4-Day Private Tour of Dunhuang with Accommodation

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrive in Dunhuang. O/N Dunhuang.
1 stop
1
Upon your flight landing/train arriving, your local driver and tour guide will wait you by holding a welcome board with your name and transfer to hotel and help you check in. The rest day is free for you. Note: If need the Liuyuan train station pick up, need to pay 500CNY per car(1-6 people, 7 seater van).
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Dunhuang. O/N Dunhuang
6 stops
2
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 09:00 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Yumenguan pass in around 120 minutes ride,113km.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
3
Yumen Pass
The “Yumenguan” means jade Pass in Chinese and it is said that the jades from Western region transported into central China through this pass only. It used to be the gateway to the western region on the northern Silk Road. In ancient times, it also functioned as a strategic military pass and significant passage of the ancient Silk Road.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Then continue the tour to Great Wall of the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 BC). Unlike the other sections of the wall with bricks and stones, this section is made of rammed earth, gravel and juniper. Over the time, the wall has been badly damaged by nature and humans, but you can still see how the wall looked like at first. Next, continue to River Storage City , it is an important military storage city and played an important role on the ancient silk road from Weijin to Han Dynasty .people can’t see it before you get to it as it was designed very scientifically and well preserved .
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
5
Yadan National Geological Park
After lunch, keep driving to Yardan National Geology park, a landscape that has been eroded by aeolian erosion. Once entering the park, you can find various natural sculptures in different postures and manners .You can use your own imagination to name all those different land formations . It was listed as world Geo-park by The Ministry of Land and Resources P.R.C
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission ticket included
6
At the end, you can go to the Shazhou Night Market and you can have a dinner there. The Dunhuang Shazhou Night Market here is the biggest night market of the whole city and offering you a great opportunity for an evening walk and a souvenir shopping chance. The Night maket also is on behalf of Dunhuang Nightlife and regarded as a “nightlife landscape”. It is highly popular among the tourists all over the world with its featured local specialties as well as strong flavor of local culture.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
7
Dunhuang
At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel
17 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Dunhuang. O/N Dunhuang.
5 stops
8
Dunhuang
Your guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel at around 09:00 in the morning. You will be escorted to the well-known Mogao Grottoes in around 30 minutes ride.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
9
Mogao Caves
The Mogao Grottoes, which were constructed over a millennium ago, from the 4th to 14th centuries. The caves are also known as the Thousand Buddha Caves has two distinctions of being one of the most notable grottoes in China as well as the best-preserved treasure house of Buddhist art, sutras, murals and sculptures in the world.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
10
The Mysterious Crescent lake which its name derives from the crescent moon shaped by the small pool of spring water between two large sand dunes. Here you could slide down on the Sounding sand dunes to see if you can hear the sound from sand dunes. The Crescent lake also Known to the world as “the first spring in the desert”, no-one can explain the formation of such a geological oddity.visit would be a great experience. crescent lake is like a crescent moon, which is nestled in the vast desert for thousands of years, its water is very clear, sweet.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
11
Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain
Next,visit to the Singing Sand Mountains (Mingsha Mountain) where you can experience sand surfing and camel riding( on your own expenses). Mingsha Mountain starts from Mogao Caves in the east, 40 kilometers long from east to west, and 20 kilometers from south to north.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
12
At the end, your guide will escort you to your hotel.
18 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Dunhuang Departure. The tour end.
1 stop
13
Today there is no tour activities, your driver will drop you off at Dunhuang airport or Dunhuang train station for your next destination .
2 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• The tour may not available during the Oct 1-7 and Chinese new year festivel or need to pay some extra charge of the hotel room fees

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