What to Do in Fuyun in 4 Days? Travel Guide and Tips

Day 1 | Morning

Keketuohai Scenic Area

Opening Hours: Open from 9:30am-7:30pm

Ticket Price: 45 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 0.5-1 Days

Location: Keketuohaizhen, Fuyun, Altay, Xinjiang, China

Keketuohai Scenic Area is in Fuyun County, Altay, North Xinjiang Province. The scenic area consists of the Kalaxianger earth fracture zone, Kekesuli, Ilaymu Lake, and Irtysh Grand Canyon. Here, you can find picturesque canyons, valleys and wetland landscapes, cool lakes and mineral resources. Also, experience the nomadic culture, ethnic customs of western China, local customs and cultural attractions. It is designated an AAAAA scenic spot in China and an international original scenic spot.

Day 1 | Afternoon

Now we come to another great highlight in the city: Colorful city.

Colorful city

Opening Hours: Open from 8:00am-6:00pm

Ticket Price: 70 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 1-1 Days

Location: Deep in the desert at the junction of Jimusar County and Fuyun County in the Jimusar in the eastern part of the Gulban Tungut Desert in Changji PrefectureDeep in the desert at the junction of Jimusar County and Fuyun County in the Jimusar in the eastern part of the Gulban Tungut Desert in Changji Prefecture

Located in the eastern part of the Gurbantunggut Desert, the Colorful city is named for its colorful landform features. It consists of dozens of colorful hills, and the scattered hills are like a tent. Each hill is changing with different colors, as if being in a mysterious fairy tale world. Due to hundreds of millions of years of geological changes, the rolling hills here are mainly ochre red, mixed with yellow, white, black and green and other colors. Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was once shot here. The Colorful city at noon was as hot as fire, and even the air became hot and scorching hot. When the sun sets in the west, the Colorful city becomes colorful against the backdrop of the setting sun. The red hills are like burning flames, and the blue and green ones are like colorful gems, dazzling. At present, there is no public transportation to the scenic spot, and you can only charter a car to visit the scenic spot. The area around the scenic spot is an uninhabited Gobi desert, except for a few oil production points. The sunset time here is 20:30-21:30, and the sunrise time is about 6:00 (summer). There are accommodation spots in the scenic spot, but the conditions are very simple, there is no toilet and no washing facilities. Many tourists will return to Changji or Jimsar County to stay, and some tourists will stay in Guhai Hot Spring, which is about 70 kilometers away from the scenic spot. It is very necessary to bring your own dry food and some drinking water to go to the scenic spot.

Day 1 | Evening

Looking for a bed nearby after finishing your journey at Colorful city? Altay Jer Uyih Hotel is one of your top choices.

Altay Jer Uyih Hotel

Reviews from Real Guests:

LIJUN: 酒店是2021年11月份開業的，很乾凈很新，服務非常好！朋友骨折，體驗到他們無微不至的照顧與服務，6樓打掃衛生的07號阿姨，我們天天出去滑雪，她天天擔心我朋友需不需要幫忙！還有各位服務員，真心感受到她們的熱情，真的很贊！推薦！

蔡: 真的被新疆人民的熱情所感嘆了 實在是太熱情了 剛剛把車停在酒店門口禮賓部大爺就特別熱情的推着小車來幫忙搬箱子和雪板 並且非常幽默 真的非常棒 前台的服務人員也是超熱情 並且每次滑完雪回來都能感受到熱情的感覺 這種熱情是發自內心的服務 而不是系統化的培訓 房間設施軟硬件都比較過關 溫度也適中 熱的話可以開空調 冷的話屋子裡還配備了一個小的暖氣 真的超貼心 並且裏面還配備了雪板置物架 真的是雪友的福音 早餐也很迎合大眾口味 還有6樓的保潔阿姨 每次出門前都會詢問是否需要打掃房間 並且還會記住客人的房號 真的很棒 如果以後有機會再來的話還會選擇住這裏

Day 2 | Morning

No. 3 Pit

Opening Hours: 10:30-18:30

Ticket Price: 80 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 2.0-3.0 Hours

Location: Keketuohaizhen, Fuyun, Altay, Xinjiang, China

On the northeastern edge of the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, the southern foot of the eastern end of the Altai Mountains, and the source of the Irtysh River, there is an area that has been classified as a highly classified area since the founding of the People's Republic of China - the Keketuo Sea. Hidden here is a mysterious pit that is closely related to the fate of the Republic - the Keketuohai No. 3 Mine. "Pit No. 3" is more than 100 meters deep, hundreds of meters long and wide, and there are 76 kinds of minerals symbiotic in the pit. It is very rare in foreign countries due to its large scale, many kinds of minerals, high grade, and distinct zonal formation. radioactive elements. Coketuohai has very rich deposits, of which the No. 3 vein is the most representative one. The No. 3 vein contains rare metals such as beryllium, lithium, tantalum, niobium, cesium, etc.; non-ferrous metals such as copper, nickel, lead, zinc, tungsten, manganese, bismuth, tin, etc.; ferrous metals, etc.; non-metallic minerals mica, feldspar, Quartz, barite, kyanite, limestone, coal, salt, alkali, etc.; gemstone mines include 86 kinds of minerals such as hylenite, violet, garnet, hibiscus, etc., accounting for 100% of the known useful minerals. It is about 60%, and various minerals are distributed in a very regular spiral band with very clear distribution boundaries. One of the surprises is that this is a straw hat-type mine, and there are still a lot of untapped resources around the mine.

Day 2 | Afternoon

Cocoa Suri nearby is the top choice before you leave No. 3 Pit and hit the road.

Cocoa Suri

Opening Hours: Open from 9:00am-8:00pm

Ticket Price: 28 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 2.0-3.0 Hours

Location: Z842 County Road County Rd, Fuyun Xian, Aletai Diqu, Xinjiang Weiwuerzizhiqu, China

Cocoa Suri Lake is located in Fuyun County, Xinjiang, about 25KM from the county town, also known as Wild Duck Lake. The lake area is about 1.8 square kilometers, the average water depth is 2 meters, there are more than 20 large and small floating islands in the lake, and there are abundant aquatic plants. More peculiarly, the water reed is directly in the water without roots, drifting with the wind, it can be said that the scene of the wind. The lake scenery changes with the reed. Every summer and autumn, thousands of wild ducks and red dragonflies gather here to flourish. They pair up for food and play in the water, and they go together all the time. Once one leaves, the other will no longer marry. It's moving. "Wild Duck Lake has both the exquisite beauty of the West Lake and the maze of Baiyangdian Lake. It has a beautiful view of Zeguo, a water town with "sha-flying sets" and "fish-flying shallow bottoms". In the distance, the tall mountains, folds and furrows are dimly visible, and the other side of the lake is spread with leisurely animals on the open and flat grasslands. Walking flowers for grass, quiet and comfortable, it is amazing how nature created such exquisite landscape painting scrolls.

Day 2 | Evening

Looking for a bed nearby after finishing your journey at Cocoa Suri? Treasure House is one of your top choices.

Treasure House

Day 3 | Morning

Keketuohai International Ski Field

Ticket Price: 80 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 0.5-1.0 Days

Cocotuohai International Ski Resort is located in the east of Cocotuohai town, about 18 km from Cocotuohai town. The snow field planning snow track covers 44 snow tracks at the primary, middle and high levels, including 7 connecting roads, 2 primary roads, 1 junior middle roads, 8 intermediate roads and 26 advanced roads. The ski resort has a large capacity of 2.3 million people and a total length of 58 kilometers is planned. The large drop of No.1 is 900 meters wide and 52 meters wide, which can extend to 4.5 kilometers (the largest snow trail in the whole country and Xinjiang). The Panshan Highway can be considered as a junior middle snow track, with an elevation of 3100 meters at high altitude, 1900 meters at low altitude, 1200 meters at large drop, and a taxiing length of about 9.5 km. The Cocoa Tosea International Ski Resort in Altai will become the destination of the world's ice and snow sports. It will meet the standard conditions for hosting the 10 major events in the Winter Olympic Games. The project can be built as a snow-skating area for the masses, and also has the athletic function of hosting Winter Olympic Games, which is a snow field with two functions at the same time. The Cocoa Tohai International Ski Resort in Altai Mountain will become a national famous skiing and mountain tourist destination, will become a beautiful business card for Xinjiang tourism, guided by scientific development concept, strictly follow the integration of skiing into nature, It is also Xinjiang to promote the healthy development of ice and snow sports events, and promote the country's goal of "300 million people on ice and snow".

Day 3 | Afternoon

Xintiandi Ski Field nearby is the top choice before you leave Keketuohai International Ski Field and hit the road.

Xintiandi Ski Field

Ticket Price: 98 RMB

Recommended Length of Stay: 0.5-1.0 Days

Location: 200 meters north of Tianyun Mingyuan, Fuyun County, Altay Region

Fuyun County is called China's cold extreme, winter snow season long, snow quality, plus the county surrounded by mountains, the mountains are gentle, no woods, wide vision. Located in the northern part of Fuyun, Altai Mountain is trending east-west, the mountain slope is rich, winter is in windless state, the number of snow days stored more than 150 days, the average annual snow accumulation is about 50 ～ 80 cm, which provides a large space for developing primary, intermediate and advanced ski tracks and various competitive ski tracks. Suitable for various winter snow mountain sports. Altay region has held several winter snow and ice events, activities have driven the whole Altay six counties and one city, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists to come. Xintiandi ski resort is located on the slope of Beishan Mountain, in the embrace of the mountains, the natural geographical location is good, and the whole Xintiandi creative industrial park is the foundation supporting facilities, can play a supporting role for the whole international ski resort project. The construction of ski resort is the construction of diversified supporting facilities, with wide income and abundant returns. After the complete supporting facilities, snow equipment leasing, catering industry, ski equipment sales, service area can produce benefit growth points. Construction of the new world ski resort began in October 2013 with an area of 19864 square metres and opened on 1 January 2014. The ski slope covers the primary and intermediate ski tracks, magic carpet tracks and snow circle tracks. The total length of the ski slope reaches 450 meters. The slope height is 908 meters below the slope and 1338 meters above the slope. The snowfall is 20 centimeters thin and 65 centimeters thick. The snow field alone accommodates 3,000 visitors. According to the mountain conditions, eight snow tracks were selected in the early stage of construction, including mountain cross-country trails that are popular with ski enthusiasts, suitable for skiers with high-level skiing, and now the intermediate, primary, magic carpet and snow circle are well developed to meet the public skiing needs. In addition, Xintiandi International Ski Resort can also display special culture in snow sculptures and ice sculptures during ski season, which has become a paradise for skiers in Xinjiang after Western Region ski resort and General Mountain ski resort.

Day 3 | Evening

After visiting the glorious Xintiandi Ski Field, Shanghe Wensu nearby is the best place to stay.

Shanghe Wensu

Reviews from Real Guests:

Guest User: First of all, I was attracted by the decoration of the store, but the location is a bit far from the city and the ski resort, but the boss arranges a car to pick up the car (shopping or skiing in the city), so there is no worry. The decoration style is super like, quiet and tidy, the boss and the front desk are super enthusiastic, really very happy In addition, I advise you not to eat at his restaurant called Shanghe Jinshan, it is really tasteyyds, and it is very delicate~ I wish my boss a prosperous business and make my journey more divided.

彭: Very beautiful and good service hotel, the restaurant tastes delicious

Day 4 | Morning

Keketuohai Xiyoujinshu Guojia Kuang Mountain Park

Opening Hours: 8:30-21:30

Recommended Length of Stay: 2.0-3.0 Hours

Location: No. 9 Jianshe Road, Coco Tuohai Town, Fuyun County, XinjiangNo. 9 Jianshe Road, Coco Tuohai Town, Fuyun County, Xinjiang

Coketuohai Rare Metal National Mine Park is a cultural tourism holy land integrating geological academic research, culture, education and leisure vacation. In addition to enjoying the scenery, visitors can also learn about the rich geological wonders and industrial relics, and listen to the touching entrepreneurial stories of the older generation of builders.

Day 4 | Afternoon

After finishing the tour at Keketuohai Xiyoujinshu Guojia Kuang Mountain Park, you can head to A'er Tai Mountain, the most worth visiting place around the corner.

A'er Tai Mountain

Recommended Length of Stay: 8-8 Hours

Location: Fuyun County, Altay City, Xinjiang

The Altai Mountains are on the windward side of the humid westerly air flow, and the wet and cold air flow in the southwest brings abundant rain and snow. The snow water flows southward along the slope and merges into two major water systems, the Irtysh River and the Ulungu River, which nourishes thousands of miles of grassland and becomes an important base for animal husbandry in Xinjiang. There are 420 glaciers in the Altai Mountains, with a total area of 293 square kilometers. The peaks and ridges above 4,000 meters above sea level are frozen all year round, but the flowers are blooming below the mountain, and the vertical distribution of vegetation and soil is very obvious. At the western foot of the Altai Mountains there is a lush temperate deciduous coniferous forest, mainly Siberian larch, accompanied by Siberian spruce, white birch, etc. Many rare birds and beasts haunt them. The famous Kanas, Burgen, Karamaili Mountain, Fuhai, Numerous nature reserves such as Quintas are hidden and mysterious. There are rock paintings left by ancient nomads more than 2000-3000 years ago on the rocks of this mountain range. This mountain range is therefore known as the "Aletai Mountains Qianli Petroglyph Promenade". The rock paintings of the Altai Mountains are masterpieces of art continuously supplemented by generations of nomads. They are divided into two types: rock carvings and color paintings. The content is mostly grazing, dancing, religious activities and images of domestic and wild animals. The rock paintings are more concentrated and the transportation is convenient. The "Yitas" rock art group is located in Chemulcek Township, about 25 kilometers southwest of Altay City. There is a rock art here with a length of 15.6 meters and a height of 2 meters, which is currently the largest in the Altai Mountains. In addition, the rock paintings of Querhai and Dolatgou located in the Mongolian Nationality Township of Khan Degat, about 30 kilometers south of Altay City, are also very distinctive, and their contents are mostly war, dance, grazing, tigers, wolves, Dogs, cows, horses, camels, deer and other animal images.

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