Xinjiang Private Travel Customization · High-end Travel Planning and Customization in Xinjiang
Contact number: 09918585456, (same as phone number)
Xinjiang is vast and beautiful, but our time is limited. So how can we reasonably arrange a travel plan?
Let travel return to its essence and become a pleasure. Xinjiang travel customization focuses on experience and feelings, which can be explained from several aspects:
First comes dining: for Xinjiang Private Travel Customization, we often choose representative restaurants in Xinjiang, such as Milage, Hairbag, Platinum Hotel, Mayflower, and Father of Apple, etc., emphasizing the taste of ingredients and decoration style.
Next is hotel accommodation: the hotels chosen by Xinjiang Private Travel Customization are basically among the top-ranked and well-reputed locally. The floors are also pre-arranged, and we provide even more meticulous service. We can offer both smoking and non-smoking rooms with great detail.
Then comes the transportation: we choose vehicles based on the number of guests. All vehicles are within 5 years old, and the empty seat rate needs to be above 30% to ensure sufficient space and comfort. All drivers have held an A license for over 10 years and provide excellent service.
Fourth is the tour guide: For groups that require a tour guide, we generally pay a 20% higher guide service fee than the market rate to ensure that no shopping or compulsory self-paid items are promoted during the trip. The appearance, age, gender, etc., of the tour guide are also determined according to the guests’ preferences.
A compilation of must-visit attractions for customized Xinjiang tours: I have listed some must-visit attractions for Xinjiang tours below. Let’s walk into Xinjiang to experience its beautiful scenery and local customs. We specialize in making self-guided tour products for Xinjiang. If there are any inaccuracies, please feel free to point them out.
Must-visit attractions in Xinjiang tourism:
Balikun Grassland – Situated in a basin
Flaming Mountains – You can make an "omelette" on the car hood
Nearby attractions: Karez Wells, Suping Tower, Aiding Lake, Grape Valley, Jiaohe Ancient City, Tuyugou, etc.
The "Eight Hundred Li Flaming Mountains" mentioned in "Journey to the West" is here. Locals call the Flaming Mountains the "Red Mountains", which are composed of medium-red sand, conglomerate, and mudstone. Every summer, the intense sunlight shines on the red mountains, creating rolling waves of heat. How hot is the Flaming Mountains? According to local saying, if you break a raw egg and spread it on the car hood, it will become an "omelette". There is also a 12-meter-high thermometer standing there, like Sun Wukong’s Golden-Hooped Staff.
Tianchi Lake – Condenses the essence of Tianshan scenery
If the weather is clear in Urumqi, 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-altitude 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 alpine lakes, spruce forests, and snow-capped mountains. It can be said to condense the essence of the Tianshan Mountains and is known as the "Pearl of Tianshan".
Colorful City – Wild asses and gazelles by the roadside
Nearby attractions: Karamay Wild Hoofed Animal Reserve, Gurbantünggüt Desert, etc.
Colorful City is located in the Gurbantünggüt Desert, the second largest desert in China. Over hundreds of millions of years, coal seams, sand layers, and ore layers have formed there. After being eroded by wind and rain, exposed to sunshine and lightning, it has formed a "Yardan landform" dominated by ochre red, mixed with yellow, white, black, green, and other colors. It looks like a castle from a distance or up close. Near Colorful City is the Karamay Wild Hoofed Animal Reserve, which has attracted much attention in recent years. On the self-driving road, 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 Springs, 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". Due to its special geographical location, the vegetation landscape there resembles the European Alps. Different plant communities are well-defined and colorful. Kanas Lake is like a colorful gemstone. It is 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 blown by the wind, resembling the Six Harmonies Pagoda in Hangzhou, the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, the Pyramids of Egypt, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, and so on… The scariest time at Ghost City is when a fierce wind rises at nightfall, creating an eerie atmosphere with the sound of flying sand and stones. However, during the daytime, one may still find beautiful, crystalline agate stones there.
Sayram Lake – Where you can see the lakebed 10 meters below
Nearby attractions: Guai Shi Gou (Weird Rock Gorge), 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", and one can see the lakebed 10 meters below the surface. The most beautiful time at Sayram Lake is during late spring and early summer, when alpine wildflowers bloom all over the mountainsides near the lake. Every July, local Mongolians hold the traditional "Nadam" festival on the grassland by the lake.
Nalati Grassland – A grassland with fat cattle and sheep
Nearby attractions: Ili River, Guozigou Valley, Gongnais Grassland, Tangbula Grassland, etc.
There are many grasslands around the Ili River, among which the Nalati Grassland is well-known. The Nalati Grassland is also a developed grassland suitable for tourism, with thousands of tourists staying there every day. The grass on the Nalati Grassland grows to over half a meter tall. It rains frequently in the area, so the cattle and sheep there are fatter. Historically, the Nalati Grassland was known as the "Deer Park" and is also called the "Aerial Grassland" due to its high altitude.
Mount Muztagh Ata – Father of Glaciers
Nearby attractions: Xiangfei Tomb, Tashkurgan Stone City, etc.
Along the way, the scenery of snowy mountains and grasslands is endless. Before you know it, you are already at an altitude of over 3,000 meters. Looking beside, you will see a huge glacier-covered mountain, which is Mount Muztagh Ata, known as the "Father of Glaciers", resembling a cream cake. Mount Muztagh Ata faces Mount K2, the world’s second-highest peak at 8,611 meters, across the distance.
——Enjoy driving through the desert to your heart’s content
Nearby attractions: Tarim River, Populus euphratica Forest Nature Reserve
The desert highway runs lengthwise 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, after 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 generally takes five to six hours to drive, and it is essential to prepare sufficient water in the car before setting off.