Altay, Xinjiang | 7 Days 6 Nights Pure Travel Guide

“North of Northern Xinjiang is Altay, it is a wild dream, it is the wind of freedom” — "My Altay"
-
Writer Li Juan’s "My Altay" portrays the Gobi Desert of Xinjiang 🌵 with a unique sense of vastness and serene beauty. Even through the screen, you want to take a deep breath of that air 🌬️, and run freely and wildly across the vast, expansive grasslands 🍃
-
--------------Quick Itinerary Overview--------------
◼ Day 1: Departure city - Urumqi (airport pickup) Stay: Urumqi [4-star]
◼ Day 2: Urumqi - S21 Desert Expressway - Karamay Sand Hill Park - General Mountain (sunset cable car - sunset party - disco party - mountain open-air movie) - General Mountain night skiing (optional, snow ticket not included) - Altay Stay: Altay [4-star]
◼ Day 3: Altay - G219 National Highway - China-Kazakhstan Grand Canyon - Baihaba (stunning S-bend) - Lonely Tree in the no-man’s land - Stay in a fairytale cabin - Baihaba Stay: Baihaba [Snow Scene Cabin]
◼ Day 4: Baihaba - Dreamy Kanas Lake - Horse-drawn sled ride (about 20 minutes) - Kanas Three Bays (Fairy Bay - Moon Bay - Wolong Bay) - Hemu Game of Thrones style light photography tour - Sunset viewing platform blue hour shoot - Water splash freezing - Bonfire party - Stay in a fairytale cabin - Hemu Stay: Hemu [Snow Scene Cabin]
◼ Day 5: Hemu - Jikepulin fun skiing (skiing lovers benefit: free 4-hour beginner ski experience ticket at Jikepulin) - Burqin internet-famous bridge - Fairytale town - Burqin Stay: Burqin [4-star]
◼ Day 6: Burqin - Sea Devil City - S21 Desert Expressway - Urumqi Stay: Urumqi [4-star]
◼ Day 7: Urumqi - Departure city (airport drop-off) Stay: Warm home
-
✅ Exquisite small group, max 6 people
Avoid the hassle of large crowded groups, 2-6 people small groups are more flexible, no single room supplement for solo travelers sharing a room, no more lonely journeys
✅ Carefully selected hotels, warm and comfortable
4 nights in 4-star hotels + 1 night in Baihaba scenic area accommodation + 1 night in Hemu scenic area accommodation
✅ Reliable transportation, exclusive driver
7-seat first-class spacious vehicle, can carry 26-28 inch suitcases, no need to compromise on luggage!
✅ Includes two drone-shot Vlogs, capturing the silver-covered wilderness from a high-altitude perspective, making the flowing scenery an unforgettable memory
✅ Equipped with a DSLR camera to capture your moments with the winter scenery, keeping the highlights of your trip forever vivid
✅ Experienced driver guidance + vehicle equipped with winter snow tires and chains + full safety escort throughout
--------------
Experience and enjoy Altay
📝 Internet-famous road: Newly popular check-in spot — S21 Desert Expressway
📝 Camel footsteps leave poetry in the sea of sand, the wind brushes past your ears, telling stories of caravans and stars
📝 Desert highway sprint! The sunset becomes the perfect backdrop for the ultimate party, one-click start “No-man’s land · Wild West” mode
📝 Fairytale border town: Hides European-style night scenes, feel the romantic movie scenes of the northern Xinjiang small town Burqin
📝 Northwest’s first village: Winter Baihaba is an ideal land for iPeople, a village where pristine natural ecology and ancient traditional culture blend
📝 Lonely Tree: Some travel thousands of miles for it, Baihaba -25°C ultimate romance, rime, aurora-colored snowy plains all in one
📝 Snow meets Kanas and Hemu: Misty forest in a fairytale dream, blue river with morning mist, thick powder snow, smoke rising from small wooden houses
📝 Scenic area daydreaming: Stay 48 hours in Baihaba, Kanas, and Hemu, build a snowman with us, let rime, snow mushrooms, and starry sky heal you