Kalajun, Sayram Lake, Nalati and Bayanbulak Grassland

Route:

Urumqi – Kuitun – Sayram Lake – Tekes County – Zhaosu County – Nalati Town – Bayinbuluke Town – Qingshuihe Town – Jinghe County – Urumqi

Summary:

“If you do not come to Yili, you will never know the beauty of Xinjiang.” The beauty of Yili is shocking, and Yili grassland is extremely brilliant in spring! Pure and blue lake quietly reflects the white snow mountains, nearly 30,000 livestock graze here, which looks like numerous white clouds swimming in the grassland and roaring in wildness. Yili was named by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization as one of “the world’s great ten mountain grasslands”.

Highlights:

1. Spring scenery of Sayram Lake.
2. Lavender fields of Huocheng County.
3. Kuitun Grand Canyon.
4. The Kalajun Grassland.
5. Bayinbuluke(Bayanbulak) Grassland.

Itinerary

Day 1: Urumqi

Urumqi arrival, transfer to hotel.
Overnight: Urumqi

Day 2: Urumqi – (260km) – Kuitun

Activities: Get up early after dinner and drive to Kuitun.
Photography: Kuitun Grand Canyon and so on.
Overnight: Kuitun

Day 3: Kuitun – (300km) – Sayram Lake – (70km) – Qingshuihe Town

Activities: Get up early to drive to Sayram Lake, and finally stay in Qingshuihe Town.
Photography: Sunset of Sayram Lake and blossom season of grassland.
Overnight: Qingshui Town

Day 4: Qingshuihe Town – (210km) – Tekes County

Activities: Get up early to the lavender flower field to shoot, and then drive by Yining to Tekes County.
Photography: Scenery of lavender flower field and spring scenery.
Overnight: Tekes County

Day 5: Tekes County – (50km) – Kalajun Grassland

Activities: Get up early to have breakfast and then drive to Kalajun Grassland.
Photography: Kuokesu Grand Canyon of Kalajun Grassland.
Overnight: Kalajun Grassland

Day 6: Tekes County – (65km) – Zhaosu County

Activities: Get up early to shoot the dawn, and then drive to Zhaosu County.
Photography: Horses bath in river.
Overnight: Zhaosu County

Day 7: Zhaosu County – (300km) – Nalati Town

Activities: Get up early to shoot, and then travel to Nalati Town.
Photography: Nalati air grassland, populus euphratica forest and Nalati Grassland(Narat, Narati).
Overnight: Nalati Town

Day 8: Nalati Town – (85km) – Bayinbuluke Town

Activities: Get up early to drive to the Bayinbuluke Town, which is AAAA level scenic area.
Photography: Sunrise of Nalati Grassland, grassland scenery of Bayinbuluke Town.
Overnight: Bayinbuluke Town

Day 9: Bayinbuluke Town – (400km) – Qingshuihe Town

Activities: Get up early to continue shoot Bayinbuluke, and in the afternoon drive back to Qingshuihe Town.
Photography: dawn of Bayinbuluke Town.
Overnight: Qingshui Town

Day 10: Qingshuihe Town (70km) – Sayram Lake – (150km) – Jinghe County

Activities: Get up early to go to Sayram Lake to shoot, and in the afternoon to Jinghe County.
Photography: Sunrise of Sayram Lake and blossom season of grassland.
Overnight: Jinghe County

Day 11: Jinghe County – (430km) – Urumqi

Activities: Get up early to have breakfast and then drive back to Urumqi with the end of the happy photography tour.
Photography: Free shoot along the way.