Northern Border Grassland Tour

Xi’an to Urumqi, upon arrival, check in the hotel to rest, can be free to do activities in Erdaoqiao Grand Bazaar.

Warm Tip of the Day:

1, Xinjiang temperature is slightly lower, but the ultraviolet radiation is strong, but also particularly dry, please do a good job of sun protection measures and timely replenishment of water.

2, Xinjiang’s diet is based on beef and mutton Halal meals, please follow the customs and respect the national habits.

3. The time difference between Xinjiang and mainland cities is 2 hours.

Depart for Kuitun in the morning and visit the Andijhai Grand Canyon in the afternoon.The Andijai Gorge is exceptionally colourful, with rivers cutting into the earth and washing away and dissolving rock formations of different colours, creating a brilliantly coloured landscape of abstract paintings of the earth.Compared with some other canyons with grey and cold monotonous colours, Andihai Canyon, with its red mountains, dai cliffs, green peaks, green islands, blue water and other rich colours, is like a colourful ribbon fluttering at the foot of the northern slope of Tianshan Mountain, making it the most colourful canyon among the canyon groups in China.

Departure in the morning forSayram Lake,The Sayram Lake is the largest saltwater lake in Xinjiang, and the highest mountain with the largest accumulation.Because it is the last place favoured by the warm and humid air flow, it is called the last tear.After arriving at the Sayram Lake, you can hike for about 2 hours to the nearby Guozigou, which has beautiful scenery and strange landscape, and has always been regarded as a place of attraction in Xinjiang, and has been known as the “First Scenery” of Yili.It runs through the north, is 312 national highway Urumqi – Ili highway must pass through the channel, is also the natural gateway to Ili.After lunch, we will go to Sayram Lake and enjoy the sunset at the lake in the afternoon.

After breakfast, take a bus to Yining, and after lunch, go to“Lavender Base”——Huocheng County, Sanguang Township, Fourth Agricultural Division 65 or 70 regiment to enjoy a large area of lavender, lavender fields at this time converge into a purple sea, to find the pure love we look forward to it!Yili has long been known as the “Hometown of Chinese Lavender” by the aromatherapy industry; the Yili Valley has also become one of the world’s eight well-known lavender production areas.Because the local climate and soil are very similar to Provence in France, it has become the largest lavender production base in China.Afternoon visitHuiyuan Old City,Now well-preserved is known as “Ili nine cities” of the first Huiyuan City, the city still retains the old site of the General’s residence.The main building of the general’s residence is a courtyard style, the earth and wood structure of the flying eaves type “human” beam cottage, the eaves are simple and elegant, no carvings of painted beams.There are four ancient trees in the courtyard, which are the living witnesses of history.Arrive at Yining in the afternoon, after dinner, you can enjoy the sunset at Yili River Bridge.

After breakfast, free time in Yining to visitKazanchi Folk Village,This is the only large-scale original ecological humanistic scenic spot in the northern border with Uyghur ethnic customs as the main body, because it is the window of the image of Ili city, and at the same time, it is also the real portrayal of ethnic customs, which covers the heavy Uyghur culture without losing the unique folk customs of Uyghur ethnic groups in the northern border.Afternoon drive toTekesi，After arrival in the Tekes County free activities.Tekes is a city where “heaven and earth intersect and all things are connected, up and down intersect and all things are the same”; it is a city awarded by the headquarters as “the world’s largest Bagua City”; it is a city where the first Princess Hosojun lived in China’s history; it is a city where the first Princess Hosojun was born!This is a city that gave birth to the first female in the history of China.

After breakfast, take a bus to Karajun International Eco-tourism Zone – West Karajun Scenic Spot, at the end of May and the beginning of July every year, this is the peak season of flowers, the whole grassland turns into a sea of flowers, red, yellow, purple, pink and blue, competing for flowers, gorgeous and colourful, all colours of the flowers inlaid in thisGreen meadow, the grassland is like a huge carpet of heavenly craftsmanship spread to the sky, at this time this flowery grassland was crowned “five-coloured flower grassland”.

Wake up early to shoot the grassland sunrise view, continue to visit Karajun International Ecological Tourism Zone – East Karajun Scenic Spot, intangible cultural heritage experience projects (making yoghurt lumps, two kinds of naan production, Akan playing and singing) Afternoon return to the Tekes County, check into the hotel to rest.

After breakfast, you can go to Tangbra Grassland, Tangbra Grassland is known as “hundred miles of scrolls, natural gallery”.Tangbra translated into Chinese means “seal”, the meandering Kashgar River sometimes torrent rushing, the river bank rolling grassland cattle and sheep flocks, scattered, the bank of the mountain of the green Tien Shan spruce forest dense and strong, the grasslands on the occasional white felt houses and the distant mountain snow peaks, composed of a picture of the beauty of the connected, beautiful three-dimensional!The picture scrolls are breathtaking.

After breakfast, you will be driven toNalati,Narathi grassland is one of the world’s four major grasslands in the subalpine meadow flora, since ancient times is a famous pasture, interlocking rivers, spreading valleys, high peaks, dense forests interspersed with each other, every year from April to June is the best flower season in Narathi grassland, from early April top ice blooming wild lilies to the late June of the Ashan golden lotus, sage, all kinds of mountain flowers compete for beauty, this time of year, the grasslands of the air again!The air grassland at this time is also known as the air garden.

After breakfast in the grasslands to shoot the sunrise view, visit the end of the car through the Dukou Highway, hidden in the depths of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, the heavenly highway, from south to north across the Tianshan Mountains, all the way to the grasslands, canyons, snow-covered mountains, lakes, wetlands, the Gobi and so on, known as the step by step scenery of the landscape of the avenue, but also by the “China National Geographic” selection “one of the most beautiful highway!It is also selected as “one of the most beautiful highways” by China National Geographic.Arrive at Kuitun and check into the hotel for a rest.

After breakfast, depart for Urumqi, upon arrival, free time in Erdaoqiao Grand Bazaar, the International Grand Bazaar is a symbol of Xinjiang’s commercial and tourism prosperity, and a landscape building of Urumqi as an ethnic minority city, and a landmark building.The International Grand Bazaar has a strong Islamic architectural style, covering the functionality of the building and the sense of the times, recreating the prosperity of the ancient Silk Road, and focusing on the rich Western ethnic characteristics and regional culture.

Early morning drive to Tianshan Tianchi to visit,Tianchi is a lake is a half-moon shaped natural alpine lakes.The lake water is clear, crystal like jade; distant snowy mountains and glaciers towering majestically; surrounded by mountains, green grass, it is said that this is the legendary Queen Mother of the West inhabited the Yaochi Wonderland.Afternoon free time.

Depending on the flight time, transfer to the airport.