5-Night Private Silk Road Trip from Urumqi to Dunhuang including Hotel Accommodations

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arriving Urumqi
1 stop
1
Pick up from Diwopu International Airport or Urumqi Rail Station and transfer you to the hotel. Spend the rest of the day at your leisure exploring the streets of Urumqi.
Day 2
Urumqi - Heavenly Lake - Urumqi
3 stops
2
Xinjiang Regional Museum (Qu Bowuguan)
Visit Xinjiang Museum where well-preserved Chinese mummies are exhibited(close on Mondays). The spectacular one stands out from the rest named "Beauty of Loulan," who was buried 4,000 years ago near the town of Loulan in Taklimakan Desert. "Beauty of Loulan" was remarkably preserved in an open coffin under hot desert sands of theTaklamakan when she was excavated in 1980. 
2 hours • Admission ticket included
3
Afterwards, head up to Heavenly Lake, located on the north side of the Bodga Shan range of the Tianshan Mountains t. Later, return to Urumqi and stroll through the wonderful Erdaoqiao Bazaar before driving back your hotel.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
4
Later, return to Urumqi and stroll through the wonderful Erdaoqiao Bazaar before driving back your hotel.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Urumqi - Turpan
4 stops
5
Emin Minaret (Su Gong Ta)
Visit Turpan, the centre of a fertile oasis and an important trade center along the Silk Road that was once adjacent to the kingdoms of Kroran and Yanqi. Visit Emin Minaret, the symbol of Turpan before your authentic local lunch at a Uyghur home under the grape vine in open air.
30 minutes • Admission ticket included
6
Ancient City of Gaochang (Kharakhoja)
Explore the Ancient City of Gaochang.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
7
Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves
More than 100 caves were hewn out of this cliff face between the 6th and 9th centuries by Buddhist monks who farmed the valley below.There are 77 rock-cut caves at the Bezeklik Caves. Most have rectangular spaces with rounded arch ceilings often divided into four sections, each with a mural of Buddha. The effect is of entire ceiling covers with hundreds of Buddha murals. Some ceilings in Bezeklik Caves are painted with a large Buddha surrounded by other figures, including Indians, Persians and Europeans. The quality of the murals varies, with some being artistically naive while others are masterpieces of religious art.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
8
The Astana-Karakhoja Ancient Tombs are part of the Underground Museum of Turpan and the Living Archives of Gaochang. Astana means capital in Uigur; Karakhoja was a Uigur hero who protected his people from a vicious dragon.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Turpan - Liuyuan (via bullet train) - Dunhuang
2 stops
9
Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto)
Explore ruin of ancient Jiaohe city, the capital of Anterior Jushi kingdom during 108 B.C. to 450 A.D. With Karez Irrigation System helps irrigating the oasis, Jiaohe was an important site along the Silk Road trade route leading west adjacent to Korla and Karasahr kingdoms.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
10
Catch a bullet train to Liuyuan and be transferred to Dunhuang hotel.  Visit the night market nearby the hotel if you like.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Dunhuang
3 stops
11
Mogao Caves
Visit the highlight of Silk Road today, Mogao Grottoes (Caves of the Thousand Buddhas), where you will be impressed by the fresco and statues in the caves. These caves are examples of rock-cut architecture of soft gravel conglomerate not suitable for either sculpture or elaborate architectural details.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
12
Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain
Enjoy a fun hike on the sand dunes to visit the Crescent Spring.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
13
The Crescent Lake is also known as the Crescent Spring, Crescent Moon Spring, or Yueya Spring. It can be considered a natural wonder of the Gobi Desert.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Departing Dunhuang
1 stop
14
Dunhuang
Free explore before heading to Dunhuang Airport where this 6 days trip concludes.
2 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• A current valid passport is required on the day of travel

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