Urumqi Package Tour

Day

Activities

1

Arrival in Urumqi and transfer to your hotel.

2

Explore Urumqi: Red Hill Park and the Heavenly Lake.

3

Explore Urumqi: the Southern Pasture and the Xinjiang Museum

4

Departure

Tour Code: GTCT-URMQ-3N4D

Attractions: Red Hill Park, the heavenly Lake, the Southern Pasture and the Xinjiang Museum

Day 01: Arrival in Urumqi
Our guide will meet you at Urumqi airport and transfer you to the hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure to recover from the jet lag.

Day 02: Explore Urumqi
Visit Red Hill Park, as a symbol of Urumqi, Red Hill is unique for making up of reddish-brown rocks. At the top of the hill stands 8-meter high pagoda with nine stories, called "Zhenlong pagoda". Visitors can get a bird-view of the whole city of Urumqi on the top of Red Hill.
Then visit the Heavenly Lake. Formerly known as Yaochi (Jade Lake), it is a relic of the Quaternary Period Glacier and its surrounding geological relics. Covering 4.9 square kilometers, with melted snow as its source, this crescent-shaped lake is guarded by the stately peaks and offers a spectacular sight.

Day 03: Explore Urumqi
Visit the Southern Pasture which is located at the foot of the Tian Shan mountain range, Southern Pastures is a famous summer resort for forest of emerald green spruce rounds it while flowers, flocks and herds strew it. West White Poplar Gully is the most typical sights in the Southern Pastures. Then visit the Xinjiang Museum. It was built in 1953 with an area of 7,800 sqm. The exhibitions in the museum can be divided into minority cultures objects, cultural relics excavated on the ancient Silk Road and over 10 mummies found in the vast desert.

Day 04: Depart Urumqi
Check out of the hotel and transfer to the airport/railway station to catch the flight/train to next destination.