The upcoming months in Ili are going to be a legendary summer
I can't wait any longer, I'm crazily missing the summer in Xinjiang.
The summer in Xinjiang's Ili is like a legendary grassland of mountains and fields.
Whether it's in Nalati, Qiongkushitai, Chaxi, or Kalajun,
These are all scenic grasslands of Ili.
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Unlike the vast and boundless Hulunbuir grasslands,
The essence of Ili's grasslands is the variety of trees, predominantly poplars and spruces.
Comic book-like fluffy clouds, rolling grasslands, groups of spruce trees, little yellow flowers on the grass, and leisurely strolling cattle and sheep.
The first sight of the grasslands in Xinjiang makes you forget all the troubles of city life!
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Xinjiang is huge! So huge that you often have to drive seven or eight hours every day,
In my previous notes about Xinjiang, someone naively asked me if there were subways or buses to these scenic spots, which left me speechless!
Therefore, it is necessary to plan your itinerary and time wisely within the limited time available.
✅If you have about 10 days for your summer trip, it is recommended to choose a round trip from Urumqi to play the Ili loop.
You can see all the classics like Sayram Lake, Yining, Qiongkushitai, Xata, Kalajun, Nalati, and the Duku Highway.
✅If you only have about 5 days due to a tight schedule, it is recommended to choose a direct round trip to Yining.
Visiting Sayram Lake, Guozigou, Huocheng Lavender Manor, Kalajun, Nalati.
🚗Urumqi round trip 10-day route
1▶️Arrive in Urumqi
2▶️Urumqi to Sayram Lake (depart early, 7-hour drive. Stay in or around the scenic area)
3▶️Sayram Lake to Guozigou to Huocheng Lavender Manor (stay in Zhaosu County)
4▶️Zhaosu to Xata to Tekes Hexagonal City (stay in Tekes)
5▶️Tekes to Qiongkushitai (stay in Qiongkushitai)
6▶️Qiongkushitai
7▶️Qiongkushitai to Nalati (stay in Nalati)
8▶️Nalati
9▶️Nalati to Duku Highway to Dushanzi Grand Canyon
10▶️Dushanzi to Urumqi
🚗Yining round trip 5-day route
1▶️Arrive in Yining, visit Yining
2▶️Yining to Sayram Lake to Huocheng Lavender Manor (stay in Huocheng or Yining)
3▶️Yining to Qiongkushitai (stay in Qiongkushitai)
4▶️Qiongkushitai
5▶️Qiongkushitai to Yining
‼️You can choose between Qiongkushitai and Nalati, depending on your preference.
Nalati is closer, a 3-hour one-way trip. Qiongkushitai is a 5-hour one-way trip.
🌿Travel Tips for Ili
🚗Xinjiang is so vast that the distance and time between each scenic spot are very long. Calculate your daily travel time.
If you have the ability and energy to drive, you can choose to rent a car for a self-drive tour, or you can choose a chartered car tour, where the driver doubles as a guide, and some drivers also have great photography and videography skills.
🌞The ultraviolet rays in Xinjiang are very strong, so be sure to protect yourself from the sun! Sunglasses, hats, and sunscreen are essential!
Urumqi·Xinjiang
Entering the fruit ditch, into the fairy tale fairyland, can not help but think about it. Leaving Sailimu Lake, boarding the pine tree, the whole world has a panoramic view, and the pine waves are in a state of mind. The road twists and turns, sometimes steep cliffs, sometimes like the abyss. Yunshan sent a burst of pine waves, wild fruit floated a fragrance. The clear spring suddenly left and right a wooden house, the room is hidden in the green leaves, floating on the grass. The adventure and beauty are gathered together, reality and dream are intertwined.
Guozigou Bridge is a high-speed passageway in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. It is located on the Guozigou Canyon. It is one of the main components of Lianyungang-Horgos Expressway. It starts from Mengqiongkule in the north, crosses the Guozigou Canyon in the south and the Generalgou Tunnel in the south. The full length of the line is 4.4 kilometers, and the bridge is 700 meters long.
Guozigou Bridge starts from Mengqiongkule in the north, crosses the Guozigou Canyon, and goes south to the Generalgou Tunnel; the line is4.4 kilometers long, and the bridge is 700 meters long; the bridge is a two-way four-lane expressway, and the design speed is 80 kilometers/hour.
Guozigou is the natural gateway of Yili area, is a famous canyon hole in the north of Sailimu Lake, the south of the Yili Valley, in ancient times, here is the throat of the Silk Road North to Central Asia and Europe, known as the "Iron Guan", but also because of its pleasant scenery is known as the "Ili first scene" , "wonderful wonderland", the ancient poem praises its "the wonder of the landscape, the strange of Guilin, the strange of the cliff, is better than the rock". Guozigou is 28 kilometers long, the terrain is dangerous, when Genghis Khan's west march, began to cut the mountain passage, once built 48 bridges, visible the steep road.
Others' Guozigou Bridge is a green hillside, only mine is white. But it's really spectacular! ! ! Really the infrastructure mad magic product must be a boutique! Two viewing points, one is directly below the bridge, the other is on the hillside, each has its own advantages.
On the way back to Sailimu Lake, I stopped to enjoy it for a while, and I haven't started to collect tickets or parking fees. The wind is very strong, the drone can't take off, the freezing is not good, but the scenery is beautiful, like the Swiss mountains, when shooting, the light is reversed, the eyes see more beautiful