There's a kind of travel called road tripping.
Road tripping is about more than just scenery—it's about freedom.
We often say that going to Tibet is a journey of the soul, but isn't going to Xinjiang the same? Every time you set foot on this vast land, you'll have a new experience.
Yili-Zhaosu Highway
It's said that "The vastness of China lies in Xinjiang; the beauty of Xinjiang lies in Ili." And Ili has more than just the apricot blossom valley and lavender fields—it also boasts the both challenging and stunning Yili-Zhaosu Highway.
The Yili-Zhaosu Highway is incredibly “beautiful,” passing through grassy Ili, the picturesque Chabuchaer County, and the romantic flower seas of Zhaosu...
Highlights Along the Way
Tuohula Su Grassland
Zhaosu Horse Farm
Zhaosu Flower Sea
Chatian Ancient Trail
Sayram Highway
The Guozigou Scenic Area combines danger and wonder with breathtaking beauty. In just a few minutes’ drive, your car winds through the canyon, drifting between the clouds, where reality and fantasy intertwine—it feels unreal, as if you've stepped into a fairy-tale paradise.
It's Xinjiang’s first mountainous expressway and the region’s first highway that crosses the Tianshan Mountains with connected bridges and tunnels, stretching 56.168 kilometers in total.
Its route offers one of Ili’s most scenic drives, with ever-changing beauty throughout the seasons—majestic views that are truly unforgettable.
Highlights Along the Way
Guozigou Grand Bridge
Sayram Lake
Guozigou
Hemu Highway
The road is lined with scenery, and the scenery frames the road. The highway flows like a black river through the forest, and the cars drift like boats, carrying people through the landscape.
Hemu Highway is the only road for the over thousand residents of Hemu Village and visitors to access the scenic area. It blends seamlessly with the surrounding forested landscape, as if nature itself gifted us this path, with mountain switchbacks winding upwards.
The roadside landscapes naturally form four types: wooden cabin villages, grassland pastures, riverside canyons, and primeval forests. The beauty of the road and the scenery merge, allowing you to pass some of the most gorgeous views on your way to Hemu.
Highlights Along the Way
Hemu Village
Kanas Lake
Moon Bay
Duku Highway
In Xinjiang, where diverse landscapes such as grasslands, glaciers, snow-capped mountains, deserts, and lakes coexist, highways themselves are a unique spectacle. Those who haven’t traveled them firsthand can hardly appreciate their beauty—especially the Duku Highway!
The Duku Highway winds like a giant dragon lying across the Tianshan Mountains. Yet just beyond this one mountain range lies an ice-to-fire experience, as if traveling from flames to the sea!
It connects northern and southern Xinjiang, traversing towering mountain ranges and cutting through deep valleys...
Highlights Along the Way
Tianshan Grand Canyon
Big and Small Dragon Pools
Tangbula
Nalati Grassland
Xinjiang Provincial Highway 101
Xinjiang Provincial Highway 101, built in the 1960s for defense purposes during wartime and to guard against potential attacks from the Soviet Union, has gradually faded from memory in peacetime.
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This is a vibrant photography road where you’ll find desert yellows and loess soils, Gobi valleys, high mountain gorges, grassland meadows, snowscapes, and even yardang rock paintings—all along the route.
Highlights Along the Way
Colorful Mountain Gorge
Santun River Reservoir
Deer Horn Bay Summer Pasture
Anjihai Grand Canyon
Karakoram Highway
You may have witnessed the ruggedness of the 318, the peril of the Duku Highway, and the desolation of Xinjiang Provincial Highway 101—but when you set foot on the Karakoram Highway, you will still be awestruck by the sights along the way.
This route features both barren, lifeless lands and lush green grasslands; endless desolate deserts and quaint mountain villages surrounded by flowers; towering alpine peaks that pierce the sky and serene valleys with crystal-clear waters...
Highlights Along the Way
Kashgar Sunday Bazaar
Muztagh Ata Peak
White Sand Lake and Singing Sand Mountain
Alar Golden Grassland
If there’s one place
that makes me want to return again and again,
it must be Xinjiang.