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Jiaohe Anicent City Sunset
2 Days Turpan Essence Tour from Urumqi

Highlights: Jiaohe Ancient City, Karez System, Bezeklik Caves, Tuyugou Valley

As the lowest point and the hottest spot in China, Turpan delights you with spectacular natural landscape as well as breathtaking cultural splendor. This 2-day short tour takes you to enjoy the most time-effective Turpan experience, covering the best of Turpan. Both unique landform and significant cultural wonders will be added into the itinerary to help you enjoy Turpan in a better way.

Charming Desert with Changing Colors
3 Days Turpan Highlights Tour with Kumtag Desert

Highlights: Kumtag Desert,Jiaohe Ancient City, Karez System, Bezeklik Caves, Tuyugou Valley

In spite of the harsh climate, the great ancient engineering feat of Karez System makes it An Oasis in the Desert. This 3-day tour takes you to explore Turpan from multiple perspectives. You will visit the Buddhist relics, city ruins, great engineering project as well as the magnificent Kumtag Desert with amazing natural beauty and entertaining activities. Just immerse yourself in the glory of this “hot” city.

An Old Villager in Mazar Village, Photo Taken by Our Customer Shane from UK in February 2023
4 Days Best Turpan to Urumqi Tour

Highlights: Flaming Mountains,Tuyuk Valley, Jiaohe Ancient City, Tianchi Lake

This 4 days Turpan Urumqi tour takes you to enjoy some of Xinjiang’s most extraordinary natural landscape – barren red sandstone hills, eroded city ruins, snow-capped mountains, greenish-blue waters, etc., as well as the cultural relics along the ancient Silk Road. You will start your tour from Turpan which is well connected with other Silk Road cities (like Dunhuang, Zhangye, Lanzhou…) by train and then drive to Heavenly Lake of Tianshan for a nature feast and go to Urumqi for a short glimpse at last.

Tashkurgan Fort (Stone City Ruin) in the morning of September
8 Days Classic Xinjiang Tour including Urumqi Turpan Kashgar Tashkurgan

Highlights: Heaven lake, Bezeklik Caves, Kashgar Bazaar, Kashgar Old Town, Karakul Lake, Tashkurgan Fort, Golden Grassland, Muztagh Ata

This is the most classic tour as well as the most enjoyable Xinjiang holiday. It suits all kinds of travelers very well, no matter you want a Silk Road journey, photography trip, or family holiday, senior tour, etc. You will visit the Golden Triangle first - Urumqi, Kashgar and Turpan which represent the very highlights of ancient Silk Road, classic cultural and historical essence of Xinjiang and Xinjiang’s most reachable stunning nature. They are the three most classic destinations that any Xinjiang trips cannot miss out. As tourist centers, Urumqi, Kashgar and Turpan also provides you top standard of tour services, including tour guide, transfer, hotels, food, etc.

An Old Villager in Mazar Village, Photo Taken by Our Customer Shane from UK in February 2023
4 Days Best Turpan to Urumqi Tour

Highlights: Flaming Mountains,Tuyuk Valley, Jiaohe Ancient City, Tianchi Lake

This 4 days Turpan Urumqi tour takes you to enjoy some of Xinjiang’s most extraordinary natural landscape – barren red sandstone hills, eroded city ruins, snow-capped mountains, greenish-blue waters, etc., as well as the cultural relics along the ancient Silk Road. You will start your tour from Turpan which is well connected with other Silk Road cities (like Dunhuang, Zhangye, Lanzhou…) by train and then drive to Heavenly Lake of Tianshan for a nature feast and go to Urumqi for a short glimpse at last.

Aluring Heavenly Lake Scenery
5 Days Urumqi Discovery to Turpan and Heavenly Lake

Highlights: Heaven Lake, Turpan Jiaohe Ancient City, Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Cave, Tuyu Valley, Flaming Mountain, Red Hill

When you are planning your itinerary in Urumqi, you should turn away your attention from the downtown area of Urumqi where there are not many things to do. Actually, the real highlights are located a bit far away but worth going. They are the alluring Heavenly Lake and ancient Silk Road destination - Turpan. By travelling Urumqi with the Heavenly Lake and Turpan, you are rewarded a comprehensive exploration of ancient Silk Road sites, history and culture of the whole Xinjiang region and joys of spectacular natural beauty.

Tashkurgan Fort (Stone City Ruin) in the morning of September
8 Days Classic Xinjiang Tour including Urumqi Turpan Kashgar Tashkurgan

Highlights: Heaven lake, Bezeklik Caves, Kashgar Bazaar, Kashgar Old Town, Karakul Lake, Tashkurgan Fort, Golden Grassland, Muztagh Ata

This is the most classic tour as well as the most enjoyable Xinjiang holiday. It suits all kinds of travelers very well, no matter you want a Silk Road journey, photography trip, or family holiday, senior tour, etc. You will visit the Golden Triangle first - Urumqi, Kashgar and Turpan which represent the very highlights of ancient Silk Road, classic cultural and historical essence of Xinjiang and Xinjiang’s most reachable stunning nature. They are the three most classic destinations that any Xinjiang trips cannot miss out. As tourist centers, Urumqi, Kashgar and Turpan also provides you top standard of tour services, including tour guide, transfer, hotels, food, etc.

Id Kah Mosque is the most influential Islamic mosque in Xinjiang
6 Days Urumqi to Kashgar Dream Tour - Best Xinjiang Tour for the First-timers

Highlights: Kashgar Old Town, Kashgar Bazaar, Heavenly Lake, Karakul Lake, Tashkurgan Fort, Xinjiang Regional Museum, Id Kah Mosque

The perfect trip to explore Xinjiang's best culture and nature by visit the two most important cities in Xinjiang - Urumqi and Kashgar. To make your Xinjiang trip more memorable, we even extend your trip to the overwhelming Pamirs, a romanstic plateau full of diversities – pure plateau lake, vast grassland, dominating snow mountains, beautiful ethnic towns which are the shooting sites for the great movie “the Kite Runner”.

Taking a relaxing cruise on Heavenly Lake
11 Days In-depth Wild Silk Road Adventure Tour (Cultural Relic & Unrivalled Landscape)

Highlights: Zhangye Danxia Rainbow Mountains, Jiayuguan Pass, Mogao Caves, Mingshashan Desert, Jiaohe Ancient City, Urumqi Heavenly Lake, Kashgar Old Town, Karakul Lake

This is an in-depth wild Silk Road adventure covering the best cultural and natural highlights in Northwest China. You will first transfer from Lanzhou to Zhangye by high speed train and view colorful Zhangye Danxia landform - “Rainbow Mountains” sprawling for tens of miles, and then visit Jiayuguan Pass - the largest and greatest military fortress of China’s Great Walls, later get to Dunhuang, enjoy splendid Buddhist murals and sculptures in Mogao Caves, feel the natural wonders of Singing Sands and desert oasis. Continue your Silk Road via bullet train trip to Turpan, where Jiaohe Ancient City and many heritages, ethnic legacies and natural landscape are well reserved. Next, move to Urumqi, capital and transfer center of Xinjiang to learn the regions’ culture and history and a bright pearl on Tianshan Mountains - Heavenly Lake. The last stop is Kashgar, where you spend one full day discovering Kashgar Old Town and major landmarks and a visual feast of Karakul Lake.

Abakh Khoja Tomb
10 Days Classic Silk Road Tour (Xian/Dunhuang/Turpan/Kashgar)

Highlights: Terracotta Warriors, Ancient City Wall, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Mogao Grottoes, Echoing Sand Mountains, Crescent Lake, Heavenly Lake, Kashgar Old City, Karakul Lake

This is the most classic China Silk Road tour. You will start your Silk Road tour from Xian which was known as Chang'an, the ancient capital city of China as well as the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, then take a flight to Dunhuang, the most legendary part of Silk Road where you can see amazing mural arts, impressive Buddhist statues, well-decorated caves and unique frontier landscape. Lastly, take a high speed train from Dunhuang to Xinjiang where you will explore the exotic customs and beautiful landscape in the Golden Triangle Cities -Urumqi, Kashgar and Turpan.

Hospitable Uygur People at Turpan Grape Valley
5 Days Dunhuang to Turpan Silk Road Culture Tour

Highlights: Mogao Grottoes, Echoing Sand Mountains, Crescent Lake, Yardang National Geologic Park, Ruin of Great Wall, Turpan Grape Valley, Grape Valley, Jiaohe Ancient City

Both Duhuang and Turpan had played important roles in the history of Silk Road. There were once stretching roads went through the Gobi, desert and snow mountain to connected two places, but nowadays they have been replaced with the new “Silk Road” – modern high-speed railway. In this tour, you will travel from Dunhuang to Turpan discover both the magnificent culture and unique landscape of ancient Silk Road in a well-paced way.

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Taking a relaxing cruise on Heavenly Lake
11 Days In-depth Wild Silk Road Adventure Tour (Cultural Relic & Unrivalled Landscape)

Lanzhou / Zhangye / Jiayuguan / Dunhuang / Turpan / Urumqi / Kashgar

This is an in-depth wild Silk Road adventure covering the best cultural and natural highlights in Northwest China. You will first transfer from Lanzhou to Zhangye by high speed train and view colorful Zhangye Danxia landform - “Rainbow Mountains” sprawling for tens of miles, and then visit Jiayuguan Pass - the largest and greatest military fortress of China’s Great Walls, later get to Dunhuang, enjoy splendid Buddhist murals and sculptures in Mogao Caves, feel the natural wonders of Singing Sands and desert oasis. Continue your Silk Road via bullet train trip to Turpan, where Jiaohe Ancient City and many heritages, ethnic legacies and natural landscape are well reserved. Next, move to Urumqi, capital and transfer center of Xinjiang to learn the regions’ culture and history and a bright pearl on Tianshan Mountains - Heavenly Lake. The last stop is Kashgar, where you spend one full day discovering Kashgar Old Town and major landmarks and a visual feast of Karakul Lake.

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Abakh Khoja Tomb
10 Days Classic Silk Road Tour (Xian/Dunhuang/Turpan/Kashgar)

Xian / Dunhuang / Turpan / Urumqi / Kashgar

This is the most classic China Silk Road tour. You will start your Silk Road tour from Xian which was known as Chang'an, the ancient capital city of China as well as the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, then take a flight to Dunhuang, the most legendary part of Silk Road where you can see amazing mural arts, impressive Buddhist statues, well-decorated caves and unique frontier landscape. Lastly, take a high speed train from Dunhuang to Xinjiang where you will explore the exotic customs and beautiful landscape in the Golden Triangle Cities -Urumqi, Kashgar and Turpan.

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A Bullet Train Running on the High Speed Rail in Xinjiang
15 Days Classic Ancient China Silk Road Tour with Bullet Train Experience

Kashgar / Tupran / Dunhuang / Jiayuguan / Zhangye / Xian / Beijing

Explore the Silk Road on the gigantic regions of northwester China, an almost dizzying agglomeration of deserts, grasslands, raging rivers and colossal mountains, connecting Xian, Zhangye, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar, etc. Unlike the ancient travelers who walked and rode camels to traversing the Silk Road, you from the modern civilization will explore the legendary route in a stylish and relaxing way - mainly taking high speed bullet trains, and also using flights and vehicle, to make your trip more enjoyable.

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Local old men in Kuqa Old City
13 Days In-depth Xinjiang Silk Road Adventure Tour

Urumqi / Turpan / Korla / Kuqa / Taklimakan Desert / Minfeng / Hongtan / Kashgar / Tashkurgan

Our Silk Road Adventure Tour takes you to follow both the southern and northern sections of Silk Road in Xinjiang with exploration of the legendary Turpan, Korla, Kuqa, Kashgar and Tashkurgan. At the same time, you will also be rewarded with splendid natural landscapes that you can only see in Xinjiang – mysterious Taklimakan Desert, azure Heavenly Lake and Karakul Lake, overwhelming Pamirs Plateau, etc. It is an in-depth Xinjiang vacation that covers vast highlighting area of Xinjiang, a memorable trip you won’t regret.

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Mogao Caves
12 Days Silk Road Tour from Beijing

Beijing / Xian / Dunhuang / Turpan / Urumqi

This 12-day Silk Road tour is designed to show you all the highlights of China Silk Road. Your trip begins in Beijing – the ancient and present capital of China, and extends to Kashgar – the westernmost city of China via Xian – the most eye-catching old capital, Dunhuang – the essence of the whole Silk Road and Turpan – an oasis in the desert. There are a myriad of incredible opportunities to get yourself awe-inspired by visiting the different kinds of attractions, such as old palaces, fabulous manmade wonders, historic temples, Buddhist carvings, traditional living blocks, busy bazaars, barren deserts, informative museums, etc.

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