[2025 Tashkurgan Attraction] Travel Guide for Datong Apricot Blossoms (Updated Apr)

The best travel guide for the apricot blossom season in Tashi County [Tiptop] 📍Best Location: [One] Datong Township: Located in Taxkorgan County, it is known as a "paradise on earth". The century-old apricot trees in the river valley and the ancient villages complement each other. Among them, the most famous is the [Happiness No. 5 Bridge], which is located at the entrance of Datong Township. The wooden structure bridge spans the river valley. There are dense apricot trees on both sides. The pink and white petals, flowing water and wooden bridge form a classic picture, which is suitable for photographing landscapes that combine humanity and nature. [Two] Tal Township: There are large tracts of pink apricot blossom forests along the river, which are very charming and suitable for photography. [Three] Kukosiruk Township: The latest place to bloom on the Pamir Plateau, with unique scenery. 🚉Transportation strategy: Starting from Kashgar, it is recommended to charter a car or drive yourself. It takes about 4-5 hours to drive to Tashkurgan County, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Baisha Lake, Muztagh Ata Peak and so on along the way. After entering Xinghua Village, some sections of the road are narrow and you need to drive carefully. 🛏Accommodation conditions: Most of the accommodations in Xinghua Village are in herdsmen's homes. The conditions are simple and the price is about RMB 100 per person per night, including breakfast. Some rooms offer shower facilities, which need to be confirmed in advance. The Donggui Posthouse in Tar Township is considered to be a relatively good accommodation. 🍽Dining recommendations: There are limited dining facilities along the way, and herders’ homes can provide simple meals such as beef hotpot. It is recommended to bring your own dry food and drinking water. ⏳Best viewing period: Datong Township: Low altitude, blooms in late March Tal Township: Blooms at the end of March Kukosiluk Township: Blooming in early April The best viewing period is from mid-to-late March to early April every year, and the specific time is affected by the temperature. [Trunk] Clothing suggestions: The temperature on the plateau is low and the temperature difference between day and night is large, so you need to bring down jackets, hiking shoes, etc. 🎫Border Pass: You need to apply for a border pass to go to Taxkorgan, which can be processed in Kashgar. [Medicine]Prevention of altitude sickness: Tashikawa County is at a high altitude. It is recommended to prepare preventive medicines in advance, such as glucose oral solution, headache medicine, and purchase oxygen cylinders when necessary. 📸Photography tips: Use a telephoto lens, shoot from above or below to avoid the crowd, and use flowers as the foreground to add a sense of layering. The apricot blossom season in Taxkorgan County in southern Xinjiang is a paradise for photography and nature lovers. If you plan ahead, you will surely have an unforgettable spring trip.

Apricot Blossom Viewing in Southern Xinjiang 🌸 Blooming Period and Schedule The apricot blossoms in Pamir usually bloom from March 20 to April 10. The apricot blossoms in Datong Township bloom around March 20, and are at their best around March 24/25. The apricot blossoms in Tal Township and Kukesiluke Township bloom at the end of March. The blooming period may be 3–5 days earlier or later depending on the temperature. Each apricot blossom lasts for about 7 days, and the flowers on a tree can be viewed for only 10 days. We recommend arriving in Kashgar in advance and adjusting your itinerary according to the actual blooming period so you don't miss the best time to view the blossoms. 🚗 Transportation The road conditions are generally good, but some sections of the Tasha Ancient Road are dirt roads and gravel roads. If you rent a car, be sure to choose a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle! If you drive yourself, pay attention to the impact of weather changes on road conditions, check the condition of your vehicle in advance, and bring spare tires, jacks, other repair tools, and snow chains. If you are not familiar with the road conditions, a group tour or car rental is a good choice. Experienced drivers are more reliable and safer. 🏠 Accommodation Accommodation in Tashkurgan and Apricot Blossom Village is limited, and rooms are in high demand during the blooming period, so be sure to book in advance! Ordinary homestays in the village cost about CNY 100–200 per night. The facilities are relatively simple, and some homestays may not have private bathrooms, so remember to bring your own toiletries. 🧥 Clothing and Equipment The temperature on the Pamir Plateau is low in March and April, with daytime temperatures of 5–15°C and early morning and evening temperatures close to 0°C. Bring thermal underwear, sweaters, fleece jackets, windproof jackets or thin down jackets, and non-slip sneakers or hiking shoes. The ultraviolet rays on the plateau are strong, so sunscreen, sunglasses, and sun hats are essential. Bring a thermos, motion sickness medicine, and a small amount of cash. The signal in the village is poor, so cash is more convenient for buying local specialties. 🌟 Local Customs and Environmental Protection The Tajik people are relatively introverted, so respect their culture and customs, such as not touching children's heads. Keep the environment clean when you travel, don't litter, and protect the local flowers and trees.

"To experience the beauty of apricot blossoms, you must come to the Pamir Plateau." 🕒[Flower Viewing Time]: Late March to mid-April 🌸[Flower Viewing Locations]: ✅Kukushiluke Township: On the Tasha Ancient Road, the original earthen houses and blooming apricot blossoms are full of cultural atmosphere. ✅Tal Township Apricot Blossom Village: Stroll along the river valley, as if you are in a sea of flowers, and you can take beautiful photos with a snap. ✅Datong Township Apricot Blossom Village: Known as the "Peach Blossom Land - Apricot Blossom Village", the apricot blossoms here float like clouds all over the canyon. 🧡[Tips]: 💛The climate varies every year🌡️, and the flowering period🌼 will also fluctuate, so be sure to pay attention to local information before traveling. 🧡The temperature difference between morning and evening is relatively large, so you need to prepare thick clothes🧥. 💛You need to apply for a border pass🧾 in advance to go to Tashkurgan.

Many years ago, when merchants traversed the most dangerous paths of the ancient Silk Road, a fairyland-like Xinghuacun suddenly appeared before their eyes! Even today, you still need to take an off-road vehicle to visit Xinghuagou because the roads remain perilous, with scarce signs of life along the way, surrounded by towering glaciers and snow-capped peaks. The Pamir Plateau is renowned for its cold, desolate, and bleak scenery. However, spring in Xinjiang begins in Datong Township. Every year from late March to early April, the 196-kilometer Tashkurgan Valley from the county seat of Taxian to Datong Township transforms into a spectacular corridor of apricot blossoms. As the off-road vehicle approaches Datong Township, you can see the pink apricot blossoms blooming along the roadside from afar, spreading with the spring breeze. The village deep in the Kunlun Mountains is very quiet, with only the occasional chirping of birds and the calls of cattle and sheep raised by villagers. Villagers work and rest under the apricot trees, giving visitors a sense of being in a paradise, feeling both disoriented and enchanted...

In another 50 days, apricot blossoms will be everywhere. The bloom of the Pamir Plateau 🍃A spring trip with apricot blossoms blowing all over your head. The apricot blossoms on the Pamir Plateau arrive before other apricot blossoms. On the river, under the snow-capped mountains, and behind the eaves, the tall, short, fat and thin apricot trees are either unruly or colorful. Trees elsewhere may be neatly arranged, but apricot trees grow wildly here. Southern Xinjiang can't wait to step into spring. In mid-to-late March every year, the snow in northern Xinjiang has not yet melted, but the apricot blossoms in southern Xinjiang begin to bloom one after another. 📆Expected viewing date for apricot blossoms in Southern Xinjiang: 3.18-4.5 Generally, apricot blossoms gradually bloom around March 20 every year. Due to the different altitudes and sunshine, the flowering time of each village is also different, so you can still see apricot blossoms until the end of March or the beginning of April! 3.25-3.30 is definitely the best time, you can see it no matter what 🌸! . ✨The best place to enjoy apricots in southern Xinjiang: 📍Taer Township The apricot flowers and houses in the village, under the trees in the fields, on the riverside streets, children at the entrance of the village, Tajik people basking in the sun leisurely, and the pink apricot flowers on both sides of the road are intertwined with each other . 📍Datong Township Datong Township is a relatively famous village. If you are lucky, you can get close to the glacier of Muztagh Ata. . 📍Kukosiruge Township We came here to follow the flowers. When the apricot flowers in Datong Township began to turn white, the apricot flowers in Kukosiruge Township were still in full bloom. This is the most beautiful place for apricot flowers here! 📍Kuzu Village: Many apricot blossoms are enclosed by barbed wire by villagers, but in Kuzu Township, there are relatively few barbed wires, so you can have close contact with the apricot blossoms as you like! . 📝Notes for flower viewing in Southern Xinjiang: 📎Because the flower viewing is near the village, the accommodation conditions are limited, and you can only stay in the villagers' homes or the homestays run by the local villagers themselves. 📎When you set off, you can prepare some self-heating hot pot, freeze-dried vegetables, instant noodles, sausages, etc. in Kashgar City. There are relatively few shops along the way. 📎The flowering period of apricot blossoms is relatively short, only a dozen or twenty days. Accommodation in southern Xinjiang is limited, so it is recommended to confirm your itinerary in advance. . 🔍Flower viewing route on the Pamir Plateau: Day1: Departure point➡️Kashgar Day2: Kashgar Ancient City➡️Baisha Lake➡️Taheman Wetland➡️Taxian Day3:Taxian➡️Panlong Ancient Road➡️Bandir Lake➡️Tasha Ancient Road➡️Happiness No. 5 Bridge➡️Tar Township Day4: Tar Township➡️Kukosiruge Township➡️Karakul Lake➡️Baisha Lake Day5: Baisha Lake➡️Muji Crater➡️Shiba Arhat Peak➡️Kashgar Day6: Kashgar➡️Shell Mountain➡️Simhana Village➡️Irkeshtam Port➡️Kashgar Day7: Kashgar➡️Departure point

Sisters, the apricot blossoms in southern Xinjiang are really a sea of ​​pink flowers🌸~ If you are ready to play, hurry up⬇️⬇️⬇️ . ◽️Preparation before departure ❶ Clothing: It will be a little cold in the morning and evening, and it will be very hot at noon. You should wear a thick outer layer to keep out the cold and a light jacket. ❷You must bring your ID card (it is difficult to travel without an ID card in Xinjiang). Bring your student ID card, senior citizen ID card, disability ID card and other documents that can reduce the ticket price, and some cash ❸Electronic products: mobile phones, chargers, cameras, power bank ❹Other items: sunglasses, hat, gloves, sunscreen, lip balm ❺Food: dry food chocolate biscuits and your favorite snacks ❼Thermos cup (drink more hot water) 🌸Sharing of apricot blossom viewing locations 📍Datong Township: Known as a paradise, the apricot blossoms dye the village pink 📍Tal Township: Xinghua Avenue and Xingfu No. 5 Bridge, which are popular for online photos, are here ✅Apricot blossom viewing route in southern Xinjiang 🔥A seven-day itinerary of Apricot Blossom in Southern Xinjiang D1 pick up the plane in Kashgar, apply for border defense permit, and visit the ancient city of Kashgar D2 Kashgar - Muji Crater - Baisha Lake! Live in Baisha Lake D3 Baisha Lake - Karakul Lake - Muztagh Peak! Zhuta County D4 Ta County—Panlong Ancient Trail—Bandil Blue Lake—Xinghua Village, Datong Township! Live in Datong Township D5 Fellows—Happy No. 5 Bridge! Live in Xinghua Village, Tar Township D6 Taer Township-Tasha Ancient Road! Live in Shache County D7 Shache County—N39 Desert! End of Kashgar 🔥B Eight-day itinerary of Apricot Blossom Itinerary in Northern Xinjiang in April 🌺The first day in Urumqi - S101 National Defense Highway - Anjihai Grand Canyon! Live in Dushanzi District 🌺Dushanzi District - Sailimu Lake - Guozigou Bridge on the second day! Live in Qingshuihe Town 🌺On the third day, Qingshuihe - Daxigou Fushou Mountain - Kazanqi National Village! Live in Yining City 🌺On the fourth day, Yining-Turgen Xinghuagou! Live in Xinyuan County 🌺Nalati wild lily in Xinyuan County on the fifth day! Live in Nalati 🌺Nalati-Gonnas Forest Farm on the sixth day! Live in Turpandi 🌺Turpan-Kumtag Desert in seven days! Lives in Shanshan County 🌺Eight-day Shanshan-Tuyugou Village—Flaming Mountain! Live in Urumqi 1⃣The flowering period of apricot flowers is short and ends in about ten days. 2️⃣Watching apricot blossoms is basically during the day. The most beautiful moments are when the sun rises and sets. 3️⃣The apricot flowers in the river valleys and foothills will bloom first. When they reach the top of the mountain, sometimes it is already May. The flowering period in the entire river valley usually lasts for about half a month to 20 days.

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

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.