Day1 Urumqi-Heavenly Lake-Turpan (300kms, 4hrs driving)

Morning your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel. Then driving to Fukang and visit the Heavenly Lake, a picturesque Alpine lake, 2000m up in the Tianshan mountain range.

Heavenly Lake is a long and narrow gourd-shaped moraine lake, 3400 meters long, about 1500 meters wide, 105 meters at the deepest point, with an average depth of 40 meters, covering an area of about 5.9 square kilometers.

There are eight beautiful scenic spots in the lake scenic area. Afternoon, we will drive to Turpan, dinner will be arranged in local Uygur Family.

Overnight in Turpan

Day2 Turpan-Urumqi (200kms,3hrs driving)

Morning we will head to visit the Bezeklik Grottoes, which is a complex of Buddhist cave grottoes dating from the 5th to 14th century between the cities of Turpan and Shanshan at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou Valley.

Enjoy the scenery of The Flaming Mountain en route. Then we are going to visit the Turpan Museum, to explore the local culture and history. visit the Karez Well, which is a special irrigation system in desert areas. Sugong Minaret, the largest Islamic minaret in China built in 1778.

And Jiaohe Ruins—with a history of 2,300 years lies between two rivers on a loess plateau atop a cliff of over 30m. It is one of the best preserved ruins of its ancient era in China, it was include in the World Heritage List on June 22, 2014. then drive back to Urumqi and visit the Xinjiang International Bazaar, the largest bazaar in Urumqi. After that, Tour will end at Urumqi.

Inclusion

Private transportation with good AC

Excellent English speaking guide service

Entrance fee listed in the itinerary (all the shuttle bus included)

One dinner in the local Uighur family

Deluxe 4star hotel with breakfast (twins shared room)

2 bottles of water each person on daily use

Exclusion

Personal expenses and tips to the guide and driver 10usd/person/day (suggested)

Some activities such as boating, culture show, camel riding

Single Room Supplement

Each Person is RMB180. You can pay us by cash when you arrived