This is how Xinjiang should play-northern Xinjiang (strategy for northern Xinjiang, this one is enough)

As mentioned earlier, Xinjiang can be roughly divided into southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang. Southern Xinjiang looks at humanities, while northern Xinjiang looks at scenery. It is not feasible to visit Xinjiang at one time, because too long time will lead to aesthetic fatigue and people will work too hard. Therefore, it is better to go more often.

People who go to Xinjiang for the first time choose northern Xinjiang.

Turpan, Kanas and Ili in northern Xinjiang are really beautiful when you turn around, and you can also eat special food.

If you want to take the Northern Xinjiang Ring Road, you can take this route as a reference. The whole journey is about three thousand kilometers.

Starting point: Urumqi

1.Coco Tuohai

2. Kanas Scenic Area

3. Karamay World Ghost Town

4. Sailimu Lake

5. Nalati Prairie

6. Dooku Highway

7.[ Place Name] (China Xinjiang) Turpan City

This is just a rough route, and there are many other scenic spots worth visiting in the middle.

Starting from Urumqi, the provincial capital, you can go to Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain first, about 100 km.

Tianshan Tianchi Scenic Area is a national 5A-level scenic spot. Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain was called "Yaochi" in ancient times. Before his death, President Mao Zedong said with longing, "I want to go to Tianchi" and "Yaochi is the legendary place where the Empress Dowager takes a bath, and I want to take a bath in it". Scholars of all ages also left masterpieces in Tianchi. "The mountain is not high, the fairy is famous, the water is not deep, and the dragon has a spirit."

After visiting Tianchi Lake in Tianshan Mountain, you can drive directly to Fuyun County in Altay region for about 7 hours to rest. Along the way, you can see the unique Gobi desert landscape in Xinjiang, and if you are lucky, you can also see wild protected animals.

The next day, I drove directly to Cocoto Sea Scenic Area.

Cocoto Sea Scenic Area is also a 5A-level scenic spot, which consists of four parts: Irtysh Grand Canyon, Cocosuli, Lake Iremot and Karashenger earthquake fault zone. You can not only enjoy the beautiful scenery, but also appreciate the characteristic folk culture. There are still primitive minority villages and villagers living in the scenic area.

You can stay in Fuyun County that night after the tour.

On the third day, I drove to Kanas scenic spot.

Kanas Scenic Area is a national 5A-level scenic spot, which is located at the border of China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia. Kanas Scenic Area has 55 scenic spots. The famous Kanas Lake Monster is talking about this Kanas Lake.

After visiting Kanas, you can drive directly to live in a log cabin in Harmony.

Harmony Village is known as "the first village in the world". It is the concentrated residence of Tuwa people and the farthest and largest of the three existing Tuwa villages (Harmony Village, Kanas Village and Baihaba Village). The houses in Harmony Village are all made of logs, full of primitive flavor. Harmony Village is most famous for its intoxicating autumn colors, in which the smoke in Ran Ran rises to form a dreamy smoke belt, which is better than fairyland. Watching the sunrise in harmony is also unique.

On the fourth day, after watching the sunrise and taking photos harmoniously, you can drive to Rainbow Beach.

The rainbow beach adjacent to the rippling Irtysh River contrasts with the lush river valley scenery on the other side, which can be described as "separated by a river for two days". The colors of the rocks here are changeable. Under the setting sun, the colors of the rocks are mainly red, including green, purple, yellow, white, black and transitional colors.

You can live in Burqin County at night.

On the fifth morning, I drove to the ghost town, the world of Karamay.

Ghost town, also known as Wuerhe windy city, can be viewed from a distance and cannot be used for fun. From a distance, you will admire its spectacular, majestic and magical nature. If you go deep into the windy city, you will feel its extraordinary terror.

After the tour, drive to Bole for accommodation.

On the sixth morning, you can drive directly to the last drop of tears in the Atlantic Ocean-Sailimu Lake.

Next, the tour in Yili area is relatively free, and you can choose different places according to the season. You can go to Nalati grassland in spring, summer and autumn.

Bayinbuluke grassland with nine twists and eighteen bends.

A typical alpine meadow natural grassland-Kalajun grassland.

Tex county, which is famous for its gossip pages. The relevant departments canceled the traffic lights on 1996 road, and Bagua City became a city without traffic lights.

When you go to Yili in April and May, you can go to the apricot blossom ditch in Tulgen to enjoy the apricot blossom.

You can go to Nalati Hanging Garden from April to June.

If you go to Xinjiang from June to the end of September, you must take a section of Duku Highway, which was selected by chinese national geography as "Landscape Avenue running through Tianshan Ridge" and also known as the most beautiful highway in Xinjiang.

Duku Highway has special terrain, many sharp bends and steep slopes. There are more than 280 kilometers of roads above 2000 meters above sea level. Due to natural factors such as snow and ice in winter in Tianshan mountain area, it is only open for five months every year, and winter traffic control is implemented for seven months from the end of September to May of the following year.

After visiting Yili, Turpan is the last place to go in northern Xinjiang.

When you arrive in Turpan, you must go to the Flame Mountain.

Flame Mountain is the hottest place in China. The highest temperature in summer is as high as 47.8, and the highest temperature on the surface is as high as 89. Hard-boiled eggs can be baked in the sand nest.

You can also visit the old city of Jiaohe and lament the historical changes.

Jiaohe Ancient City was founded and built by motorists from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century BC, and reached its peak in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty. From the 9th century to14th century, Jiaohe City gradually declined due to its strategic position and years of war. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, during the Chahetai period, the Turpan region was at war for years. Jiaohe City was badly damaged and finally abandoned.

You can also go to see the ancient water conservancy project, Karez.

Karez is an underground water conservancy project created by working people in arid areas in the long historical development. Karez leads to groundwater and turns the desert into an oasis, which was called "well canal" in ancient times.

If you go to Turpan in spring and autumn, you might as well go to Shanshan on the edge to see the Kumutage Desert, the desert closest to the city.

After visiting Turpan, you can return to Urumqi. On the way, I will pass by Dabancheng Scenic Area, which is famous for "Dabancheng Girl". You can take a look at it on the way, but personally, it is not very ornamental.

When you return to Urumqi, you can eat some Xinjiang specialties. Mutton kebabs, baked buns, fried rice noodles, hand-grabbed rice, saute spicy chicken, pepper chicken and so on.

You can also visit the Grand Bazaar.

You can also go to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum to see the famous female corpse of Loulan.

This is the general route planning of the northern Xinjiang rerouting. You can refer to it The scenic spots listed in it are also more representative, not all.

During the tour, I suggest you try the cold water fish in Kanas. You can try authentic hand-grabbed mutton and roasted whole sheep when you go to Yili.

In addition, everyone may be more concerned about the security of Xinjiang. Before I went to Xinjiang, I was also worried about the chaos. After I went there, I found that it was just the imagination of people who had never been there. Xinjiang, especially northern Xinjiang, is really safe. One is that while retaining the characteristics of ethnic minorities, it also integrates Chinese culture well. Another is that the government's security measures are really meticulous. Hotels that receive tourists must go through security inspection when entering and must register with their real names. Public places, such as supermarkets, should also be inspected if they enter. In the Grand Bazaar, or in food streets and markets, there will be constant police patrols.

If there is a safety problem to worry about, it is that the distance between scenic spots is really long, many sections have speed limits and the driving time is long, so we must pay attention to traffic safety. Then there are some Gobi desert sections, and there will be bad or no signal. If you are free, you must plan your route in advance. If you are traveling in a group, try to choose the tourist products of 2+ 1 air seat bus. This kind of car is spacious, and it won't be too hard to stay in it for a long time.

I believe that the epidemic will soon pass, and great rivers and mountains are still waiting for us to see [laughs].