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The scenery of the Stone Forest is as beautiful as a painting

The Legend of Zelda on the Duku Highway, only 0.1% of people have been there|||🛣️ On the Duku Highway, we discovered a place that can be called the Zelda of the human world - the Tianshan Stone Forest - The moment we stepped on it, the Breath of the Wild was no longer an imagination, the real version of the land of Hyrule unfolded before our eyes - - 📍: Tianshan Stone Forest, Hejing County, Bayingolin, Xinjiang - 🎫: Abandoned scenic spot, 🆓 - 📷&📱: 1️⃣ Log cabin + Stone Forest As soon as you enter the grassland section, you can see this idle log cabin 2⃣️ Vast grassland + Stone Forest Climbing up the hill behind the log cabin, you can see a large grassland, suddenly open 3⃣️ Grassland ruts + Stone Forest On the way from the log cabin to the boardwalk entrance 4⃣️ Close-up of Stone Forest You can go deep into the Stone Forest through the wooden boardwalk 5⃣️ Snow Mountain + Stone Forest The drone can capture the Stone Forest and the snow-capped mountains of the western section of the Tianshan Mountains in the same frame, with golden mountains at sunrise and sunset 6⃣️ Mountain road + Stone Forest The downhill road before entering the village is a bit like the Panlong Ancient Road in Kashgar 7⃣️ Snow Mountain + Road On the crater road before entering the mountain road - 🚘 There is only one road, as follows: 1️⃣ Section: Navigate to "Tianshan Stone Forest" to reach the original scenic spot entrance, which is on the Duku Highway, 41km from Bayinbulak Town, be sure to refuel in the town 2️⃣ Section: 47km asphalt road, no speed limit, 0.5h~1h 3️⃣ Section: From "Kuikewusu No. 1 Bridge", 25km crater road, need to drive slowly, 1.5h~2h 4️⃣ Section: After entering the village and seeing the "Tianshan Stone Forest" introduction sign, continue along the main road, cross the bridge and enter the grassland, about 1.5km 5️⃣ Section: From the grassland, there are only rut marks, drive about 1.8km to the gravel river beach, the rut marks are not obvious, start the four-wheel drive mode from here, and rush directly to the rut mark entrance on the opposite bank 6️⃣ Section: After crossing the river beach, continue along the rut marks for 2km of dirt road, stop when you see a small house, this is the starting point of the wooden boardwalk 7️⃣ Section: From the wooden boardwalk, you can explore freely · It is recommended to use a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle or SUV, we drove a Tank 300 with no pressure throughout the journey - 📌Tips: · Only China Mobile has signal throughout the journey, intermittent on the road, but full 4G signal in the village at the foot of the Stone Forest · No accommodation, we slept in the car + down sleeping bag · No shops, need to bring enough drinking water and self-heating food · Few people in the village, living are Mongolian herdsmen, most do not speak Chinese, mutual respect, friendly communication · Large temperature difference between day and night, it is recommended to wear a three-in-one jacket · Do not crush the grassland outside the pastoral road, take away the garbage
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Posted: Jul 1, 2024
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