Xinjiang Tourism | Northern Xinjiang 6-Day Loop | Kanas + Hemu Wooden House Stay
Xinjiang's summer is not only about the boundless grasslands of Yili, but also about the 'God's own land' in Northern Xinjiang, Altay Kanas Hemu, which is different from the vast grasslands of the Yili region. The mountains, lakes, and forests of Northern Xinjiang are more suitable for daydreaming all day long, and in Hemu village, you can pet cats and play with dogs...
6 days and 5 nights, touring Northern Xinjiang's Kanas + Hemu + Sayram Lake, staying in Hemu wooden houses, driving around Sayram Lake without taking the shuttle bus, with four-star accommodations throughout the trip, and one-stop service for transportation + accommodation + tickets. The focus is on comfortable travel without worries, relax and save all your energy for the scenery, and record the journey in a better state...
✅Quick Itinerary
D1 Urumqi - Heavenly Lake - Burqin
D2 Burqin - Hemu - Wooden House
D3 Hemu - Kanas Three Bays - Kanas/Jiadengyu
D4 Kanas/Jiadengyu - Colorful Beach - Devil City - Karamay
D5 Karamay - Sayram Lake Loop - Bole/Shuanghe
D6 Bole/Shuanghe - Dushanzi Grand Canyon - Urumqi
✅Attraction Summary
✔️Colorful Beach: You can see the rare marine erosion caves and geological landscapes in China, with undulating mountains and changing colors, a vast and colorful terrain
✔️Hemu Village: In summer, dense birch trees surround the village, with wisps of cooking smoke and mist slowly drifting, like a romantic fairy tale world, preserving the original forest mystery, a hundred miles of birch forest, undulating and rich in layers
✔️Urho Devil City: On the Gobi Desert, huge and uneven stone pillars are very spectacular and majestic, and it is the location for many films
✔️Kanas: In summer, the three bays of the lake show green + blue, with special colors everywhere, the water is very clear, yet it presents an unexpected blue-green color, with mountains and rivers echoing each other, beautiful as a fairyland! There are Moon Bay, Fairy Bay, Dragon Bay, Kanas Lake
✔️Dushanzi Grand Canyon: A nearly 300-meter drop cliff, a rift valley stretching nearly ten kilometers, like a flowing abstract painting, magnificent
✔️Sayram Lake: The last tear of the Atlantic, with golden flowers and purple flowers, pine trees, water-friendly beaches, Kele springs, and viewing platforms, each viewing platform has a different beauty, that unique blue is unforgettable, under the pure blue sky and white clouds, the distant snow mountains and lake water reflect each other, beautiful as a painting
✔️s21 Desert Highway: Xinjiang's first desert expressway, with a total length of 370 kilometers, from Urumqi to Altay without detour, directly crossing the Gurbantunggut Desert, along the way there are desert🏜️ camels🐫, oases, wetlands, and marine Yadan landforms
⭐️Trip Highlights:
1️⃣Exclusive niche route, reasonable planning of time and itinerary
2️⃣Carpooling + Accommodation + Tickets🟰Exquisite 4-6 person small group all-inclusive comfort
3️⃣Starting and ending in Urumqi, basically including all the scenery of Northern Xinjiang
4️⃣Four-star accommodations throughout, staying in luxury wild wooden houses in Hemu
Kanas Sanwan is the highlight of Kanas Scenic Area and a must-check-in place for passengers. "Three Bays" refers to the three scenic spots of Wolong Bay, Moon Bay and Shenxian Bay. Wolong Bay, the first place, is 1km away from the middle reaches of Moon Bay, and Moon Bay is 3km away from the tail of Shenxian Bay. There are shuttle buses between the three bays.
The Kanas River, from the north to the south, runs through the Kanas Scenic Area, and flows 30 kilometers to form many scenic river bays. Among them, the immortals, the moon, and Wolong have achieved the essence of the scenic area - Kanas Sanwan. The beauty of the scenery. Three rivers, from north to south, are: 1⃣ Shenxian Bay. The Kanas River flows 5 kilometers through Kanas Lake, and the river flows in the shallows between the valleys. The river flows happily and happily, cutting the dense woods into "islands" that are separated, large or small; Add special geographical conditions, the valley, shallows, woods often cloud and mist, far away, like a fairyland, called "Shenxian Bay". 2⃣ Moon Bay. 3 kilometers downstream of Shenxian Bay, the Kanas River is held by the mountains on both sides of the bank, and the river is extended back with the mountain, which is like a beautiful crescent with rhyme, which gives it its name. The river bank peaks are stacked and the colorful forests are towering, the river is blue like a mirror, sparkling, wonderful curves, wonderful colors, wonderful light and shadow... the most beautiful of the three bays. 3⃣ Wolong Bay. The lower reaches of Moon Bay 1.5 kilometers, the river burst open the boulder, the water suddenly open, into a small lake, the water soft waves light, the water color clear blue. A small island in the lake is located in C position, the gentle shoreline, the undulating shoals, the thick green ancient trees... the head left, the tail right, the claws are moving, and a lively dragon play in the water map is in sight. Tour route. 1⃣ The immortal, the moon, and Wolong Sanwan have one observation deck each. There is a scenic sightseeing station point next to the observation deck, and there is a walking plank road between the observation deck. 2⃣ The order of tours is better from north to south, and reverse arrangements are also available. 3⃣ Between the bay and the bay, take a sightseeing bus to save effort and walk in unlimited scenery. The best compromise plan is to take a sightseeing bus to Moon Bay in Shenxian Bay and walk to Wolong Bay in Moon Bay.
Kanas is really a fairyland on earth. The scenery of the three bays is especially representative of Kanas. The sign of the Kanas scenic spot is taken from Moon Bay. The bus that needs to take the scenery of the three bays needs to be taken. There are more people sitting, but they will park in the three bays to take pictures.
Kanas Lake is the most famous scenic spot in Xinjiang. It takes at least 5 days to travel from Urumqi. Among them, "Sanwan" is a more famous place here. Those who come to Kanas Lake will generally pass by to see, the so-called Sanwan is "Shenxian Bay" and "Moon Bay". The abbreviation of "Wolong Bay". Blue sky and white clouds, green lake water, green trees, green grass, mixed with unnamed wild flowers, breeze blowing, quiet experience the quiet world.
The three bays of Kanas Scenic Area are very worth visiting. The river here passes three very large curves and injects Kanas Lake. The three bays are beautiful, with dense forests, clear rivers and many moving legends, and the natural scenery is definitely a place worth visiting compared to Queenstown in New Zealand.