Features: Kashgar------Karakorum Highway----------- Hotan---------- Urumqi-----------Turpangd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 01: Meet with the group at Torgat pass of Kirgizistan, then drive to Kashgar gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Meet with the group at Torgat pass, which is the border between China and Kyrgyzstan. It is 170km from Kashgar. gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Taxinan Barony Hotel/ Seman Hotelgd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 02: Day tour to the Karakul Lake, return to Kashgargd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Drive to southwest of Kashgar early in the morning. Karakul Lake means black lake in both the Kirgiz and Uyghur languages, and do some trekking around the lake, it 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 nationalities living at the lake are Kirgiz people, visit the Kirgiz yurt. Kirgiz people are nomads; they raise sheep, goats, donkeys, horses, camels, cows, and yaks. While you are there, you can go horse and camel riding around the lake. Karakul Lake is 200km from Kashgar city, located on the Karakorum Highway. Return to Kashgar in the afternoon. Overnight in Taxinan Barony Hotel/ Kashgar Seman Hotel gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 03: Day tour in Kashgar::gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Visit Sunday market (which is the biggest market in central Asia, the market is active everyday, but Sunday is a much more crowded and big day). Id Kah mosque (which is the biggest mosque in China, was built in 1442) . Old town (old part of Kashgar city, the nationality living in old town is 100% Uyghur). Tomb of Appak Hoja or fragrant concubine tomb (Appak Hoja was the leader and master of white mountaineer Sufism in the Southern part of Xinjiang) .handcraft street ( The street is full of different types of handicraft making such as kitchen utensils, copper pot, musical instruments, and so on). gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Taxinan Barony Hotel/ Kashgar Seman Hotel gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 04: Drive to Hotan from Kashgargd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour We set out from Kashgar early in the morning to Hotan. On the way to hotan, we will visit the Yingsar (which is the famous town for making Uyghur knives in Xinjiang, and visit the knife factory in Town). Stop in Yarkand(shache in Chinese) for a few hours to have a lunch, after lunch visit the Golden Grave Yard( It is Yarkand Uyghur Kindom’s Grave yard, locals to show the respect to the king, they name it Golden Grave Yard) or Tomb of Aman Nisahan (She is the lady who combined the Famous Uyghur Twelve Mukam and invented one Mukam by herself) and visit the old town in Yarkand. Yarkand once was the capital of Uyghur Kingdom in ancient times, and it was an important station on the old Silk Road. It has history more than 2000 years. Drive straight to Hotan after Yarkand. It is 540km from Kashgar to Hotan. gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Hotan Zhejiang Hotel/ Hotan Muztagh Hotelgd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 05: Tour in Hotan then flies to Urumqi in the eveninggd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Visit the Sunday market in Hotan, it is as big as the Sunday market in Kashgar. Visit the ancient city of Melike Awat, White Jade River and white jade factory, visit carpet and silk factories. These three handicrafts are well known all over China, and the world.gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in HoiTak Hotel gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 06: Urumqi to Turpan then sightseeing.gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Visit the Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves or Grottoes (Grottoes are architectural styles and the richest mural content in Turpan), 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). gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Overnight in Turpan Oasis Silk Road Hotel/ Turpan Hotel gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Day 07: Turpan to Urumqi then to airport.gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour Visit the Jiaohe Ancient city, 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). 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). Head back to Urumqi by in the afternoon then send to Urumqi International Airport to help you check in. This is the end of our service. gd4Silk Road Tour,Xinjiang tour
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