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30 June - 14 July 2016 (15 days) Northern Xinjiang
Rm7580 (per pax for 12 pax group) Rm7480 (14 pax), Rm7380 (16 pax) & Rm7180 (18 pax and above)
(Note : Based on Remimbi Yuan 1 = RM0.65. We will make final adjustment on the cost based on the Yuan exchange rate in May 2016)

Update 15 Feb 2016- We had been having full trips for Silk Road for many years. Some of members who had been Urumqi wish to explore more on Xinjiang. This trip will cover North Xinjiang. Running this trip in end Jun to early July where you have chance to see Lavender blooming season! :-). As usual, do registered your interest early. Flight below is based on current flight schedule and will update accordingly. Trip cost above based on air fare Rm2250 using China Eastern airlines, will be adjusted higher or lower depending on the final fare. Please email rachelheng123@gmail.com or mobile 012-352 0868.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
This is meant to be a "free and easy" adventure trip. Participants should be relatively fit, with a good sense of humour, and above all, have the right attitude for close travel with others through possibly some trying times. Most definitely, this is not a trip for prudes, whiners, fuss-pots, and other similiarly assorted types! We had a couple of those before and it wasn't pleasant for us or them. Although every effort will be made to stick to the given itinerary, ground conditions may change and cause some disruption and/or deviation from the norm. Otherwise, have fun!

 

Kanas Lake    

Uighur Xinjiang is quite likely the least “Chinese” part of China , and this is where we begin to run through the gamut of sites and landscapes that has seen likes of Marco Polo and others of his like! We traverse the snow-capped pine-clad mountains of Tianchi. Please bear in mind that we stay mostly budget hotels and some accomodation is very basic.

 

Day 0 KLIA: Assemble in KLIA by 1130 PM 29 June 2016.

Day 1 Urumqi : Eastern Airlines flight MU9862 departs KUL 0210 AM arriving Shanghai 0720 AM. Transit 5:25 hr before FM9219 departing at 1245 noon arriving Urumqi at 610 PM. Transfer to Hotel. Overnight (O/N) Urumqi.

Day 2 Urumqi - Multicolored Bay: We will head for the Multicolored Town by tourist bus after breakfast. The Multicolored Bay consists of the Multicolored Town, Flaming Mountains and the Fossil Ditch. O/N Fuyun

Day 3 Fuyun -Keketuohai - Burqin : .After breakfast, we will head for Keketuohai Scenic Spot. Kalaxiangeer seismic fault zone remains the most spectacular, charming and intact earthquake relics in the history of earthquake worldwide. As the Holy Land of Geology in the eyes of geologists, it has long known as "Earthquake Museum". O/N Burqin.

   

   
Keketuohai/Burqin/Hemu Village

Day 4 Burqin/Kanas : Today heading to Kanas, a 5A scenic spot after. Kanas means "Beautiful, Rich and Mysterious" in Mongolian. Kanas Lake is 24 kilometers long from south to north, 2-3 kilometers wide, in a shape of crescent moon. With an area of 450,000 square kilometers, it is one of the deepest alpine lake in China. O/N Kanas.

Day 5 Kanas : Stay in kanas one can opt for trekking from crouching dragon bay to crescent bay, then ascend Fish Pavilion. The most famous scene in Kanas is the lake which is enveloped by the rising mist in the morning. The everchanging lake water, tall and straight white poplar, shapely birch forest, golden fallen leaves, form luxuriant and plump colors there. O/N Kanas.

Day 6 Kanas/Hemu Village
We will ascend Fish Pavilion after breakfast. The most famous scene in Kanas is the lake which is enveloped by the rising mist in the morning. The everchanging lake water, tall and straight white poplar, shapely birch forest, golden fallen leaves, form luxuriant and plump colors. After lunch, we head to Hemu village-one of the Tuwa tribe’s village, one also can opt for horse riding up to view the beauty peak of Altay Mountain. O/N Hemu Village.

Day 7 Hemu Village/Burqin : You can climb up again to view beautiful sunrise and then back for breakfast. Go to Burqin County after check out. On the way visit Multycolour Bay which beside Erqis River, which is the only river flows into Arctic Ocean in China. O/N Burqin.

Day 8 Burqin/ Kuitun City : Heading to Ghost City, which also called Natural Musuem. Go to Kuytun City to appreciate the flourishing scene of farms in afternoon. O/N Kuitun City

Day 9 Kuitun City/Yi Ning : We bus to Sayram Lake. When it comes to summer, it boasts luxuriant forests and clear stream, green grass and colorful flowers beside the lake. On the vast grassland, you will enjoy spectacular landscape painting of pasture with tents everywhere, smoke spiraling from kitchens, flocks and herds in groups, and running horses. O/N Yi Ning.

Day 10 Yi Ning/Narat : After breakfast, we will head to Narat Grassland which always has good names of “Grassland in the Air” and “Deer Park”. Located at the main artery to south Xinjiang and north Xinjiang, it faces high and steep Narat Mountains which snow-capped on the top, lushly forested at the foot and river valleys stretching. As the major summer pasture in Ili Prefecture, the main attraction is its high mountains, meadow, flocks, herdsmen, and flowing water. In the afternoon, we will go to Bayinbuluke Swan Lake. We have option to see Lavender on the way to Narat Grassland. (Note : Lavander always blossoms at end of June to early July every year). O/N Narat.

 

 

Expected to view Lavender in late June/Early July

Day 11 Narat - Buyinbuluke : After breakfast, we head to Bayinbuluke to appreciate beautiful and famous Bayinbuluke Grassland. Local Mongolian herdsmen treat swan as “the Bird of Chastity” and the symbol of auspiciousness. ON Buyinbuluke

Day 1
2 Bayinbuluke/ Urumqi : we leave to Urumqi and will walk around snow mountain (belongs to Tianshan mountains) on the way back to Urumqi. ON Urumqi

Day 13 Urumqi/Tianchi : After breakfast, go to Tianchi lake up to Maya peak which look like horse tooth. Enjoy bird view scenery on Tianchi lake. Trek to Waterfall after lunch. Back to Urumqi city. ON Urumqi.


Day 14 Urumqi/Fly Home :
Take morning flight FM9220 Urumqi depart to Shanghai at 0930 arriving 1410. Transit time 5hr before connect flight MU9861 at 2010PM. O/N Plane

Day 15 Home : We land in KL at 0110+1 (morning)

 

Tianchi Lake

 

  

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  1. Cost cover airfares, accommodations, transportation. Accommodations will be in budget hotels and guesthouses. Airport transfers and inter-town travel by chartered bus are covered.
  2. Not covered are China visa fees Rm78, airport taxes & fuel surcharges approximately Rm800(subject to change), meals, in-town taxis/bus, extension hour for the room, entrance fees, horse trek. Note that entrance fees in China are HIGH and expect to pay about Rm1200 for the numerous places we cover on this extensive itinerary. Estimate meals between Rm30 to Rm50 per day, for the balance 15 days totals Rm450 to Rm650.
  3. Guides accompanying group do expect tips. Yongo encourages group members to be generous but should commensurate with services rendered.
  4. A deposit of Rm1600 is payable to confirm your place.
  5. Cost is subject to change if there's a significant changes in foreign exchange rates and airfares.

Email: rachelheng123@gmail.com or yongo123@gmail.com
Phone: Rachel 012 352 0868
Phone: Yong Lee Min: 016 220 9033 or 603 4031 6225
Mail: 19 Lorong Air Bersih Tiga, Air Panas, 53200 Kuala Lumpur