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China Altay

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The Altay Mountains extend across China, Kazakstan, Mongolia and Russia. China Altay possesses a diversity of landscape features, such as sublime glaciers and snow-covered peaks, colorful alpine meadows, grand granitic natural sculptures, dynamic atmospheric conditions, picturesque landscapes of rivers and lakes, and charming nomadic life and folk customs.
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China Altay (ID: 5533)
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First published: 06/01/23.

Zoë Sheng

China Altay

China Altay (On tentative list)

China Altay by Zoë Sheng

Unofficially an extension to Russia's Golden Mountains of Altai (which should also be extended to the nearby Mongolia) it features the southern area of this landscape. Unlike the northern, LARGE area, this section is quite small and mainly exists as a tourist spot. I'll give it thumbs up because it's great nature and the Russian part alone is worth a visit so the extension doesn't hurt.

One can only get here by plane from Urumqi. Taking a car is possible, forget about public transport, and you can see some things on the way but it's a very, very long drive. You are better off renting or hiring a private car to see things you want further south of the airport if you really think that's necessary. Once you arrive (and foreign guests are picked off for special questioning) you get to board a bus that goes to the natural park, or they try to offer you a private ride but it was quite expensive so the bus makes more sense. You get a return ticket for getting back to the airport at the same time. The bus ride is a good 2 hours.

Once you arrive you will need to walk a bit more to the ticket center and a sightseeing bus that takes you further in. You can stop at some places on the way and get the next bus to continue on if you want, do that on the way back, or just take pics from …

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