Korla Travel Guide

Korla City appeals to travellers with its breathing-taking scenery, rich culture and long history. Korla is the largest prefecture in all of China, situated at the northern border of the Tarim Basin and the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. The city itself has a population of 150,000, the majority of whom are Han Chinese. Korla enjoys a generally warm climate with adequate water supplies and fertile soil. Favorable geographical features endow the city with abundant natural scenic spots, including the Bosten Lake, the Bayanbulak Grasslands, the Taklimakan Desert, the Altun Mountain Nature Reserve, and the Yadan scenic spot.

Korla's major products include apricot, plum, honey melon and the most famous fragrant pear. It also boosts a wide variety of wildlife, including snow leopard, takin, marmot, snow cock and brown bear, red deer, wild camel as well as the endangered species of swan and wild duck. Korla has a great variety of Chinese medicinal herbs such as the snow lily, Chinese grom well, fritillary, codonopsis pilosula, licorice root and ophedra. The lakes of Korla all teem with many kinds of fish, such as the bighead, common carp, silver carp, grass carp and crucian carp.

Korla itself is blessed with diversified cultures. Tiemen Gate, the Ancient city of Loulan, the Xikeqin Thousand Buddha Caves, the remains of Miran and the Yellow Lamasery in Baluntai, are a few of the cultural sites for which the region is known. Welcome to view other columns for extensive guide to attraction information and travel services offer related to Korla or other famous cities in China. Feel free to contact us if you plan to travel to Korla. We will provide the professional advice, individual itinerary and excellent travel service.