2-Day Luoyang Private Tour: Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple, Shaolin Temple

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2 days (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Discover the highlights of Luoyang with a private guide during a 2-day sightseeing tour. See three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Longmen Grottoes, White Horse Temple, Shaolin Temple and Pagoda Forest. You’ll also watch a kung-fu performance that displays amazing martial arts moves; Eat at the restaurant where the locals go. This private tour includes two lunches, private transportation, entrance tickets, and hotel pickup and drop-off, you can choose to end your tour in Zhengzhou or Luoyang.

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off(for hotels in Luoyang City)
Private tour
Professional guide
Bottled water
Lunch (Optional[3])
Lunch
Entrance fee
Transport by private vehicle
Gratuities
Accommodation in Luoyang

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

We will pick you up from you hotel in Luoyang ,please provide hotel information when make booking

Itinerary

Duration: 2 days (approximately)
    Day 1

    Longmen Grottoes - White Horse Temple 

    2 stops
  • 1
    Longmen Grottoes

    Your guide and driver will meet you in your hotel's lobby in Luoyang. The tour begins at the Longmen Grottoes. Densely scattered along the cliffs on both banks of Yi River, Longmen Grottoes is one of the four great grottoes in China. The construction started from 493 AD of the Northern Wei Dynasty when Emperor Xiaowendi moved the capital to Luoyang and lasted for more than 400 years. Now there are 2,345 caves with 2,680 statues, over 70 stupas and 2,680 inscribed stone tablets.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 2
    White Horse Temple

    Stop at a local restaurant for lunch. After that, you will continue to explore the White Horse Temple. The White Horse Temple, patronized in 68 CE by Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han Dynasty’s capital, is the first Buddhist temple to be built in China. Explore the halls and pavilions with your guide, hearing stories about the Buddhism history and culture.  After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Luoyang.

    1 hour • Admission ticket included
    • Day 2

    Luoyang - Shaolin Temple -Pagoda Forest 

    2 stops
  • 3
    Monastero Shaolin (Shaolin Temple)

    You driver and tour guide will meet you at the hotel lobby and take you to visit the world famous Shaolin Temple.  You will witness the real Kungfu performed by Shaolin monks. Explore the Shaolin Temple which was first constructed in 495 A.D. Later, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-557) had the temple built to accommodate the Indian master Batuo. As Chinese Kungfu also originated from Shaolin Temple, it has been recognized as the origin of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Kungfu. Get you know the histories and related stories about Shaolin Temple - culture, people and soul.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 4
    Pagoda Forest of Shaolin Temple

    Afterwards, you will explore the Pagoda Forest which is a concentration of tomb pagodas for eminent monks and abbots of the temple. There are more than 240 tomb pagodas of various sizes from the Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties (618-1911), making it the biggest pagoda forest in China.  After tour finished, you can choose to end your tour in Luoyang or Zhengzhou. Please note: This tour doesn't include the accommodation, please book at your own expense.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Supplied by Discover Beijing Tours

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