D1. Urumqi City Tour
You can fly to Urumqi from many cities in China, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, etc. And make some city tours accordingly, such as the International Bazaar.
 
D2 Urumqi / Turpan    198KM, 2 hours’ driving
Head to Turpan in the morning.

Firstly you will visit the Tuyugou Valley, which is a well reserved Muslim village with tyipical Xinjiang landscape. 

And then you will explore the ruin of Jiaohe ancient town, which is the largest and most well reserved earth town, and it will tell you the old history of Silk road from 2300 years ago.
In the afternoon you will continue tours in Turpan. And you will explore the Kaner Well Drainage system under the earth. It is really a magic wisdom that people transferred water under the earth channel in this hot area. And you will also enjoy the folklore of Uygur people.
 
D3 Turpan / Shanshan     90KM  1 hr’s driving   
In the morning you will head to the Flame Hill, which is well known in the story of Journey to the West of Monkey King.
And in the afternoon you will explore Kumutage Desert, which is the desert closest to Urumqi. You can enjoy the beautiful view of dune, the best view would be on twilight.  And you can also try the program of camel riding, desert Jeep, etc.
Night in Shanshan city. And you can walk around in this small city to experience its folks.
 
D4 Shanshan / Turpan / Urumqi  297Km, 3hrs' driving     
In the morning you will back Urumqi for flight or train to next stop, or you can board the train to Dunhuang in Shanshan station directly. End of the tour.