Hami Demon Town and Altay Palette Town

Hami Demon Town

Hami Demon Town is located 20km south of Wupu Town in Hami City, and about 100km away from Hami City; owing to the mystery of the town, one who is not familiar with the terrain will be at the risk of getting lost if encountering the windstorm. In the Demon Town, one can view the landscapes being exactly like castles, palaces, pagodas, monuments, man-shape, birds and beasts; the dazzling steep cliffs and crags, and the colorful agates mixed in the rocks; the ubiquitous silicified wood and plant fossils with fresh foliage can be seen everywhere, and occasionally one can also find the small round stones like dinosaur egg fossils, marine fish fossils and bird fossils. Whenever wind blows the creepy cries and screams can often be heard, hence “Demon Town”was named.

There are also the ruins of ancient castles and ancient dewellings-Yisikeshire Ancient Castle.

 Altay Palette Town 

Altay Palette Town is located in Fuyun County in Altay Prefecture, and constituted by the scenic spots of Palette Town, Wildlife Viewing Park, Agate Beach, Silicified Wood Group, Diablo Canyon, Fossil Specimens, and Mingsha Mountains. National Highway2216is the main transportation junction for tourism from Urumqi to Altay with the whole course of 660km, passing through the Gurbantonggut desert, Scorching Mountain, Palette Town, Yardang Landform, Ulungur River, Wild Horse Releasing Base, and Kalamaili Hoofed Animals Nature Reserve, and so on. One can view the wild horses, wild donkeys, goitered gazelles and other rare animals, and the unique wild plants in Gobi desert; the tourism resource is quite unique with diversity having very high grade of value.

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