Private Day Tour to Datong from Beijing by Train: Yungang Caves, Hanging Temple

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15 to 16 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

Datong is a renowned historical city for both Yungang Grottos and Hanging Temple in Shanxi Province in Northern China. This private day tour from Beijing to Datong by round-way bullet train will let you explore both sites with a local guide. Please note:
1. this is a very long day tour and no escorting guide on the train.
2. you will view the Hanging Temple from outside and don't have time to walk inside to visit, which limits the daily visitors with a long queue. If you mind it, please do NOT book this tour.

What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop off in Beijing
Entrance fee to view Hanging Temple(not inside)
Bullet train ticket (Second Class)
Bottled water
Entrance fee of Yuangang Grottos
Private vehicle in Datong
Quick meal
Local guide in Datong
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

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

We pick you up from your centrally located Beijing hotel.

Itinerary

Duration: 15 to 16 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

    At 7am(the pickup time might be changed per the train time after you booked the tour), you will be picked up from your centrally located Beijing hotel, then transferred to the train station to catch the 2-hour bullet train to Datong. Upon arrival, take another one-hour car ride to Hanging Temple. The temple was built with wood beside the cliff and supported with long stakes. You will view the temple from outside for the fantastic constructions on the impressive mountains. Please note you don't have time to walk inside the Hanging Temple to visit, because it limits the daily visitors with a long queue.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included
  • 2
    Yungang Grottoes

    Then, you will come back Datong and head to Yungang Grottoes, which was first chiseled in the first year of Year Heping in Northern Wei and Monk Tan Yao at that time chiseled it for duty of Emperor Wencheng. Most of the grottoes were finished in the eighteenth year of Year Taihe in Northern Wei before the capital moved to Luoyang, which lasted for forty years. Later, you will be transferred back to Datong railway station to catch the bullet train back to Beijing. Upon arrival, you will be transferred back to your Beijing hotel where the tour concludes.

    2 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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