The Best of Silk Road (trip)

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The Best of Silk Road

  • Beijing Airport, China
  • Active & Adventure
China, Asia

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from $1,646* per person8 DaysYear-round
Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 3
Operator: China Adventure Tours 12 people max
Marco Polo followed this long path, as did 20th century explorers in search of "lost treasures" of early Buddhism. Today, the Silk Road offers travelers a fascinating mix of dramatic landscape along with a rich cultural heritage that includes the world's greatest repository of Buddhist cave art. On this trip, we will follow the part of the Silk Road route taken by Marco Polo to share the wonders he experienced during this journey. We begin our trip in Dunhuang,where we stop for a full two days so that we not only have enough time to fully explore the Buddhist caves which are generally held to be one of China's greatest cultural attractions, but we can also spend some time exploring the surrounding desert by camel.  
Further west,  through the enchanting oasis of Turpan, the ancient ruins of lost Silk Road cities, to Urumqi - a fascinating melting pot of Uygur and Han cultures, and then fly over the Taklamakan desert to Kashgar where the largest bazaar in Central Asia is held every Sunday.

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  • This is a custom departure, meaning this trip is offered on dates that you arrange privately with the provider. Additionally, you need to form your own private group for this trip. The itinerary and price here is just a sample. Contact the provider for detailed pricing, minimum group size, and scheduling information. For most providers, the larger the group you are traveling with, the lower the per-person cost will be.
  • Family oriented trip.

Itinerary

Day 1 Beijing/Lanzhou
Arrive at Lanzhou, visit Bingling Temple. Stay in 4-star hotel.

Day 2 Lanzhou/Dunhuang(BL)
Breakfast at hotel. Visit Lanzhou Museum. Transfer to the airport for the flight Lanzhou/Dunhuang, meet and greet at the airport, transfer to 4-star hotel Dunhuang.

Day 3 Dunhuang (BL)
You will visit the world famous Mogao Grottoes which is called“the World Famous Treasure House of Arts” ,  another must for you is riding camel to visit Whistling Sand Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring if the time is available. Take the train to Turpan. Overnight on the train;

Day 4 Turpan (BL)
The Turpan guide picks you up at the Rail way station. Transfer to Turpan. Today's itinerary includes Gaochang ancient city, Astana Ancient Tomb, Bezeklik Buda (another set of Buddhist cave temples carved out of a cliff face), and watch the Flaming Mountains afar, Tuyugou Valley. Enjoy Uygur folk dance performance in the evening. Stay in 3 star Silk Road Turpan Oasis Hotel or similar.
 

Day 5 Turpan/Urumqi/Kashigar(by air)
In the morning, we will drive to the west part of Turpan for the Keriz Well, visit Suliman’s Minaret. We will drive all the way to Urumqi. It’s about 300km highway.  take night flight to Kashgar, stay in 3-star Seman Hotel or similar.

Day 6 Kashgar   
Visit the Sunday Baxaar, which is the biggest one in Xinjiang, and Apakhoja Tomb & Great Mosque, , stay in the same;

Day 7  Kashigar/Karakuri Lake/Kahigar/Urumqi
Today we would drive to Lake Karakuri. The drive to Lake Karakuri takes 3-4 hours through a breathtaking scenery of high mountain pastures and snow-capped peaks. At the base of Muztagh Ata (7,545 m/24,754 ft), sits Lake Karakuri (3,770 m/12,369 ft), a majestic blue glacial lake that is fed by the mammoth, century-old glaciers above it. Drive back to Kashigar. For the flight to Urmqi. Stay in 4-star hotel.

Day 8 Urumqi/home;
Drive to visit Heaven’s Lake. Fly back to you home.

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