Zhaosu Wetland Park 昭苏湿地公园

About Zhaosu Wetland Park

The county page gives the park's area as 1.04 million mu and records that it runs along the river's north bank from the Zhaosu Jiefang bridge at the entrance to the Kalatubai bridge at the exit. It records that the county lays the park out in nine zones: an entrance service area, a general service area, a birdwatching area, an education and ecological science area, a camping area, a "heavenly horse strolling" area, a waterside leisure area, a green buffer and linear park area, and an alpine plant viewing area. It describes the wetland as holding shrubs, alpine meadow and wetland ferns, with wild boar, stork, crane and Mongolian gazelle among the rare animals there, and records that the park is known as a photographer's paradise.

Xinhua records horse-related activity at the park: horses running in the river, visitors riding there, a "heavenly horses bathing in the river" performance that visitors watch, and performers giving displays of horse-back folk customs. It also records the county's wider horse economy — that Zhaosu is a centre of Chinese horse culture, that its horse population reached 122,300 at the end of 2025, and that the county holds more than a hundred horse-related events a year.

What to look for

• The park's nine named zones, which the county page lists as the entrance service area, general service area, birdwatching area, education and ecological science area, camping area, "heavenly horse strolling" area, waterside leisure area, green buffer and linear park area, and alpine plant viewing area.
• The birdwatching area and the alpine plant viewing area, two of the zones the county page names.
• The wetland wildlife the county page lists — wild boar, stork, crane and Mongolian gazelle among the rare animals there.
• The "heavenly horses bathing in the river" performance, which Xinhua records visitors watching at the park.
• Horses running in the river and visitors riding at the park, both recorded by Xinhua.

Location & getting there

Getting to Zhaosu Wetland Park

Check the open visitor route and follow the site’s rules on distance, food and photography. Conservation areas may limit access beyond designated paths.

• Search for 昭苏湿地公园 with 伊犁哈萨克自治州 and 昭苏县.