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6 Days Apricot Flower Photography Tour from Urumqi

Urumqi, Yining, Daxigou, Tuergen, Kurdening, Kalajun Grassland

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Tour Type: Private Tour

Tour Code: SKY-Xinjiang-06

Tour Highlights:

  Get into Ili Valley and reveal the unrivaled beauty of apricot flowers

  Be stunned by the mysterious and fantastic landscape of Northwestern Xinjiang

  Have a chance to experience fascinating local custom and exotic charm 

The whole journey with a private vehicle allows you the most comfortable and flexible tour experience
 

Best Travel Time:
Early April to early May, based on the weather condition

From on request

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Day 1Urumqi-Yining (680km & 8.5hrs journey)
Drive to Yining, Sayram Lake Scenic Area

Meals: Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Ili River Hotel ★★★★ or similar

At early morning, your private guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel lobby. Drive towards the west to Yining City, the capital of the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture. On the way, you will stop at Sayram Lake Scenic Area for a visit. Renowned as a pearl of the Silk Road, Sayram Lake is a fairyland with wonderful natural scenery. Surrounded by Tianshan Mountain, the clean water reflects the splendid picture of the snow mountain.

After the visit, continue driving to Yining and will arrive at night. Stay overnight there and have good rest for tomorrow's trip. Lunch would be served at a local restaurant on the way.

Sayram Lake Ili
Sayram Lake Ili

Day 2Yining – Daxigou Village – Yining
Apricot Flowers Tour to Daxigou Village, Fushoushan Mountain

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Ili River Hotel  ★★★★ or similar

After breakfast, your guide and driver will meet you at hotel lobby and drive for 1.5hrs to Daxigou Village where you will enjoy full day apricot flower photography tour. The best place to take photos is in Fushoushan Mountain where you could have a perspective from the peak down to the valley. You could also enter the village to experience the local people's life if you were interested.

After sunset, you will be transferred back to Yining for overnight stay.

Lunch would be served at a local restaurant or YUNSKY will prepare the easy lunch for you.

Details in the itinerary:
Yining – Daxigou Village: 80km & 1.5hrs journey

Apricot Blossom in Ili
Apricot Blossom in Ili

Day 3Yining – Tuergen Village – Xinyuan (200km & 2.5hrs journey)
Apricot Flowers Tour to Tuergen Village, Drive to Xinyuan

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Liancheng Ecological Hotel ★★★ or similar

Please check out in the morning and drive for 2.5hrs to Xinyuan. Today, you will continue the photography tour to Tuergen Village where is the most famous place of apricot flowers in Ili. The apricot flowers are mainly distributed in the hillside and the peak, and some of them are distributed in the valley, so you would need to move around to find your favorite perspective.

After sunset, you will be transferred to Xinyuan County for an overnight stay. Lunch would be served at a local restaurant or YUNSKY will prepare the easy lunch for you.

Details in the itinerary:
Yining – Tuergen Village: 200km & 2.5hrs journey
Tuergen Village – Xinyuan: 30km & 40mins journey

Apricot Flowers at Tuergen Village
Apricot Blossom at Tuergen Village

Day 4Xinyuan – Kurdening – Gongliu
Kurdening Scenic Area, Quruke Village

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Yuxiangyuan Hotel ★★★ or similar

Say goodbye to Xinyuan and continue the trip to Kurdening Scenic Area after 2 hours driving. As a part of Heaven Mountain, Kurdening Scenic Area still keeps its mysterious to the outsiders even Heaven Mountain got its reputation of World Natural Heritage in 2013. You will not see the crowds of travelers here, which allows you to enjoy a quiet environment to create good photos. Walking along the plank to Quruke Village, you will see the flowers of apricot in full blossom with the background of Heaven Mountain.

Lunch would be served at a local restaurant or YUNSKY will prepare the easy lunch for you. After the tour, you will be transferred to Gongliu County and stay overnight there.  

Details in the itinerary:
Xinyuan – Kurdening Scenic Area: 110km & 2hrs journey
Kurdening Scenic Area – Gongliu County: 70km & 1.5hrs journey

Kurdening Scenic Area
 Kurdening Scenic Area

Day 5Gongliu – Kalajun Grassland – Yining
Kalajun Grassland, Drive to Yining

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Ili River Hotel  ★★★★ or similar

After several days' photography tour for apricot flowers, today you will have a chance to experience a different scene. Check out from the hotel and drive for 2 hours to Kalajun Grassland. Differing from other grasslands, Kalajun owns a relatively flat landform, which shapes it a pretty gentle view. In Kalajun, you will not only see the grassland but also see the see flowers, snow mountains, and virgin forest. The scenery here is vast and beautiful, which makes it a perfect place for sightseeing and photography.

Lunch would be served at a local restaurant or YUNSKY will prepare the easy lunch for you. After the tour, you will drive back to Yining for an overnight stay.

Details in the itinerary:
Gongliu County – Kalajun Grassland: 105km & 2hrs journey
Kalajun Grassland – Yining: 145km & 3hrs journey

Kalajun Grassland
Kalajun Grassland

Day 6Yining – Urumqi (680km & 8.5hrs journey)
Drive back to Urumqi

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Wake up naturally and check out. Drive back to Urumqi and arrive there at night. The apricot flower photography tour finishes and you could continue your trip to explore other places in Xinjiang.

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Due to the uncertainties of this tour, such as special local conditions , the changes of accommodation rate, etc, the tour has to be tailor-made and its price is on request. Please tell us in advance your group information inclusive of departure date, number of pax, and other individual needs, which will be helpful to work out a fit program and the right price.


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5.0

PunkNelson

5.0

Great Hotel stay Very Nice Tour guides Convenient planned daily trips Average selection of restaurant for food though

Kiwimac53

5.0

We were looking for a tour in SW China while in the area for work and found this one. While we wouldn't normally get a private tour but surprisingly it was actually cheaper than most of the group tours in the area and was great value. While I would usually rather keep one guide for the whole tour, as you get to know each other and they get to know what you are interested in, we changed guides 5 times during this trip (fortunately we had the same guide in Kunming at the start and end of the tour which was a real bonus as Murphy, our Kunming based guide, was excellent.) In this case changing guides had the advantage of local knowledge at each site so compensated for the change. Of the 4 guides we had 3 excellent and 1 very good with each of them working hard to look after us and make sure we enjoyed our trip. Vicky, our Dali based guide was also extremely good making our time there a highlight. The tour gives you 2 days at each base ie travel in the morning, have the afternoon and the next day touring the area then drive to the next base. We chose the driving tour as we feel it gives you a better experience of the area and you get to see the locals in action. All the drivers we had were great – they went out of their way to look after us and were very safe, which is saying something for driving in China. While all of the guides were very fluent in English none of the drivers could speak English which was a slight disadvantage as you didn't have the guides with you when traveling between bases but the friendliness and helpfulness of the drivers more than made up for this.
The tour was very well organised and we knew what we were doing from the time we met our guide on arrival at the Kunming railway station to when we walked through security at the airport on our way out. The tour comes with 4,5 and 6 star accommodation choices and we went for the cheapest 4 star option. While the English at the hotels was limited the guides made sure we were checked in and out and took care of any issues (which were minimal). The 4 star option is largely “Chinese style” hotels ie designed for Chinese visitors with breakfast consisting of what many westeners would consider dinner style food but there was always eggs and toast for the less adventurous. The hotels were all clean and comfortable and generally very well located. The Hotel in Kunming (Jin Jang Inn) was a bonus as it seemed higher than 4 star and we stayed there both on our way in and out. As well as breakfast, lunch came with the tour which was enjoyable as the guides choose the restaurants so we got a variety. I got the feeling that most of the restaurants were owned by friends or family or there was some arrangement with the guide, but as you get to formally review each guide and the meals at the end of each stop they work hard to make sure you enjoy the meal and there was always an abundance of food. We tried a range of local cuisine and there was only one meal we didn't think was up to par. You get your own dinner which also suited us as there is invariably a range of restaurants or for the more adventurous there is the street vendors and you can choose what you want. The vehicles we were driven in were all very good- plenty of space and very comfortable.
Being a private tour, while there was a set itinerary, which was diverse and very interesting with something for most people, the guides could tweak it to suit individual interests eg more time at one site and less at another. It is easy to get a bit templed out but overall the itinerary was a good mic of nature and culture. I would thoroughly recommend the tour and the company and we will be looking to the company if/when we go back – Guilin is next on the list as the guides were very happy to discus what they thought we would and wouldn't enjoy based on working with us on this tour,

N2265ZIinfo

5.0

Excellent guides, flexible and knowledgeable travel agent. They speak good English. Our trip was very well organized. We are 100% happy and I can recommend Top China Travel to everybody.

Wesley O

5.0

I contacted Top China travel for a 13 day China vacation (Beijing/Xian/Yangtze River cruise/Shanghai) and right from the start Bonnie provided me with great choices and package options. Throughout the entire planning and even during the trip Bonnie was there for us following up and making sure everything was perfect. Thank you Bonnie for making our China vacation unforgettable.

Johnf8958

5.0

From the minute I contacted Vicky at Top China Travel to book our holiday, to the time we were taken to Pudong airport for our flight home, the experience was perfect.
My wife and I visited Beijing, Xian and Shanghai and all of our tour guides were fluent in English, very knowledgeable and very friendly.
Thank you Vicky and all at YUNSKY and I will definitely be in contact when I return to China.

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