Itinerary day by day
01 | Kyrgyzstan-Enter Irkshtam/Torugart-Kashgar [Enter Xinjiang prov.] | |
Enter China, and deal with the related procedures. Drive to Kashgar. NOTE: There are 2 borders for Kashgar from Kyrgyzstan. They are Torugart and Irkshtam You may choose the one you would like to go, and we can help you to go through the port successfully. | ||
02 | Kashgar | |
Continue the customs process. | ||
03 | Kashgar | |
Continue the car/driver process. if time allows, you can choose to visit in Kashgar. Sunday Market , the Mosquee Idkar, Abakh Hodja Tomb etc. | ||
04 | Kashgar/Aksu/Kuche | 720km |
Drive on the way, viewing the beautiful Xinjiang Gobi. Very long driving today, more than 700km, but the road condition is very good. | ||
05 | Kuche-Korla-Turpan | 680km |
Drive on the way. Long driving on good road. The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Grottoes at Kuche and the Kuche Grand Valley are very beautiful, but it will cost more than half day to visit. If you are interested, you may add one day more at Kuche for visit. | ||
06 | Turpan | |
Visit Turpan, The Jiaohe ancient city, Sugong Tower, the Grape Valley, Kaner Well etc, the Flaming Mountains etc. | ||
07 | Turpan-Shanshan-Hami | 410km |
Drive to Hami for staying overnight. If time allows, visit the oldest Uygur villiage—Maza Villiage in Tuyu valley, Visit the desert park near Shanshan and the Hami King Tomb. | ||
08 | Hami-Dunhuang [Enter Gansu prov.] | 400km |
Drive to Dunhuang in the morning, and visit the Dunhuang Grottos, the moon spring and the Mingsha Sand dunes in the afternoon. | ||
09 | Dunhuang-Jiayuguan-Zhangye | |
On the road visit the Jiayuguan Pass and Zhangye Danxia Landform park. For the colorful mountain. | ||
10 | Zhangye-Qilian Mt. Range-Xining [Enter Qinghai prov.] | 420km |
Driving day with almost country road. (Antoher option is staying overnight at Qinghaihu Lake) | ||
11 | Xining-Kumbum-Lanzhou [Enter Gansu prov.] | 310km |
Drvie to Qinghaihu Lake and Kumbum for visiting, for the Birds Island there. Kumbum, also called Ta’er Monastery which is one of the top 6 monastery of yellow sect Tibetan Buddhism. | ||
12 | Lanzhou—Xi’an [Enter Shaanxi prov.] | 680km |
Driving day with expressway. A long day for driving. | ||
13 | Xi’an | |
Visit Xi’an (Terra Cotta Worriors etc) | ||
14 | Xi’an-Guangyuan [Enter Sichuan prov.] | 470km |
Driving day and enjoy on the road. | ||
15 | Guangyuan-Jiange-Chengdu | 310km |
Drive on the way. Jiange: an important site especially for ancient Sichuan province as the gate with its mountian arounded. Now there is a national forest park you can enjoy when via. And Chengdu, the famous city of leisure, the capital of ancient Shu Kingdom. Free in the afternoon. If you are interested, you may visit the Chengdu Panda Research Base which is one of the highlights in tour in Chengdu, because Sichuan is the hometown of Panda bears. | ||
16 | Chengdu-Leshan Giant Buddha-Xichang | 440km |
Drive to Xichang for staying overnight. On the road if you’re interested in, you can detour a bit to Leshan for the Leshan Giant Buddha, which is listed in the world heritage. | ||
17 | Xichang-Kunming [Enter Yunnan prov.] | 500km |
Drive to Kunming for staying overnight. Kunming, capital city for Yunnan province. | ||
18 | Kunming-Jianshui-Yuanyang | 280km |
Drive to Yuanyang for Rice Terrace. If you are interested in and time allows, make a stop in Jianshui ancient town. | ||
19 | Yuanyang | |
Drop off day. Yuanyang Rice Terrace: Hani People lived generation by generation, and famous by its sunrise/sunset for photographing. | ||
20 | Yuanyang-Jinghong | 450km |
Drive to Jinghong. If time allows, options in Jinghong. •Menglun Tropical Botanic Garden; •Ganlanba Village | ||
21 | Jinghong-Mohan-Exit to Laos | 130km |
Drive to Mohan border. Do the exit process at custom and then help you exit China to Laos. NAVO service ends here. |