Torugart Pass

strictly controlled area but absolutely beautiful scenery

This is a special border pass strictly controlled by both sides. It is NOT open to individual travelers, which means you cannot simply hire a random car and reach the border. You would need to either ...

An unusual border crossing.

We had planned to cross the border from China to Kyrgyzstan at the Torugart crossing but were not ready for the numerous checks on the Chinese side, We had three cameras between us and had taken in th...

Excessive controls on the Chinese side of the border, but the scenery is fabulous!

This is one of the border roads out of Xinjiang into, in this case, Kyrgyzstan. We counted 13 different instances of passport and luggage checks on the Chinese side prior to exiting the country and t...

Great scenery

This was an interesting pass to come through and initiall it was snowing lightly at the border but as we decended into the valley the weather was much warmer

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The Torugart Pass is not a tourist destination at all unless you like border crossings, paperwork and bureaucracy. If you are headed into China I suppose it is a hazard of your travels but if you don’...