Hami Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)

Camel ride in the desert

Getting There - You can type in Crescent lake if you're taking a Didi, take a taxi, you can drive yourself or go with a tour group. Attractions - The scenic are is beautiful. You can enjoy the experience of the desert on the back of a camel, take a helicopter ride, four wheeler or with a buggy ride. You can just climb up the sand hill and enjoy the view from the top. Hotels - There are hotels in close proximity of the desert. You can even experience glamping in a tent in the desert...definitely worth the experience. Food & Restaurants - There's food places like KFC at the entrance. Shopping - There's lots of shops at the entrance where you can buy clothes, souvenirs, snacks amd drinks. #passionpassport #silkroad #summervacation #gooutside #desert #camelride #dunhuang

Mingsha Mountain | Listen to the camel bells and find the nectar in the desert In the overlapping desert, there is a crescent-shaped spring water. As long as you climb the top of the desert, you can see the whole picture of the Crescent Moon Spring. . Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Spring are mythical places in my heart. The clear spring water surrounded by sand mountains is incredible, but it actually exists in this land of Dunhuang. Walking through a desert, you can approach the Crescent Moon Spring. There is a lush green plant growing on the Crescent Moon Spring. The wind caresses the water surface and the grass tip. It feels like a afternoon in a small park. Crescent Moon is an antique pavilion. This picture is like a mirage in the desert, but this mirage is real. Attraction tips

How to take a photo of a circle of friends in the public attractions? Mingsha Mountain Photo Guide Mingsha Mountain has very small and soft sand. Compared with the sand on the beach, it is very dry. There are also special shoes and roads for walking. Be careful and compare. Admire this magnificent sunset on the high hillside. The best thing to watch in Mingsha Mountain is sunset time. It will be almost sunset at around 8:00 pm, so it is more appropriate to reach the top of the dune around 7:00. There are two types of photos on the sand dunes. One is the photo with the sand dunes. The most suitable clothes are red skirts. The people who are photographed can turn circles, play sand, or even just sit and shoot good films. The other type is the silhouette of the sunset. For the silhouette, it doesn't matter what you wear. As long as you have a good weather, you can shoot. As for what action to take, you can refer to our shot, or Baidu. There are many good silhouettes on the Internet.

In Mingsha Mountain Scenic Area, there are several experiences: riding a camel, taking a "sand car", taking a helicopter and the most convenient sand-skiing. Because we did not ride a camel, we chose this, but riding a camel is subject to additional charges. It is generally recommended to wear a shoe cover when entering the scenic spot. You can rent it at the entrance, or you can bring it. The quality of the shoe cover in the scenic area is still good, basically it will not enter the sand. When riding a camel, someone will help with the photo. If you want to take a photo, you will need to pay extra. The ride on the camel is from the entrance to the Crescent Moon Spring, which takes about 40 minutes to 1 hour. Say a real feeling, if there is no special hobby, it is not recommended to ride, because the bumps are a bit painful.

Details of the two-day tour of Dahaidao

For those who wish to stay one night in the Dahaidao scenic area for appropriate expansion, here are the itinerary details for your reference: _Day1: · 1⃣️Transportation: 🚙The conventional route from the hotel in the city center of Hami to the scenic area from the east entrance to the north gate and back to the Hongliutan Hotel can be referred to the pinned note. Due to word limit, it will not be repeated here; the entire journey offers a magnificent feast for the eyes, an ideal scene for cleansing and emptying the mind, so just enjoy it; · 2⃣️Accommodation🏠Hongliutan Tourist Service Center and Mars Base offer lodging; · 3⃣️Dining: 🍜The hotel provides set meals and buffets for dinner. For customized meals, please inquire at the hotel reception. If you need an outdoor barbecue and beer buffet dinner, please inform the travel butler in advance as it is located in the hinterland of the Gobi; · Note: 🌄Enjoy the peaceful and quiet Gobi sunset; ✨Do not miss the starry sky on a clear night. _Day2: · 1⃣️Content: After breakfast at the hotel on the second day, take photos of the Gobi sunrise, followed by the Great Wall Secret Realm, Lop Nur's Eye, and Agate Beach; · 2⃣️Features: Great Wall Secret Realm: This Great Wall is similar in shape to the other Great Wall but has no connection. Aerial photography reveals its stunning beauty, pretending to be on the moon; Lop Nur's Eye: How was such a large oval pit formed, by a meteorite impact? Visit an area with a high resemblance to the appearance of Earth and the moon; Agate Beach: Nature is magical, pick up small stones on Agate Beach as souvenirs before returning; · 3⃣️Duration: About 3 hours for a one-way trip from Hongliutan Hotel including playtime (for reference), and about 7 hours in total to return to the hotel in Hami city center (for reference); 🍇【Warm Tips】: ✔️Prepare sufficient food and water including fruits; ✔️Bring sunglasses, masks, sun hats (with straps), scarves (for ladies), sun umbrellas, sunscreen (spray), Dahaidao water cups, gloves, mobile phone charging series, toiletries, common medicines (digestive medicine, Huoxiang Zhengqi water, band-aids, etc.) and personal daily necessities such as tissues; ✔️Wear sun-protective clothing or long-sleeved shirts and pants (ladies prepare skirts for photos), and shoes without mesh binding;

2023 Western Self-Driving Tour—Day50 Dahaidao

📆2023-10-16 Monday The 50th day of the western self-driving tour 🚙Itinerary: Sandaoling—Dahaidao—Hami 📍Dahaidao 🔷Dahaidao is the only uninhabited area in the country that can be legally crossed. 🔷It is currently the most complete, magnificent, and most valuable Yardang landform in the country and even the world. 🔷The Dahaidao ancient castle group, with the tallest reaching over a hundred meters, is the world's tallest Yardang landform, with hardly any rivals. 💰Ticket price is 45, free for military personnel, half price 20 for military family members. 🚙Self-driving car 100. 20 kilometers away from the scenic area, you start entering the gravel road, which is in terrible condition and extremely bumpy. Once inside the scenic area, there is another 36 kilometers of gravel road, but it is a bit better than the 20 kilometers outside the scenic area. The scenic area is very large, and it really shows what an uninhabited area is like. For a long time, there were no other tourists, no other cars, no signs, no signals, just us running around headlessly like flies. With a hand-drawn map, we roughly followed the directions below and 'thump thump thump thump' ran dozens of kilometers of gravel roads, checking in at various attractions. North Gate—Yardang Murals—Dragon Turning Head—Tongtian Cave (popular spot)—Water Source—Mars Base—Pterosaur Grand Canyon—Red Willow Beach—Aisikexial Ancient Castle—Double-headed Horse—Hanhai Shenturtle—Check-in at the main gate ✅North Gate ✅Yardang Murals The 'Yardang Murals' are about 3 kilometers long, with heights ranging from 8 to 15 meters. Rich in various fossil remains, the shapes are strange and varied, and it is a natural art gallery of Dahaidao. ✅Dragon Turning Head It seems like a piece of the dragon's mouth has fallen off ✅Tongtian Cave The most popular check-in spot in the Dahaidao scenic area‼️ The Yardang blends with the sky, and it is said that a variety of fossils have been found on the small Yardang piles scattered around. A team of experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences once discovered the first dinosaur footprint fossil in the Dahaidao scenic area here. Just a casual shot is like a blockbuster, and it can be used as a magazine cover! ✅Water Source The only place in the scenic area with water and greenery! The water temperature is around 20°C all year round, and the water is rich in sulfur, carbon, and other minerals. ❌Not drinkable but has antibacterial and disinfecting effects. ✅Mars Base ✅Pterosaur Grand Canyon About 20 kilometers of 'thump thump thump thump' washboard road, with a very vivid name—Pterosaur Grand Canyon. Driving here will make one involuntarily doubt whether they have a masochistic tendency, with dozens of kilometers of non-stop 'thump thump thump thump thump thump...' ✅Red Willow Beach ✅Aisikexial Ancient Castle (Ancient Castle + Ancient Ruins) 🔹'Aisikexial Ancient Castle' means 'old city' in Uyghur, and this place is the only site on the 500-kilometer Dahaidao section of the ancient Silk Road from Dunhuang to Turpan that can prove human activity. 🔹The 'Aisikexial Ancient Tomb Site' is located on a sand ridge about 200 meters northeast of the ancient castle, with irregular tomb distribution. In 1999, 32 tombs were excavated and cleared in a rescue operation, and three mummies and more than 130 artifacts were unearthed. It dates back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties, about 3200 years ago. 🔹This area has discovered the rare Hami pterosaur fauna and the world's first three-dimensional pterosaur egg, confirming that this is the largest distribution area and the most concentrated burial of pterosaur fossils in the world. ✅Double-headed Horse It also looks very similar ✅Hanhai Shenturtle It's really too similar, but the eyes seem to be artificially added. ✅Finally, check-in at the main gate Today's sixty or seventy kilometers of washboard road, with dust flying, was even more severe than the past dust storms, covered in dust, and one must rinse their mouth before eating. The car was in such a bad shape, and there was no place to wash it, truly a sorry sight. 🌌Stay overnight in Hami, today is the last day in Xinjiang

Crossing the Dahaodao: Picking up stones all the way from Dunhuang to Hami

The Dahaodao is the shortest ancient road between Dunhuang and Turpan. Spanning over 500 kilometers from Dunhuang to the west towards Turpan, it constitutes the most legendary section of the Silk Road - the Dahaodao. This area is home to ancient castles, beacon towers, post stations, prehistoric human habitation sites, fossil mountains, mirages, wild camel herds in the desert, and many rare geographical features. Along the way, there are also many places where you can pick up stones, and if you're lucky, you might even find some particularly fine Jinsiyu! language: [

The Yadan Devil City in the northwest gives you a peaceful winter

Dunhuang Yadan landform, the Great Sea Road From a vast ocean to a barren land where no grass grows Rough and mysterious, niche and wild It is the romantic trace left by billions of years of plate movement It is the 'living history book' scattered on the Silk Road It is the barren Great Sea Road. Covered with rubble and quicksand, the precipitation here is very low, the groundwater is very scarce, the climate is extremely arid, presenting a desert scene everywhere, it is one of the areas with the strongest continental climate in the world. The Yadan landform is like a palace, like a door of time and space. The moment you approach, they turn into talking gravel. Wind, light, clouds and sky are intertwined, like a romantic projection. In this silent world Only the beating scenery and the agile colors Driving off-road vehicles through the stone pillars standing on both sides, driving from one barren land to another with a calm heart It's like coming to the earth billions of years ago The boundless desert is irresistible with its magnificent and mysterious charm.

Meet the Populus euphratica in Yiwu, Xinjiang, and attend a rendezvous that spans a millennium!

Located in Naomaohu Town, Yiwu County, Hami City, Xinjiang, the Yiwu Populus euphratica scenic area is one of the only three remaining primitive Populus euphratica forests in the world. It is also the most concentrated, oldest, most uniquely shaped, and most accessible original Populus euphratica forest in China. The Yiwu Populus euphratica has fought and struggled thousands of times in the fierce winds that span thousands of miles, using its body to resist the raging sandstorms. Due to the harshness of their growth, the Yiwu Populus euphratica trees have taken on bizarre and unique shapes. Delving into this forest is like entering a palace of abstract art, captivating and beckoning visitors to return. The scenic area is developed around 'one main line and six regions,' naturally forming areas with tree ages of one thousand, three thousand, six thousand, nine thousand, and ten thousand years. Different areas and different ages offer vastly different experiences. Strolling along the scenic road, you can closely observe the Populus euphratica trees ranging from one thousand to ten thousand years in age. Each tree is a view, and each step reveals a new scene, as if entering a time tunnel and experiencing the cycle of life, truly 'one step into the Populus euphratica forest, a day's experience of a history of ten thousand years.' In the Yiwu Populus euphratica scenic area, along the 38-kilometer scenic road, you can closely observe the Populus euphratica trees ranging from one thousand to ten thousand years in age, as if entering a time tunnel and experiencing the cycle of life, truly: one step into the Populus euphratica forest, a day's experience of a history of ten thousand years. Thousands of Populus euphratica trees stretch and sway in the Gobi desert, presenting different appearances in each of the four seasons and changing colors from day to night, forming a series of vivid paintings. 🌈Other attractions: Yiwu Ancient City Hami Prince's Mansion Kazakh Ethnic Park 🍭Cuisine: Yiwu mutton, Hami melon, Xinjiang big plate chicken, mutton pilaf Xinjiang lamb skewers, pepper chicken, mixed noodles, etc. 🚗Transportation: ✈️Plane: Departure point - Hami Airport - Bus to Naomaohu Town - Taxi to Yiwu Populus euphratica 🚄Train: Departure point - Hami Railway Station - Carpool to Yiwu Populus euphratica (about 265KM) 📌Tips: ⭐️Since Yiwu is located in the eastern part of Xinjiang, you can see the first rays of sunlight in Xinjiang here. Of course, besides the beautiful sunrise, the sunset is also spectacular, and you can see a super beautiful starry sky～ ⭐️The scenic area provides free props such as butterfly wings, prisms, etc., for photography, and also offers a specially prepared drink～

Once you step into the Populus euphratica forest, you experience a history of ten thousand years

✈️ If you love traveling, you definitely won't miss Xinjiang. Many tourists are keen on visiting Southern and Northern Xinjiang, but Eastern Xinjiang is also fun. The Euphrates Poplar in Yiwu is one of the three remaining primitive Populus euphratica forests in the world. 🍂 Known as the 'Warrior of the Desert', the Euphrates Poplar is a legend of nature; It fears neither the erosion of time nor the invasion of salinity, and with its tenacious posture, it tells the miracle of life; 🚶 Walking through the Populus euphratica forest is like traveling through time and space. Along the tourist loop, you can see the Euphrates Poplar forest at different stages A thousand-year-old Populus euphratica fully displays the vigor of life, lush and boundless🌳 Three-thousand-year-old Populus euphratica freely expresses the tension of life, showcasing the grandeur of nature Six-thousand-year-old Populus euphratica intertwines the power of life, whether alive or dead Nine-thousand-year-old Populus euphratica is the warrior that never falls🗡️ A ten-thousand-year-old Populus euphratica stands on the sand dunes, towering like a monument, neither humble nor arrogant 🌈Recommended check-in spots: 1️⃣ Agate Mountain: Experience the 'first ray of sunlight' in Xinjiang 2️⃣ Millennium Root Carving Area: Admire the art of a millennium, feel the immortal spirit. 3️⃣ Bow Mountain: Seek the peculiar echo, uncover the secret of treasures, it is said to be the resting place of Genghis Khan. 4️⃣ The Old Populus: A tough and loving old man, who with his arms, guards the six-thousand-year-old Populus area.

The Populus euphratica forest in Yiwu is a picturesque autumn scenery

The Populus euphratica forest in Naomaohu, Yiwu County, is a precious gift from nature and the pride of Xinjiang. It is an oasis of the earth and a place where human civilization and nature blend. Here, you can immerse yourself in tranquility and beauty, feeling the power of nature. The Populus euphratica forest is renowned for living a thousand years without dying, standing a thousand years after death, and not decaying for a thousand years after falling. Location: About 300 kilometers northeast of Hami city area, about 10 kilometers east of Naomaohu Town in Yiwu County, and about 100 kilometers from the China-Mongolia border. Attraction Overview: The Yiwu Populus euphratica forest scenic area covers an area of 476,000 mu, and together with the Populus euphratica forests in the Tarim River Basin and Ejina Banner, it is one of the three major Populus euphratica forest concentrated areas in China. It is divided into the Thousand-Year Experience Zone, Three-Thousand-Year Impression Zone, Six-Thousand-Year Realization Zone, Nine-Thousand-Year Shock Zone, and Ten-Thousand-Year Root Carving Zone. There are 38 kilometers of developed tourist routes, with a main route of 22.9 kilometers, featuring cultural landscapes such as Bent Bow Mountain, Pterosaur Home, Sunrise East Mountain, Populus Old Man, and Camel Bell Bazaar. The scenic area has a tourist reception center, Populus hotel, Populus post station, and other facilities for dining, accommodation, and rest, as well as sightseeing experience cars and camel riding services. Transportation Self-driving: There are three routes from Hami city area to the scenic area, all clearly marked in various navigation software, with the s249 route being suitable for travel; Public transportation: Hami bus station deploys buses based on passenger flow, with departures when full or every two hours. It is recommended to verify the specific departure times before the trip. The journey to the Qianshan checkpoint in Yiwu County will involve a border defense permit issue, which the driver will handle fully. Just bring your ID card, no need to worry.

Ejina Poplar | When the wind meets the sand, I am forever free

📍Location: Xinjiang·Ejina Poplar On the last weekend of March, I arrived in Hami and spent 3 days and 2 nights in the Ejina Poplar Scenic Area 🍃In this world where wind and sand intertwine, stands one of the only three remaining primitive poplar forests in the world, the Ejina Poplar They are rooted in the barren saline-alkali soil, enduring the erosion of wind and sand, the baptism of the years, yet they always stand tall and proud, each with its own unique posture, like vivid sculptures. 🌄Every morning, I like to get up and hike waiting for Xinjiang's first ray of sunlight to sprinkle on this golden poplar forest, letting the wind carry the sand across my cheeks, I close my eyes, listen to the low hum of the wind, and feel the gentle touch of the sand. At that moment, I seem to merge with these trees, all worries and restraints dissipate with the wind. As the afterglow fades and the stars appear, under a sky full of stars, I find the long-lost tranquility and freedom, which is the freedom that comes from within. 🍃'When the wind meets the sand, I am forever free.'—This poetic declaration, to me, is no longer just a pile of words, but a belief deeply engraved in my heart after conversing with the universe in Ejina Poplar. This freedom, I hope you have it too.

Beautiful #sunset #yardang National Geopark, Part Yardang landscape by wind erosion that formed 700,000 years ago #dunhuang #silkroad. #inspiration #happynewyear #happynewyear

#yardang National Geopark #dunhuang is well-known for Yardang landscape by wind erosion that formed 700,000 years ago in #gobidesert and largest in #china. Yardang in Uygur language means a small mound with steep walls. It also known as Devil City because the wind howls when night falls #travelinspiration #geologypark #scenicspotguide #happynewyear . #happynewyear

Hami Devil City

Hami Devil City, also known as Wubao Devil City, is located in Wubao Township, Hami City, about 90 kilometers away from the city. It is a geomorphological feature formed by wind erosion. Its terrain starts from the camel peak of the smokestack, passes through the Yaman iron mine, the Da Nan Lake coal mine, and extends to the thirteen rooms of the Wubao Shar Lake, with a total length of about 400 kilometers and a width of about 5-10 kilometers. In Hami Devil City, you can see various landscapes that resemble castles, halls, pagodas, monuments, characters, birds and beasts, as well as dazzling steep cliffs, colorful agates, ubiquitous silicified wood, fresh plant fossils, and occasionally visible dinosaur egg fossils, marine fish fossils and bird fossils. When night falls, sometimes you will hear the ghost crying and howling, so it is called "Devil City" by people. In addition, there are also ancient castle buildings and ancient residential sites in Hami Devil City - Aisikexiaer ancient castle. The castle is located on a wind erosion platform about 6 meters above the ground. It is a rectangular rammed earth building about 5 meters high, with doors and windows in front, which is a post station on the ancient Silk Road or the southwest outpost of the Hami dynasty.

What was Hami Devil City hundreds billion years ago? The film "No Man's Land" is the main shooting location of Hami Devil City. Going south, it is connected to the rotten moorland of the Dead Sea. Walking into the Hami Yardan Landform Ecological Park, it is like walking into a maze, looking for the Gobi Desert in the Devil City, watching the different shapes of wind erosion, and marveling at the wonders of nature. Here, after the baptism of the wind and rain, it is a variety of beautiful scenery that can be imagined.

Hami Yiwu Fantasy Color Lake is a lake that can forecast the weather

Hami Yiwu County Fantasy Color Lake The reason why the Fantasy Color Lake is colorful is because it will show different colors with the change of weather. It is said that it is blue when the weather is clear, green and red when the sun sets, and light red copper color can be seen on rainy days. It is said that local herdsmen call the Fantasy Color Lake the "Weather Forecast Lake", often jokingly saying that they need to look at the Fantasy Color Lake when they go out. The magic of the Fantasy Color Lake, in addition to changing colors, is that the Fantasy Color Lake has neither an outlet nor an inlet, and is completely formed by underground spring water. The lake water contains a large amount of salt mines and mirabilite. In front of the Fantasy Color Lake, there is a vast grassland, where herds of cattle and sheep gather, forming a spectacular view of the wind blowing the grass and seeing cattle and sheep. The magic of Xinjiang lies in its changeability and full of surprises. As long as you have a heart, you will always see the appearance of Xinjiang in your mind here.

Guide to the Phantom Color Lake (Tolukul Lake)

The Phantom Color Lake (Tolukul Lake) is on the way from Hami to Yiwu, a mysteriously changing pink lake that is definitely worth a stop. The Phantom Color Lake is also a salt lake, containing salt mines and mirabilite, with crystals all around the edge, but odorless. The pink color of the Phantom Color Lake is formed by the algae in the water, and it will be super pink on sunny days. The color change of it is affected by light, hence the name Phantom Color Lake is really appropriate, with visible color changes, purple, blue, pink, yellow-green. The rare pink lake, different from the pink lake in the Badain Jaran Desert, is that the lake surface is very large and there is color change. TIPS: If you want to take pictures, make sure to check the weather, you can only see the pink color on sunny days, it will be gray on cloudy days.