The 8 major self-driving highways in Xinjiang: Duku Highway is just the entry-level, while the Kunlun-Kala Highway is more legendary than the Sichuan-Tibet Line

Self-driving throughout Xinjiang, Southern Xinjiang + Northern Xinjiang, the total mileage is about 1,000 kilometers, and it will take 30-40 days. Among them, there are 8 major self-driving highways in Xinjiang, which you will pass through when driving all over Xinjiang. They are:

1. Northern Xinjiang: Duku Highway, Lianhuo Expressway, Hemu Highway, Wusun Tomb Highway, Yizhao Highway;

2. Southern Xinjiang: Kunlun-Kala Highway, Minlun (Taklimakan) Desert Highway, Tasha Ancient Road (Panlong Ancient Road).

Each of these eight top self-driving scenic avenues in Xinjiang has its own unique scenery and characteristics. The most legendary is the "Kunlun-Kala Highway". Compared with it, even the Duku Highway that everyone is fascinated by is only entry-level.

The Duku Highway starts from Dushanzi, Xinjiang, and ends at Kuqa, Xinjiang, so it is called "Duku Highway". The Duku Highway has a total length of 561 kilometers and is the most famous landscape avenue in Xinjiang. It passes through Qiaolma Baili Gallery, Nalati Scenic Area, Bayinbuluke Grassland, Dalongchi Scenic Area, and the mysterious Grand Canyon of Tianshan Mountain, connecting Xinjiang’s The connected landscape elements such as mountains, canyons, grasslands, and rivers are favored by thousands of self-driving enthusiasts.

Lianhuo Expressway is an expressway connecting Lianyungang City in Jiangsu Province and Horgos City in Xinjiang Province. It has a total length of 4,395 kilometers and passes through Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang and other provinces. It is one of the "China The longest and most beautiful highway.” The Lianhuo Expressway passes through 9 5A-level scenic spots in China, 4 world geological parks, and 5 national key scenic spots, including the famous Shaolin Temple, Longmen Grottoes, Yuntai Mountain, Qingming Shanghe Garden and other natural and cultural scenic spots. The scenery along the way is winding. The misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River with water vapor coexists with the mountains and rivers with flying mountains and streams, which is beautiful yet majestic.

Hemu Highway starts from Tirshahan in Kanas Scenic Area and ends at the center of Hemu Village. Although it is only 49 kilometers long, it is known as the highway “to God’s back garden”. The road is like a cool river flowing in a golden forest farm. It winds along the winding mountain road, shrouded in clouds and mist, and people seem to be wandering in a small boat. Pushing aside the clouds and fog, you can see wooden villages, grassland pastures, riverside canyons and virgin forests. The Hemu Highway seems to be stitched together with thousands of natural customs without any gaps.

The Panlongsong-Wusun Ancient Tomb Highway starts from Panlongsong in Nalati and ends at Wusun Ancient Tomb, with a total length of 26 kilometers. The highway is 4 meters wide, has a speed limit of 20, and is a one-way street. It is a sightseeing corridor in the core area of ??Nalati Natural Scenic Area. It also solves the travel problems of more than 70 local herdsmen. The highway shuttles between mountain streams and valleys, surrounded by lush scenery, and everywhere you look is a green and vibrant place. The milestones of each section of the road are made of dead pine wood, and the isolation fences on both sides are made of original wood and hemp rope, almost completely erasing the unnatural traces of artificial construction.

The Yizhao Highway connects Yining City and Zhaosu, runs through the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, has a total length of 180 kilometers, and crosses the towering snow-capped mountains at an altitude of 3,000 meters. Winding along the Tianshan Mountains, passing through cliffs and valleys with unique landforms, you can see the snow-capped peaks, mountains and cliffs in an endless stream, rivers with lush grass, Zhaosu horses galloping, and herds of cattle and sheep everywhere. It is the "bow moon" of the ancient Silk Road. "One section of the "Tao", in July you can even enjoy the golden sea of ??rapeseed flowers along the way, just like stepping into a fairy tale world. The car climbs through deep mountains and canyons. The natural scenery is beautiful and the blue sky and white clouds are within reach.

Known as "the most beautiful road in the world and one of the ten most dangerous roads in the world", the legendary road connects China and Pakistan. The total length of the highway is 1,032 kilometers, of which 416 kilometers are in China and 616 kilometers are in Pakistan. It starts from Kashgar, Xinjiang, passes through Taxkorgan and Khunjerab, and extends to Thakot, Pakistan. The Karakoram Highway passes through the Karakoram Mountains, the Hindu Kush Mountains, the Pamir Plateau, and the western end of the Himalayas. Just by building the highway, more than 700 people will sleep forever in the Pamir Plateau and become heroes.

Starting from Minfeng and ending at Luntai, also known as the Taklimakan Desert Highway, the total length is 522 kilometers, with a well house every 4 kilometers, in the middle of the tower between Minfeng and Luntai There is a regular gas station, 250 kilometers away from Minfeng. . Crossing the Taklimakan Desert, "the largest desert in China and the tenth largest desert in the world", and the Tarim Basin, "the largest inland basin in China", it is the longest road built in the mobile desert in the world. Go deep into the hinterland of the Taklimakan Desert and pass through the Tarim Populus euphratica forest, the "largest primitive Populus euphratica forest park in Xinjiang" in Lunnan, which is suitable for desert adventure tourism. The entire road crosses the "Sea of ??Death", like a black dragon swimming in the vast sea of ????sand, extending up and down along the undulating deserts, integrating with the ancient wasteland, and giving you an unobstructed view of the majestic scenery of the thousand-year-old Populus euphratica forest and the yellow sand of the desert.

The Waqia Panlong Ancient Trail is connected to the Tasha Ancient Trail and is located between Taxkorgan County (Khunjerab) and Yarkand. The Panlong Ancient Road is just 30 kilometers long and has more than 600 S-shaped bends. It lies across the Kunlun Mountains and is called the Waqia Highway by the locals. The Tasha Ancient Road is "Xuan Zang's road back home" (the road is very narrow). The scenery along the way is beautiful, and some sections are more dangerous than the "Bingchacha".

Each of the above roads is worthy of self-driving travel enthusiasts. Especially the Kunlun-Kala Highway, whether it is the visual scenery or the history behind it, its epic and legendary color is more shocking than the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Line, Duku Highway and other landscape avenues.

If you can see all the famous self-driving roads in the great mountains and rivers of the motherland in your lifetime, then you can really sleep without regrets.

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