Private Day Tour to Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery from Datong

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8 to 10 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 will offer you the opportunity to explore both sites with a local guide by private vehicle from Datong city. Please note Hanging Temple limits the daily visitors with a long queue everyday, you may not be able to walk inside to visit the temple. If you mind it, please do NOT book this tour.

What's Included

Private transportation
Local guide
Bottled water
Hotel pickup and drop off in Datong
Entrance fees
Lunch
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

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

Itinerary

Duration: 8 to 10 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

    At 8am, you will be picked up from your centrally located Datong hotel, then take 2-hour car ride to Hanging Monastery. The monastery was built with wood beside the cliff and supported with long stakes. You can view the temples from outside for the fantastic constructions on the impressive mountains. Please note you may not be able to walk inside the 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 your Datong 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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Cultural Tours
Historical Tours
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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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