6-day Tour Urumqi Turpan with Heavenly Lake

Tour Code: TSR-X-06 , Tour Type: Private Tour

This special Xinjiang itinerary is packed with top places to visit like Ancient City of Jiaohe, Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Flaming Mountain, and Heavenly Lake. You also get a chance to visit nomads, Uigur farm, local Bazaar and indulge in amazing activities. Between all the exploring and enjoyment, the itinerary also saves some time for you to take back memories from the ancient Silk Road.

Tour Itinerary

DAY 1 Urumqi

Transfer via: flight - your arrangement

Activities for today: Airport to hotel transfer

Upon your arrival at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport, you are met and transferred to your hotel.
DAY 2 Urumqi-Turpan

Activities for today: Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Ancient City of Jiaohe

After hotel breakfast, we will drive to visit Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In the museum, there are over 50,000 items in the collection relating to local folk customs, historical relics and 21 mummies, some of them are Caucasian race over 4,000 years ago.

After lunch, drive about 3 hours to Turpan, an oasis town 154 meters below sea level, with its bazaar, old town and mosques.

Late in the afternoon, visit the Jiaohe Ruins (Ancient City of Jiaohe) with a history of over 2500 years.
(Breakfast, lunch, dinner included)
DAY 3 Turpan

Activities for today: Emin Minaret, Karez Well, Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Flaming Mountain, Ancient City of Gaochang, Grape Valley, dinner at a Uigur farm house

Today, we spend a full day exploring the area outside Turpan. You start with the Emin Minaret and the Karez underground irrigation system.

After lunch, visit the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, where “Bezeklik” means “a place with beautiful decorations”; the Flaming Mountain, of the Monkey God fame; the ruins of Gao Chang, an ancient Chinese Silk Road garrison town where you will be taken by donkey cart to visit the temple area; and the Grape Valley. Turpan is most famous for its grapes and raisins, especially the seedless variety called sultanas when dried.

Enjoy special dinner with local flavor under the grapevines in a farm house.
DAY 4 Turpan-Heavenly Lake

Activities for today: Heavenly Lake, drink tea with nomads

Leaving Turpan, we drive 3 hours to the ravishing alpine landscapes around Heavenly Lake (Tian Chi). With scenery reminiscent of Switzerland, the alpine pastures around the lake are home to the grazing horses of the yurt-dwelling Kazakhs. Spend the afternoon with the nomads and drink tea in a Kazak felt yurt.
Stay in yurt by the lake for the adventurous.
DAY 5 Heavenly Lake - Urumqi

Activities for today: Heavenly Lake hiking, Xinjiang International Great Bazaar

Spend the day hiking and return to Urumqi in the late afternoon. You may choose to return to Urumqi earlier and spend the afternoon shopping in Xinjiang International Great Bazaar, the largest Uigur bazaar in Urumqi, where you'll find a bustling market filled with fruit, clothing, crafts, knives, carpets and more.
DAY 6 Urumqi - Exit

Activities for today: Hotel to airport transfer

Today, our driver will escort you to Urumqi Diwopu International Airport for the fight to your next destination.

Price Details & Inclusions of this Trip

Price Includes

Entrance fees:: To scenic spots as listed above in the itinerary.
Meals:: All meals as specified in the itinerary. "B" stands for Chinese or western breakfast at your hotel. "L" for Chinese Lunch at local Chinese restaurant. "D" for Chinese dinner at local Chinese restaurant. If you have any special request about meals, like vegetarian, or Indian food etc, please inform us in advance.
Private Transfers:: Between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in the cities by the private air conditioned vehicle with driver.
Private tour escort for Sightseeing:: As outlined in the Itinerary will be escorted with English-speaking guide.
The English-speaking guide and driver of each city accompany you throughout the entire tour in that city. They do not fly with you from one city to another.
Hotels:: Service includes standard rooms for your tour group.
All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast. All rooms are air-conditioned with private facilities unless specified.
Transportation:: All the domestic airfare of economy class with airport tax/ or train ticket(s) as specified in the itinerary.
Service Charge & Government Taxes.
Arrangements:: The tour cost includes the planning, handling, operational and communication charges.

Price Excludes

Entry / Exit Airfare or train tickets..
Visa Fees; Trip Insurance; Credit Card Processing Fee;.
Excess Baggage Charges:: For checked luggage: Adult and children are entitled to a free checked baggage allowance in economy class of 20kg / 44. The size limit for each piece is 40x60x 100cmor 15.7x 23.6x 39.4 inches. For carry-on luggage: each economy class passenger is allowed one piece of 5kg / 11 lbs. The size limit for each piece is 20 x 40 x 55cm or 7.8 x 15.7 x 21.6 inches.
Personal Expenses:: Expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone call, optional activities and sightseeing.
Meals:: Any meals which are not specified with "B", "L" or "D".
Gratuities to guides or drivers.

Departure: Any day you want
Reply: Within 0.5~23.5 hrs.

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One-on-one travel consultant service.
Flexible time schedule to suit your pace.
Selected and trained guides.
Western style service standard