Day 1 USA - Beijing

Today we board an international flight bound for Beijing, China. Cross the International Date Line.

Day 2 Beijing

Arrive in Beijing, the capital of China. Our guide will meet you at the airport and transfer you to the luxury hotel for rest and relaxation.

Day 3 Beijing - Kashgar

After breakfast, be transferred to airport and fly to Kashgar. Kashgar is a city in Xinjiang, in China’s far west. It was a stop on the Silk Road, with its history stretching over 2,000 years. Today it’s known for the Kashgar Sunday Bazaar, a daily market crammed with pashminas, spices, fur caps and more. Another major site is the 15th-century Idkah Mosque, which can house up to 20,000 worshipers. Arrive in Kashgar, be met and transferred to the hotel. In the afternoon, we will visit the great bazaar. The great bazaar is the biggest trade market in world and it is called a commodity exposition of the Centre Asia, it is currently China's largest bazaar, full of beautiful minority characteristics of commodities, this is a place for leisure shopping. Have a local flavor dinner.

• Includes Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4 Kashgar

After breakfast, drive to Xiangfei Garden to visit the Xinjiang-specific ethnic customs and the cemetery of Qianlong’s favorite concubine Xiangfei. Today is our top priority: tour old city of Kashgar. The soul of Kashgar, which has a history of thousands of years, lies in the old city, because it contains the past of Kashgar and also has a peaceful and gentle present. For dinner, we went to the night market in the ancient city to taste local barbecue and special snacks.

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Day 5 Kashgar - Ta County

After breakfast, we took a ride to Taxkorgan County in the Pamir Plateau and took pictures in the Oytag Red Mountain Canyon. From here we entered the Pamir Plateau, and the altitude gradually began to rise. The highest point is Subashdaban, about 4,000 meters. Then go to the Pamir Plateau and enjoy the White Sand Lake Scenic Area along the way. The Pamir Plateau is surrounded by three peaks. The famous Gongger Peak, Gongger Jiubie Peak and Muztag Peak are the most famous peaks in the Pamir Plateau. Adds a magical and beautiful color. It's dazzling to appreciate the magnificent scenery of the Pamir Plateau.

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Day 6 Kashgar - Stone City - Golden Caotan - Panlong Ancient Trail - Ta County - Kashgar

After breakfast, visit Stone City, located in the Pamir Plateau at the western end of the Xinjiang section of the Silk Road. The Taxkorgan River flows through here. The water and grass are abundant, cattle and sheep are everywhere, and it blends with the snow-capped mountains, white clouds and blue sky in the distance. It’s very spectacular together. Then drive to the famous Internet celebrity attraction in Ta County and then go to Kashgar.

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Day 7 Kashgar - Yarkand

After breakfast, we drove about 190 kilometers to the famous Yarkand, the seat of the capital of the Yeerqiang Khanate, one of the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions. Upon arrival, visit the Yarkand King's Tomb. The King's Tomb covers an area of ​​1,050 square meters. Although it has passed through hundreds of years, its wall decoration patterns, building materials and structural layout are still as clear as new. The tombs are in the central protrusion, and the tombs of the Yarkand Khans of the Yarkand Khanate are arranged in an orderly manner. Inside is a dome-shaped tomb bag. The southeast corner of the mausoleum is a mausoleum built to commemorate the famous Uyghur Twelve Muqam music master Amanisha Khan. After enjoying the wonderful performance of Twelve Muqam, we will continue to drive to Zepu Hotel. Check into hotel after dinner.

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Day 8 Zepu - Hotan

After breakfast, drive to Zepjin Populus euphratica Scenic Area to admire the famous Xinjiang Jinhu Populus National Forest Park. There are about 640 hectares of natural Populus euphratica forest in the park, which is relatively complete. Among them, there is a Populus euphratica with a height of 10.05 meters and a diameter at breast height of 1.2 meters, located about 200 meters northeast of the Aston Forest Farm. We drive to Hotan to visit the Hotian Museum to learn about Hotan’s historical, cultural and geographical changes. Hotan may seem like an insignificant place, but it is indeed one of the famous Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions: Khotan, Cele, Pishan, Yutian, Jumi, Qule, Jingjue, and Ronglu are all under the jurisdiction of the Hotan area The area has a long history.

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Day 9 Hotan - Taklimakan Desert - Alar

Today we will enter the hinterland of the famous Tarim Basin and cross the Taklimakan Desert, the Sea of ​​Death. Visit the famous Rewak Buddhist Temple Ruins. The shape and exquisite statues of the Rewak Buddhist Temple Ruins are unique among the ancient Buddhist temple sites in Xinjiang and are related to Gandhara art. Later, we entered the Taklimakan Desert. The entire desert is about 1,000 kilometers long from east to west and more than 400 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of ​​337,600 square kilometers. It is the largest desert in China and is known as the Sea of ​​Death, so it is called the "Taklimakan Desert". It is also the second largest mobile desert in the world, second only to the Rub al-Khali Desert in the Arabian Peninsula (650,000 square kilometers), and the largest shifting sand area in the world. We stay over at Alar. 

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Day 10 Alar - Aksu

After breakfast, take a bus to visit Daolang Tribe. Visit Wensu Grand Canyon, it is the most beautiful Danxia geological wonder in western China and the largest rock salt karst geological resort in China. The Wensu Grand Canyon has rare ancient rock salt geological scenery in China and a unique geological landscape in western China. Yadan geological wonders, a giant karst geological secret unique to China, can be called Xinjiang's "living museum of geological evolution history." The folds and curved lines formed by pressure are very clear. The fractured rocks are sandwiched in the rock layers of the mountain wall. After hundreds of millions of years of wind and rain erosion, they have formed towering cliffs, strange peaks, different shapes, rugged and weird colors, strong colors, and various forms. , colorful and unique landscapes, and then drive to Aksu City, the Corps City of the famous White Water City.

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Day 11 Aksu - Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon - Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves - Kuqa

Today our itinerary is very fulfilling. We will also visit the most essential part of the Duku Highway. First, we will go to the colorful Danxia terrain to appreciate the exquisite Tianshan Mysterious Grand Canyon, it is located in the southern section of the Duku Highway. One of the wonderful movements of the Tianshan Highway, the canyon surrounded by mountains at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains combines the beauty of human canyons and the wonders of the Tianshan Mountains. It contains the aura of the ages and integrates the divine, strange, dangerous, majestic, ancient and secluded. . This place is comparable to Antelope Canyon in the United States. The scenery is strange and fascinating. After that, we took a bus to the famous Kucha Grottoes Buddhist site Kizil Thousand Buddha Cave, which belongs to the territory of the ancient kingdom of Kucha. It is one of the birthplaces of Kucha Grottoes art. Its grotto architecture art, sculpture art and mural art are among the most popular in China. It plays an extremely important role in Buddhist art in Asia and the Middle East. After the visit, drive to Kucha City. It is the seat of the capital of "The Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty: Quzhi Kingdom" and is home to Kucha culture. The most important thing is that the famous Kucha music and dance in the mural is a comprehensive music and dance art that integrates instrumental music, singing and dancing, and dance performances, which faintly reveals the legacy of the ancient Kucha music and dance.

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Day 12 Kuqa-Luntai-Korla

Late October and early November every year is the most beautiful time for the Luntai Populus euphratica forest. Populus euphratica Luntai County is located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the northern edge of the Tarim Basin. It has more than 400,000 acres of natural Populus euphratica forest that is the largest, most densely distributed, and best-surviving "Tertiary living fossil" in the world. Euphratica euphratica Park is a typical desert forest meadow vegetation type in the Tarim River Basin, distributed from the upper river valley to the lower river bed. There is a saying that "live for three thousand years without dying, die for three thousand years without falling, and fall without dying for three thousand years." After enjoying the photo tour, we took a bus to Korla, the capital of pear.

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Day 13 Korla-Bosten Lake-Urumqi

After breakfast, proceed to Korla Bosten Lake, the largest inland freshwater lake in China, covering an area of ​​965 square kilometers. It receives the Kaidu River from the depths of the Tianshan Mountains and originates from the Kongque River, the mother river of Loulan. Bosten Lake coexists with snow-capped mountains, lakes, oasis, desert, exotic birds and exotic animals, and sets off each other to form a rich and colorful landscape. The Great Lake has vast waters, vast mist, and the same color as the sky and water. It is known as a pearl in the vast sea of ​​desert. Then drive to Urumqi.

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Day 14 Urumqi - Beijing - USA

After breakfast, you are transferred to airport for your return flight back to your home. You will be in the United States the same day. End of tour.

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