Kucha Grand Canyon & Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves Travel Guide
How to get there
Method 1: Self-driving, a must-pass on the Duku Highway
Method 2: Join a tour group, there are one-day tours departing from Kucha, costing 300 yuan per person, including the entrance fee
Method 3: Hire a taxi in Kucha, the cost is 300 yuan per day, plus a round-trip toll fee of 40, totaling 340 yuan per day. It's more cost-effective to share a car with more people, and the key is you can stop at will.
Method 4: Share a ride from the bus station, depending on the time of day, there may be cars available during the peak season, but not in the off-season. The vehicles are mainly minibuses going to nearby mines, costing about 35 yuan per person one way
About the attractions
Grand Canyon entrance fee is 40 yuan per person, the visiting time is 2-3 hours, it's very photogenic on sunny days, quite stunning, and it's cooler inside the canyon, so bring an extra piece of clothing,
The entrance fee for the Thousand Buddha Caves is 70 yuan per person, worth visiting if you're interested in Buddhist history, but just for the scenery, it's average~
About the internet-famous check-in spots
1 Departing from Kucha towards the Grand Canyon, about 4 kilometers from the Grand Canyon, is the Red Mountain Stone Forest, which now has a photo spot set up, very convenient, but the train arrival time is uncertain, you can try your luck and wait
2 The Wave Road, after visiting the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, you will encounter it on the way from Baicheng to Kucha, the terrain beside the road shaped like ingots is the Wave Road
3 The end of the Duku Highway monument, about 15 kilometers before reaching Kucha, there's a Golden Mountain check-in spot, the monument is inside
About sun protection and moisturizing
Kucha is very hot in April, and there will be dust falling from the sky, so hats, masks, and sunscreen are essential, but it's very cool under the trees, moisturizing is necessary as the air is quite dry
About food
The road is mostly uninhabited, with not much to eat, there are 2 small restaurants in the Grand Canyon, none in the Thousand Buddha Caves, it's advised to prepare some dry food in advance~
About road conditions
Roads are under construction, there will be speed limits and alternating one-way traffic, yielding usually starts from 30-45 minutes, and there's a lot of dust and sand on the road, so don't think about washing your car~
The mysterious "Tianshan Grand Canyon" is a canyon in the Tianshan branch of the Keqilia Mountain, formed by red-brown rocks after hundreds of millions of years of wind and rain. The red-brown mountain group of "Tianshan Grand Canyon" is directly inserted into the sky, and under the sun, it is like a cluster of burning flames. The fascinating aspect of the "Tianshan Grand Canyon" lies not only in its majestic and precipitousness, but in its deepness, tranquility and mystery.
4🈷️ 13th, the weather was good, the end of Duku Highway, stepping on the mysterious Grand Canyon of Spring Mountain. The history book records that this place was once one of the important passages of the ancient Silk Road. The scenic spot is small and parking is convenient. The canyon can be easily walked. The photo is very popular.
The canyon is very cool, and I went in August and didn't feel hot at all. On a sunny day, the scenery of the canyon is the most beautiful, the color will be more clear, the more people go inside, the less people want to take pictures, do not need to squeeze in the entrance.
Tianshan Grand Canyon, the red cliffs, feels that the artificial facilities have added a lot, and the natural scenery has reduced a lot. Duku Highway was opened in June, welcoming tourists from all over the country, and the road is being renovated. It is now being released in sections, and it takes two hours to return to the hotel.
It is different from the Wensu Grand Canyon. Wensu is more generous and the inside is large. This is relatively compact, there is a canyon that can only be passed by one person, which is quite interesting.
Very good 👍 Very worth it, but when you see a Buddha at the end, you stop. The front is all human waste. Obviously, there is a clean toilet outside the attraction. There are a lot of people who are not qualified.