Activities: Drive along the KKH, Stop at Opal Village, Oytagh Kunlunshan Colorful mountain range, Gaz Valley and check point, Bulungkol Valley (white sand mountain), Karakul lake
Details:We set out along the Sino – Pakistan Karakorum Highway, on the Pamir plateau (the roof of the world)visit Karakul Lake (3600m above sea level). The lake sits at the foot of the notorious, Muztagh Ata (7546m) and Gongur (7719m) mountains. ‘Muztagh Ata’ means Father of the Ice Mountain and is one of the most beautiful and mysterious mountains in the world.
Lunch will be at the lake side restaurant as your like.
You can stop along the way at good spots for photos as much as you like or hiking around Karakul lake for a few hours. Our driver and guide never mind for your many stops or spending time for hiking
Arrive Tashkorgan in the late afternoon and stay overnight.
Activities: Visit stone fort, hiking around grassland, visit Tajik family
Details:After breakfast at the hotel, you’ll have an opportunity to visit the town’s ancient stone fort – still standing after 2200 years! ‘Tashkurgan’ means ‘Stone Fort.’ Walking around Tajik neighborhoods and spend some time at one of the family by the grassland.
For dinner our driver will take you to a restaurant with Tajik music and dance, which is a good chance to enjoy and try their traditional eagle dance.
Activities: Visit Oytagh Glacier Park on the way to Kashgar
Details:After breakfast head back to Kashgar on the same way through beautiful snow capped mountains with Tajik, Kyrgyz villages again.
Hiking through the pine tress and trekking along the lowest Glacier at the base.Oytagh Glacier is surprisingly little known corner of China that features a glacier and forest more to the North than the bare mountain scenery typical of Southern Xinjiang. Oytagh boasts as one of the best hiking place in Xinjiang for outdoor-lovers.
we stay here for about 2-3 hours and drive back to Kashgar which takes about two more hours