After your arrival you will be picked up by your guide. Then you drive 110km (1.5 hours) to Burqin. During the drive we will have a chance to see the Black Aerolites Hill, Altai grassland, Eerqis River - China's only river that runs into the Arctic Ocean (it originates from south Mt. Altai, 546km long in China, covering an area of 57,000 square km, with an annual flow of 12 billion cubic meters). In the evening you can stroll around this charming little town on the banks of River Eerqis and see how people live on what the river produces and you can visit the night market in this northernmost territory of Xinjiang. You will stay overnight at a 3 star hotel (the best hotel available in Burqin).