Tourist destinations for autumn outing

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Zalantun

Zalantun city is located in the Hulunbuir prefecture, Inner Mongolia. Lying in the southeastern foothills of the Greater Khingan Mountains, it is an area of considerable natural beauty, including forests and streams as well as the Yalu River, and is known for its hunting, fishing as well as the folklore of the Oroqen People.

Kanas

Located in the north of Burqin county of Xinjiang, Kanas Lake is the deepest freshwater lake in China. In Mongolian, "Kanas" means "beautiful, affluent and mysterious". Encircled by virgin forest, the lake reaches 180 meter in depth at the deepest point. Kanas Lake Natural Reserve, with the lake as its core, takes up an area of 5,588 square kilometers. The Kanas region is home to 798 species of plants and 117 varieties of birds. Also living in the midst of all this beauty are more than 1,400 people of the Tuva Minority whose ancestors came from Siberia over 1,000 years ago.

Admission fee:

150 yuan (June 10 – Oct.10)

120 yuan (Apr.1 – June 9; Oct.11 – Oct. 31)

Free of charge (Nov.1 – next Mar.31)

80 yuan for inter-zone vehicle

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