A 15-day travel guide for Xinjiang can be planned around the circuit of Northern Xinjiang, and alternatively, you can choose to take a tourist train to tour Northern and Southern Xinjiang.?
I. 15-Day Northern Xinjiang Circuit Tour?
You can refer to the following itinerary arrangements:?
D1: Urumqi – S21 Desert Highway – Colorful Beach Sunset – Overnight in Burqin?
D2: Burqin – Kanas Lake – Fish Viewing Pavilion – Overnight in Kanas Wooden Hut?
D3: Kanas Lake Morning Fog – Three Bays and Hemu Highway – Overnight in Kanas Scenic Area?
D4: Hemu – Hemu Village – Overnight in Burqin?
D5: Burqin – Ghost City – Hundred-Mile Oilfield – Overnight in Kuitun?
D6: Kuitun – Sayram Lake – Guozigou Bridge – Lavender – Kazanqi – Overnight in Yining?
D7: Yining – Karajun Koksu Canyon – Eight Trigrams City – Lijie Street – Overnight in Tekes?
D8: Tekes – Nalati Aerial Grassland – Overnight in Nalati Town?
D9: Nalati – Tangbula Hundred-Mile Gallery – Fairy Lake – Duku Highway – Overnight in Dushanzi?
D10: Dushanzi – S101 National Defense Highway – Hundred-Mile Danxia – Kansuwate Reservoir – Urumqi?
In the following days, you can continue to visit famous attractions in Xinjiang such as Tianshan Tianchi, Turpan Grape Valley, and Mount Muztagh according to your personal interests and physical condition, ensuring that the itinerary is both fulfilling and relaxed.?
II. Touring Northern and Southern Xinjiang by Tourist Trains?
Silk Road tourist train: Departing from Xi’an directly to Xinjiang, it is tailor-made for middle-aged and elderly groups. The carriages are meticulously decorated, offering soft sleeper, hard sleeper, dining car, and other carriage types, suitable for middle-aged and elderly tourists who do not like flying or self-driving.?
The New Oriental Express tourist train: Departing from Urumqi, it tours northern and southern Xinjiang for 15 days, offering two types of carriages, Supreme Golden Diamond and Luxury Blue Diamond, with hardware configurations equivalent to five-star hotels and attentive service, but the price is relatively high.?
III. Precautions?
During holidays, be sure to book flights and hotels in advance, as they may be unavailable if you wait too long.?
Xinjiang has a dry climate with strong ultraviolet rays, so bring sunscreen and skincare products; in summer, there are many mosquitoes on the grasslands of Xinjiang, so it is recommended to wear long pants or bring insect repellent.?
The diurnal temperature variation in Xinjiang is large, so be sure to prepare enough clothing according to the weather conditions before departure.?
The above guide is for reference only. The specific itinerary needs to be adjusted according to personal interests, budget, and actual situation. Wish you a pleasant holiday in Xinjiang!?