1 Day Turpan Tour to Kumtagh Mountain

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1 Days

Destination

Xinjiang

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The Kum Tag Desert covers an area of 2,500 square kilometers, is the nearest desert to a city in the world as it is only one kilometer away from the Piqan(Shanshan) county of Turpan. The “Kumtag” means sand mountain in Uyghur language, is located eastnorth of the Taklamakan desert, Like all deserts, the temperature in the Kumtag desert varies from freezing at night to baking during the day. It is one of the most beautiful part of Taklamakan desert.

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Destination

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Departure Location

Urumqi

Return Location

Urumqi

Price includes

Accommodation-4 star Hotel
Hotel and meals for guide and driver
Professional English speaking tour guide
Train tickets fee
Transportation with air-conditioned car/bus

Price does not include

All Flight Tickets
Entrance tickets to monuments and museums
Excursions other than those specified in trips
Meals during the tour
Personal expenses
Tips to guide and driver

Day 1

Day 1

Urumqi - kumtagh mountain Turpan, 280km, 4hours

We start the tour from Urumqi in the morning, on the way we will see the biggest wind power station in China Dabancheng wind power station. Salt Lake witch is also called dead sea of China, and Flaming mountain, is the hottest place in Turpan, looks like flaming from the distance. After arriving in Piqan we will have lunch, then go to the Kumtagh mountain. where you can enjoy by climbing to the sand mountain and see the oasis very close to you, you can also ride camel or take a sand buggy in the desert,.After finish in the beautiful reddish desert,we travel back to Urumqi, on the way we will visit Bezeklik thousand buddha caves, it was built 5thAD.Then we went back to Urumqi and end the tour.

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Flexibility

You can add or delete days or especial activities from the itinerary, services can be adjusted to your own interests, Please contact us via email and let us know your plan, we are ready to offer you the best customized tour!

Accommodation

Please tell us your hotel requests, we will book hotels accordingly, we have 5 star international hotels at bigger cities, 4 star hotels and 3 star hotels, our hotels include breakfast.

Transportation

Since our tours are private tours, we offer you private transportation, we have all kinds of comfortable vehicles which are suitable for your journey, please feel free to let us know if you have especial requests for the vehicles.

Meals

We usually include breakfast and exclude Lunch and Dinner, it is for flexibility, but of course our guides and drivers always responsible to show you nice restaurants, you just need to tell your favorites.