In the depths of the Taklamakan Desert, there lies an ancient village - Darya Boyi Village, which is about 400 years old. It is not only China’s largest village (more than 2,000 square kilometers), but also one of the most inaccessible areas of China. And you cannot even find it on the current map.
A century ago, the world knew nothing about this village of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. If you want to get here, you will have to cross the real desert. That is definitely a tough but interesting experience.
While you pass through reed marshes, climb sand dunes, watch the sunrise & sunset, and admire the ice-covered Kunlun Mountain, you will see the very different western customs. If you bold enough, you may walk into the no-man’s zone, which is absolutely no map instruction. I bet that it will leave you an extraordinary memory of Taklamakan Desert adventure.
Through all this, you are able to reach the Darya Boyi Village. This mysterious hidden village is 245 kilometers deep in the heart of China’s largest “Dead Sea” - Taklimakan Desert. It is an oasis like paradise, and also one of the loneliest places in the world, because of the isolation.
The people who live here are called Keriya. This original village is surrounded by several hundred kilometers of desert. And there’re no roads. Keriya have been living here for thousands of years. That is to say, this large village is completely isolated from the rest of the world for a very long time. Many locals haven’t been out of the village in their lives. And they refuse to move away, because they believe that they belong to the Taklimakan Desert, they are children of the desert.
Darya Boyi Village may be not so easy to access, and some unexpected situation may crop up in the desert tour, but it doesn’t cut people’s passion for exploring it. The oddly-shaped populus euphratica forest, the mysterious desert landscape, and the primitive tribal culture & custom have already attracted so many people from all over the world.
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