Over TianshanMountains£¬onto the Pamirs Plateau, across Takalamagan Desert and into Turpan Basin, Dreams Travel offers the stirring landcruiser tour that enables its clients to experience what is essential along the Silk Road: Dry Gully, Clear Lake, Ancient Garrison, Large Bazaar and so on with magnificent sceneries and splendid cultures.
D01 Pick up in Urumqi airport, then transfer to Hotel
D02 Urumqi-Korla
Drive to Korla¡ªcalled the city of fragrant pears, visit the china largest fresh lake¡ªBosten Lake(Golden beach).overnight at Korla
D03 Korla-Kuqa
Visit the Iron Gate pass, then drive to Kuqa, visit the Kizil thousand Buddha caves,Kuqa Grand Mosque.
D04 Kuqa-Aksu
Visit the Tianshan Grand Canyon,then continue driving to Akesu.
D05 Akesu-Kashgar
After breakfast,drive to Kasghar, Kashgar is a fabled city embracing a rich mix of peoples and cultures, with Mosques and veiled women contributing to its Middle Eastern atmosphere.
D06 Kashgar-Karakul Lake- Taxkurgan.
Drive 200km to Karakul Lake along China-Pakistan highway, enjoy he majestic Pamir plateau, encounter the local nomads called ¡±Kirgiz¡±. Admire the snow-capped mountain called ¡°Muztagh Ata¡±(7546Min altitude),and ¡°Konger Shan Mountain¡±(7719M.),after lunch ,drive to Taxkurgan.
D07 Taxkurgan-Kashgar
Drive back to Kashgar, No visitors to Kashgar should miss the Sunday bazaar. In the teeming market, you can buy anything from herbal medicines to carpets, from a cradle to a camel.
D08 Kashgar/hotan
Drive 520km to Hotan
D09 Hotan sightseeing
Visit the Maikawat ruins, the silk family, the King of walnuts tree.
D10 Hotan-Minfeng
Drive 320km to Minfeng
D11 Minfeng-Korla
Drive along the desert highway, visit the Tarim river(the longest inland river in China),and diversified poplar trees.
D12 Korla-Turfan
Drive 380km to the oasis town of Turpan, famous for its melons and vineyards. Here Marco Polo first encountered spaghetti, an idea he took home to Italy
D13 Turfan-Urumqi
Today¡¯s tour includes morning visits to the ruined city Jiaohe, Bezeklik Caves whose walls are adorned with Buddhist frescoes and the legendary Flaming Mountains. In the afternoon, inspect the 2000 year old Karez water channels, a remarkable underground irrigation system and also see Emin Minaret, one of the finest buildings on the Silk Road. then drive back to Urumqi
D14 Urumqi,exit.
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