When you are in a noisy city for a long time, you want to go out and see the scenery. Many self driving tour enthusiasts plan to visit the West Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, to see grasslands, glaciers, lakes... Below, the editor also recommends a self driving tour route guide for the West Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang
Route Introduction
The total journey is 2224 kilometers, with a total of 9 days
The West Tianshan Nature Reserve is a place with high precipitation in the area. Therefore, it is known as the "wet island" in arid deserts. The animal resources within the protected area are also abundant
Schedule
The first day
600 kilometers
Urumqi -- Wusu * Mountain Forest Park, Kuitun River Grand Canyon -- Bole City
The second day
243 kilometers
Bole City -- Sailimu Lake -- Guozigou Bridge Landscape Platform -- Princess Jieyou Lavender Garden -- Khorgos Port In the northern Tianshan Mountains in Bole City, Bortala, close to Huocheng County, Ili Prefecture, it is a beautiful alpine cold water lake with water all year round. It is one of the largest lakes in Xinjiang
The Guozigou Bridge, with a total length of 700 meters and a bridge deck height of over 200 meters, rises like a giant dragon and passes through the mountains, adding a magnificent landscape of "one bridge flying over" to Guozigou. Afterwards, Guozigou Bridge also became the most beloved place for photography enthusiasts and tourists from all over the country
The third day
The whole journey is 105 kilometers
Khorgos Port - Huiyuan Ancient City - Yining Kazanqi Folk Custom Park
Huiyuan Ancient City (Huiyuan City): located in Huocheng County, Ili, Xinjiang, Ili was an important channel from Xinjiang to Central Asia in history. In order to strengthen the governance in Ili, Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty set up Ili generals here, built Huiyuan City, and successively built eight satellite cities around it, collectively known as "Nine Ili Cities"
The the fourth day
The whole journey is 106.9 kilometers
Yining City -- Chabuchar Xibo National Cultural Town -- Baishi Peak Scenic Spot -- Zhaosu County
Baishi Peak is located in the south of Chabuchar County, with the main peak at an altitude of 3475 meters. Baishi Peak is the peak on the Wusun Mountain Ridge. The peaks are arranged in nearly east-west direction with magnificent momentum, ever-changing weather, and three consecutive peaks. The terrain of this peak area is dangerous, with steep walls on all sides, with the northern slope being the most prominent and the peak relatively open. The peak area is abrupt, with exposed gray white limestone forming a white roof. This peak is composed of Carboniferous limestone and appears gray white from a distance, hence the name Baishi Peak
Day 5
The whole journey is 150 miles
Zhaosu County - Rapeseed Flower Sea, Xiata Scenic Area Grassland Stone Man, Gedengbei Border - Zhaosu County
The Zhaosu Grassland in Xinjiang is located in a high-altitude mountain basin in the inland hinterland of Central Asia. It belongs to the cold climate of the mainland, with no summer in winter and connected spring and autumn. It is the largest spring rapeseed production area in Xinjiang, with a planting area of nearly one million acres, accounting for about 40% of the total rapeseed planting area in Xinjiang, and is known as the "hometown of rapeseed in China"
Day 6
The entire journey is 118 kilometers
Zhaosu County - Karajun Grassland - Tekes Bagua City
Karajun Grassland is a typical natural grassland with five flowers in the mountains. It is 89 kilometers long from east to west and 32 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 2848 square kilometers. Every spring and summer, hundreds of types of grass bloom successively at different times, and the flowers with different colors, shapes, and aromas are highlighted by the green and fluffy grassland, making them even more colorful
Seventh day
The entire journey is 243 kilometers
Tekes Bagua City - Kurdning, Qiaxi, Tarim - Gongliu County
Tekes County in Xinjiang is famous for its Bagua layout. In 1996, relevant departments cancelled traffic lights on the roads, and Bagua City became a city without traffic lights On the eighth day The entire journey is 172 kilometers Gongliu County Nalati On the ninth day The entire journey is 487 kilometers Nalati Duku Highway, Qiaorma Dushanzi Urumqi Spanning through steep mountains and valleys, it connects many ethnic minority settlements. Its connectivity has shortened the distance between northern and southern Xinjiang by nearly half from over 1000 kilometers, making it a monument in the history of China's highway construction