How to go from Wuhan to Kanas, Xinjiang?

Take a train or plane to Urumqi, and then you can contact a travel agency. Or take a bus to Altay.

Kanas Natural Landscape Reserve is located in the northwest of Burqin, in the deep mountains and dense forests at the northwest end of my country's Altai Mountains. It is a highlight of Altay's scenic tourism resources and can be called the "Pearl of Altai Mountain Tourism". The scenic area is a forest-type comprehensive nature reserve and the only European-Siberian taiga "enclave" in my country. The Kanas River is the main river in the reserve. It runs through the entire area from northeast to southwest and flows into the Burqin River. Due to strong glacial erosion, the Akkule Lake and Kanas Lake were widened and deepened by the mountain rivers. Like two huge mirrors, they are inlaid in the center of Kanas Nature Reserve in the shape of beads. They are alpine freshwater lakes.

Kanas Lake is shaped like a crescent moon, 24 kilometers long from north to south, 1.6 to 2.9 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of ??44.78 square kilometers. It is 10 times larger than the famous Bogda Tianchi and is the largest lake. With a depth of 188.5 meters, it is the deepest lake in our country except Tianchi Lake on Mount Paektu on the border between my country and North Korea (the deepest is 312.7 meters).

Kanas Lake is surrounded by mountains and peaks. The peaks are covered with silver, the forests are dense, the pastures are lush, the slopes are green, the lake is rippling, and the mountains are reflected in the lake, making the blue sky and white clouds , snow ridges, green mountains and green water are integrated into one, and the lakes and mountains are so beautiful. The vertical band spectrum here is obvious, the mountain tops are shining with silver light, and the modern glaciers are majestic. The glacier area and ice reserves in this area account for 74.46% and 70.08% of the entire Altai Mountains respectively. The original Siberian taiga forest on the mountainside and foothills is lush green, with green grass and colorful flowers.

Kanas Lake changes its color from time to time with the changes of seasons and weather: some are blue, some are green, some are dark green, some are gray... Sometimes all colors are mixed, with alternate shades, and it has become famous discolored lake. Struck by strong valley winds, the driftwood poured into Kanas Lake will float upstream and pile up into a kilometer-long embankment of dead wood at the upper bay of the lake, becoming one of the wonders of Kanas Lake.

Kanas is an alpine mountainous area in the cold temperate zone, with a long winter and no summer, and spring and autumn are connected. The average temperature in July is 15.9℃, the frost-free period is 80 to 108 days, and the average annual precipitation is 1065.4 mm. The air is warm and cool, very Suitable for the growth of cold temperate forest trees. This is the area with the largest variety of cold temperate plants in my country. The main body of vegetation is tall and straight larch, tower-shaped spruce, vigorous five-needle pine, beautiful fir, and graceful European aspen and birch. The forest coverage in the northern part of the district is 19.4%, and among the forestry land, the forest coverage is as high as 82%. After investigation, there are 798 known plant species in Kanas from 298 genera and 83 families, including Xinjiang five-needle pine, Xinjiang fir, shrub willow, Siberian rowan, elderberry, deer root, small-leaf birch, Altai big yellow ginseng, etc. It is the only distribution area in China. There are 39 known species of mammals living in Kanas. There are 224 species of insects in 22 orders, 63 genera, and various types of flowers and butterflies in Kanas.

Kanas is not only rich in natural resources and biological species, but also has unique tourism environment and human resources. "Kanas" means beautiful, rich and mysterious in Mongolian. Yelu Chucai of the Yuan Dynasty once made a plan and said: "Who knew that there would be beautiful scenery in the Western Region, and I began to believe that the Eastern Emperor had no worldly feelings. There were three hundred round marshes and square ponds, and one pond was flat with clear spring water."

Kanas blue sky, white clouds, ice peaks, snow ridges, forests, meadows, rivers and Kanas Lake complement each other, and the lakes and mountains are integrated into one. It has the majestic scenery of the north and the beauty of the mountains and rivers of the south of the Yangtze River. In addition, there are " How can we not call the scenic spots such as the Sea of ??Clouds, Buddha's Light, Color Changing Lake, Driftwood Causeway, and Lake Monster not to be regarded as the best and fairy scenes of the Western Regions? !