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15 days trekking journey into Takalamakan Desert
You will spend most of the time on the camel’s back |
| Departure from Shanghai or Beijing |
Day 1
Arrive Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, with more than 2 million of population, the geographical centre of Asian continent, the farest city from the ocean in the world. Transfer to Hotel |
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Day 2
Morning visit Regional Museum, xinjiang grand bazaar, evening take flight to Khotan. Khotan is one of the main oasis at the Trim Basin, among all of China it has been famous for its three pearls-silk, carpet and jade. The silk is familiar with every families, There is a jade river which calls as Yurongkash River among the local people. The carpets made by silk or wool with its beautiful and unique Uyghur design are very famous around in and out of China. Arrives and transfer to Khotan Hotel. |
Day 3
Drive to Yutian (Keriya, 290km), arrive and drive to the direction of Daheyan (Darya-boyi), road condition must be not good, most of the time we will drive by the road mixed with sand and stone ,but the view is so spectacular and unique .Most of the time we will drive by Yutian (Keriya river).camping by the road. |
Day 4
Arrive Daheyan, preparation for the desert camping. Taklamakan desert is the second largest moving desert in the world and most of the people believe that it has buried most of good civilizations among the central Asia. It has occupied land more than 345,000 square km, Taklamakan in local Uyghur language means “Tha desert which buried some places under”, and after some western explorers explore this desert on the early of 20th century, they have given another meaning which is “One go, but never come back”. Today’s destination- Daheyan (Darya- boyi, which means by the river) is one of the lonely village among the Taklamakan desert, because it has been a parted from the main oasis by a long time ago and the people lived there is very local and for them to say the main oasis is just a dream some time. Stay and over night home stay with the local family |
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Day 5
After local-made breakfast, start to prepare for our trekking with the camels. Usually each person has one camel, and before you arrive starting point, the camels and camel were already ready and we will load the bags and all of the food ,water, cooking staffes, tents,etc. Today we will start the most famous adventure in the world, as soon as the western world started to knew abouttheChinese Turkestan,they also started fromTakalamakan, because it has hided a lot, now you can started to work and explore on it. About the explore among the desert, we usually do not give you a lot of details and happenings, because we come to there not for confirmations, but for the create our own expierence. Everyday we will drive and trekking about 10-15km, sometimes we will see some wild plants and trees, but most of the time is just sand dunes. Camels and well- experienced camel-men are the most reliable for us at the desert. We usually start around 10am and camping somewhere around 5 or 6pm. Tents is prepared according to the number of people and after dinner we could have camp-fire and drinking. The most exciting thing is see the blue and clear sky with stars; it will be your dreams a nowadays modern time. |
Day 6-Day 11
Trekking and camping at Taklamakan
Day 12
Trekking and arrive the most famous Mazartagh, the one of the famous station and caravan saray around Takalamakan desert at the ancient Silk Road times. Long time before the desert is not large and the land Silk Road still very flourished, Mazartagh was one of the very important place on the best connections between south and middle line of the Silk Road. Because it has just located on the line and by the river, and some times it has controlled the main trade, so it always been attracted by a lot powers. Today there still has some of the ruins from that time and with your own imaginations you could have some more feelings.
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Day 13
Drive to Khotan by four wheel drive. Starting from last of 2006, there built another cross-desert highway from Khotan to Aksu, just by the river side and the landscape is very special which mixed with river and desert. Arrive and transfer to Khotan Hotel.
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Day 14
Tour around Khotan, visit silk factory, which is located at the local village, Mulberry paper making which is only existed at Khotan now, Khotan mosque, after dinner take flight back to Urumqi, meet and transfer to hotel.
Day 15
Leaving Urumqi after breakfast. |
PS:
This is only a sample outline of this trip. It is not a precise description. Changes made before or during the trip will only be made in the interest of safety or a more successful trip. If you have any special requirements, please do not hesitate to let us know. We’d like to help your School/Organization/Company etc…. customize your own trip according to your needs.
This price includes:
·Hotel accommodation (Double occupancy, AC, Independent bathroom and Hot water)
·Overnight at Tents, Yurts or Local family
·All transportation include: Bus, Train, Airfare, Camels and airport pickups and send offs
·Group meals (number of group meal will be determined according to the final schedule )
·Entrance tickets of sightseeing places
·Tour guides and local guides
·One trip leader fee covered from you school/organization/company
This package Not includes:
·Visa fees
·International Airplane tickets from your country
·Accidental medical insurance
·Personal expense such as laundry, drink, telex, telephone calls or overweight baggage charge,
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