The Best Xinjiang Tours & Adventures 2023/2024
Located in far north-west China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is the largest provincial-level region in China and a crucial gateway on the ancient Silk Road. Thanks to its vast expanse, exotic life of various ethnic groups, diverse landscapes, and long-lasting cultural charm and relics of the ancient Silk Road, Xinjiang is one of the best tourist-attracting destinations for worldwide tourists.
To help our tourists maximize their time in Xinjiang, our experienced operation team had carefully designed many package tours of Xinjiang, featuring the most important attractions, authentic experiences, the best value, and some of the most professional local English-speaking guides, etc. We work hard to ensure you a hassle-free way to explore the highlights of Xinjiang at fair prices.
While on our Xinjiang trip, tourists can expect to sip a cup of tea and appreciate performances from local folk artists in a time-honored tea house, bargain for Uygur blankets, instruments, or other handicrafts in the biggest Central Asian bazaars, glimpse into the traditional life in ancient Kashgar Old Town, immerse yourself into breathtaking lakes, idyllic villages, and visit local Islamic mosques and architectures, sample juicy fruits…
How to Plan Your Xinjiang Tour?
- What’s the best time to visit Xinjiang?
Generally, the best months to visit Xinjiang are August, September, and October.
Xinjiang is divided into the northern part and southern part by the Tianshan Mountains, and the two parts enjoy a little different attractions and weather.
April to October are great to visit South Xinjiang (like Kashgar, Hetian, and Aksu, etc.) which features a large area of barren desert and brilliant cultural sites. While in North Xinjiang, which features basin geography and vast grasslands is great, the scenery show different beauty in different seasons.
- How many days to spend in Xinjiang?
Usually, 1-2 weeks is suggested for a Xinjiang tour, depending on your interest and itinerary. Xinjiang is vast, you need more time to shuttle from city to city by flight, train, or car. 1-2 weeks allows you to cover the highlights of both Southern and Northern Xinjiang from Urumqi to Turpan, Kashgar, Kanas, Ili, Bayanbulak…
If you have 5 days or less, a Xinjiang tour package with Turpan, Urumqi, and Kashgar is recommended; if you have 14+ days available, you can also extend your Xinjiang to any China trips, especially the nearby destinations along ancient Silk Road, like Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xi’an, etc.
- Where to go and what to do in Xinjiang?
In South Xinjiang, the top destinations include Kashgar, Korla, Hotan, Aksu, etc; while in North Xinjing, the top destinations are Urumqi, Turpan, Ili, and Altay (with Kanas), etc.
The vast Xinjiang boasts so many things to do: sightseeing (Heavenly Lake, Kanas Lake, Hemu Village, Sayram Lake, grassland in Ili, etc.), hiking, photography, visiting grand bazaars, enjoying desert scenery (Yardang landform), tasting tasty food and juicy fruit, exploring ancient towns, ruins, and architectures, etc.
Below are our top-recommended Xinjiang tours to Urumqi, Kashgar, Turpan, and Kanas. Varying from 1 to 15 days, all the tours can be tailor-made according to your need, interests, and budget.
Our Customers' Favorite Xinjiang Tours
Xinjiang, the largest province in western China, is endowed with various landscapes, including forests, snow-capped peaks, the Gobi desert, lakes, valleys, grasslands, and glaciers. Our Xinjiang travel packages have different lengths of days, covering Southern Xinjiang, Northern Xinjiang, and extended Silk Road tours to Xinjiang. Embark on the most beautiful adventure to discover some of the best natural and historical wonders: Five-color Beach, Nalati Grassland, Sayram Lake, Kashgar Ancient Town, Jiaohe Ruins, Karamay Ghost City, and more.
Best Urumqi Tours & Excursions 2023/2024
We collected the most classic Urumqi Tours and extended Urumqi tours to Kashgar, Turpan, and Dunhuang. Ranging from one day to a week, and including both culture and nature exploration, you can easily find the ideal tour based on your interests.
Top Xinjiang Kashgar Tours and Excursions
Taking the Kashgar tours in Xinjiang, you will get a chance to experience the most authentic Xinjiang minority life and the fascinating Silk Road culture. As a local expert, we will offer you an incredible Xinjing Kashgar holiday with Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar Old Town, Handicrafts Market, Karakuri Lake, Tashkurgan Ruins, and more. All the following tours are customizable to fit your interests, needs, and budgets.
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What Our Customers Say

SHF02862999
May 2023
I selected 2-days private tour with excellent tour guide Noble Liu. He shared with me a lot of details from Chinese history and culture, even introduced me in person to lucky man who found the Terracotta army.

Tinyatlas01
May 2023
We did our own private tour and had the best time! Can’t recommend this service more! Starting from initial communication, to follow up questions, to back and forth detail trip planning, to the actual trip, this team gave us full service and attention ...

zielaray
May 2023
Thank you to Sophie very helpful and also thank you to Shasha our tour guide with good knowledge the history of Xian. We stay at Holiday Inn Express, very comfortable hotel and clean. Our hotel near to Muslim Quarters, easy to find halal food. I will recommend to others.

Malerieeew
May 2023
Great tour! A bus was on time to pick us up from our hotel and drove us to each destination. Noble was our tour guide and he not only provided information on each attraction, but was also able to answer any questions we had (we had a lot!).

Suzy
April 2023
We booked 3 tours and our bullet train tickets with China Xian tours. We worked with Grace in the office before we arrive in China. She was fantastic answering our questions and getting back to us in a timely manor and making recommendations to us. We went with all private tours and are very glad we did...

Sandy
April 2023
Completely turnkey tour by Grace. Everything is planned for you. Perfectly planned from transportation, food, hotel, touring. Outstanding English speaking guide, Tim. I would definitely request him. He has an incredible knowledge of history. I will definitely be using them for my next adventure.

vitrianisamudra
April 2023
I have had a wonderful day trip to Xi'an from Shanghai, all arranged by China Xi'an Tour including hotel pick up and transfer back, flights and lunch. My guide named Mr. Coffee took us to terracotta warriors, ancient city wall, halal food lunch and muslim street, all was great. Thank you China Xi'an Tour.

faizolmusa
March 2023
Ms. Grace (travel consultant) was very helpful in arranging the best trip for me and my family in Xi'an. The tour guide, Mr. Joe and the driver too were both very friendly and helpful to us. As we are travelling with 2 young children. Both of them were very patient (i.e. we can't walk too fast, we need to use baby stroller etc). Definitely will recommend them to friends.

richard5187
March 2023
The tour guide assign to us was very knowledgeable on the history of the places that we had visited and that was very important to us as this trip was mainly to expose our 2 boys to appreciate the Chinese history.