Kanas River: Nature’s Masterpiece on the Edge of China
by miniiiiiiii
Aug 11, 2025
Kanas Lake! The four seasons spilled on God's palette 🎨 Plus self-driving + hiking check-in guide!
🏔️The backyard of the gods! The blue of Kanas is more dreamy than any filter!
📍Address: Provincial Road 232, Burqin County, Altay, Xinjiang
🚗Travel tips: Self-driving or chartered car (about 8 hours from Urumqi)
🔥Must-check routes
1️⃣ Guanyu Terrace
Overlooking the full view of Kanas Lake! Climb 1,068 steps to the top
📸Tips: Shoot the lake color-changing miracle in the afternoon with the light
2️⃣ Fairy Bay → Moon Bay → Wolong Bay
Morning mist wonderland trio! Shuttle bus allows hop-on hop-off
🌅At 7 AM, catch the mist at Fairy Bay (prepare a telephoto lens for your camera)
3️⃣ Kanas Village
Tuva wooden house village! Have a bowl of warm milk wine
🍂Autumn exclusive: golden carpet of birch forest + wooden fences
🍖 Taste of Altay
✔️Big plate chicken with belt noodles: homemade chicken from the village entrance's Old Three Families
✔️Dried meat pilaf: hidden menu with camel milk aroma
✔️Handmade yogurt: absolutely delicious with wild honey
⚠️Pitfall prevention guide
▫️Huge temperature difference between morning and night! Thin down jacket + sunscreen combo
▫️Peak season requires advance booking for self-driving permits (limited to 500 vehicles per day)
▫️Drones must be registered! Some areas are no-fly zones
🏠Accommodation recommendations
✔️Yuehu Hotel: internet-famous glass rooms with lake views from the window
✔️Grassland Pastoral Inn: the owner will take you to pick wild mushrooms
Post by Moonbeam321 | Sep 18, 2025























