Anyone here travelled to Xinjiang, China?

Question

Do you have any recommendations for a travel service or guide based out of Urumqi or Kashgar. I plan on spending two weeks there and want to get off the beaten path for a while, as far away from the cities and regular Chinese people as I can get.

So if you have any suggestions or recommendations, I would really appreciate them.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Forget the cut and pasters, I have been to Xinjaing....

Urimqi and Turpan and surrounding tourist areas will most certainy take up a week.

The heavenly lake and its snow capped mountain in the back ground is a must see although a little touristy, I think you can go deeper in to the lake and camp overnight....

Then there the southern pastures that should be coming into bloom about now, the climate is a cooler and its a nature place, then I visited there were eagles flying around the forest mountians. You can even hide out yuks for the night to live in.

Turpan has many sites and places ancient city ruins, caves with reglionous icons, the grape valley and the flaming mountions. But bare in mind Xinjiang is dry flat and barren and can reach temperatures of 42C or it so did then I visited last Aug.

Kashgar is one place I did not go to but I wish I did.

But for one thing Xinjiang the further the west you go the less it feels Chinese.

Most hotels that you will book into will be in contract with a tour agent that can either take you on a tour to these places or will know someone who can help you.

Answer 2

visit this link

http://www.searchoptima.com/gr:Xinjiang....

Answer 3

Fantastic grassland in Xinjiang province  

The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, also called Xin for short, is located in northwestern China. Largest in area in all the province-level administrative regions of China, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers an area of 1.66 million sq.km, one sixth of Chinese territory.  Situated in the hinterland of Eurasian continent, Xinjiang of China borders eight countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Kirghiziastan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan. The geographic position of Xinjiang makes it very important in strategy. In history, Xinjiang served as the key controlling section of the well-known Silk Road, while now it is an unavoidable part of the railway leading to the second Eurasia Continental Bridge.

Xinjiang, called Western Region in ancient times, has been an inalienable part of China from ancient times. In 60 B.C., Xinjiang officially became a part of China’s territory for that year central government of the Western Han Dynasty founded the West Region Frontier Command here. In 1884, the government of the Qing Dynasty established Xinjiang Province. In 1949, Xinjiang was liberated through peaceful means. October 1, 1955 saw the establishment of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Presently, there are 14 prefectures (including prefectures, autonomous prefectures and prefecture-level cities) and 88 counties (including cities and cities at county level) under the government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, including 33 counties (county-level cities) in border areas. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) is an important component part of Xinjiang and has 174 regimental agricultural and stockbreeding farms under it. By the end of 2004, the population of Xinjiang had reached 19.6311 million.

Characteristics of landform of Xinjiang are described as mountains and basins alternating with each other and basins caught in mountains’ embrace. Local people simply describe this characteristic as “three mountains with a basin between each two”. In the north lies Altai Mountains, in the south is Kunlun Mountains, while Tianshan Mountains lay along the middle dividing Xinjiang into two parts: in the southern part stretches Tarim Basin and in the northern part Jungar Basin. By custom, the part south of Tianshan Mountains is called South Xinjiang, the part north of Tianshan Mountains called North Xinjiang. Tarim Basin, the largest of its kind in China, lies between Tianshan   Mountains and Kunlun Mountains. In the center part of Tarim Basin stretches Taklimakan Desert, the largest mobile desert in China and the second largest in the world. 2100-km-long Tarim River is the longest continental river in China. In the east of Xinjiang is Turpan Basin where the lowest point is –154m high, being the lowest part of China in height above sea level. In climate, Xinjiang is under the control of a typical extratropical belt continental climate. According to statistics conducted at the end of 2001, the annual precipitation amount of Xinjiang only stands at around 100 mm. In mountains of Xinjiang, there are many rivers resulting from snow broth on mountains. Oases lie on the edges of basins and in river valleys. With oasis taking up 5% its total area, the eco-system of Xinjiang is characteristic of oasis eco-system.

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