Things to do:

Climbing muztagh and trekking around the karakul lake are interesting and challenging. It takes 18 to 22 days totally to climb muztagh which is 7546m high and one of the best mountains to ski after summit. It is non much technical climb that you can all the way walk up to the summit , and you can trek around the muztagh base camp and karakul lake area as well for one week or two.The karakul lake is away from Kashgar 230km,which is an alpine lake located among the peaks of Gongger, Jiuger and Muztagh mountains . Around the lake over ten thousand Kirgiz people live near the lake by herding the yaks,camels, cows, horses, goats, and sheep. It can be a good chance to experience the life of Kirgiz people by staying at their yurt or stone houses up in high sea levels.

Karakoram highway trip is one of the best trips to do when you are in kashgar.The Karakoram Highway (KKH) runs from Kashi in Xinjiang,China to the west of the Himalayas on the Pamir Plateau of the Hindu Kush inthe Karakoram Mountains. The highway runs through the Hongqirapu Pass of China-Pakistan border port and goes south to Thakot ,the northern City of Pakistan. The total length of the highway is 1032 kilometers, including 416 kilometers in China and 616 kilometers in Pakistan. When the Karakoram Highway was built in the last century, about 700 people from China and Pakistan gave their lives.It was named as "one of the world top ten steep highways" and described as "the ribbon between the mountains" by "National Geographic". The media from many other countries have related it with multiple "most" which are the world's most beautiful highway, the world's highest cross-border road and the world's most thrilling corridor.

The Karakorum highway (KKH) links Islamabad,Pakistan with Kashgar over the Khunjerab Pass. Bus routes exist for passenger travel south into Pakistan. Kyrgyzstan is also accessible from Kashgar, via theTorugart Pass and Irkeshtam Pass; as of summer 2007, daily bus service connects Kashgar with Bishkek's Western Bus Terminal.

To drink cups of local tea in the old town of Kashgar, which is over 2000 years old, will be another cosy thing .Tea house in Kashgar Old Town keeps popular among residents and tourists. The reasonable prices are always welcome .For example, a pot of ordinary tea is normally sold at five yuan. For two more yuan, one big naan, a kind of crusty pancake common in Xinjiang,can be purchased. The cheap snack is popular as well among locals,while tourists usually prefer slightly more expensive medicinal teas, such as those of containing rose, saffron, honey, and other ingredients.