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URUMQI / KUITUN / KARAMAY / 34 PLANNED MEALS BURQIN / HEMU VILLAGE / KANAS / 12 BREAKFASTS 10 LUNCHES / / LIUYUAN / MEAL PLAN 12 DINNERS DUNHUANG / JIAYUGUAN / ZHANGYE / WUWEI /

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1 HEMU VILLAGE NIGHT STAY

KANAS 1 BY FLIGHT 2 BURQIN MAP BY COACH KARAMAY FUKANG 1 BY TRAIN 1 KUITUN

1 URUMQI 1 TURPAN

LIUYUAN 1 DUNHUANG JIAYUGUAN 1 1 ZHANGYE WUWEI

LANZHOU 1 GANSU CHINA by Dynasty Travel 78 Hemu Village

DAY 1 • Head to Burqin – A famous town located at the foot of Altai SINGAPORE URUMQI KUITUN Mountain. (ABOUT 3.5 HRS) Breakfast | Lunch – Monster Chicken Cuisine | Dinner – Coldwater Fish Cuisine Welcome to a unique experience! DAY 3 • Assemble at Changi Airport for departure to Urumqi (Transit flight). BURQIN HEMU VILLAGE (ABOUT 4 HRS) • Head to Kuitun to check in hotel. • Hemu Village (Includes sightseeing car) – Known as “China’s Dinner greatest village”. • Admire a white birch forest along the way DAY 2 • Head to Hadeng Observation Deck by foot (Enjoy the full view KUITUN KARAMAY BURQIN (ABOUT 6 HRS) of Hemu Village). • Head to Karamay – famous oil city. • Tuva tribe home visit – Taste traditional Tuva snacks and enjoy a • Urho Devil City (Includes small train) – Renowned wind erosion performance with Tuva musical instruments. landform scenic area. • Special arrangement for accommodation at the best hotel in • Drive past large area Oilfield. Hemu Village - Hemu Villa. Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner 79 www.dynastytravel.com.sg | Book Online. Anytime, Anywhere! Kanas

DAY 5 KANAS BURQIN (ABOUT 4 HRS) • Kanas Scenic Area (Second entry, shuttle bus ride included). • Visit Wolong Bay along the way, as the water washes up against the bay. There is an island in the bay, and when seen from a height, looks just a dragon, hence its name. • Moon Bay – A special feature in Kanas Scenic Area, an extended area of Wolong Bay. The beautiful bay changes as the water changes, and is a gem on the lake. The Kanas waterbed forms a “ ” shape, in the shape of a dragon. Heavenly Lake • Immortal Bay – A shallow bay formed by Kanas Lake, when the sunlight shines, the water shimmers as if multiple pearls had been DAY 4 sprinkled on the lake surface. The bay is often surrounded by clouds, HEMU VILLAGE KANAS (ABOUT 1.5 HRS) along with the mountain scenery, lakewater, and trees, the scenery is otherworldly, hence its name. • Head towards the observation deck to admire Hemu’s sunrise, morning fog and other beautiful sceneries (Depending on the • Head to Burqin, admire the colourful beach, River, and the weather). beautiful Yadan landscape along the way. • Enter Kanas Natural Landscape Reserve (Shuttle bus ride included) • Arrive at Burqin, head to Heti Night Market. – When a United Nations Environmental Officer saw Kanas’ Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Uyghur Cuisine gorgeous and mesmerising scenery, he had exclaimed that “Kanas is the world’s most well-preserved natural scenery, its existence proves DAY 6 that the Earth once possessed such beauty. Kanas is the world’s last BURQIN FUKANG (ABOUT 9 HRS) piece of pure land, and it’s so beautiful it’s suffocating.” • Pass by Kalamaili Nature Reserve and Burning Mountain. • Stroll along Kanas Lake, and admire Siberia Taigarin. • Head to Fukang. • Head to Guanyu Deck (Includes car within the scenic area) – On Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Big Plate of Chicken Delights the way up to the Guanyu Deck, you can admire Kanas Lake from different angles, and it is the best spot for viewing the lake. From the DAY 7 end of May to mid-June, the hills would be covered in colourful wild flowers. FUKANG URUMQI (ABOUT 1 HR) Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner • Head to Bogeda Mountain, the centre of Tianshan.

CHINA by Dynasty Travel • Heavenly Lake (By boat, eco-bus and electric car, but in the event 80 of unforeseen factors, boat ride will be cancelled). • The – Large-scale ethnic mall, feel free to shop for DAY 11 souvenirs. JIAYUGUAN ZHANGYE (ABOUT 3.5 HRS) Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner • Ascend Jiayuguan Great Wall Tower (Includes electric car) – View Qilian Snow Mountain from afar. DAY 8 • Cantilever Wall – The most western pass of the Great Wall, built in URUMQI TURPAN (ABOUT 3 HRS) the Ming Dynasty. • Drive past the largest Windmill Power Station in asia – A unique • The World’s Top Pier (Includes electric car) – The first platform pier scenery along Turpan-Urumqi Highway. at the western end of Ming Dynasty’s Great Wall. • Jiaohe Ancient City (Includes electric car) - The oldest and most • Head to Zhangye for accommodation. well-preserved native construction city in the world, and also the first Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Shu Hero Hotpot place where Tangxiyu’s Supreme Military and Political Institution was set up. DAY 12 • Kan’er Well – The underground irrigation channel of the Gobi (ABOUT 3 HRS) Desert. ZHANGYE WUWEI (ABOUT 4 HRS) • Su Gong Pagoda – It is the largest mosque in Turpan and largest LANZHOU ancient pagoda in Xinjiang. • Colourful Danxia Geomorphic (Includes electric car). • Grapes Valley, Uyghur Home Visit. • Head to Lanzhou. • Grape Picking (Seasonal activity), Uyghur will sing and dance under • Baita Temple – One of Lanzhou’s 8 greatest sceneries. Within the the grape racks. temple, there are 3 precious goods, the first being elephant skin drum, the second is a bronze bell, and the third is a Bauhinia tree. • – The place where Sun Wukong battled Princess Tieshan in the famous chinese novel “Journey to the West”. Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Ramen Cuisine Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Xinjiang Roasted Whole Lamb Cuisine (For tour groups with more than 16 members, arrange for one whole roasted lamb) DAY 13 LANZHOU SINGAPORE DAY 9 • Free at leisure before your flight back to Singapore. TURPAN LIUYUAN (HIGH-SPEED RAIL ABOUT 4 HRS) We hope that you have had an enjoyable vacation with Dynasty Travel and look forward to bring you to your next holiday destination. DUNHUANG (ABOUT 1.5 HRS) Breakfast • Head to Liuyuan via High-speed rail. After arrival, drive to Dunhuang – a famous frontier town as stated in history. • Mingsha Hill (Includes electric car). Note: • Crescent – the rare, gorgeous and crystal-clear spring in desert. - Tour sequence, hotels and meals are subject to change with / without prior notice. - In the event of any discrepancies between the English and Chinese itineraries, please • Shopping at Shazhou Night Market. refer to the Chinese itinerary for accuracy. Breakfast | Lunch – Own Expenses in the Train | Dinner – Dunhuang Cuisine - Due to airlines schedule, flights between Singapore and the destinations are transit flights. DAY 10 DUNHUANG JIAYUGUAN (ABOUT 6 HRS) • Mogao Grottoes (Includes eco-bus). • Watch a movie “Thousand Year Mogao”, introducing the history of Mogao Caves (Est. 20 minutes). • A worth-seeing cinerama on “Fantasy Buddhist Temple”, a magnificient high-definition film introducing the 7 caves that are not open frequently (Est. 20 minutes). • Head to Jiayuguan - The most western end of the Great Wall. • Along the way, enjoy the scenery of Gobi, unique to the Northwest - if weather permits, you might be able to see the rare natural phenomenon, mirages. Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner – Xiongguan Cuisine

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