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Overview

It is great to take the Xinjiang Spring Tour to Appreciate Apricot Flowers. It will lead you to the beautiful northern xinjiang,which is rich in culture and nature resources.

Highlights

Heavenly Lake

Sayram Lake, Guozigou Bridge

Tuergen Apricot Valley

NNaraty Grassland, Kazak family visit

Itinerary

Day 1Arrive in Urumqi

As the capital city of Xinjiang, Urumqi has been showing people the development, history and culture of Xinjiang. 

Today, your flight will touch down in this charming city, which is also the first place of your amazing Xinjiang tour. We will meet you at the airport exit with a welcome board, then bring you to downtown Urumqi to check in your hotel.


Transport: airplane
Accommodation: urumqi
Meals: Breakfast

Day 2Urumqi-Kuitun

We will drive 1.5 hours to entrance of the Heavenly Lake about 08:30, following is the 40-minutes shuttle bus twisting through the picturesque Tianshan mountains to the edge of the Lake. Either Trek around the lake, enjoy the boating cruise, or even take the cable car to the explore the Maya Mountain for the incredible view of Bogoda Peak. Thereafter we will drive to Kuitun for an overnight stay.
Transport: car
Accommodation: overnight in kuitun
Meals: Breakfast

Day 3Kuitun-Yining

The journey today will begin from the picturesque Sayram Lake, the another highlight of your northern Xinjiang tour, which is known as the last drop of tears of the Atlantic. Sayram Lake is a fairyland with wonderful natural scenery. its water is very clear and pure. you can stroll on the shore, enjoy the blooming wildflowers and the beautiful grassland around the lake. After a leisure time at Sayram Lake, we will drive along the famous Guozigou Bridge to Yining. Guozigou Bridge is the largest and most important bridge in Xinjiang. There are many beautiful S bends and you can enjoy the scenery of Guozigou valley which is the most beautiful valley in southern Xinjiang en route.
Transport: car
Accommodation: overnight in yining
Meals: Breakfast

Day 4Yining-Xinyuan

Having a wonderful day with blooming Apricot Flowers. you will enjoy the tour of the picturesque Tuergen Apricot Valley, Located in Xinyuan County, Yili, close to the border of Kazakhstan, Apricot Valley has for years been attracting intrepid tourists who are eager to catch a glimpse of the majestic sea of pink and white apricot blossom that arrives every spring. The county has the largest apricot forest in Xinjiang and if you want to see it for yourself then you're in luck. We will spend the night in Xinyuan.
Transport: car
Accommodation: overnight in xinyuan
Meals: Breakfast

Day 5Xinyuan-Yining

The most beautiful place in Xinjiang is Yili, and the most beautiful scenery in Yili is Naraty Grassland. It is one of the four steppes in the world. The combination of beautiful grassland scenery and local Kazakh Folk Customs has made Naraty known as "the cradle of Kazakh people" since ancient times. In Spring, the sun thawed the ice and melted the snow, Wild Lilies are in full bloom on the Air Grassland. Walking on the grassland, you can leave some fabulous photos, Special arrangement for visiting Kazak Family to explore the unique folk customs. What a glorious day this will be! After then, we will drive back to Yining.
Transport: car
Accommodation: overnight in yining
Meals: Breakfast

Day 6 Yining Departure

The journey will end after arriving at the Yining airport. Wish you have a pleasant journey home and see you next time.
Transport: airplane
Accommodation: overnight in yining
Meals: Breakfast

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Includes

  • Private transportation through out the itinerary. SRT will arrange for all travelers to be met on arrival and seen off on departure based on your flight info.

  • Shared accommodations in well located, tourist to superior class hotels include breakfast, service charge and government tax.

  • All entrance fees(shuttle bus) sightseeing; excursions and activities as per the itinerary

  • Domestic flights and 2nd class express train listed in the itinerary

  • Private friendly and professional English-Speaking guides (French, Italy, Russian, German can be arranged per your request)

  • Visa support letter for you to apply Chinese visa easily.

  • Travel and health insurance when travel with us.

  • 8, A 24/7 helpline while you are traveling.


Excludes

  • International and domestic flights not indicated.

  • Food, Lunch or dinner not specified

  • Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers

  • Personal expenses and the other tours or activities not mentioned


Trip Notes

  • We will upgrade trains to 1st class where available if book the tour 5 months in advance of departure.

  • There is no problem to travel Silk Road during Ramadan.

  • Complimentary 2 bottles of water each person on daily use.

Transportation

We will use business MPV to luxurious coaches and trains.

Accommodation

All the hotels we selected are 4-5star well-located in the city center with good and proper breakfast for our clients.

Guides

Our guides are very friendly, knowledgeable, helpful. And our group tours will be escorted from SRT.

Climate and Altitude

Generally speaking Mid March—End Oct are the best time to visit Silk Road. And we strongly suggest you come in May, June, October to avoid the heat and crowd. No need to worry about high altitude along the Silk Road. We will prepare Oxygen bags if the package includes Xiahe, Qinghai Lake and Taxkorgan County.

We offer beneficial Cancellation Policy to our customers.

if you want to extend your trip to Turpan, please arrive in Urumqi 2 days in advance. Turpan tour will include the Uighur family visit.

Payment and Deposit 

1. 4 to 15 pax in a group (4 pax min, 15 pax max)

2. Typically we will take 400 USD per person as deposit when you book the trip (You can pay the deposit through WeChat/Alipay/bank transfer.)

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3. Then the balance will be paid when you arrive. (Note: The balance needs to be paid 7 days before departure if your trip is just in the official Chinese holiday. E.g. Chinese New Year, Labor's Day, National Day)

  • Our cancellation policies are very friendly.

  • If you have to cancel your trip for some unexpected reasons, we have the following policies:
    1. FULL REFUND at least 15 days before departure date. (Note: except the cost of service fees paid for the third party, such as trains, hotels,transportation etc)2. FULL REFUND if there is no flight and train to arrive resulted from extreme weather or government restrictions.

  • If the trip is cancelled due to severe weather conditions or any government restriction, full refund will be offered.

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