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| Dushanzi Grand Canyon, Xinjiang |
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| Xiagang Street Night Market, Kuytun |
D-18 Wednesday Aug 26 2026 (Karamay & Kuytun & Dushanzi Grand Canyon Xinjiang) - after a 2 nights stay in Karamay, we took a high speed train (CNY30) from Karamayi Railway Station > Kuytun Railway Station (144km, 1 hr), after hotel check-in, we took a walk to the nearby Xiagang Street Night Market & in the late afternoon, we hired a private DiDi car (CNY160 = Rm98) to visit the Dushanzi Grand Canyon.
Kuytun or Kuitun is a country level city with about 290,000 residents in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, located between Wusu & Shihezi on the railway from Urumqi to Kazakhstan close to desert.
Public Transport: 1 train ride (CNY30) + 2 DiDi rides (CNY21.28 + 3.79) + 1 private car hire (CNY160)
1) DiDi ride (CNY21.28 = Rm13) from hotel to Karamayi Railway Station
2) High speed train ride (CNY30) departing 10.00 from Karamay > Kuytun (144km, 1hr)
3) Arriving in Kuytun Railway Station
4) Hotel Accommodation (Kuytun) - my 2 nights stay in Kuytun, room tariff @Rm97 (US$24), 2 single beds.
5) Walkabout in downtown Kuytun - familiarisation visit
6) Lunch in a local restaurant nearby our hotel - savouring a bowl of wan tan soup (CNY18) & fried rice (CNY12)
7) Xiagang Street Night Market - visited the afternoon session at around 13.00, a bustling neighbourhood street market that is highly popular with local residents, located approx 300m from our hotel, we enjoyed loitering our time here & bought our breakfast, fresh grapes, red dates dumplings, soya milk drink, moon cakes & snacks from local food stalls during our 2 nights stay here.
8) Dushanzi Grand Canyon visit (19.30 > 21.30) private DiDI car hire (CNY80 x 2 round trip) from our hotel to Dushanzi Grand Canyon, located approx 40km from Kuytun city.
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Kuytun > Dushnzi District >
Dushanzi Grand Canyon
(approx 41km) |
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Dushanzi Grand Canyon - a breath-taking natural wonder sculpted over millions of years by the rushing meltwater of the Tianshan Mountains & the Kuitun River, it is famously known as the starting point of the iconic Duku Highway.
