Fuyun County has a pleasant climate and beautiful environment, making it a natural tourist destination. There are alpine lakes, hot springs, rock paintings, stone carvings, etc. The Keketuohai No. 3 mine, the third national geological park in Xinjiang, is praised by Chinese and foreign experts as a "natural mineral exhibition hall."
Introduction to the main attractions in Altay-Fuyun County, Northern Xinjiang
Keketuohai Scenic Area
Keketuohai Scenic Area and Keketuohai National Geopark are located in Fuyun County, Altay Prefecture, northern Xinjiang. The scenic area is mainly composed of the Karaxianger earthquake fault zone, Kekesuli, Iremu Lake, and Irtysh Grand Canyon. It integrates beautiful canyon river source scenery, swamp wetland landscape, polar lakes, geological and mineral resources and other natural scenery, and integrates grassland nomadic culture, Western ethnic customs, regional folk customs and other cultural landscapes. It is a national 5A-level tourist attraction and an international original ecological tourist attraction with sightseeing, leisure and vacation, special tourism (hiking, photography, etc.), scientific investigation, etc. as its main features.
Tickets/Opening Hours
90 yuan; sightseeing bus tickets are 50-70
10:30-18:30 (Monday to Sunday, January 1st to December 31st)
Keketuohai Birch Forest
Located in Keketuohai Scenic Area, the birch forest tourist area covers an area of about 1.5 square kilometers and consists of three birch islands of different sizes. The main trees are birch trees, followed by Siberian poplar trees. The forest is a secondary broad-leaved forest in the cold temperate mountainous zone. In spring and summer, the sun is shaded by thick trees, and the ground is full of flowers and plants, which is a special place for leisure and coolness. In autumn, the trees are dyed golden, the small bridges flow through the water, and the sounds of nature are like a dreamland.
Keketuohai Geological Museum
The main body of Keketuohai Geological Museum is located in Longmen Square of the scenic area. The main functions are mainly composed of four parts: public service area, exhibition area, office area and equipment area. They include tourism information service area, commodity sales area, medical emergency center, tourist rest area, network rest area, geological exhibition, scenic scenery display area, multimedia exhibition hall, etc. In the interior landscape design, small-scale buildings such as ticket offices, ticket management rooms, and toilets are integrated into the atmosphere of the main building through the overall landscape design, and the curved shapes of paving, lamp pools, flower beds, and pools are used to strengthen the consistency between the building and the site texture, and the welcoming and leisure squares at the entrances of the museum and office area are combined to show the Keketuohai style.
Tickets/Opening Hours
Free admission
Kokosuli
Kekesuli is located in Fuyun County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang. It is one of the main scenic spots of Keketuohai National Geopark, 23 kilometers away from Fuyun County. Kekesuli Lake, also known as Wild Duck Lake, has a lake area of 2,677 acres and an average water depth of 2 meters. There are more than 20 floating islands of various sizes formed by reeds with intertwined roots in the lake, and there are abundant aquatic plants.
Tickets/Opening Hours
09:00-19:00 (Monday to Sunday, January 1st to December 31st)
Iremu Lake
The lake surface of Iremu Lake is about 1,120 meters above sea level, about 5,000 kilometers long from north to south, about 2,000 kilometers wide from east to west, and the lake is 100 meters deep. Iremu Lake is one of the great blessings bestowed by nature on the Keketuohai area. It is hidden in a fault depression about 4 kilometers southwest of Keketuohai Town, located on the Altai Mountains and the Irtysh River, which are known as "golden mountains and silver waters". It is called "Haizikou" by the locals. "Iremu" means "whirlpool" in Kazakh, and it is in the shape of a huge "8". It is the largest fault basin on the Fuyun earthquake fault zone.
Ayiguozi Mine Cave
The Ayiguozi Mine Cave is located 500 meters south of the Keketuohai No. 3 Mine and was discovered by local miner Ayiguozi Shalimu in 1949.
It is understood that in May 1949, when Ayiguozi was resting above the No. 3 mine, he discovered beryl underground and a white vein extending to the hill south of the No. 3 mine. He led the miners to conduct small-scale manual mining. After mining, they found that the mine mainly contained beryl, niobium-tantalum (manganese) ore, spodumene, mica, quartz and other minerals. After that, the newly discovered mine was named after Ayiguozi.
Irtysh Grand Canyon
Irtysh Grand Canyon is located in Fuyun County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, and is a major attraction in Keketuohai National Geopark. Along the Irtysh River, there are continuous granite peaks, with rounded peaks and various shapes, each of which tells a beautiful story. It can be called 108 peaks. What is even more peculiar is that the surface of the granite peaks here is mostly dense honeycomb-like pits, and vertical grooves that look like solidified waterfalls, just like waterfall fossils.
Shenzhongshan
Shenzhong Mountain is located about 40 kilometers upstream of the Irtysh River in Fuyun County. On both sides of the Irtysh River, there are two bell-shaped rocks, about 1,000 meters high. White birch, pine and Siberian spruce grow on the rocks, and moss grows on the rocks. When the rain stops and the sky clears, white clouds linger on the rock peaks and rainbows pass through the sky, creating a spectacular view. There is a beautiful legend about the formation of the bell-shaped rock in the local Kazakh folk. It is said that Amirsana and her brother Hong Taiji had a conflict over their father's throne, and each led their army to fight. Amirsana was stationed on the top of the bell-shaped rock on the south bank of the Irtysh River, while Hong Taiji was stationed on the top of the mountain on the north bank. They refused to give in and fought for several days. Both died. In memory of the brother and sister, later generations named the two rocks Amirsana and Hong Taiji.
Whether you want to appreciate the wonders of nature or explore the rich local cultural history, Fuyun County can bring you endless surprises and touches. Every attraction here is waiting for your discovery.
