10-day Great Silk Road Tour
10-day Great Silk Road Tour

Overview: Explore 10 days' great ancient China trade route trip thru Xian, Dunhuang, Turpan, Urumqi, Kashgar, Beijing to see Terra Cotta Warriors,Mogao Caves, Crescent Moon Lake, Etigar Mosque, Kashgar Sunday Bazaar, Karakuli Lake and more.

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Day 1 Arrival in Xian 

Meals: Meals: None

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Xi'an Ancient City Wall, Shaanxi Provincial History Museum

Upon your arrival in Xi'an in the afternoon, you local guide will meet you at the Xian airport and escort you to check in the hotel. Then pay a visit to the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum. Half day tour ends with a walk or biking on the top of  Xi'an Ancient City Wall, where give a bird view the ancient capital.

Day 1 Arrival in Xian 
Day 2 Xian

Meals: Meals: B, L

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Terra Cotta Warriors, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Banpo Neolithic Village, Tang Dynasty Song and Dance Show

Full-day visit to the Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses (include golf carts), the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Banpo Neolithic Village. In the evening, enjoy a Chinese dumplings feast and the Tang Dynasty Song & Dance Show at Tang Yuegong Theatre.

Day 2 Xian
Day 3 Xian/Dunhuang

Meals: Meals: B, L

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Hechang Military Depot

After breakfast,  you will take a morning flight to Dunhuang.  Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to check in the hotel.  Then go to visit the Hechang Military Depot followed by the Great Wall of the Han dynasty.

Day 3 Xian/Dunhuang
Day 4 Dunhuang/Turpan

Meals: Meals: B, L

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Mogao Grottoes, Echoing-Sand Mountain, Crescent Moon Lake

After breakfast, you are picked up to see the Mogao Grottoes. After that, ride the camel to see the Echoing-Sand Mountain (where you will observe a very curious natural phenomenon), and then proceed to visit the Crescent Moon Lake. After the sightseeing, be transferred to train station for the overnight train (with soft sleeper) to Turpan.

Day 4 Dunhuang/Turpan
Day 5 Turpan

Meals: Meals: B, L

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Suleiman's Minaret, Grape Valley, Karez Channels, Astana Tombs, legendary Flaming Mountain

A morning transfer to check in your hotel from Turpan Train Station. After breakfast, drive to visit the Suleiman's Minaret (aka Sugong Pagoda), the Grape Valley, the Karez Channels and Astana Tombs, lastly, pass through the legendary Flaming Mountain.

Day 5 Turpan
Day 6 Turpan/Urumqi

Meals: Meals: B, L

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Terai Camp, Mount Nan Pasture

After breakfast, you will transfer to Urumqi. Then visit the Terai Camp, Mount Nan Pasture (aka Nanshan Grassland).

Day 6 Turpan/Urumqi
Day 7 Urumqi/Kashgar

Meals: Meals: B, L

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Xinjiang Museum, Heavenly Lake

Visit Xinjiang Museum, Heavenly Lake with a boat cruise. Take the afternoon flight around 17:00 to Kashgar and will be picked up to the hotel upon arrival. Xinjiang Museum is the main institution to collect and investigate the unearthed cultural relics and specimens in Xinjiang. There are more than 50 thousand pieces of various kinds of cultural relics stored in the museum, among them, the ancient mummies represented by ‘the Loulan Beauty', manuscripts in Chinese, Kharosthi, Qiuci, Yanji, Tibetan, Uigurian and other characters prevailed in ancient Westen Regions, the silk ,wool, cotton and hemp fabrics and folk rainment, etc., are unusual tidbits in the world. Heavenly Lake, covering an area of about 5.9 square kilometers, has eight beautiful scenic spots in the lake scenic area; they are "A Ray of Stone Gate", "Dragon's Pool and Green Moon", "Magic Needle for Guarding the See", "Three Stones Bearing the Sky".

Day 7 Urumqi/Kashgar
Day 8 Kashgar

Meals: Meals: B, L

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Etigar Mosque, Sunday Bazaar, Abakh Khoja Tomb

After breakfast, you will take a morning flight to Kashgar. Upon arrival, you will be escorted to check in the hotel. And then go to visit the Etigar Mosque, Sunday Bazaar, and the Abakh Khoja Tomb.

Day 8 Kashgar
Day 9 Kashgar 

Meals: Meals: B, L

Sites Visited: Places to visit: Karakuli Lake

Make a full-day excursion to the beautiful Karakuli Lake. After breakfast take the drive to visit the Karakul Lake and enjoy the Pamir landscape. The Karakul Lake is a paradise of bonfire night parties for boy and girl khalkhas with tourists. The party is full of ethnic songs and dances, as well as good smell of roast lamb skewers.

Day 9 Kashgar 
Day 10 Kashgar/Urumqi or Beijing Departure

Meals: Meals: B

After breakfast, you will fly in the morning to Urumqi or Beijing for your departure flight. Service ends

Day 10 Kashgar/Urumqi or Beijing Departure
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