Day 1: Kashgar

You will arrange for you international flight to Kashgar. Our guide will meet you at the airport, transfer you to your hotel and check you in. You will have the rest of the day free to do a little exploration at your leisure.

Overnight in Kashgar，3★

Sunday Bazaar

Day 2:Kashgar (B)

After breakfast, we will head to 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. Then we’ll visit the Apak Hoja Tomb, which is the holiest place in Xinjiang and an architectural treasure. Visit the 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, to explore the special culture and life way of local people in Kashgar.

Overnight in Kashgar，3★

Idigar Mosque

Day 3: Kashgar-Karakul Lake-Taxkorgan County (320kms, 6hrs driving)(B)

Morning drive on the China and Pakistan highway to visit the Karakul Lake and enjoy the Pamir landscape. Then drive back to Taxkorgan for rest. 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 (7530 m).

Overnight in Taxkorgan，3★

Karakul Lake

Day 4: Taxkorgan-Kashgar (B)

After breakfast visit Stone Fortress,and walk around the pastureland to see Local Tajiks customs.Afternoon back to Kashgar.
Stone fortress Located on a tableland northeast of the county seat of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, the covers an area of 100 thousands square meters and consists of ruins of city and temple of the Tang times and government office of the Qing Dynasty. A temple occupied the eastern part of the city. In the western and southeastern parts are found ruined houses. On the ruins of the temple the Pulitin Office of the Qing Dynasty was built. The city is oval in shape. The city walls were built with sun-dried bricks on stone foundation. It is 1285 meters in circumference outside.

Overnight in Kashgar,3★

Stone Fortress

Day 5: Kashgar-Urumqi(by airplane)- Heavenly Lake (120kms,1.5hrs driving) (B)

Morning you will be transferred to the airport to catch your flight to Urumqi and met our guide. Then take you to visit the Heavenly Lake which is located in the deep of the Tianshan Mountain Ranges and back to Urumqi to visit Erdaoqiao Market & International Bazaar in the afternoon.
Heavenly Lake,110 kilometers from Urumqi, the 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, they are “A Ray of Stone Gate”, “Dragon's Pool and Green Moon”, “Magic Needle for Guarding the See”, “Three Stones Bearing the Sky”, “the Snowcapped Southern Mountain”, “Pine Billows in Western Mountain”, “the Hanging Waterfall”, and the “Sea Peak's Sunrise”.

Overnight in Urumqi, 3★

International Bazaar

Day 6: Urumqi to Turpan(200kms,3hrs driving)

Morning drive to Turpan, Turpan sightseeing tour at Tuyoq Village, constructed in eastern and western cliffs in Tuyoq valley . more than 40 caves, there are 10 preserving murals. and take you to 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. Later, drive back to Urumqi.

Overnight in Turpan,3★

Jiaohe Ruins

Day 7: Turpan to Dunhuang(by train) (B)

Morning breakfast at the hotel, then you will be transferred to the train station to take the express train to Dunhuang. Upon arrival, we will be visiting the Echoing Sand Mountain&Crescent Lake. Stroll around the Shazhou Night Market.
Echoing-Sand Mountain or “Mingsha Mountain” is one of the Four Great Singing Sands of China. Completely piled by sands, the mountain stretches for 40km in length and 20km in width respectively, with the highest point reaching 250m. When there is wild wind, the sands will be blown up and make loud sound, while the sound sounds like being produced by some ancient musical instrument when blew by breeze, hence the name. Surrounded by the Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Lake, is named after its crescent-like shape. According to historical record, the lake has been in existence for hundreds of years without ever being buried by the sand; it is really a geological wonder.

Overnight in Dunhuang,3★

Echong Sand Mountain&Crescent Lake

Day 8: Dunhuang (B)

Morning full day sightseeing in Dunhuang, visit the Mogao Caves, 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, pning 1,000 years of Buddhist art. Then head to Yumenguan, visit the Great Wall of Han Dynasty, One of the most well preserved the Great Wall of Han Dynasty in China.

Overnight in Dunhuang,3★

Mogao Caves

Day 9: Depart from Dunhuang

Transfer clients to the airport or train station.

End of tour!

Price include :

-private transportation with good AC
-Excellent English speaking guide service
-3star hotel with breakfast （two persons share one room)
-Entrance fee listed in the itinerary
-2nd express train from Turpan to Dunhuang (Liuyuan station)
-One dinner in the local Uighur family
-2 bottles of water each person on daily use

Price exclude :

-Full board meals all the lunches and dinners through out the itinerary
-Personal expenses and tips to the guide and driver .10usd/person/day (suggested)
-Some activities such as culture show etc.
-Airfare from Kashgar to Urumqi (140usd/person)
-No guide service on airport /train transfer only, our professional guide will do the excellent transfer service.