Day 01 Beijing - Urumqi - Kashgar (L+D)
Fly to Urumqi by CA1293 (08:15-12:30) in the morning. Local guide will meet you at Diwopu Airport, and transfer to the city. For lunch we will take you to the restaurant with a Guinness record winning dish - Big Plate Chicken.
And then visit Regional History Museum. Let the guide and the display give you the knowledge of history of the most ancient states along the silk road which were left just ruins, with their 3000-year-old mummies on display... Later we will visit the city square and the famous international bazaar where is an ideal place for shopping and bargaining. In the evening you will fly to Kashgar by HU7749 (21:05-22:45).

Day 02 Kashgar (B+L+D )
The historic spots in Kashgar are well within 5km from the city centre, so we will take a bike tour to discover the historic sites(optional, can take car if don' t like to bike).We will also visit renowned Sunday Bazaar and the less known but more amazing animal Bazaar. Here you can see sheep section, cow section, horse cart section, ect.
Dinner will be arranged in an orchard under the grape trellis. You will see how ease the local life style is. You feel like being back to the ancient time.
The first place you will visit is the 0Id Kah Mosque, China' s largest mosque. It is the key worship place for Chinas Muslims. Each year, tens of thousands of worshippers enter its gates on Friday to pray alone. As an architectural masterpiece, the Abakh Khoja Tomb is the family tomb of a powerful 17th century Kashgar ruler. You will be able to visit the huge tomb hall built with glazed bricks decorated with beautiful flower patterns.

Day 03 Kashgar - Karakul Lake ( B+L+D )
Drive to Karakul lake (4-5hours). Explore a rural Uygur village on the way by donkey cart. And check out a small musical instrument workshop.
The country dirt road, you will come across the green fields under bright blue sky, Uygur men and women working under the sun in the fields, other donkey carts driven by all kinds of Uygurs, if lucky can come across very pretty Uygur lady donkey cart drivers In this way you will catch more folk face pictures which make you a good show off among your friends. We will also check out a musical instrument workshop on the way.
We arrive at the worlds highest alpine lake-Karakul Lake around lunch time. This is a pure world: calm lake reflecting the surrounding snow peaks above 6,000m, among them is MusztaghAta (7546m). Free time and enjoy the sunset. Stay overnight in Tajik yurt or camp.

Day 04 Karakul Lake - Kashgar (B+L)
If you like, get up early to picture the sunrise. Enjoy some peaceful time and a free morning walking around the lake. You can also ride a horse to walk around the lake (optional extra). After lunch, we will hit our way back. Since youve now known a bit about the city, we leave the night for your own freedom, but will help with useful information. Enjoy your last night in this fable city of in the A Thousand and One Night Tales.

Day 05 Kashgar - Urumqi - Turpan (B+L+D)
Fly to Urumqi in the morning by HU7748 (11:10-12:55) and drive 3 hours to Chinas hottest and worlds second lowest city, Turpan(2.5 h). Get the view of the largest 'wind farm', Great Salt Lake, Tianshan Mountain range and snow peaks, Daban Town in the poem on the way and could stop for pictures.
Visit Jiaohe Ruin, a 2,500 year ruins of an influential kingdom. They built their city on a plateau of a 30meter cliff surrounded by deep, fertile valleys to protect themselves from animals and enemies. It used to be flourishing state capital with advanced planning of laid-outs of Buddhism temples, living couters, government section, etc. But they could not survive the religious battle which destroyed the entire city and its people abruptly; the Keraz Well, a fascinating ancient Han irrigation project; and the Sugong Tower, the largest ancient Islamic tower in Xinjiang.

Day 06 Turpan - Dunhuang (B+L+D )
Visit the Aztana Tombs. Astana is the Tomb area for Gaochang kindom hundreds of years ago. Many naturally dried mummies were found in these tomb areas, including what we have seen in the Urumqi history museum. Visit to the mid-evil time Uygur village that buried 7 sages, a town for pilgrims.
At night catch up the overnight train T218/215 at 22:43 to Dunhuang.

Day 07 Dunhuang (B+L+D )
Arrive at Dunhuang at 10:48 in the morning.
We will drive to Mogao Cave first (2 hr). Being built over 10 dynasties, the glamour of its fine artifacts and scale remind us of the splendor of Dunhuang when serving as the most westernly military garrison in China and a hub between China and the western nationalities. Thus the statues carry more Indian flavor with them.
The largest statue is 34.5 meters (113 feet) high and the smallest a mere 2 centimeters (0.79 inches) high. Also known as 'Caves of Thousand Buddhas', people believe it possible to fill 25 km(15.5 miles) of gallery space with the works of art from Mogao, not mention the 50,000 manuscripts written in many languages apart from artifacts.
After a local lunch, you can finally through yourselves into the luxury hotel rooms. Our hotel is just by the desert-Mingshag Mountain and Yueya Spring. Have a rest till after 4 pm in the afternoon when the desert cools down a bit. You can go into the world of sand. Camel riding is available (optional extra)while you appreciate the dramatic view back across the rolling desert sands towards the oasis and have a first hand feeling how the silks and cultures were delivered along the ancient road. Coming downhill is more fun-get yourself a board and slide!

Day 08 Dunhuang - Beijing (B+L+D )
Have an easy morning and transfer to Dunhuan Airport to catch the flight CA1288 (11:40-14:40) back to Beijing. Visit the Temple of Heaven, which was built specifically for worship of heaven and prayers for good harvests during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
You will have Beijing duck as dinner tonight.

Day 09 Beijing (B+L+D )
After breakfast, drive about one hour to Badaling Great Wall, China's most spectacular sight extending more than 3,700 miles across China and most often visited for China tour. It is one of the best preserved sections and the highest point of the Great Wall.
After lunch you also visit one of the Mind Tombs. Ming Tombs are the general names for the mausoleums of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), located 50 kilometers north from Beijing City. They were fully recognized by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in 2000.

Day 10 Beijing (B+L)
Visit to the largest public square in the world: Tiananmen Square. Next, stroll through the largest and the best preserved Imperial Palace in the world: the Forbidden City.
Free at leisure until to be transferred to the airport for your flight home.