#Datong Apricot Blossoms Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Flower Fields
Address:
Datong Town, Tasha Ancient Road, Tashkurgan County, Kashgar, Xinjiang
Opening times:
Open year round, 24/7Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
3-5 hours
In March, the apricot blossoms are silent, yet they convey the endless romance of Southern Xinjiang
After the first sentence, spring breezes for miles can't compare to having you amidst the apricot blossoms in Southern Xinjiang in March!
The Pamir in Southern Xinjiang, the beginning of spring in China, is a secret realm favored by 'National Geographic'.
In the apricot blossom villages there, when the spring breeze caresses, the ancient apricot trees stretch their centennial forms, dancing with the mountains and rivers. The perilous and winding Tashkurgan trail is lined with competing apricot blossoms, like a feast of nature. The Tajik villages nestle quietly among them, where earthy yellow and pink interweave, reminiscent of the idyllic paradise described by Tao Yuanming, dreamlike and enchanting, captivating all who visit.
And along this route, there are also the white sands of White Sand Lake, the Father of Ice Mountains - Muztagh Ata, the mirror-like azure Band-e Amir Lake, the serpentine Panlong Ancient Trail, and many more breathtaking sights.
Flower viewing season:
Around March 20th to April 10th every year, lasting for about half a month.
Flower viewing route:
Koksu Township - Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous Township - Datong Township.
Koksu Township: Here, the apricot blossoms bloom between snow-capped mountains and gorges, with a relatively later blooming period than other villages. The primitive earth houses and terraced fields are all adorned with apricot blossoms, truly a secret garden of apricot flowers.
Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous Township: Famous for the Apricot Blossom Avenue and the Happiness No. 5 Bridge, here you'll find old apricot trees with large and dense blossoms, offering extreme romance and a feast for the eyes.
Datong Township: Known as the 'Peach Blossom Land of Apricot Villages', every household's courtyard is filled with century-old apricot trees.
Combining all the scenery and camera positions, here's a shared 4-day itinerary:
4-day itinerary recommendation:
D1: Kashgar - Red Valley - White Sand Lake - Mujie Volcano Crater - Karakul Lake - Taxkorgan (stay in Taxkorgan).
D2: Taxkorgan - Start of the Wakhan Corridor - Panlong Ancient Trail - Band-e Amir Lake - Koksu - (stay in Apricot Blossom Village).
D3: Koksu Township - Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous Township - Datong Township - Taxkorgan (stay in Taxkorgan).
D4: Taxkorgan - Tashkurgan Wetland - Muztagh Ata - Karakul Lake - Kashgar (stay in Kashgar).
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In addition to Japanese cherry blossoms, China's Xinghua Village is simply a paradise
April, is the season of recovery of all things, and Xinjiang is also quietly replaced with new makeup at this time. In addition to Japanese cherry blossoms, Xinjiang also has the most beautiful appearance of spring.
We came to the Tajik village in the Kunlun Mountains. This season is in full bloom with apricot blossoms, along the way are ancient Populus euphratica, dark green rivers, steep and steep mountains, pink clusters of apricots in the mountains. Hualin.
We came to Taal Township, where we still have earthen houses, the bathroom is pushed open, the whole field is a natural wild toilet, the stream at the door is our washstand, and the sound of the birds on the tree becomes The alarm clock, when sleeping at night, can smell the smell of mixed sheep in the silk land. It takes less than two kilometers to walk from the village head to the end of the village, but it can play for hours.
Apricot flower is the most beautiful here, the petals are floating in the air and hovering, and finally fell on the roof, hair, water basin, yard. Standing under the apricot tree, waiting for a minute of breeze, the petals rain under the head, what can't be cured, it's good to come here.
Xinjiang apricot flower Location: 1 It is in Yili Xinghuagou, 2. Tashkurgan Datong Township, Tal Township. We went to Tal Township
to see the best period of apricot flower: the flowering period of apricot flower is very short, only one week. , around the beginning of April
accommodation recommended: in the township mostly live in the locals, experience a Tarico lifestyle
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The beautiful scenery of this unpopular: no visa, no tourists!
This beautiful place is in Xinjiang. The scenery in Xinjiang is beautiful all year round, but the apricot flower is usually only opened in April, and the flowering period is about one week.
Xinjiang and Xinjiang in Xinjiang have apricot flower forests. I have been to both. This is the apricot flower forest in Datong Township, Southern Xinjiang.
Datong Township In the Tashkurgan area of Xinjiang, you must first set up a border defense certificate in Kashgar.
Datong Township is relatively remote in Dashan, and it is not good to drive from Kashkurgan Center to the road. Public transportation is not developed here, and it is estimated that it can only be driven by car or chartered.
After all the way, some villages are full of apricot flowers, and the apricot flowers in southern Xinjiang are opened earlier than the northern Xinjiang.
General apricot blossoms bloom from early April to mid-April (depending on the weather, after all, we encounter the beauty of the petals and snowflakes at the same time.
plan to consult some before heading out At the time of the innkeeper's flowering period.
We played in Xinjiang for 20 days and self-driving more than 6,000 kilometers (no mistakes, when the car rental company owner accepted the car, it hurts, said that I have not seen people like us Xinjiang can be very big, but the road is still very good, the car is small, the road is straight, if you plan to go, you have to arrange the time. Nanjiang and Northern Xinjiang are very beautiful, time is not enough to choose one of them. It is more suitable to play.
Security is still very good, because security is strict, so it seems safe to be dangerous.