# Hemu Scenic Area (禾木景区)

Altay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region · Northwest, China · Guidebook rating: 4/5
Canonical: https://cnatrip.com/en/places/hemu-scenic-area
Language: en

## Key facts

- **Admission:** ¥50 (peak season), ¥25 (off-season); shuttle bus ¥52; maintenance fee ¥20
- **Opening hours:** 8：30—20：00
- **Time needed:** 1–2 days
- **Good for:** Photography, Ethnic Culture, Nature

## About Hemu Scenic Area

Hemu is the seat of the Kanas Mongol Ethnic Township government, about 70 km from Kanas Lake. Snow-capped mountains surround the village, and dense white birch forests grow around it. Although Hemu is now full of mountain lodges and guesthouses, it remains a relatively unspoiled wooden village with no electricity and no mobile signal, though some guesthouses run generators. Tuvan people, a Mongolic group, live by the forest. Their houses are usually built on grassland beneath pine and cypress trees by the water, and their foundations, floors, walls and roofs are all made of timber.

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Source: China Self-Guided Travel 2025 (《中国自助游》, Tianjin Science & Technology Press, Aug 2024), p. 847. Prices, hours and transport details are as printed in the August 2024 edition and may have changed. Always confirm with the venue before you travel.
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