Day 1: Arrive in Urumqi

Ürümqi Di***u International Airport

After arriving at Urumqi Airport or Urumqi Railway Station, your tour guide will take you to the hotel to check in.

Accommodation: Urumqi Mirage five-star hotel or similar hotel

Day 2: Urumqi-Tianhu-Urumqi

Xinjiang Regional Museum (Qubo Wuguan)

Visit the Xinjiang Museum, where well-preserved Chinese mummies are on display. Among them, the most eye-catching one is "The Beauty of Loulan".

Tianshan Tianchi

After lunch, take a one-hour drive to Tianhu Lake on the north side of Tianshan Mountain to enjoy the wonderful mountain scenery and tranquil lake scenery.

Erdaoqiao Market

Then return to Urumqi and stroll through Erdaoqiao Market.

Accommodation: Urumqi Mirage five-star hotel or similar hotel

Day 3: Urumqi-Turpan

Amin Pagoda (Sugong Pagoda)

A three-hour drive will take you to Turpan, the center of a fertile oasis and an important trade center along the Silk Road. You will visit the Emin Minaret, the symbol of Turpan, and then taste an authentic local lunch there

A Uyghur home under the vines in the open air.

Ancient City of Gaochang (Kharakhoja)

Later in the afternoon, you will visit the ancient city of Gaochang.

Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Cave

Between the 6th and 9th centuries, Buddhist monks who cultivated the valley on this cliff dug more than 100 caves. There are 77 caves in Bez Creek Cave.

Astana-Karakhoja墳墓

Astana-Karahoja Tomb is part of the Turpan Underground Museum and Gaochang Life Archives. Astana means capital in Uyghur; Karahoja is a Uyghur hero who protects his people

From the dragon.

Accommodation: Four-star Turpan Huozhou Hotel or similar class

Day 4 Turpan-Liuyuan (via high-speed rail)-Dunhuang

Jiaohe Ancient City (Yarkhoto)

Explore the ruins of the ancient city of Jiaohe, which was the capital of the Jushi Kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD but was abandoned in the 15th century. The karez irrigation system helps irrigate the oasis,

Jiaohe was an important point on the Silk Road trade route to the west, bordering the kingdoms of Korla and Karasakh.

Shazhou Night Market

Then take the EMU to Liuyuan in about 4 hours, and to Dunhuang Hotel in about 2 hours. Be sure to go to the night market near the hotel in the evening!

Accommodation: Four-star Dunhuang Silk Road Hotel or similar hotel

Day 5: Turpan-Liuyuan (via high-speed rail)-Dunhuang

Jiaohe Ancient City (Yarkhoto)

Jiaohe was an important point on the Silk Road trade route to the west, bordering the kingdoms of Korla and Karasakh.

Shazhou Night Market

Then take the EMU to Liuyuan in about 4 hours, and to Dunhuang Hotel in about 2 hours. Be sure to go to the night market near the hotel in the evening!

Accommodation: Four-star Dunhuang Silk Road Hotel or similar hotel

Day 6: Dunhuang-Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan Fortress

Take a 4-hour train ride to Jiayuguan, the western end of the Ming Dynasty Great Wall. Visit Jiayuguan, known as "the first pass in the world". Climb the Hanging Great Wall (rebuilt on the original site in the 1980s, with beautiful scenery).

Accommodation: Four-star Jiayuguan Great Wall Hotel or similar

Day 7: Depart from Jiayuguan

Jiayuguan Airport

If time permits, you can visit the Wei and Jin tombs before heading to Jiayuguan Airport.

Xinjiang + Gansu Private Guided 7-Day Tour: Urumqi + Dunhuang + Turpan + Jiayuguan