Dunhuang Trip Overview
This is a private VIP tour. especially we will arrange a private cave guide to show you visit the Mogao Grottoes.
Your experience tour guide will show you to visit the highlights of Dunhuang in 3 days.
Additional Info
Duration: 3 days
Starts: Dunhuang, China
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Dunhuang, Gansu, China
This is a private VIP tour. especially we will arrange a private cave guide to show you visit the Mogao Grottoes.
Your experience tour guide will show you to visit the highlights of Dunhuang in 3 days.
Itinerary
Day 1: Meet your local guide at the arriving hall of Dunhuang Airport.
Stop At: Mingsha Shan – Echoing-Sand Mountain, Three miles from Dunhuang, Dunhuang 831900 China
Meet your local guide at the arriving hall of Dunhuang Airport (DNH) or Dunhuang Railway Station. then you will transfered to your hotel, Check in and take a relax.
In the afternoon visit the Crescent Moon Spring & the Singing-Sand Dunes. The magical spring is located in the center of sand dunes, but it has never been covered by the sand throughout the history. Take a camel riding enjoy the desert and oasis scenery.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Dinner: Welcome dinner in a local restaurant.
Accommodation included: Dunghuang Gloria Grand Hotel ( 5 star hotel, or the similar.)
Day 2: Full day tour in Mogao Grottoes with 3 special caves. The Silk Road Show
Stop At: Mogao Caves, West of Hexi Zoulang, Dunhuang 736200 China
You will visit Mogao Grottoes & Digital Exhibition Center , one of the 4 most famous grottoes in China.It has a total of 492 grottoes, 45,000 square-meters of murals, 2,400 painted statues .
When you finish the regular opening caves , we will arrange 3 special caves for you. the caves are more interesting.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Dunhuang Theater, Yangguan Zhonglu Near the Piper Statue, south side of road, Dunhuang China
In the evening , enjoy a top dance drama in China —–The Silk Road Show, 90 minutes long, VIP seats. (From November to next April, no show arranged in the tour.)
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Provided in the restaurant of Mogao Grottoes.
• Dinner: Local best restaurant.
Accommodation included: Dunghuang Gloria Grand Hotel ( 5 star hotel, or the similar.)
Day 3: Yumen Pass & the Great Wall of Han dynasty, Transfer to the airport
Stop At: Yumen Pass, 90 Km Northwest of Dunhuang, Dunhuang 736200 China
Visit the Gade Gate Pass & Great Wall of Han Dynasty, In the 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. Instead of piling up stones or bricks layer upon
layer like other dynasties’ walls, the Han Dynasty Great Wall was built by using the local sand and weed.
After lunch, transfer to the airport, by flight MU2216(1530/1745) from Dunhuang to Xian, connect your next flight to Beijing or Shangahi.
Duration: 7 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Local best restaurant.
No accommodation included on this day.