Don't stress about Switzerland, Xinjiang's relaxing scenery will still amaze you.
by TravelWithTara
May 8, 2025
🌟Preliminary preparations
 
- Documents: Bring your ID card and other valid documents.
- Clothing: In summer, bring sunscreen, sunglasses, sun hats, and other sun protection items, as well as long-sleeved jackets; in winter, prepare down jackets, thick sweaters, non-slip shoes, and other warm clothing.
- Items: Prepare sunscreen, moisturizing skin care products, motion sickness medicine, cold medicine, and other commonly used medicines, as well as cameras, power banks, etc.
 
🚗Transportation Guide
 
- Self-driving: Starting from Zhaosu County, navigate to "Gezhouba Jade Lake Scenic Area", drive along County Road 758, and the journey takes about 50 minutes.
- Chartered car: You can find a regular chartered car service in Zhaosu County, which is convenient for arranging your itinerary freely.
 
🎫Ticket Information
 
The ticket is CNY 30 per person, and the shuttle bus is temporarily free.
 
🏭Accommodation Arrangement
 
- Inside the scenic area: There is Zhaosu Jade Lake · Muzi Tao Luxury Holiday Hotel, with a beautiful environment, where you can directly enjoy the beautiful scenery of Jade Lake.
- Outside the scenic area: Zhaosu County has various hotels and homestays such as Ji Hotel, with a variety of choices, such as Qixi Homestay, with relatively complete surrounding facilities.
 
☑️Travel routes and methods
 
- Observation deck: Climb the observation deck along the wooden plank road, where you can have a panoramic view of Jade Lake and the magnificent scenery of the surrounding snow-capped mountains and grasslands.
- Stroll along the lake: Take a walk on the path by the lake, admire the clear blue water of the lake and the reflection of the snow-capped mountains, or find a quiet place to sit down and enjoy the peaceful time.
- Grassland hiking or horse riding: You can go deep into the surrounding grasslands to experience the life of herdsmen, or contact local herdsmen for horse riding. The price is about CNY 80–120 per person.
 
😍Food recommendation
 
- Featured dishes: Try Hui Muslim Ma Xu's stewed chicken with steamed buns, fried rice with Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers, wild mushroom soup and rice, etc.
- Snacks and drinks: Taste special snacks such as roasted buns, yogurt, zongzi, and handmade ice cream.
Post by TravelWithTara | May 8, 2025



















