[2025 Akto Attraction] Travel Guide for Kezhou Glacier Park (Updated Feb)

In Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, you can find the magnificent Karakul Lake, the dreamy Glacier Park, and the rippling Baisha Lake. The natural scenery here is unique to Kizilsu. Visit Kizilsu to see the beautiful scenery, feel the wind blowing across the Pamir Plateau, chase the sunset in Simuhana Village, capture the snow on Mount Muztagh Ata, and see the ice on Baisha Lake. The beautiful scenery will put you in a good mood. Spend two days exploring nature and give yourself a break.

Ke County Glacier National Forest Park offers an incredibly realistic view of glaciers, allowing you to experience them up close. The entire glacier looks magnificent. If you plan to drive to Xinjiang and visit the Pamir Plateau, don't miss this spot. This is Ke County Glacier National Forest Park, where you can get a close look at the glaciers. Address: Pilali Village, Oytag Town, Akto County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Aoyitak Glacier is located 50 meters west of National Highway 314 in Akto County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture. Immersed in the glacier park during the silver winter, trees, mountains, and glaciers are all covered in vast white snow, resembling a real-life Chinese landscape painting, making one feel as if they are in a dreamlike fairyland draped in silver. Surrounded by the snow-capped mountains of the Pamir Plateau, Aoyitak Glacier Park is encircled by mountains on three sides, with steep snow peaks, intersecting glaciers, and dense forests. It combines grandeur, uniqueness, elegance, serenity, and danger, integrating natural ecology and cultural historical landscapes, and is known as the 'First Ecological Landscape of the Western Regions.'

🏞️ 🔍 Shh! The secret garden of southern Xinjiang, rivaling the snowy mountains of Ili, is near Kashgar! If you think that southern Xinjiang only has endless deserts and Gobi, you are greatly mistaken! 🏞️ 🏞️ 🌈 Imagine, without having to travel far, in the embrace of Kashgar, the Oytagh Glacier Park is like a low-key noble, quietly displaying its scroll of snowy mountains, grasslands, and glaciers. Here, the low-altitude glaciers gently welcome every visitor, sparing them the trouble of altitude sickness, and easily getting a glimpse of the stunning scenery! 👣 🚗 **Let's go, adventurers!** 🚀 Set your destination to Oytagh Glacier Park and start your journey beside National Highway 314 to the snowy wonderland. Friendly reminder: This will be upgraded to a national park in the future, and the privilege of direct self-driving access will become history, so seize the time to enjoy this last bit of freedom! 🚗💨 🎟️ **Ticket Tips:** 💳 Easily get your entrance ticket for only 45 yuan, plus 6 yuan for a round-trip shuttle, great value for money! 🕒 Opening hours are from 10 am to 8 pm, giving you plenty of time to immerse yourself in nature's embrace. 🏞️ **Explore the secret realm, surprises at every step!** 🚌 Once inside the scenic area, the shuttle takes you straight to the starting point of the hike. Don't worry, the 3 km uphill is a small test of determination, after which comes the reward of a visual feast. Don't want to hike? No problem, horse riding service is available, 50 yuan for a single trip, 100 yuan for a round trip, easily enjoy the scenery from horseback. 🐎 🎒 **Travel Tips:** 🍞 Bring your own dry food and water, as the small shops in the scenic area are limited edition! And remember to check the weather forecast, a sunny day is the right way to truly meet the glacier! ☀️ 📸 **Photographer Master Plan:** 1. 📍 Viewing platform, the full view of the glacier is in sight, the mystery of the black glacier mixed with soil, the story under the lens is explosive! 2. 🌿 On the way back, the grassland and snowy mountains are framed together under the long-focus lens, as if you are on the Shata Ancient Trail, each frame is wallpaper-level beautiful. 3. 💑 A broader grassland view, this is a favorite spot for couples, the perfect background for wedding photos, happiness witnessed by the snowy mountains. 4. 🛣️ Don't forget the scenery along the way, the strange peaks and rocks of National Highway 314, capturing photos as you go, every step is a surprise!

It's true that every landscape in Southern Xinjiang is stunning! ⛰️ You must visit the Aoyi Takte Red Valley!! It's absolutely incredible! It feels like viewing the colorful Danxia landforms, but even more mysterious, and you can step into the entire mountain, surrounded by the red hills. This spot is so off the beaten path, there are hardly any tourists. 🔴 The whole Red Valley is very "red," characterized by Yardang landforms. It is constantly sculpted by the forces of nature, water, and wind, creating bizarrely shaped mountains. If you keep walking inside, it feels like you could go on for a long time... It was too hot in the summer, so we only stayed for about half an hour~ - 🚗 Sharing our Southern Xinjiang chartered car itinerary: Day1⃣️: Kashgar—Aoyi Takte Glacier Park—Aoyi Takte Red Mountain—Baisha Lake Day2⃣️: Ancient Stone City—Panlong Valley Road—Bandier Blue Lake—Taxkorgan Day3⃣️: Muztagh Ata Glacier Park—Karakul Lake—Kashgar

In order to see the 'Flower Less' bubble valley, Fly thousands of miles to Xinjiang~ When you see it with your own eyes, you will sigh: Only when you have been there can you feel its beauty! The Yadan landform of the Red Canyon, formed by the erosion of flowing water on the red rock wall, each round hole is like a bubble, the red mountain body shows different colors under different light, as if on an alien planet, people are immersed in it. The uniqueness of this place lies in its natural bubble valley, which is an unmissable scene in the 'Flower Less' same-style attractions. 📍Oytag Red Canyon (Akto County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, G314) 🎫Free 🗺️Search 'Red Canyon' on the map, more than 80 kilometers from Kashgar city, it takes 2 hours, pay attention to the boundary marker, there is a parking lot 🅿️ 200 meters ahead of the 1583 boundary marker. 📌Recommended route (1 day route) 📈Kashgar-Oytag Glacier-Red Canyon-Kashgar The Red Canyon is currently a wild scenic spot, basically you can walk through in 30 minutes, and it takes about 1-2 hours to stroll around. It is recommended to visit the Oytag Glacier together. The fault and color change of the mountain rocks here are good places for photo check-in. You can use a telephoto lens to shoot and see five or six different colors of mountain rocks. On sunny days, the color of the canyon will be more vivid; on cloudy days, the color of the Red Canyon will be more intense. If you have a drone, you can fly down to see the whole view, which is very spectacular. ✨Play TIPS: The valley has no signal, it is recommended not to go too far, or to go in groups. If you drive in by yourself, it is best to be off-road or SUV, because the road conditions are all natural rock fragments, and low-chassis cars are at risk of hanging the chassis. The scenic area is a border area, there will be checkpoints on the road for inspection, you need to apply for a border management area pass in advance.

Oytag Glacier Forest Park, also known as "Kekzhou Glacier Park", can be said to be the only fairyland in southern Xinjiang that is similar to Yili in northern Xinjiang. Oytag is an ancient Turkic language, meaning "a depression in the mountains". Under the towering snow-capped mountains and glaciers are tall and verdant spruces and pines, and the Oytag River flows near the glacier. On the small grassy slope surrounded by mountains, there are the yurts of the Kirgiz nomads, and scattered horses, cows, and sheep are grazing leisurely. ✅Ticket: 45 yuan per adult, 6 yuan per person for round-trip shuttle 🌟The distance from the entrance to the innermost viewing platform is 5km, the shuttle can take 4km, the last kilometer can be walked by yourself, or you can ride a horse, one way 💰50 yuan per person, round trip 💰100 yuan per person, if you want to experience horse riding, you can try it. ✅Transportation: Oytag Glacier Park is on the way from Kashgar to Taxian, 120 kilometers away from Kashgar, on the side of National Highway 314 Pakistan Highway. It takes about 4 hours to drive from Kekzhou or Kashgar 🚗 (follow the sign to Oytag Glacier Park, turn right at the sign 🚏 and continue to drive 30 kilometers ahead) ✅Opening hours: 🕰️10:00-20:00 ✅Play time: It takes about 3 hours to go in from the entrance of the Glacier Park and come out. If you want to go to Taxian, you need to reserve enough time. ✅Recommended tour route (there are 2 roads after entering the scenic spot): 1⃣️Walk along the "Pamir Painter's Town" on the right, the meadow snow mountain, picturesque scenery, as if stepping into Miyazaki Hayao's animation. 2⃣️Walk along the viewing platform on the left, you can ride a horse to see the panoramic view of the snow mountain, the scenery is not lost to the Shata Ancient Road. Here, you can enjoy a peculiar landscape of ice and snow on one side and green grass on the other. If you want to admire the majesty of the glacier while riding a horse on the grassland, come to Kekzhou Glacier Park.

Must-visit series in Southern Xinjiang - Oytagh Glacier Oytagh Glacier Park, also known as Kizilsu Glacier Park, is located in Oytagh Town, Akto County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, located in the Pamir Plateau, on the China-Pakistan border. The snow mountain is called Ayilani Snow Mountain (altitude 6684 meters), with a large number of rare low-latitude glaciers distributed, among which the Kraz Glacier is only 2804 meters above sea level, which is the lowest glacier in China. Oytagh is an ancient Turkic language, meaning "depression in the mountains", which shows its low altitude characteristics. 120 kilometers away from Kashgar, you can reach it by taking the U-red line branch road along G314 from Kashgar, about 2 hours in total. After entering the scenic area, you need to take the scenic area bus to reach the inside of the scenic area. It takes about three hours to walk in the scenic area, with not high climbing, about 3km one way. There are services for riding horses up the mountain, and there are wild sheep and horses on the roadside. The overall journey is not much, it is recommended as a scenic spot on the way from Kashgar to Taxkorgan, and continue to rush to Tashkurgan after watching.