Kanas Lake

From Urumqi, you can choose to take a plane, bus or drive to Kanas Lake. The plane needs to disembark at Burqin Airport and then transfer to a shuttle or taxi to get there. The bus needs to take a direct bus from Urumqi Long distance Bus Station to Burqin, and then transfer to a shuttle bus to Kanas Lake at Burqin Bus Station. Self driving requires planning the route in advance, paying attention to driving safety and preventing altitude sickness.

@Kanas Lake: a national AAAAA level tourist attraction, a national geological park, a national forest park, a Chinese nature reserve, a national natural heritage site, a national low-carbon tourism experimental zone, and a Chinese lake. Kanas Lake boasts towering snow peaks and lush green slopes, with stunning lake and mountain scenery, earning it the title of "a fairyland on earth and a garden of gods". Kanas "is Mongolian, meaning" beautiful and mysterious lake ". Kanas Lake is located in the northern part of Burqin County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The lake water comes from glacier meltwater and local precipitation from mountains such as Kuitun and Youyifeng. The lake surface is 1374 meters above sea level, with an area of 45.73 square kilometers. The deepest point of the lake is 1181.5 meters above sea level, with a depth of 188.5 meters and a storage capacity of 5.38 billion cubic meters. It is a deep glacial barrier lake in China and a high-altitude lake and inland freshwater lake located in the dense forests of the Altai Mountains