Featured: Beijing----- Urumqi------ Kashgar------ Hotan------ Aksu------ Kuqa------ Korla------ Turpan----- Dunhuang------ Lanzhou------Xi’an------ Beijing/Shanghai. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 01: Arrival to BeijingCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will meet with our company representative at the Beijing Airport then transfer to your comfort hotel. You will be by your own for rest of the day for relaxation and explore the sites near to your hotel by yourself. Diner will be at the hotel. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Beijing CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 02: Beijing ToursCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Our guide and driver will meet you after breakfast then you are set off for Beijing tours. Your guide will take you to the Forbidden City, Tian’anmen Square, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Sprawling Imperial Encampment of Temples. You will be served in famous Quan Ju De Restaurant with Beijing Duck, you will have Peking Opera Show after dinner. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Beijing CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 03: Beijing to Urumqi CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will meet with our guide after your breakfast then set off for Beijing Tour. You will have whole day time to see Great Wall, then walk along the Sacred Path which leads to the Ming Tombs where 13 Emperors were buried, and also visit the Emperor’s resting place through a series of under-ground passageways and chambers. Dinner will be served in Beijing before going to airport to Urumqi. Take evening flight to Urumqi.CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in UrumqiCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 04: Urumqi Tour then to Kashgar CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will meet with your guide in your hotel after breakfast then set off for Urumqi tours. Your guide and driver will take you to Heavenly, which is 110km away from Urumqi. You will come back to Urumqi in the afternoon then Pay visit to Xinjiang Museum where you can see great collection of Mummies’. You will be served your dinner in finest Uyghur Restaurant in Urumqi then take evening flight to Kashgar.CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in in KashgarCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 05: Kashgar Tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will start your tour earlier then usual. The places you will visit today are Sunday market (biggest market in central Asia), Id Kah mosque (which is the biggest mosque in China, was built in 1442), Old town (old part of Kashgar city), Tomb of Appak Hoja or fragrant concubine, .Handcraft Street ( The street is full of different types of handicraft making ). CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Kashgar CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 06: One day Karakul Lake Tour.CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will start your tour right after your breakfast. Karakul Lake is located southwest of Kashgar, and 200km from Kashgar. You will have chance to do some trekking around the lake which is 3600ms above sea level. Karakul Lake is located at the foot of Muztag Ata (meaning Father of Ice Mountain; it is 7546m above sea level). The people living around the lake are Kirgiz people, will have chance to visit the Kirgiz yurts. Kirgiz people are nomads. Karakul Lake is 200km from Kashgar city, and located on the Karakorum Highway. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Return to Kashgar in the afternoon. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Kashgar CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 07: Kashgar to Hotan(540km)CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will set out from Kashgar early in the morning to Hotan. On the way to Hotan, we will visit Yingsar (which is the famous town for making Uyghur knives in Xinjiang) and visit the knife factory. Stop in Yarkand(shache in Chinese) for a few hours to have lunch, after lunch visit the Golden Grave Yard( It is Yarkand Uyghur Kingdom’s Grave yard or Tomb of Aman Nisahan (the lady who combined the Famous Uyghur Twelve Mukam and invented one Mukam herself, and she was wife of second king of Yarkand kingdom) and visit the old town in Yarkand. Yarkand once was the capital of the Uyghur Kingdom in ancient times, and it was an important station on the Ancient Silk Road. Drive straight to Hotan after Yarkand. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnigh in Hotan CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 08: Hotan tourCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will have full day time to explore the sites and city of Hotan today. Places you will visit are: Sunday Market (it is as big as the Sunday market in Kashgar), Melike Awat Ancient City, White Jade River and white jade factory, carpet and silk factories. These three handicrafts are well known to all over China, and the world. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Hotan CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 09: Hotan- Aksu- KuqaCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will set out from Hotan to Kuqa after breakfast to across the Taklimakan dessert. You will take the road from Hotan to Aksu to across the Taklimakan Desert which is second road to acrosses Taklimakan desert; it is officially opened to the public since end of 2007. Taklimakan dessert is the second largest shifting desert in the world; it covers an area of 337,600sqkm. The word Taklimakan means Death of Sea in Uyghur language: once you come in you can never come out. Enjoy the fascinating scenery of the dessert and sand dunes. Arrive in Aksu early in the afternoon, you lunch will be in Aksu the set off to Kuqa. Kuqa is the biggest county of Aksu prefecture. Kuqa used to be the important pass on the middle silk road (route) in Xinjiang. It is also a center for Buddhism in southern Xinjiang. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Kucha CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day10: Kuqa TourCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You wil meet with your guide and driver after breakfast, The places you will visit are: Kizil Thousand Buddha caves (5th and 6th century AD, It is the second best well preserved Buddhist cave in China), Beacon Ancient Tower, Kuqa Grand Mosque. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Kuqa CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 11: Kuqa tour then to KorlaCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Meet your guide and driver after breakfast. Places you will visit before leaving for Korla are: Subash Ancient City, wonder around in Kuqa old town. Set off for Korla from Kuqa after lunch. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Korla CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 12: Korla to TurpanCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Leave for Turpan after breakfast. You will have full scenery of TianShan Mountain (which divides Xinjiang into two parts, Northern Xinjiang and Southern Xinjiang). You will take your lunch on the way in the local restuarnt, and will be in Turpan late in the afternoon. You will visit Jiaohe ancient city and Karez system (Karez System is an irrigation system of wells connected by underground channels, is considered as one of the three great ancient projects in China,) before dinner. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Turpan CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day13:Turpan tour.CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Visit the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves or Grottoes (Grottoes are architectural styles and the richest mural content of Turpan area), Gaocheng ancient city (Started in the first century B.C, it was a key point on the ancient Silk Road,). Flaming Mountain (The Flaming Mountains were formed in the organic movements of the Himalayas fifty million years ago). Astana-Karahoja Ancient Tombs (Known as the "Underground Museum" and widely valued by Chinese and foreign archaeologists and historians, there are murals depicting figures, birds and flowers on display in the three tombs). Emin Minaret (Emin Minaret was built in 1777, is the largest extant old tower in Xinjiang; and it is the only Islamic tower among the hundred famous towers in China).CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will take evening train to Dunhuang. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight on the trainCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day14: Dunhuang TourCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will meet your guide and driver at Dunhuang railway station. You will take a short rest before you start to explore Dunhuang. Places you will visit are: World Heritage Mogao Caves, Echoing sanddunes of Mingshan Mountains, Crescend Lake. You will take your lunch then pay a visit to Dunhuang Museum. Take a train to Lanzhou from Dunhuang. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight on the trainCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 15:Dunhuang to LanzhouCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will meet your guide and driver at the railway station then transfer to your hotel. You will take short break before start you tour in Lanzhou. Places you will visit are: Zhongshan Iron Bridge, White Pagoda Hill Park, and waterwheel Garden. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will take evening flight to Xi’an from Lanzhou CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnigh in Xi’anCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day16: Xi’anCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel. Places you will visit are: Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, Bell Tower and Drum Tower, Big Wild Goose Pagoda.CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 17: Xi’an tourCTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour You will meet your guide and driver after breakfast. Places you will visit today are; Xi’an City Wall, Shanxi Historical Museum. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 18: Take flight from Xi’an to Beijing or Shanghai then transfer flight to Home country. CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour CTtSilk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour
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