Day1 UrumqiHeavenly LakeTurpan (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 TurpanUrumqi (200kms,3hrs driving)Kashgar

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. 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, you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight to Kashgar. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel and check you in.

Overnight in Kashgar

Day3 Kashgar

After breakfast, we will visit 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.

Idigar Mosque, It is the largest Mosque in China and most famous one in Xinjiang. 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. Stroll around the Old Town Then we’ll visit the Apak Hoja Tomb, which is the holiest place in Xinjiang and an architectural treasure.

Overnight in Kashgar

Day4 KashgarKarakul Lake (260kms, 3hrs driving)

Morning drive on the China and Pakistan highway to visit the Karakul Lake and enjoy the Pamir landscape. Then drive back to Kashgar, end the tour.

Karakul Lake is situated at an altitude of 3,600 m. It is the highest lake of the Pamir plateau, near the junction of the Pamir, Tien Shan and Kunlun Mountain ranges. Surrounded by mountains which remain snow-covered throughout the year, the three highest peaks visible from the lake are the Muztag Ata (7 546m), Kongur Tagh (7 649m) and Kongur Tiube (7 530 m).

Include

Private transportation with good AC

Excellent English speaking guide service

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

One dinner in local Uighur family in Turpan and one dinner in Kashgar

Deluxe 4star hotel with breakfast (twins shared room)

Airfare with tax from Urumqi to Kashgar,

2 bottles of water each person on daily use

Exclude

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