Dunhuang Trip Overview
Discover amazing Dunhuang city in this 2-day private sightseeing tour. Accompanied by your profession private guide, and visit the top attractions: Mogao Caves,Mingsha Shan – Echoing-Sand Mountain, Yadan National Geological Park, Shazhou Nightly Marketa. Includes private guide and vehicle, Lunch and entrance fees. This tour offers a booking option to upgrade your package to Enjoy an overnight stay at a 5-star hotel.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Dunhuang, China
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Dunhuang, Gansu, China
Discover amazing Dunhuang city in this 2-day private sightseeing tour. Accompanied by your profession private guide, and visit the top attractions: Mogao Caves,Mingsha Shan – Echoing-Sand Mountain, Yadan National Geological Park, Shazhou Nightly Marketa. Includes private guide and vehicle, Lunch and entrance fees. This tour offers a booking option to upgrade your package to Enjoy an overnight stay at a 5-star hotel.
Itinerary
Day 1: Day 1:Dunhuang Museum,Mogao Caves,Mingsha Shan – Echoing-Sand Mountain,Crescent Moon Pool
Stop At: Dunhuang Museum, No.1390 North MingShaShan Road, Dunhuang China
Meet your guide and driver in your hotel lobby and transfer you to Dunhuang Museum, you will visit Dunhuang Museum(close on Monday).
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Mogao Caves, West of Hexi Zoulang, Dunhuang 736200 China
Then you to Visitors’ Center of Mogao Grottoes, an UNESCO listed World Heritage Site, start your exciting sightseeing tour from to Mogao Caves and Digital Film Center, Located in the Gobi desert, the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas feature beautiful wall fresco paintings and more than 3,000 sculptures dating from the forth to the fourteenth century.Then, a professional cave guide will lead you to explore about 7 to 9 caves closely.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Mingsha Shan – Echoing-Sand Mountain, Three miles from Dunhuang, Dunhuang 831900 China
After lunch, You will be driven to the Mingsha Shan – Echoing-Sand Mountain. Ride on the backs of camels and climb to get to the top of the dune. Along the way, there are splendid sights: golden sand, the rolling desert, a tranquil lake and the beautiful sunset.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Crescent Moon Pool, 5km South of Dunhuang, Dunhuang 736200 China
Also, you’ll never miss out on the Crescent Moon Pool, Just like its name indicates, the Crescent Pool is in a natural shape of half-moon.According to historical record, the lake has been in existence for hundreds of years without ever being buried by the sand.Your wonderful tour will ends here, your tour guide and driver will take you back to your hotel in Dunhuang.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: The Silk Road Dunhuang Hotel, a 5-star hotel
Day 2: Day 2: Yadan National Geological Park,Yumen Pass,Great Wall of Han Dynasty,Shazhou Nightly Market
Stop At: Yadan National Geological Park, 180 Km Northwest of Dunhuang, Dunhuang 736200 China
Meet up your friendly private guide and driver at your hotel in the early morning,you will visit the the geological phenomena of Yadan Park have been created over time by erosion of the soft earth by rain and wind, leaving unusual rock formations.In the park, you can get a view of uniquely-shaped rocks like Mongolian tent, Stone Bird, Peacock and others. Make full use of your imagination, you may find some rocks with some miniatures similar to famed architectures, like the Potala Palace in Tibet, Heaven Temple in Beijing or something else.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Yumen Pass, 90 Km Northwest of Dunhuang, Dunhuang 736200 China
Then head to Yumen Pass and Great Wall of Han Dynasty, In history, the Han Dynasty built many walls to consolidate the safety of the frontier region as well as exploring ways to do business with western region. During the Han dynasty, this was a pass-through which the Silk Road passed and was the one road connecting Central Asia and China.You will feel the history of the Yumen Pass as a trading post.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Shazhou Nightly Market, Yangguan East Road, Dunhuang China
This is the biggest night market in the area. You will see a lot of local small commodities and it is a great place to experience the local food culture.
Your wonderful tour will ends here, your tour guide and driver will take you back to your hotel in Dunhuang.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
