world’s first beach – [Wucaitan] (complimentary tickets), visit the Yardan wind-eroded landform. After dinner, take the tourist bus to Beitun and stay overnight in Beitun City.
D4: Beitun/Yining
After breakfast at the hotel at 6:30 am, go to Beitun City Railway Station. At 9:30, take the Grand Beauty Xinjiang Special Train to Yining City. Arrive in Beitun City around 22:00 and check into the hotel.
Accommodation: Yining City
★Travel time: (The travel time is for reference only. In case of traffic control, traffic jams, or other irresistible factors, the actual arrival time shall prevail!)
07:30 breakfast at the hotel
At 08:00, take train Y956 from Beitun City to Yining City
Arrive in Yining City at 22:00 and arrange hotel accommodation
D5: Yining – Nalati – Yining (one-way by car about 260 km, about 3.5 hours)
After breakfast, take the tourist bus to one of the world’s four major alpine river valley grasslands – [National AAAAA Scenic Area Nalati] (entrance ticket included). Along the way, the mountains are adorned with flowers, peaks are filled with fluttering butterflies and dots of tents. You can also see small patches of Populus euphratica forests and feel their tenacious life force and unyielding posture. The route passes by the Wusu Ancient Tomb Group; along the way, you can enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Gongnais Valley. Arrive in Nalati Town for lunch, and after lunch, take the scenic area’s [River Valley Grassland Shuttle Bus] (fare included) to the Nalati scenic area to experience Kazak folk customs (visit duration is about 3.5 hours, including the time to enter and exit the scenic area with the river valley shuttle bus). You can take self-paid options within the scenic area for a tour, such as sightseeing buses, horseback riding, tandem bicycles, and grassland motorcycles to experience the charm of the grassland. Then take the bus back to Yining City, and after dinner, check into the hotel.
Meals: Lunch (included), Dinner (included)
Accommodation: Yining City
D6: Yining – Sayram Lake – Khorgos Port – Yining – Urumqi (Sayram Lake to Yining, one-way 110 km, about 1.5 hours)
After breakfast, pass by Qigou Flying Bridge and Guozi Gorge, known as the first scenic spot of Yili, and take a coach tour of [Asia’s largest span mountain cable-stayed bridge] (cannot stop due to traffic reasons). Take an air-conditioned tourist coach to the overseas Chinese pearl – the mysterious and beautiful alpine lake – [Sayram Lake] (ticket included), and take a coach to the west of the lake area (complimentary circumference bus fee) for lake area sightseeing or free activities for about 100 minutes. After lunch, visit Khorgos Port, one of China’s three major land trade ports, and take photos outside the country gate. This scenic area is a military strategic location, and arrangements are not made to enter the boundary monument and tax-free zone. Tourists can shop in the free trade market in front of the port on their own (this attraction is complimentary and does not enter the country gate). Afterwards, visit the [Lavender Manor] to learn about the distribution areas of aromatic plants worldwide and aromatic culture related products. Yili is the national lavender base, where you can get a closer look at lavender and also take photos with the sea of flowers and colorful flower strips (free activity visit for about 50 minutes). Take a coach back to Yining City, and in the evening, take the Northern Xinjiang circular route train back to Urumqi.
Meals: Breakfast (included), Lunch (included)
Accommodation: Train hard sleeper (berth not guaranteed)
D7: Urumqi
Arrive in Urumqi around 7:00 am, ending the pleasant Northern Xinjiang circular route tour!
Booking instructions:
Please check if your ID card has expired and bring the original ID card before departure. For children, please bring the page with their personal information in the household register and the original. Please arrive at Urumqi Station (North Square of the new station) between 19:00. Please enter from the north entrance and take the elevator to the second floor. The temperature in the mountains is lower in the morning and evening, so please bring cold-weather clothing; Remember to bring along cameras, umbrellas, cash, and other necessary items. When the group returns, please gather at the hotel parking lot at the specified time notified by the tour guide and take the tourist coach to Beitun Railway Station. Please bring along all your belongings to avoid losing them.
★Itinerary features:
①No forced consumption throughout the entire journey
②Including travel agency liability insurance
③Complimentary accident insurance
★Expenses included:
Train hard sleeper: Urumqi — Beitun City — Yining City — Urumqi (round-trip train tickets, berth not guaranteed)
Travel transportation: Full-journey domestic air-conditioned tourist coach (specific model determined by number of people)
Attraction tickets: Nalati ticket and shuttle bus, Sayram Lake ticket, Colorful Beach ticket, Kanas ticket and shuttle bus
Special meals: Including 3 breakfasts and 7 dinners
Accommodation standard: 4 nights of standard room accommodation, superior standard room, without single room supplement
Travel insurance: Travel agency liability insurance.
Tour guide service: Licensed Mandarin tour guide service
★Expenses not included: Other self-paid entertainment items marked in the itinerary, meals on the train, personal expenses, and shopping
★Recommended self-paid items: Cruise ship 120 yuan/person, home visit 80 yuan/person, Huiyuan Ancient City 265 yuan/person; Sayram Lake circumference bus fee 100 yuan/person; Grassland Stone Man 198 yuan/person; Fish Viewing Pavilion 120 yuan/person;