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
Every year in 6-7, the lavender season in the Yili Valley, on the way from Sailimu Lake to Yining, you can pass through the lavender planting place here. The lavender into a purple ocean, and you can smell the fragrance when you get off the bus, and the fragrance of flowers is very calm and good. If you take pictures, time and weather are very important, but it is still recommended to punch a card after passing by. The surrounding area of lavender can also be used as a souvenir.
The Ili Valley is located in the northern foothills of Tianshan Mountain, which is very similar to the geographical location, climatic conditions and soil environment of Provence, France, the world famous grassland originator of clothes drying. Huocheng has a lot of lavender fields. I saw the lavender in expectation. The purple I like is very beautiful. Unfortunately, the photo can't be photographed.
Huocheng lavender scenery is charming, beautiful scenery, purple romance, fun, ideal place for leisure and vacation, refreshing, lingering, cost-effective, good choice.
At the beginning of August, it was too late to go, and the flowering time was too early. The lavender of the farm had already been harvested. Only some new varieties of lavender were in full bloom in Princess Jieyou Manor. Although there is only a small sea of flowers, it is still intoxicated by the unique fragrance of lavender. I really like lavender flowers! It's also good to bring some lavender essential oil or eye cream to yourself and friends.
From the Selimu Lake, we went all the way through the Gouzigou Bridge to the lavender base. In the hot sun, lavender is harvesting season. Herdsmen in grass fields are busy harvesting lavender. The breeze blew, and the blue waves swayed with the wind. It was spectacular. A faint green fragrance floats over and sits in the purple sea of flowers, making people intoxicated and forgetful, and the flowers are beautiful and lovely! I stand in the sea of flowers, bathed in the fragrance of flowers, deeply absorbed the quietness of flowers, stared at the waves of flowers, immersed in the blue ocean. The world of flowers has no alternative. The only way to show the beauty and beauty of the grassland is the lavender in Yili, Xinjiang. Another month, it's Lavender growing season. In summer, Lavender blossoms bright, purple and blue, fluctuates with the wind, like the continuation of the waves of the sea, dream like glow, vicissitudes of life. Like the fragrant world, quiet and elegant, very penetrating, as if flowing in the blood, penetrating into the soul. That kind of fragrance, elegant and gentle, tranquil and far-reaching, so that you can not help but smell the spirit of refreshing, clear-sighted, long-term reluctance to leave.
Huocheng Lavender Scenic Area is located in Huocheng County, Ili Prefecture, Xinjiang. The Huocheng Lavender Provence area is at the same latitude as France, and the climatic conditions and soil conditions are similar. It is the largest lavender planting base in China and the hometown of lavender in China. Xinjiang lavender has been listed as one of the eight well-known varieties in the world.