7-day tour of Kanas, Xinjiang
Shuimogou District
- [Quality Assurance] We insist on pure play in-depth travel products, with first-hand operation throughout the entire process and no hidden costs;
- [Accommodation Selection] 5 nights of four-star hotel accommodation, 1 night of wooden house B&B, good rest is essential for a good trip;
- [Comfortable Small Group] 2-6 person MINI group, relaxing and comfortable, stop when you want, leave when you want;
- [Dual Zone Coverage] Connect the Altai Mountains (Kanas, Hemu) with Sayram Lake, bringing together the ceiling of natural landscapes in Northern Xinjiang;
- [Rich Geographical Types] Covers desert, lake, forest, grassland, snow mountain, 5 major landforms, from the Gobi desert to the landscape south of the Great Wall, full of contrast;
- [Internet-Famous Scenic Avenue] Ahe Highway (Northern Xinjiang's newest and most beautiful highway, a more time-saving direct route to Hemu);
- [Cycling Experience] Immersive desert camel riding experience;
- [Exclusive Camp Afternoon Tea] Check in at the dreamy afternoon tea at Devil City;
- [Sayram Lake Stroll with Car] Exclusive complimentary man and vehicle stroll video, take a picture of the highway movie sense at your fingertips;
- [Light Travel Photography] Put the blue of Sayram Lake into your album;
- [Essence Panorama] Ahe Highway, Hemu, Kanas, World Devil City, Sayram Lake, Anjihai Grand Canyon.
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What to expect

# 📩 Pre-trip Notification
- Two days before your trip, we will send you a QR code for the WeChat activity group. Both the butler and the driver will join the group to serve you. The driver will contact you again the day before your flight arrives;
🕗 Meeting Time and Location
- For trips starting and ending in Urumqi, please purchase flights to Urumqi Tianshan International Airport. The first day of the itinerary includes airport pick-up service and hotel accommodation;
🌈 Brief Itinerary Introduction
- Day 1: Gather in Urumqi - Airport pick-up - Check into hotel - Free activities - Stay in Urumqi;
- Day 2: Urumqi - Desert Highway/Camel Riding Experience (180 km, approx. 2.5 hours) - Altay (320 km, approx. 3.5 hours);
- Day 3: Altay - Ahe Highway - Hemu (220 km, approx. 4 hours);
- Day 4: Hemu Morning Mist - Kanas/Three Bays/Kanas Lake - (approx. 1.5 hours to reach the scenic area gate, approx. 1 hour by Kanas scenic shuttle bus) - Burqin (140 km, 2.5 hours);
- Day 5: Burqin - Ghost City/Afternoon Tea (240 km, approx. 3 hours) - Kuitun (250 km, approx. 3 hours);
- Day 6: Kuitun - Sayram Lake/Walking with Car/Light Travel Photography (310 km, approx. 4 hours) - Jinghe (140 km, approx. 1.5 hours);
- Day 7: Jinghe - Anjihai Grand Canyon (230 km, approx. 3 hours) - Disband at Urumqi Airport/Train Station (250 km, approx. 3.5 hours);
- For return trains, it is recommended to book after 7 PM. For flights from Urumqi, it is recommended to book departures after 8 PM.
📢 Warm Reminder:
🎒Luggage Size Suggestion 1 suitcase of 24 inches or less + 1 backpack 🧑🏻🎓ID Card and Relevant Documents Please inform us proactively about any discount documents when registering and present them during the trip. 🧤Other Items Clothes, moisturizing skincare products, sunglasses, sun protection items, red silk scarf/scarf, thermos cup, toiletries, motion sickness medicine, cold medicine, and other medications. 💎Travel Options Two ways to join the tour: 1️⃣ 2-6 person group tour - strong social aspect; 2️⃣ Private group tour - no sharing with strangers, more flexible itinerary time

D1: Today, hikers from all over the country gathered in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to meet at the designated hotel. We provide 24-hour free airport pick-up service, and will wait for about 30 minutes before and after. Please

Day 2: The Desert Highway crosses the Gurbantünggüt Desert and the hinterland of the Junggar Basin. Golden sand dunes rise and fall, shimmering in the sunlight, and the highway weaves through the dunes like a ribbon. There is an uninhabited section of abo

Day 3: Today's itinerary has two highlights: one is the beautiful, idyllic Hemu Village, which we often see online, and the other is the popular Ahe Highway that we will be taking (opens at 10:00). Along the Ahe Highway, you can enjoy various sceneries su

Today, we will spend the entire day touring Hemu Village, a dreamlike small village that unfolds before our eyes, renowned as "God's private garden" and a pure land on earth. You can ascend to the [Haden Platform] to overlook the entire village from above

Day 4: No more sleeping in today. We're going to yesterday's observation deck to enjoy the [Hemu Morning Mist]. In the early morning, a ray of sunlight sprinkles on the distant mountaintops, dyeing them pink. Slowly, the sunlight penetrates the faint mist

After breakfast, head to God's back garden, the Kanas Scenic Area. There is a very special place in Kanas Lake, the Fish-Watching Pavilion, built to observe the lake monster in the lake. Because some tourists and scientific researchers in Kanas Lake claim

Day 5: Visit the world-renowned [World Ghost City], which is the most classic and worthwhile "Ghost City" among all the Yardang landforms in Northwest China. Strong winds often blow within the city, carrying sand and stones that rub against the rock walls

Then head to the [Private Desert Camp] to experience sitting comfortably and leisurely in front of a tent in the desert, replacing the hurried sightseeing with a slow tea break.

Day 6: Arrive at Sayram Lake, known as "a tear of the Atlantic." It is the highest and largest alpine cold-water lake in Xinjiang. Sayram Lake is oval-shaped, like a sapphire embedded in the Tianshan Mountains. Spruce forests are widely distributed around

We have specially arranged a [Sayram Lake tour around the lake] + [people and car strolling video] + [light travel photography] (excluding makeup and styling, 9 color-adjusted photos). We will take our own car along the环湖公路 (Huanhu Road), stopping and pla

Day 7: Visit the Anjihai Grand Canyon. In the Tianshan Mountains, through years of erosion, a magnificent alluvial fan was formed near Tonggute, breaking out of the Tianshan Canyon on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains. The river valley alluvial
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[Reservation Notice]
- When booking, please be sure to provide accurate and complete information (name, gender, ID number, nationality, contact information, whether adult or child, etc.), so as to avoid booking errors and affect your travel. Our company is not responsible for any losses caused by the guest providing incorrect personal information.
- Compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and foreign guests can place orders with confidence.
- Because the itinerary has plateau areas, people with cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and coronary heart disease are declined to participate.
- Minors under the age of 18 need at least one parent or adult traveler to accompany them throughout the trip.
- Elderly people aged 70 (inclusive) and above who book travel must ensure that they are healthy and suitable for travel, and are accompanied by family members or friends over the age of 18 throughout the trip.
- The quoted price is the price calculated based on 2 people sharing 1 room, except for multiple rooms. Single applicants will try to arrange a room share. If a room share is not possible, they will make up the price difference for a single room;
- Children's tickets are not accepted for booking, please purchase them at the scenic spot.
- During the actual trip of this product, the tour leader and driver may make appropriate adjustments to your itinerary according to the weather, traffic and other conditions (such as adjusting the order of scenic spots, etc.) on the premise of not reducing the scenic spots and obtaining the consent of the guests to ensure the smooth progress of the itinerary.
- During the trip, if attractions cannot be visited normally due to force majeure, the tour leader may cancel or replace the attraction according to the actual situation after negotiating with the guests, or the tour leader will refund the fee on-site according to the ticket price in the travel product. The refund is not based on the listed price of the scenic spot, please understand.
- If there are any emergencies that require changes to the collection time due to road conditions, the team leader or accompanying staff shall announce it at that time.
- Complimentary items in the itinerary, if they cannot be given due to force majeure factors such as traffic and weather, or cannot be visited due to your personal reasons, the fee will not be refunded, please understand.
- During the group tour, if you choose to leave the group midway during non-free activities, the unfinished part will be regarded as your voluntary abandonment, and only the ticket fees that have not been incurred will be refunded.
- Tourists with preferential certificates such as elderly certificates, military officer certificates, military disability certificates, disability certificates, student certificates, and tour guide certificates can enjoy the scenic spot ticket preferential policy, which is subject to the policy announced by the scenic spot on the day of travel. Tourists who meet the conditions should bring relevant certificates, which will be arranged uniformly by the tour leader at that time, and the price difference will be refunded on-site according to the preferential price enjoyed by the guests in the package itinerary.
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