HI Guys

Just a word of advise for you on this tour via china. I did the same route last August, we were 4 bikers and a landrover in total we payed something about 2500 USD for a 6 day trip without hotel.

We were given itinenary about places we were going to visit but it turned out to be a complete disaster , as the tour guide kept taking us to expensive resorts. For exemple we were ment to ride to the Taklamatan desert . Instead they took us to a "desert resort" near the desert with a man made lake!!!

Make sure to get specifics about the places you want to visit , make sure you spend one Sunday in Kashgar (sunday market) we missed that because of bad planing. Kashgar is a fantastic city to be in. The Otak Glacier is ok, its on the Begining of The KKH . If you want to stay at Karakol lake near Muztagh ata make sure not to stay at the chinese resorts. There are many Kyrgyz Yurts on the way and they are dirt cheap to stay in. But you will have to pay a 10 USD national park fee this is mandatory if you are spotted.

One more thing ; when you pass through the second custom control into china. Your bikes will be sprayed with something and you will have to pay for this , you will also get a receip!!!! MAKE SURE TO SAVE THE RECEIP.

We were held for almost 1,5 hour when exiting china in Tashxorgan customs just because we did not have these receips, crazy but fact.

Good Luck and have fun , Xjinjiang is Beautiful KKH is A fantastic ride, just be aware that the entire KKH from Kunjerab pass to Gilgit is a massive building site , the road is in very bad state as the Chinese are refurbishing the KKH.

Dont forget to Visit Skardu and Loop bacK to KKH via Desaoi Plains and The Astor Valley in Pakistan ,Probably one of the Greatest route in the world

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