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Though Kanas is located at a remote place, its name has got into ears of people from all over the world. Kanas is well known for its pure and untouched beauty, and its closeness to heaven, and its unraveled beauty has touched a lot of people. Kanas is highly recommended to tourists, especially those into nature, because it is totally worthy. For tourists who are planning a trip to Kanas, we make this article giving all useful information for an inspiring Kanas tour.
How to Get to Kanas
Kanas Highlights & Sightseeing
► Location: Kanas Scenic Area is located at Burjin County, Altay City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in the northmost of Xijiang, close to Altay(245 km, 4 h of driving) and Urumqi(922 km, 13 h of driving). For travelling to Kanas, there are airport, and bus station for tourists. Tourists could first go to Burjin County or Altay City, then to Kanas.
► Ways to Get to Kanas
By flight (recommended)
Fly to Altay, then to Kanas. For tourists' convenience, there is 1 flight heading to Kanas Airport from Altay Airport every day, and the flight time is 10: 35 AM-11:10 AM, only 35 min. The full price for a second class ticket is 600 yuan. After getting to Kanas Airport, you could take airport shuttle bus to Kanas Scenic Area, 65 yuan per person, 1.5 hours.
By train
Tourist could take train from Urumqi to Beitunshi Railway Station, then to Kanas Scenic Area. From Beitunshi Railway Station to Kanas Scenic Area, it takes 4.5-5 hours for a distance of 315 km, and you could take bus, take taxi or charter a car to there.
For getting to Kanas, tourists could take train or take plane. Though flight is much faster than train, but costs more. We recommend you take plane, because it saves you much time and energy.
Kanas Scenic Area is located in the northmost of Xinjiang Province, close to the national border between China and Kazakhstan. Kanas Scenic Area is a huge place to visit, covering an area of 10,030 square kilometers, and comprised of dozens of parts. And the mainly ones are Kanas Lake Scenic Area, Hemu Scenic Area, and Baibaha Scenic Area. Kanas is famous for Kanas Lake, where you could see the gorgeous lake and hear the story of Kanas water monster.
Kanas Lake is a shining pearl hidden among mountains, and has an elevation of 1374 meters, covering an area of 45.73 square kilometers. Kanas Lake is an alpine lake, and its water comes from rainfall and meltwater of glacier. Most interesting thing is the three wonders of Kanas Lake, the causeway of dead wood floating in the lake, Kanas Lake water monster, and the scene of cloud sea and Buddha light appearing after raining.
► Kanas weather. Kanas is in cold temperate zone, and has a long cold period of 7 months, with 6 months having an average month temperature lower than 0 ℃. It begins to snow from the late October, and its coldest month, January, has an average temperature of -16℃. It has a warm time from June to October, and while the hottest month, July, has an average temperature of 15.9 ℃.
►Best time to visit Kanas: all year round. Kanas is pretty beautiful at all year round, because every season has its specialty, and it looks extraordinaryly stunning with the golden from autumn, at September and October.
►Open Time: 08:30-19:30.
►Entrance ticket:
Notes: the peak season is from 1st, May to 15th, October, and the off season is from 16th, October to 30th, April. Tickets are available for 2 days' sightseeing.
► What is Kanas Scenic Area comprised of?
Kanas Scenic Area has several parts, and these 3 parts are most visited by tourists, Kanas Lake Scenic Area, Hemu Scenic Area, and Baibaha Scenic Area, especially Kanas Lake. But for visiting them you need to buy separate tickets for three of them.
► Kanas Highlights
Kanas is touching. Kanas is a remote place in Xinjiang where few people live, and Kanas is one of the top places to run away from big cities and negative emotion. The beauty of Kanas, and its environment will calm people down and cleanse our heart and soul.
Kana's beauty is beyond words. Kanas Lake Scenic Area is the essential of Kanas Scenic Area, where you could enjoy the serene moments while seeing those untouched beautiful scenes made of azure lake, remote snow mountains, forests of firs, and alpine meadows.
► What to see in Kanas?
In Kanas, tourists could visit many places, and the most popular ones are Kanas Lake, Hemu Village, and Baibaha Village.
Kanas Lake is the must-visited one, and consists of several parts: Kanas Lake, Bianse Lake, Shenxian Bay, Moon Bay,Wolong Bay, Guanyu Platform, etc. Tourists could enjoy its beauty in these ways, overlooking Kanas Lake from Guanyu Platform, taking a boat around the lake, wandering along the lake through the plank road, and having a hiking from Shenxian Bay to Wolong Bay.
Hemu Village is in the east of Kanas Lake, where lives the Kazakhs and Tuva ethnic groups. This small village has 2 outstanding features, one is its houses, all of whom are made of logs, and another is its incredible autumn, everything turns to be gorgeous by dying the color of autumn. Hemu Village is the love of photographers and also hikers who could have a great experience in the hiking road from Kanas Lake to Hemu Village.
Baibaha Village is also a beautiful village for tourists to visit, but there is one thing you should know, that is Border Permit is needed, and you could apply one in Kanas Transfer Center.
► How many days to stay in Kanas?
3-4 days. 1-2 days for Kanas Lake, 1 day for Hemu Village and 1 day for Baibaha Village.
► Where to stay in Kanas?
For accommodation in Kanas, tourists could stay in a hotel in Kanas Lake Scenic Area, guest house in Hemu Village and Baibaha Village.
► How to arrange Kanas tour itinerary?
Considering that flight is the best way to get to Kanas, we will make the tour itinerary according to your arrival time by flight. And there are three main attractions for tourists, and usually tourists would visit all of them or 2 of them, and you could make some changes in response to your plan.
Day 1:
Day 2:
Day 3:
Day 4:
Here we also recommend you 2 great tour packages:
For tourists who are planning a trip to Kanas, we could offer tailor-made tour. If you are interested, please go Tailor-made and make an inquiry.
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