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Southern Xinjiang Self-Driving Grand Loop Travel Guide!

👍Most recommended: Southern Xinjiang Self-Driving Loop Travel Guide! 🌟Highlights: Route highlights: Cover all Southern Xinjiang attractions in one go: ✅ Explore the "Roof of the World" - Pamir Plateau, ✅ Mount Muztagh Ata--known as the Father of Icebergs ✅ Taxkorgan--the westernmost and most awesome county in China ✅ Karakul Lake--a plateau lake at the foot of the "Father of Icebergs" ✅ Taklamakan Desert--China's largest desert, the world's second-largest shifting sand desert ✅ Check in at the popular road--Panglong Ancient Path--over 600 S-shaped bends that will make you "question life" ✅ Xiangfei Tomb--the tomb of Qianlong Emperor's beloved consort "Xiangfei" ✅ Red Flag Lapu Port--China-Pakistan border marker ✅ Kucha's Last Prince's Mansion--Kucha Prince's Mansion 🗓Itinerary: D1, Yinchuan City → Ejina Banner (Travel distance 768km) D2, Ejina Banner → Jingxin Expressway → Hami City (Travel distance 692km) D3, Hami City → Jiaohe Ancient City-Turpan (Travel distance 400km) D4, Turpan → via Bosten Lake-Kucha (Travel distance 640km) D5, Kucha → Kucha Prince's Mansion-Mysterious Grand Canyon of the Tianshan Mountains-Aksu (Travel distance 260km) D6, Aksu → Xiangfei Garden-Kashgar (Travel distance 460km) D7, Kashgar → Kashgar Old City-Century-old Teahouse → Kashgar (Travel distance 0km) D8, Kashgar → White Sand Lake-Muztagh Ata Glacier → Taxkorgan (Travel distance 290km) D9, Taxkorgan → Wakhan Corridor-Panglong Ancient Path → Taxkorgan (Travel distance 280km) D10, Taxkorgan → Karakul Lake → Kashgar (Travel distance 290km) D11, Kashgar → Yarkand → Hotan (Travel distance 480km) D12, Hotan → Desert Highway → Qiemo County (Travel distance 570km) D13, Qiemo County → Loulan Museum → Mangya City (Travel distance 642km) D14, Mangya City → Emerald Lake-Oil Town → Dunhuang (Travel distance 548km) D15, Dunhuang City → Sculpture of the Son of the Earth → Zhangye City (Travel distance 590km) D16, Zhangye City → Wuwei-Crossing Tengger Desert Highway-Yinchuan City (Travel distance 680km) 🧳Pre-trip Preparation: 1. Weather conditions: local temperature, recommended clothing for spring, summer, and autumn, suitable driving shoes, travel shoes 2. Text materials: carry ID card, driver's license, vehicle registration, road maintenance fees and purchase tax, vehicle use tax, route map, credit card, notebook and pen, apply for border pass in advance 3. Daily necessities: mobile phone, rain gear, lighting equipment, insulated water bottle and tableware, photographic equipment, toiletries 4. Medicines: bandages, adhesive bandages, antiseptic solution, anti-inflammatory drugs, heatstroke prevention, motion sickness medicine, mosquito repellent, etc.; 5. Self-prepared snacks: drinking water, functional beverages, self-heating rice, beef jerky, snacks, etc. 6. Vehicle spare parts: a complete set of on-board tools, spare tires, spark plugs, tow ropes, buckets, etc.
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Posted: May 24, 2024
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