#Kezhou Glacier National Forest Park Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Jun)
Grasslands
Forests
Snow Mountains
Glaciers
Address:
Within the territory of Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, 100 kilometers from Akto County and 120 kilometers from Kashgar
Opening times:
Opens at 10:00-20:00Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
4-5 hour
Phone:
13779603367
Ice and Snow Wonderland - Aoyitak Glacier.
Aoyitak Glacier is located 50 meters west of National Highway 314 in Akto County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture. Immersed in the glacier park during the silver winter, trees, mountains, and glaciers are all covered in vast white snow, resembling a real-life Chinese landscape painting, making one feel as if they are in a dreamlike fairyland draped in silver. Surrounded by the snow-capped mountains of the Pamir Plateau, Aoyitak Glacier Park is encircled by mountains on three sides, with steep snow peaks, intersecting glaciers, and dense forests. It combines grandeur, uniqueness, elegance, serenity, and danger, integrating natural ecology and cultural historical landscapes, and is known as the 'First Ecological Landscape of the Western Regions.'
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It's not abroad! You can also see the 'Flower Less' bubble valley in Xinjiang
In order to see the 'Flower Less' bubble valley,
Fly thousands of miles to Xinjiang~
When you see it with your own eyes, you will sigh: Only when you have been there can you feel its beauty!
The Yadan landform of the Red Canyon, formed by the erosion of flowing water on the red rock wall, each round hole is like a bubble, the red mountain body shows different colors under different light, as if on an alien planet, people are immersed in it.
The uniqueness of this place lies in its natural bubble valley, which is an unmissable scene in the 'Flower Less' same-style attractions.
📍Oytag Red Canyon (Akto County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, G314)
🎫Free
🗺️Search 'Red Canyon' on the map, more than 80 kilometers from Kashgar city, it takes 2 hours, pay attention to the boundary marker, there is a parking lot 🅿️ 200 meters ahead of the 1583 boundary marker.
📌Recommended route (1 day route)
📈Kashgar-Oytag Glacier-Red Canyon-Kashgar
The Red Canyon is currently a wild scenic spot, basically you can walk through in 30 minutes, and it takes about 1-2 hours to stroll around.
It is recommended to visit the Oytag Glacier together. The fault and color change of the mountain rocks here are good places for photo check-in. You can use a telephoto lens to shoot and see five or six different colors of mountain rocks.
On sunny days, the color of the canyon will be more vivid; on cloudy days, the color of the Red Canyon will be more intense.
If you have a drone, you can fly down to see the whole view, which is very spectacular.
✨Play TIPS:
The valley has no signal, it is recommended not to go too far, or to go in groups. If you drive in by yourself, it is best to be off-road or SUV, because the road conditions are all natural rock fragments, and low-chassis cars are at risk of hanging the chassis.
The scenic area is a border area, there will be checkpoints on the road for inspection, you need to apply for a border management area pass in advance.
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Kekzhou Glacier Park | A magical place that has both the snow white of the glacier and the green of the forest
Oytag Glacier Forest Park, also known as "Kekzhou Glacier Park", can be said to be the only fairyland in southern Xinjiang that is similar to Yili in northern Xinjiang. Oytag is an ancient Turkic language, meaning "a depression in the mountains". Under the towering snow-capped mountains and glaciers are tall and verdant spruces and pines, and the Oytag River flows near the glacier. On the small grassy slope surrounded by mountains, there are the yurts of the Kirgiz nomads, and scattered horses, cows, and sheep are grazing leisurely.
✅Ticket: 45 yuan per adult, 6 yuan per person for round-trip shuttle
🌟The distance from the entrance to the innermost viewing platform is 5km, the shuttle can take 4km, the last kilometer can be walked by yourself, or you can ride a horse, one way 💰50 yuan per person, round trip 💰100 yuan per person, if you want to experience horse riding, you can try it.
✅Transportation: Oytag Glacier Park is on the way from Kashgar to Taxian, 120 kilometers away from Kashgar, on the side of National Highway 314 Pakistan Highway. It takes about 4 hours to drive from Kekzhou or Kashgar 🚗 (follow the sign to Oytag Glacier Park, turn right at the sign 🚏 and continue to drive 30 kilometers ahead)
✅Opening hours: 🕰️10:00-20:00
✅Play time: It takes about 3 hours to go in from the entrance of the Glacier Park and come out. If you want to go to Taxian, you need to reserve enough time.
✅Recommended tour route (there are 2 roads after entering the scenic spot):
1⃣️Walk along the "Pamir Painter's Town" on the right, the meadow snow mountain, picturesque scenery, as if stepping into Miyazaki Hayao's animation.
2⃣️Walk along the viewing platform on the left, you can ride a horse to see the panoramic view of the snow mountain, the scenery is not lost to the Shata Ancient Road.
Here, you can enjoy a peculiar landscape of ice and snow on one side and green grass on the other. If you want to admire the majesty of the glacier while riding a horse on the grassland, come to Kekzhou Glacier Park.