Xinjiang Road Trip | 8-Day Northern Xinjiang Loop, This Guide is All You Need!

As a native of Altay, Xinjiang, I always travel by car in Xinjiang 🚗 The beautiful scenery is along the road, so you can stop and go as you please 🏞️ So how do you travel in Northern Xinjiang⁉️ Just follow this guide 👌 ㅤ 🗺Route (Route and duration as shown in Figure 1) Day 1⃣: Urumqi Day Tour (International Grand Bazaar → Consulate Lane → Hetian 2nd Street → Xinjiang Min Street → Hongshan Park) Day 2⃣: Urumqi ➖ Karamay ➖ Ghost City (You can buy a self-driving ticket to enter Ghost City, and you can stop to take photos at any time) Day 3⃣: Colorful Beach ➖ Stone Man of the Grassland ➖ Arrive at Kanas Day 4⃣: Kanas Day Tour Day 5⃣: Kanas ➖ Arrive at Hemu (There are many mountain roads in Kanas and Hemu, so be careful and drive slowly) Day 6⃣: Hemu Day Tour Day 7⃣: Hemu ➖ Ulungur Lake ➖ Koktokay (The scenery along the road is beautiful, so you can stop and go as you please) Day 8⃣: Koktokay ➖ Tianshan Tianchi ➖ Urumqi ㅤ 🚗Travel Tips ✅The whole trip is 8 days, and self-driving is more leisurely, so you can stop and go to enjoy the scenery 🖼 ✅Most of the journey is on highways, and there will be mountain roads in Kanas and Hemu, so it is better to travel with an experienced driver and take turns driving 🌟 ✅The journey is long, so you can prepare some snacks, fruits, mineral water, etc. in the car, and it is also recommended to bring a U-shaped pillow 💤 ㅤ 💃Outfit Tips ✅The temperature difference between day and night in Xinjiang is large 🌡, and it will be cold at night in summer, so bring a jacket 🧥; bring a thick jacket/down jacket in spring and autumn; bring a down jacket/ski jacket, hat, scarf, and gloves in winter ✅Wear beautiful clothes inside for good photos 👗, and wear a thick jacket outside to keep warm ✅You will walk a lot in Xinjiang, so comfortable sneakers are important 👟 ㅤ 🌟Other Tips ✅Xinjiang has a 2-hour time difference 🕰, lunch is at 14:00, and dinner is at 20:00; it is still bright at 22:00 in summer ✅Xinjiang is dry, so bring moisturizing skincare products and lip balm, and drink more water 🥤 ✅There are so many beautiful sceneries along the way that you will take a lot of photos, so remember to bring a power bank 🔋 ✅Souvenirs 🎁 can be Xinjiang dried fruits, beef jerky, camel milk powder, etc., and you can also bring packaged big plate chicken and pepper chicken 😋