TOUR CODE: CTT-URC02
TOUR NAME: Full Day Excursion to Turpan
GUIDE: ENGLISH SPEAKING
PRIVATE TOUR: DAILY DEPARTURE

(Spanish ,German and French speaking provincial guides available on request at surcharge)

TOUR ITINERARY:

Destination: Urumqi, China

Activities: A full day excursion to Turpan including a visit to Grape Valley, Jiaohe Ruins, Gaochang Ruins, Flaming Mountains and the Baizeklik Thousand Buddha Caves.

Meals: Chinese Lunch

Duration of tour: 10 hours (09:00 AM- 19:00 PM)

Includes: Transportation by private vehicle, services of a local guide, Grape Valley, Jiaohe Ruins, Gaochang Ruins, Flaming Mountains and Baizeklik Thousand Buddha Caves. Lunch and dinner at local restaurant.

The Tour: Take this full day excursion to Turpan where you will first visit Jiaohe Ruins, originally built about 2,000 years ago. Then visit a local residents home at Grape Valley. After lunch, continue with a visit to the ruins of Gaochang. In its heyday, Gaochang was a great city built up by the business and trade that came through its gates. Now most of the ruins are gone, but enough remain to give a feeling of the true size this majestic city once was. After, visit the Baizeklik Buddha Caves. On the way you can take a photo on the road side with Flaming Mountains named so because in the evenings the red clay mountains reflect the heat and glow of the desert and appear to 'burn'. The Baizeklik Thousand Buddha Caves are one of the largest Buddhist 'grotto' sites in Xinjiang. After dinner at local restaurant, transfer back Urumqi.

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Tour Price:

Pax No.	Price(per person)	book
1	USD 400/per person
2	USD 240/per person
3-4	USD 220/per person
5-9	USD 180/per person

Please note: The tour is subject to change during the winter season due to weather conditions.