3-Day Tours Around Turpan And Urumqi

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Daily Tour 3 day
Turpan

Tour Highlights

  • Enjoy the beautiful scenery of Heavenly Lake with life of Kazaks at Tianshan Mountain.
  • Enjoy the Astana underground Museum.
  • Experience the live ancient Tuyuk Village with a lunch at a local house.
  • Enjoy the diversified cultural relics and mummies in Xinjiang Regional Museum.
  • Immerse yourself in the mystery of the world famous underground irrigation channels of Turpan.
  • Enjoy ancient cities perspectives by walking in the streets of Jaohe and Gaochang.
  • Admire the world famous Buddha paintings of Bizeklik Thousand Caves
Day 1, Turpan For Whole Day

Activities: Pick up from train station, then visit Yargul (Jiaohe) Ancient city, Karez underground Irrigations system and Emin Minaret
Details:Arrive at Daheyan train station in the morning and drive to Turpan city. We start our tour in Turpan with a visit to Yargul (Jiaohe) Ancient city which is one of the best preserved ancient cities in China. The ruins of the buildings are divided into temples, civilian dwellings and government offices. Workshops, residential houses and the streets are still visible and time there is a time spent in a long lost world.
After an hour of looking around the ancient city, we’ll drive on to see the world famous Karez irrigation system, unique to this part of the world. The system is considered as one of the three great projects in China with the other two being the Great Wall and the Grand Canal.
Then visit Emin Suliman minaret which is a magnificent combination of ancient Uighur and Islamic architecture. It is the tallest ancient tower in Xinjiang and the only Islamic ancient minaret in the country. Locals call it “pure tower.”

Day 2, Turpan to Urumqi

Activities: Visit Idikut (Gaochang) ancient city, Toyuq village, Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves and Flaming Mountains, then drive to Urumqi.
Details:We start our tour in Turpan with a visit to the ancient city of Idikut (Gaochang). The city was first built in the first Century BC and later became capital of the Idikut (Gaochang) Uighur Kingdom in the 8th Century.
We’ll spend about 40 minutes in this ancient city and then drive to Toyuq village which is an old, beautiful and timeless village with a friendly Uighur community. Here we visit several local families and have lunch with one of them in their home. This could be the highlight of your tour.
After lunch we visit Bizeklik Thousand Buddha caves which used to be an important center for Buddhist worshipers under the Xizhou Huigu government of the Idikut (Gaochang) Kingdom.
Finally on the way back to the Urumqi we will stop at the Flaming Mountains which people claimed to be the hottest and driest along the silk road that “flying birds even a thousand miles away dare not to come”.
Arrive Urumqi by dinner and time check into your hotel.

Day 3, Departe from Urumqi

Activities: After breakfast drive to Heavenly Lake and spend a few hours for hiking. boating or cable car. then drive to Urumqi airport for your departure
Details: Leave for Heavenly Lake after breakfast which is 115 kms (71 Miles) over two hours by vehicle.
This beautiful and crystal-clear waters of Heavenly Lake is guarded by the Tianshan mountain and once you are at the like, you will have free time to roam around the lake, simply trekking up the mountains through the various valleys as long as you want. You can go for boating or take cable car (own expense) up to the top of the mountain for full scenery of the lake.
whenever you are ready at the lake, drive to Urumqi airport for your flight.

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