The tourist routes to Xinjiang mainly include the Kanas Loop, Yili Loop, Kanas~Yili Loop, North Xinjiang Grand Loop, and South Xinjiang Grand Loop.?
Kanas Loop: This is a classic tourist route that usually takes 5-7 days. Visitors can enjoy stunning attractions such as Kanas Lake, Hemu Village, Koktokay, and the Devil’s City. The emerald-green waters of Kanas Lake, towering snow-capped mountains, and dense forests constitute breathtaking scenery worthy of being a wallpaper. Hemu Village resembles a fairy tale world, making people reluctant to leave.?
Yili Loop: The Yili region is famous for its natural landscapes such as river valleys, grasslands, lakes, grand canyons, and Danxia landforms. The Yili Loop usually takes 6-10 days. Visitors can explore Sayram Lake, Nalati Grassland, Xiata, and other places, feeling the breathtaking scenery at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.?
Kanas~Yili Loop: This route combines the essence of attractions in Kanas and Yili and usually takes 11-13 days. Visitors can appreciate the most beautiful natural scenery in North Xinjiang all at once.?
North Xinjiang Grand Loop: The North Xinjiang Grand Loop covers almost all the essential attractions in North Xinjiang, including deserts, gobi, snow-capped mountains, and grasslands. It usually takes 13-17 days. A self-drive tour around North Xinjiang allows visitors to experience a wealth of natural landscapes and cultural attractions.?
South Xinjiang Grand Loop: The South Xinjiang Grand Loop features historical and cultural sites and natural landscapes such as ancient cities, thousand-Buddha caves, desert highways, and poplar forests. It usually takes 13-17 days. Driving on the Taklamakan Desert Highway, with yellow sand stretching out on both sides and the occasional emergence of thousand-year-old poplar trees, visitors can feel the charm of the ancient Silk Road.?
In addition, there are multiple self-drive tour routes such as the Duku Highway, Tianshan Highway, Nanshan Route, Urumqi East Route, East Tianshan Route, Bayinbuluke~Sayram Lake Loop, and Yili North Route. These routes each have their own unique characteristics, and tourists can choose based on their own time and preferences.?