Revised 22 Jan 2020 12D All in Northern (UNXJ2) Urumqi/Fuyun/Burqin/Kanas/Jaden Valley/Hemu//Yining/Jingke

Highlight : The most extreme value, see the fill extent natural scenery of Northern Xinjiang ☆ Koktokay National Geopark - is honoured as the "Chinese Yosemite" ☆ “Oriental Switzerland” Kanas Lake Natural Reserve Area ☆ The first bay in the world – Wucaitan ☆ Stunning Yar-dang landscape – Devil City ☆ Nalati Prairie - Known as “The Sky Grassland” ☆ Yining , one of the world's three leading lavender regions ☆ Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar - the largest bazaar in the world

Local Cuisine: Xinjiang Flavor, Cold-water Fish Flavor, Grilled Fish Flavor, Grilled lamb leg, White-cut Chicken

Hotel Accommodation: Throughout 4 star Hotel stay, 4N upgrade to local 5 star Hotel

Day 1 Singapore Q Urumqi (via Transit Cities ) Assemble at Changi Airport for your flight to Urumqi .

Day 2 Urumqi (L/D) Upon Arrival, you will be greeted by your tour guide. Urumqi , the capital city of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. An area of the unparalleled scenery and cultural diversity.

Day 3 Urumqi Fuyun (B/L/D) This morning, we drive pass Flaming Mountain resembles a piece of sunset glow like red fire, an agglutination crag piece of red hill. Continue to Kalamali Wild Life Protection Reserve where you can see the wild ass, wild horses, wild camels if you are luckily enough.

Day 4 Fuyun Koktokay Burqin (B/L/D) Visit Koktokay National Geopark (or Koktokay Scenic Spot) with Battery tram: "Cocoa Suri Lake " also known as the Wild Duck Lake, the lake has the root staggered reed to form the size of more than 20 floating, aquatic plants rich. Reed floats on the water, drifting with the wind, a scene of the wind, the lake scenery with the reed changes. Far View Iremu Lake . Irtysh Grand Canyon Scenic Area inside the Koktokay National Geopark (include Eco-Shuttle). The geopark is rich in landscape heritage. Shenzhong Mountain also named Amir Sarah, is rare with a look similar with clock and cone. It plucked up from the southern E'River with height 1608m and relative dispersion 365m as the most beautiful view of Altai. When night falls, stroll around the Hedi Night Market to discover the cultural mixture, taste the local specialty grilled fish at your own cost.

Day 5 Burqin Jaden valley (B/L/D) Kanas Lake Natural Reserve Area : Nestled in the deep forests and mountains of Altay: Wolong Wan (Laying Dragon Bay) or Guodi Lake + Yueliang Wan (Moon Bay) + Shenxian Wan (Fairy Bay) Fish Watching Pavilion (Guan Yu-Ting)(with battery car) , you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kanas Lake. You can have a panoramic view of the Kanas Lake, whose surface is smooth and fairytale. Grasses, trees and waters are changing irregularly with the light. You can also see the beautiful mountains surrounding the Kanas Lake. It is also the best site to watch the “lake monsters” in the lake according the local folk legend. Lastly, proceed to Tuwa Ethnic Village (include Home visit). Due to its uneven geographical landscape, this small village is generally obscure and adds an element of mysticism.

Day 6 Jaden valley Hemu Village Burqin (B/L/D) Hemu Village - Located within the Kanas Lake scenic area in the north of Xinjiang, Hemu, one of the six most

Yr2020 UNXJ2 1/2 Updated 21Jan@7pm beautiful villages in , is a rather primitive village. Here, visitors can enjoy the snow mountain, icy lake, grassland and primitive Tuwa minority village whom lived there thousand years Wucaitan (Multicolored Hills) is the cliff of yardang landform, Mountains rise and fall, color changing, which is induced fierce stream erosion cutting, rock colors to red, to green, yellow, white, black and excessive colors, so called multicolored Hills.

Day 7 Burqin Karamay (B/L)(Dinner at own cost) Devil City , also called Wuerhe Monster City. The land was eroded by wind into hills with different strange shapes, some looking like monsters, ancient castles, pavilions etc. When the day falls, the furious wind blow wildly in the city, which sounds just like angry ghost's wailing, so the local Kazakh people call it "Devil City". Along the journey, you will see endless oil field along the way. Karamay or Kelamayi in means "black oil", referring to the oil fields near the city

Day 8 Karamay Sayram Lake Yining (Ghulja) (B/L/D) Sayram Lake West Sea Scenic Spot, renowned as a pearl on the , is the largest and highest alpine lake in Xinjiang. The alpine lake is well known home and abroad for its pretty natural scenery. Guozi Valley (the gate to Central Asia and Europe on the ancient North Silk Road) which has many wild fruits, beautiful flowers, abundant of medicine herbs, and zigzag roads Enter ingress in Yining City (Ghulja) and finds a village hidden in the city, retaining the traditional style, with different colors painted on the walls, which is the famous " Kazanqi Folk Tourist Zone ” (including horse carriages, ice cream and Folk songs and dances performance). You can visit the local ethnic customs, along the street shops selling a variety of specialty food, bread, handmade ice cream, taste the local special snacks.

Day 9 Yining (Ghulja) Nalati (B/L/D) One of the 4 largest grasslands in the world, Nalati Pasture land (include shuttle bus), regarded as the “Pasture In the Sky", where the homeland of Kazakh people.

Day 10 Nalati Jingke (B/L/D) Departs to Lavender Base , one of the world's three leading lavender regions, and is in full bloom from mid-June to late July, the lavender fields turn into a purple sea of lavender flowers and air filled with aromatic floral fragrance. Shop for the lavender products at a lavender specialty store. (note: Lavender blossom is depends on weather condition)

Day 11 Jingke Urumqi (B/L/D) Depart for Urumqi Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar which is the largest bazaar in the world. You can buy some souvenirs and specialties here

Day 12 Urumqi Q Singapore (via Transit cities) (B) After a pleasant breakfast, transfer to airport for flight back to Singapore via Transit Cities. We hope you had a memorable vacation with ASA Holiday and thank you for your support.

Additional Tour RMB600 (To be paid in China) : Tuwa Ethnic Village Home visit + Maitark Hotel Buffet Dinner + Natali Forest Park

1) Service Fee for China Local Tour Guide and Driver RMB360/pax 2) The sequence of the tour is subject to the arrangement projected by the local tour operators in China where and when deemed are necessary. 3) The Whole journey are principally conducted in Mandarin only. 4) The tour information is based on Chinese version if any discrepancies occur between English & Chinese. 5) Each group will have at least 16 adults to confirm group size, 3 weeks prior to departure, and will be notified of the group will/will not continue. 6) In most of the China are provided with folding beds, with limited conditions, thank you for your understanding 7) The journey is relatively long, lunch on the way is not necessarily delicious, suggest to bring some snacks and cookies 8) All the hotel grades are based on the local standard in China. Before begin officially graded by national regulation in China, the hotel grades are graded as [Standard of X-star] to indicate the standards of hotels for reference; 9) Tour groups on different flight schedule may be merged. 10) In the event of unforeseen circumstances and /or bad weather conditions, the sequence of the itinerary may be changed or alternative attractions substituted in without prior notice and/or at short notice in order to ensure smoother journey and tour.

Yr2020 UNXJ2 2/2 Updated 21Jan@7pm