Northern Xinjiang Group Tour (2018.8)
This trip is a domestic tour, no new travel countries have been added, but the mileage has increased by 10,000 kilometers, and my total travel mileage has reached 600,000 kilometers. A new Tianjin Airlines was also added, bringing the total number of airlines I have flown to 47. There are a total of 4 people on this trip, in addition to the two of us, there is also the HP couple. I went to Xinjiang in 2007, and went to Urumqi, Turpan, Korla, Tianshan Tianchi, Bosten Lake and other places. This time it is my second visit to Xinjiang.
I chose to participate in the Ctrip Xinjiang tour group, not only because I can't drive, but because I can drive, and I don't want to travel so hard by myself. In 2014, we participated in the Ctrip Tibet tour group, and the 12-day trip was 2,200 kilometers, which was very hard work. The area of Xinjiang accounts for one-sixth of the total area of the country. Although I had planned to pull the cart for a long time, the result still surprised me. Xinjiang's natural geography and landscape are beautiful, but the time cost is too high. For this reason, according to the general itinerary of our team, I specially plan and design a travel route of my own, the main purpose is to greatly reduce the time cost.
The scenic spots of our team are: Hemu Scenic Area, Kanas Lake, Colorful Beach, Wuheer Devil City, Sailimu Lake, Xiata, Kalajun Grassland, Bayinbulak Scenic Area, Turpan, Grape Valley, Flame Mountain, Kumtag Desert, Khan Blood Horse Base, etc. 11,000 yuan for 12 days and 11 nights. It takes 92 hours to pull a cart for 4,500 kilometers in Xinjiang. 22 hours to visit the attractions.
The itinerary plan I designed is based on the existing conditions: 15 days and 14 nights, 13,000 yuan. Attractions include Kanas Lake, Colorful Beach, Uhor Devil City, Sailimu Lake, Nalati Grassland, Bayinbulak Scenic Area, Kumtag Desert, and Jiaohe Ancient City. Big traffic 7 fly 1 high-speed rail. The pulling distance is 460 kilometers, which is one-tenth of the team tour; the pulling time is about 8 hours, which is one-eleventh of the team tour. Is this price/performance ratio higher?
Let's start with the cost (per person). 7 air tickets are about 7,400 yuan, 1 high-speed rail is 50 yuan, hotels are 2,800 yuan, catering is 1,500 yuan, tickets are 1,050 yuan, and small transportation is 500 yuan, totaling 13,300 yuan. The 15-day itinerary of the group tour is at least 12,000 yuan, not including self-funded items.
The specific itinerary is as follows:
Day 1: Fly from Beijing to Urumqi, stay 3 nights. Attractions include Tianshan Tianchi, International Grand Bazaar, Hongshan Park, etc.
Good time flight, 14% off air tickets.
Day 4: Fly to Burqin from Urumqi, stay 3 nights. The scenic spot Kanas Lake is 50 kilometers away, and the colorful beach is 24 kilometers away.
One attraction a day. Good time flight, 4.5% off air tickets.
Day 7: Burqin to Karamay (Urumqi transfer), stay 2 nights. Attraction Uhor Devil City 100
kilometer. Flights during good times, respectively 4.5% off and 5.1% off air tickets.
Day 9: Karamay Feibole (Must be Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday), stay for 1 night. Attraction Sailimu Lake 100 kilometers away
inside. Direct flights during good times, 13% off, free of machine repairs.
Day 10: Bole fly to Xinyuan Nalati Airport, stay in Urumqi for 1 night, and stay in Nalati for 2 nights. Attraction Nalati Grassland
and Bayanbulak Scenic Area. 18% off and 2.9% off for flights during good times.
Day 13: Fly to Urumqi from Nalati Airport, Urumqi High-speed Railway to Turpan, stay 2 nights. Attractions Kum Tower
Ge Desert, Jiaohe Ancient City. Flights at good times, 3.2% off air tickets, high-speed rail 49 yuan.
Day 15: Fly from Turpan to Beijing (transfer from Hami), flight at a good time. 1.2% off and 4.9% off air tickets.
