Kanas Village & Tuvan Home Visit
喀纳斯村（图瓦人家访）
A Tuvan log-house village at the southern outlet of Kanas Lake, where visitors can enter Tuvan homes, taste milk tea and kumis, and enjoy khoomei throat singing and chuur performances.
Kanas Village sits on a river terrace at the outlet of Kanas Lake and is divided into an old village and a new village. Its residents are mainly Tuvan (a branch of the Mongolian people) and Kazakh, and it retains pointed log houses and fences. The 'Tuvan Home Visit' is a signature Kanas experience. You enter a Tuvan log house and taste milk tea, kumis (fermented mare's milk) and milk curds. You can enjoy the chuur, a traditional reed instrument, and khoomei (throat singing) performances, and learn about Tuvan shamanism and nomadic culture. Home visits cost extra (about 50 to 60 yuan per person, subject to confirmation on site). The village has many guesthouses, which are good for staying overnight and watching the morning mist by the lake or in Fairy Bay.
Opening hours
Open all day (home visit performances approx. 09:00–20:00)
Nearby sights
- Yaze Lake
- Shenxian (Fairy) Bay
- Kanas Fish-Watching Pavilion
- Moon Bay
- Wolong (Sleeping Dragon) Bay
- Kanas Lake
- Tuojing (Camel Neck) Bay
- Jiadengyu