Karakun Highway has the most spectacular mountain landscape on this planet. It is called Eighth Wonder of the World. We will ride the Chinese section of the Karakon Highway, and we will also challenge the 30 kilometers of the famous Colling Dragon Road with more than 600 curves. We will also ride through the China’s largest desert Taklimanan on the motorway. This ride is also a great opportunity to learn about the culture and cuisine of Xinjiang’s ethnic minorities (Uyghurs and Tajiks).
D1: Arrival in Kashgar
D2: Kashgar: Apply for temporary motorcycle license, get your motorcycles, Kashgar Live Stock Market Warm Up Riding
D3: Kashgar – Maralbexi County, 280km
D4: Maralbexi – Alar, 300km
D5: Alar – Hotan, 440km, desert highway
D6: Hotan – Kashgar, 500km
D7: Kashgar – Tashkurgan County, 300km
D8: Tashkurgan – Coiling Dragon Road – Tashkurgan, Loop Riding 150km
D9: Tashkurgan – Kashgar, 300km
D10: Kashgar Departure
Arrive in Kashgar, check-in hotel with your your name at the reception. Today we arranged a welcome dinner to introduce the itinerary and precautions for the next few days, and the team members got to know each other.
Meals: Dinner
Hotel: Qinibagh Hotel Kashgar
Apply for temporary motorcycle license, get your motorcycle, Kashgar Live Stock Market Warm Up Riding.
After obtaining the temporary motorcycle license and collecting the motorcycle, we arranged a small loop ride through the Kashgar Live Stock Market in the afternoon. The warm-up ride and the visit to the Live Stock Market take about 1.5 hours.
Meals: Breakfast
Hotel: Qinibagh Hotel Kashgar
Our destination today is that the landscape along the way is mountainous and Gobi. You can see patches of Populus euphratica trees on both sides of the road. There may also be camels crossing the road, especially in places with water sources, so be careful. Our road today is a national road, which runs parallel to highways and trains, so you can also see highways and trains.
Visit: Bachu Red Sea Scenic Area, it consists of four major scenic spots: Kashgar River Wetland, Water Park, Ancient Silk Road Station, and Populus euphratica Sea. It can be said that it combines the six characteristics of rivers, lakes, grasslands, wetlands, Gobi, and Populus euphratica forests.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: Bachu Huijin Hotel
Today’s destination is Arar, a city built on the edge of the desert. The landscape is similar to yesterday, with many gobi and poplar trees along the way, as well as some cotton fields. The Tarim River flows through Alar, so the vegetation in Alar is denser.
Visit: Taklimakan Desert Gate Scenic Area. Desert Gate Scenic Area currently has dozens of themed entertainment experience projects in seven major areas, including car off-road challenge area, self-driving camp, desert water play, desert food festival, sand therapy and wellness, and leisure and entertainment. It is a national desert theme park and Xinjiang Home to the top ten premium sports events. Here, you can take a hot air balloon or glider to overlook the vastness of the desert from a God’s perspective; you can ride a desert off-road vehicle to experience the thrill of desert surfing; you can ride a camel and experience the leisurely pace of a desert boat.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: Alta River Garden Hotel
Today we will challenge the desert road ridin. This is an asphalt road through the Taklimakan Desert. We filled up our motorcycles before entering the desert highway, because there were no gas stations for nearly 400 kilometers behind us, and the car we rented needed to have a range of more than 400 kilometers. This desert road is very hot in summer, so you need to prevent heat stroke.
In addition to being famous for jade, Hotan also has a very famous night market, which you must not miss.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: Hotan Golden Eagle International Hotel
Today we returned to Kashgar via the highway. The road conditions were very good, but the scenery was a bit monotonous. We will have a stop at Yengisar Pottery Village and Yengisar knife Village.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: Qinibagh Hotel Kashgar
Attractions along the way: Baisha Lake, Karakul Lake (enjoy the lake view, and see Kongur Tagh, Kongur Tiube and Muztag Peak from a distance), Muztag Peak Glacier Park
Starting from Kashgar, after driving 150km, we arrived at Baisha Lake. One of the reasons why Baisha Lake is so special is that it is surrounded by sand dunes. It can be said that it is like a small lake intimately embraced by the desert. Its area is relatively small, only 0.5 square kilometers, but it has stunning views.
Continuing to ride 40km further, we arrived at Karakul Lake, which glowed with a faint blue light. The tall Gonggar Peak (7,649 meters), Gonggar Jiubie Peak (7530m), Mushtag The peak (7509m) appears to be right next to the lake. At this time, the waves of Karakul Lake are as flat as a mirror, the lake is deep and clear, the blue water reflects the silver peaks, the lake and mountains merge into one, and the scenery makes people intoxicated.
Continue riding for 30 kilometers to reach Muztag Glacier Park. You need to take a sightseeing bus to enter the scenic spot. The queue time is relatively long during the peak season. We do not recommend entering the scenic spot for sightseeing.
Then ride 40km and arrive at the Taheman Township Wetland. This is a plateau meadow with groups of cattle and sheep. In the distance are the snow-capped mountains. The scenery is picturesque. You can get out of the car and take pictures when passing by. There are also two deep tree cave-like paths surrounded by poplar trees in Taheman Township. Riding a motorcycle through them is very interesting.
Finally, we ride more than 30 kilometers to reach today’s destination, Ta County. Taxkorgan is located in the southwest of Xinjiang and the east of the Pamir Plateau. The world’s second highest peak, K2, and the famous snow mountain Muztagh Peak with an altitude of 7546 meters are located in the north and south of the county. It borders Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: Tashkorgan Greentree Eastern Hotel
Loop Riding: Tashkurgan County – Coiling Dragon Trail – Waqia Township – Kaneryang Village – Bandil Blue Lake – Toglenxia Village – Stone City Golden Grass Beach – Tashkurgan County, 180km
Today we challenge the famous Coiling Dragon Trail. This road is more than 30 kilometers long and has more than 600 S-turns and many U-shaped turns. The altitude rises from 3000 to about 4100. The scenery and riding experience are both five-star. .
After the Coiling Dragon Trail, we came to Waqia Township, which has beautiful scenery and where the simple, kind and friendly Tajik people have lived here for generations.
Then we arrived at Kaneryang Village, at the starry sky park you can have a overlooking of the entire river valley and villages.,
Continue riding/driving to Bandil Blue Lake, which is like blue emerald on the Pamir Plateau. Some people say this is the most beautiful lake in the world.
Before arriving at Tashkurgan County, we stop at Tuogelunxiacun, a Tajik village not far from Tashkurgan County. It is located at the foot of the rolling snow-capped mountains. The scenery here is broad, with the snow-capped mountains and herds of cattle and sheep in the distance forming a magnificent scene.
If there is still time, let’s go to Stone City & Golden Grass Beach near the Tashkurgan County.
In the evening we returned to our hotel in Tashkurgan County.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: Tashkorgan Greentree Eastern Hotel
Return to Kashgar along the KKH again, and experience the charm of the Pamirs and Karakoram for the second time. Return to Kashgar in the afternoon, return the motorcycle.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Hotel: Tashkorgan Greentree Eastern Hotel
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