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Tour Description

    Day 1 ,



Kashgar Sunday Market

After break fast guide and drive meet you at the lobby then  drive market day in Kasghar and time for the famous Sunday market.   we will first pay a visit to the tomb of Apak Hoja which is one of the best examples of Uyghur Islamic architecture in Kashgar . Built in 1640, the tomb contains four buildings.  One is a large mausoleum with 58 tombs from five generations buried there. Then we will visit the Sunday Market. we  visit to the Sunday Market is forgettable when up to one hundred thousand people gather to shop, browse and sell.  There's a very real reason this market is known as the biggest in Central Asia.  .The livestock market is especially interesting as the way of business still clings to time long past.

Your lunch will be at the popular locale  restaurant .  In the afternoon we'll visit KashgarOldTown which is the most interesting part of Kashgar with over 2000 years of history. A traditional  dinner will be served wit. After dinner we'll stroll back down the back streets to your hotel  by the way visit the night market around of the Idkah Mosque /

Day 2

I  will meet you at your hotel at 7:30am local time from where we will head out along the Karakorum Highway (KKH) to Karakul Lake - the KKH was recently renamed the Sino-Pakistan Highway.   On the way, we will stop off in Opal village ,this  is also an interesting village for its Monday market.  In the village, we'll buy some fresh bread and fruits and some gifts (pens or pencils) for the picnic at Karakul Lake and set off along the famous Ghez River towards Kumtag (SandMountain)

The Ghez check point is only for checking passports and local IDs to Tashkurgan.  Yet from this point on the road takes on a life of its own, dominated by the breathtaking beauty of mountains of three distinct colors.  Rest assured, we will stop plenty of times to take photos. When we arrive at the Old Silk Road Inn, we will stop for a photo break by the GhezRiver and again later on to walk next to Kum tagh(sands dune ). . 

From here on, we will 20 minutes to Karakul Lake, where you can't fail to be impressed by the super massifs of Kongor Peak and Muztagh Ata (meaning 'Father of the IceMountain') over looking the lucid water of the lake.  Karakul is a special place of intense beauty.  Beside the lake one can see local people with their yaks, goats, sheep and camels.  We will arrive at the Lake for lunch time where a Kyrgyz traditional meal awaits in a local Yurt (not a touristy Yurt).

 The landscape of Karakul lake  is extremely beautiful all the way to Pakistan next to some of the Earth's highest mountains including Muztagh Ata 7546m (meaning 'Father of Ice Mountains') and the 7719m giant MountKongur. Karakul Lake (3600m) is also very tranquil and you can see some old Silk Road inns (or den) (Caravan Saray) on the way.  This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn about the ways of the Silk Road past still present in the 21st Century. ,walking around of the lake after lunch at kyrgyz family .late afternoon drive back to kashgar

dinner at locale uighur restaurant with the traditional music back to the hotel end of wonder full trip /

 

 

 

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