Kashgar International Live Animal Sunday Bazaar

★ 4.9

(165000 reviews)

A jaw-dropping, incredibly raw ancestral trading arena operating strictly on Sundays, where thousands of herders trade livestock by hand.

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Immerse your senses in unparalleled livestock trading energy, ancient Central Asian marketplace rituals, and raw nomadic geography at the Kashgar Sunday Animal Bazaar. Operating seamlessly for millennia outside the city core, this sprawling unpaved trading plain brings thousands of herders together to buy and sell camels, horses, sheep, and cattle via discrete manual hand-shake agreements.

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Kashgar City Center + 20 min Northern Expressway Shuttle Bus or Dedicated Market Taxi Line

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💎 Insider Tips

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Visit the open trading plains early precisely between 9:30 AM and 11:30 AM to catch the peak livestock evaluation sequences live.
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The market grounds consist entirely of dry dirt, gravel, and unpaved training fields; wearing high-traction rugged sports footwear is vital.
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Stay highly alert to fast-moving horse training runs along the central tracks; keep cameras calibrated safely behind timber guard rails.
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The on-site open-air village kitchens prepare world-class, piping-hot mutton soup pots and baked pies at regulated local rates.