🏨 Day Tour around Turpan Activity

Day Tour around Turpan

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From $280.00

Price varies by group size

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 7 hours

Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Turpan is so important for local culture,Silk Road history and archaeological fields of Xinjiang, by our guiding tour you can have total experience of all sides in one day.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Bottled water

Lunch

What's Not Included

Alcoholic Beverages

Breakfast

Dinner

Gratuities

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 4
CHILD: Age: 6 - 12
YOUTH: Age: 13 - 18
ADULT: Age: 19 - 65
SENIOR: Age: 66 - 90

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Ancient City of Gaochang (Kharakhoja)

Ruins of Gaochang was located 50km east from Turpan downtown and by Flaming Mountain. It was first time built around first century BC and later became the capital of Turpan Local Kingdom after 4th century. Between 5-12 centuries is the most flourished period of this city, after 1278 it was destroyed by Mongolians. The ruins has area over 3 square km and city wall maintained over 5 km.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Astana-Karakhoja Tombs

Astana Ancient Tombs takes very important place among the archaeological field of Xinjiang,esp the items found from this tomb which belongs to Tang period were very famous and important. This tomb located 5km north from Gaochang Ruins, occupied area over 2 square km,only open 3 underground tombs to public. Main relics are exhibited at Xinjiang Museum.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Bizaklik Grotto (Thousand Buddha Caves) were located 15km from Gaochang Ruins , in a beautiful valley of Flaming Mountain,Murtuq Valley. The grotto started to built around 3rd century, 150 years early than Dunhuang Caves.After 11 century the caves were stopped coz of Islam starts to come. Early of 1900, this cave introduced to West by several foreign scholars,Le Coq has taken most of the best mural paintings to Germany. Now only open 7 caves among the 67. Cave 38 was the only cave which has two religious painting,both Buddhism and Manichean.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Flaming Mountains (Huoyan Shan)

Flaming mountain lies over 100 km from west to east of Turpan Depression, with average sea level of 400 meters, because of the reddish color of the soil and hottest temperature during Summer, it gives you a feeling of Flaming.

• Admission Ticket Free

Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto)

Ruins of Jiaohe located 15 km west from downtown of Turpan city, a ruins over 2500 years old, the first capital of this oasis kingdom after 5th century BC. After the capital was moved to Gaochang then became the largest and important trade center at this oasis, a real Silk Road trade town. The city was carved out from the clay which surround the the city by high river cliffs,that is why the name 交河 was called: a city located by two rivers and built up above the river cliffs（Local Uyghur name was Yarghul,means town over the River Cliff）. The ruins naturally protected and after 1994 listed in a protection list by UNESCO. While walking through this ruin,you can feel the ancient time as well as the architecture.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Karez System

Karez Irrigation System was considered to be the most important project to this oasis for over two thousand years. Because of the hot and dry climate, only with this underground irrigation system, the locals safely have the fresh snow-melt to the oasis. Now there are over 1500 irrigation system lies in this oasis and one third of them still supplying water which makes 35% of using water all over the aosis.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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