Xinjiang Travel Guide Self-driving Route Recommendations

For those who want to travel to Xinjiang, self-driving travel is a very good choice. After all, going on a road trip really is the best place to feel “always on the road.” Today, the editor will recommend to you the golden route for self-driving travel - Xinjiang. Friends who like self-driving travel should not miss it.

1. Xinjiang Grand Ring Route

Evaluation: The route with the most comprehensive scenery. It covers all the scenic spots in Xinjiang you have heard of, all the roads you yearn for, and you can travel through southern and northern Xinjiang in one go. The landscape is diverse, including grasslands, snow-capped mountains, Populus euphratica forests, deserts, glaciers, lakes, canyons, and forests.

Information: 12,000 kilometers, 40 days, the best travel time is June-August and mid-September.

Representative scenic spots: Duku Highway, Zhaoyi Highway, Karakoram Highway, Kanas, Cocotuo Sea, Ili, Kashgar, etc.

2. Northern Xinjiang Ring Road

Evaluation: The most beautiful route. "Look at the scenery in northern Xinjiang, and look at the culture in southern Xinjiang." The route takes natural scenery as the core and connects Altay Tourist Area and Ili Tourist Area, the two core scenic areas of Xinjiang.

Information: 4800 kilometers, date 15th, best travel time is June-August and mid-October.

Representative scenic spots: Duku Highway, Zhaoyi Highway, Kanas, Bayinbuluke, Nalati, Sailimu Lake, Xiata Tourist Area, etc.

3. Southern Xinjiang Grand Ring Line

Evaluation: The line with the strongest humanistic feelings. From the Duku Highway south across the Tianshan Mountains to southern Xinjiang, the scenery suddenly changed from a green oil painting to a desolate and lonely ancient Gobi.

Information: 4800 kilometers, 13 days, the best time to travel is mid-October.

Representative scenic spots: Kashgar Ancient City, Karakoram Highway, Pamir Plateau, Muztagh Ata, Zepujin Populus Forest, Taklimakan Desert Highway, etc.

4. Yili Loop

Evaluation: The most beautiful tourist loop. There is no unnecessary space along the way, and everywhere you go is the route with the best scenery in Xinjiang. Compared with the "Northern Xinjiang Ring Road", the scenery of the Ili Ring Road is more essential.

Information: 2400 km, 7 days, the best time to travel is June-August.

Representative scenic spots: Anjihai Grand Canyon, Nalati, Kalajun, Xiata, Sailimu Lake, Turpan Flame Mountain, etc.