There are multiple options for a twelve-day tour in Xinjiang. Here are three recommended routes:
Route One:
D1: Urumqi – Duku Highway – Tangbula Grassland – Nalati Town
D2: Nalati Town – Bayinbrook – Nalati Town
D3: Nalati Grassland – Zhaosu
D4: Zhaosu – Xiata Ancient Road – Tekes
D5: Tekes – Jongkushitai – Yining
D6: Yining – Huocheng Lavender – Guozigou Bridge – Sayram Lake – Kuitun
D7: Kuitun – Wuerhe Ghost City – Colorful Beach Sunset – Burqin
D8: Burqin – Kanas
D9: Kanas -巴哈村 – Jiadenyu
D10: Jiadenyu – Hemu
D11: Hemu – Fuyun County
D12: Fuyun County – Mount Tianshan Tianchi – Urumqi
Route Two:
D1: Various Locations – Urumqi
D2: Urumqi – Tianchi – Stay in Fuyun
D3: Fuyun – Koktokay – Stay in Burqin
D4: Burqin – Hemu – Stay in Hemu
D5: Hemu – Kanas – Stay in Jiadenyu
D6: Jiadenyu – World Ghost City – Karamay
D7: Karamay – 360-degree Circumnavigation of Sayram Lake – Guozigou – Stay in Qingshuihe
D8: Qingshuihe – Karajun Grassland – Tekes Lijie Street – Stay in Bagua City
D9: Tekes – Nalati Aerial Grassland – Stay in Nalati Town
D10: Nalati – Bayinbrook Swan Lake, Nine-Bend and Eighteen-Turn – Stay in Bayinbrook Town
D11: Bayinbrook – Crossing Duku Highway, Experiencing Four Seasons in One Day – Stay in Urumqi
D12: Urumqi – Return to Your Warm Home
Route Three:
D1: Urumqi – S21 Desert Highway – Koktokay Scenic Area – Stay in Koktokay
D2: Koktokay Town – Wulungu Lake – Colorful Beach – Stay in Burqin
D3: Burqin – Kanas Lake Fish Viewing Pavilion – Stay in Jiadenyu/Kanas
D4: Kanas Three Bays – Free time in Hemu Village – Wooden Hut in Hemu Scenic Area
D5: Hemu Sunrise and Morning Fog – Ghost City – Stay in Wuerhe
D6: Wuerhe/Karamay – Sayram Lake – Guozigou Bridge – Stay in Qingshuihe
D7: Qingshuihe Lavender Manor – Yizhao Highway – Rapeseed Flowers – Stay in Zhaosu
D8: Zhaosu – Grassland above the Clouds – Karajun Grassland – Bagua City Lijie Street – Stay in Tekes
D9: Tekes – Aktas Grassland – Nalati (Bonfire Night at own expense) – Stay in Nalati
D10: Nalati – Middle Section of Duku Highway – Bayinbrook Swan Lake – Nine-Bend and Eighteen-Turn Sunset – Stay in Bayinbrook
D11: Nalati – Duku Highway – Qiaerma – Tangbula Grassland – Baili Gallery – Dushanzi
D12: Dushanzi – Dushanzi Grand Canyon/Anjihai Grand Canyon – S101 National Defense Highway – Urumqi
These three routes cover multiple famous scenic spots in Xinjiang, including grasslands, lakes, snow-capped mountains, gorges, etc. You can choose a route that suits you based on personal preferences and actual circumstances.