Day1 Arrive at Xi’an

International flight on your own arrangement. Once arrive in Beijing,be met and transferred to your hotel. Feel free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Overnight in Xi’an

Day2 Xi’an

Morning breakfast at the hotel, we will meet you at the hotel lobby. Then visit the Shan’xi Province Museum, stroll on the Ancient City Wall, Which you have opportunity to cycle on this ancient wall,and then explore the Old Mosque.

Overnight in Xi’an

Day3 Xi’an

Morning visit the historical significance of the amazing The Terracotta Warriors and Horses -where7000 individually crafted clay soldiers stand on guard.Then continue to the Bid Wild Goose Pagoda built to house Buddhist scriptures collected by a Chinese Monk,where you can see variety of Buddha statues.

Overnight in Xi’an

Day4 Xi’an-Jiayuguan-Dunhuang

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight to Jiayuguan. Upon arrival, Visit the Jiayuguan pass. This Ming Dynasty fort guards the strategic Jiayuguan pass, at the western end of the Great Wall – this was the last section built by the Ming Dynasty. The Great Wall Museum opened to visitor in October 1989 and it is the first one to exhibit the Great Wall culture in a comprehensive and systematic way. Then head to visit the The Great Wall on the Cliff, The wall here was built on the ridge with the gradient of 45 degrees. It is high in the air and it looks as if it fell down from the top of the hill. So people refer to this section of the Great Wall as the "Suspended Wall". then drive head to Dunhuang for rest.

Overnight in Dunhuang

Day5 Dunhuang-Turpan

After breakfast, tour of Mogao Grottoes, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes, this UNESCO World Heritage site is one of the great artistic and religious wonders of the world and it is famous for its exquisite murals and various sculptures inside the caves, which was built in different dynasties, spanning 1,000 years of Buddhist art. and visit the Echoing-Sand Mountain and Crescent Lake where you will experience the silk road Caravan upon arrive in Dunhuang. After that, transfer to the station to take the express train to Turpan.

Echoing-Sand Mountain and Crescent Lake: Located 5 km (about three miles) south of Dunhuang City, the Echoing-Sand Mountain, for many Chinese well known as Mingsha Mountain, is celebrated for the sound of the moving sand. In 1994 it was acclaimed as the national key scenic spot. Together with the Crescent Springand the Mogao Caves, the Echoing-Sand Mountain is most popular sitein Dunhuang travel.You may wonder why the sand makes these different sounds. There is a legend that says how, in ancient times, a general with many soldiers came here to fight in a war with their enemies.

Overnight on the soft sleeper train

Day6 Turpan

Morning arrive at Turpan, visit the Tuyoq Village, constructed in eastern and western cliffs in Tuyoq valley . more than 40 caves, there are 10 preserving murals. Astana Tombs, This is the graveyard of the residents who lived in the Gaochang City in the Jin-Tang period. 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.

Overnight in Turpan

Day7 Turpan-Urumqi (200kms,3hrs driving)-Kashgar

Morning visit the Sugong Minaret, the largest Islamic minaret in China built in 1778. Karez Well, which is a special irrigation system in desert areas. 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 transfer to the airport to catch your flight to Kashgar.

Overnight in Kashgar

Day8 Kashgar

Morning breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to the airport to catch your flight to Kashgar. Upon arrival, tour at the Sunday Bazaar (livestock Market) with farmers and buyers arriving by donkey cart, truck, bicycle, horseback, motorbike or on foot, with their animals. It's loud, lively and cheerful as they arrive, eat breakfast, set up their animals and check out the action. Afterwards, your guide and driver will take you to visit the Handicraft street, it gathered hundreds of handicraft workshops, which has become a boutique exhibition for handicraft in Kashgar and Central Asia. Then we’ll visit the Apak Hoja Tomb, which is the holiest place in Xinjiang and an architectural treasure.

Overnight in Kashgar

Day9 Kashgar

After breakfast, we will visit the Old Town, to explore the special culture and life way of local people in Kashgar. Visit the Idigar Mosque, It is the largest Mosque in China and most famous one in Xinjiang. Feel free to explore the city at your leisure for the rest of the day.

Overnight in Kashgar

Day10 Kashgar

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the border or airport to your next destination. End the tour.

Services included in tour price

Private transportation with Good AC through out the itinerary

Accommodation based on DB/Twins shared rooms listed with breakfast (4star hotel)

Excellent English speaking guide

All sightseeing as specified in the itinerary;

2 bottles of water each person every day

Airfare: Xi'an to Jiayuguan,Urumqi to Kashgar

Train: first class train from Dunhuang to Turpan

Allowance for the guide and driver

Travel insurance and government tax

Visa support letter if necessary

Services NOT included in tour price

Full board meals listed every day

Personal expenses and tips to the guide and driver

Flight arrive in Xi’an and leave from Bishkek

Some other tours not listed in the itinerary

No guide service on airport or train transfer only.

Food on the trains and other lost due to weather condition

Visas