4 Day Urumqi to Kanas Lake Tour

Enjoy a scenic drive of 700km northwards to Burqin today, on the way, visit “gohst city” - the most beautiful Yardan landform in this region.The movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” has left you a deep impression of the multi-colored bay where the heroine Ziyi was hidden, this special desert scene shot in the movie is located at the Gobi desert, about 220 kilometers from Fuyun county of Xinjiang. And after this short visit Your group will arrive in Burqin in the evening.

Over night in Burqin

Kanas is only 50km away from Hemu town. Drive to the Kanas Lake, the most beautiful mountain lake you have never seen. A boat trip is highly recommended, also a visit to local ethnic family -TUWA people . -The Tuwa Tribe: A Mongolian tribe called Tuwa lives on the south bank of the Kanas Lake. Believing in Lamaism, it is a valiant ethic minority with a long history. Tuwa people speak Turkish, resembling the language of Kazakh, and live on hunting and graze. They also have a special folk custom. It is the latest lake open to all tourists in China and has attained a reputation as “the tourism pearl of Mountain Altai”. The lake takes on different colors following the four seasons of the year, sometimes it’s crystal blue, sometimes it’s dark green, or even gray, you may find it containing many colors setting off each another at a time, thus it has got a name as the color-changing lake. 

Overnight at Kanas

Enjoy a cozy drive and the beautiful views on the way to Burqin County,on the way we can have several stops at Kazak yurts and their grassland. You can pay a visit the Burqin River as well. -Burqin River: converge complex thaw glaciers, and covers an area of 5588 square kilometers, the Burqin river is 25 kilometers long with its deepest place of about 176 meters, there are various plants growing around the lake, which is an ideal place for sightseeing. 

Overnight at Burqin

Today we will drive back to Urumqi via karamay City. You will explore Urho Ghost City near Karamy, it is also known as Wuerhe Wind City", a unique wind-eroded geological area commonly referred to as "wind city" because of the frequent howling winds.

Karamay means "black oil" in Uygur language, this city got the name because it is famous in the 1950s for petroleum production. Oil and natural gas are Karamay's main mineral resources.