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Three-day Classic Dunhuang Tour
This is a three-day tour, we will pick you at Dunhuanng. Then you will visit the most famous landscape, Mogao Grottoes and Singing Sands Mountain.
Mogao Grottoes, folk name thousand-buddha grotto. It has a history of over 1500 years and is now the largest and most abundant base of Buddhist art. It was added in the World Cultural Heritage List in 1987. Together with Yungang Grottoes (in Datong, Shanxi province), Longmen Grottoes (in Luoyang, Henan province) and Maiji Mountain Grottoes (in Tianshui, Gansu province), they are the four largest grottoes in China.
Mingshashan Singing Sands Mountain, named because that under the human tread or wind blow, the sand produces a sound like a string instruments horn, a drum,or that of rumbling thunder. Descent Lake looks exactly like a beautiful new moon lying at the north foot of Echoing-sand Mountain.
Mogao Grottoes, folk name thousand-buddha grotto. It has a history of over 1500 years and is now the largest and most abundant base of Buddhist art. It was added in the World Cultural Heritage List in 1987. Together with Yungang Grottoes (in Datong, Shanxi province), Longmen Grottoes (in Luoyang, Henan province) and Maiji Mountain Grottoes (in Tianshui, Gansu province), they are the four largest grottoes in China.
Mingshashan Singing Sands Mountain, named because that under the human tread or wind blow, the sand produces a sound like a string instruments horn, a drum,or that of rumbling thunder. Descent Lake looks exactly like a beautiful new moon lying at the north foot of Echoing-sand Mountain.
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$302.00
Duration: 3 Days
Tour Code: CE-LZ-3D01
Departure Date: Every Day
Tour Attractions:Mogao Grottoes / Singing Sands Mountain
Feature：Historic Sites
Tour Type: /English speaking guide + driver + meals + hotel
Tour Code: CE-LZ-3D01
Departure Date: Every Day
Tour Attractions:Mogao Grottoes / Singing Sands Mountain
Feature：Historic Sites
Tour Type: /English speaking guide + driver + meals + hotel
D1 Dunhuang pick-up
Your guide will meet you at Duhuang ariport or train station and take you to your hotel.
D2 Mogao Grottoes/ Singing Sands Mountain/Leiyin Temple
In the morning, visit Mogao Grottoes, folk name thousand-buddha grotto. It has a history of over 1500 years and is now the largest and most abundant base of Buddhist art. It was added in the World Cultural Heritage List in 1987. Together with Yungang Grottoes (in Datong, Shanxi province), Longmen Grottoes (in Luoyang, Henan province) and Maiji Mountain Grottoes (in Tianshui, Gansu province), they are the four largest grottoes in China.
Your guide will meet you at Duhuang ariport or train station and take you to your hotel.
D2 Mogao Grottoes/ Singing Sands Mountain/Leiyin Temple
In the morning, visit Mogao Grottoes, folk name thousand-buddha grotto. It has a history of over 1500 years and is now the largest and most abundant base of Buddhist art. It was added in the World Cultural Heritage List in 1987. Together with Yungang Grottoes (in Datong, Shanxi province), Longmen Grottoes (in Luoyang, Henan province) and Maiji Mountain Grottoes (in Tianshui, Gansu province), they are the four largest grottoes in China.
After visiting Mogao Grottoes, you’ll be guide to Mingshashan Singing Sands Mountain. As you can see in its name, it’s an area in desert where the sands make sounds. It is named because, under the human tread or wind blow, the sand produces a sound like a string instruments horn, a drum,or that of rumbling thunder. Descent Lake looks exactly like a beautiful new moon lying at the north foot of Echoing-sand Mountain. Leiyin Temple is north of Echoing-sand Mountain, built in 1991 and covering an area of 3000m2.The original temple, it is said, was buried under the Echoing' sand Mountain in a sandstorm. Now the temple is a key center in western China open to the world for Buddhist activities.
In the late afternon, you guide will take you back to your hotel.
D3 Home
In the morning, you’ll be sent to the ariport or train station to end your tour in Dunhuang.
| Group size | 1 pax | 2-3 pax | 4-5 pax | 6-9pax |
| price | 846 | 469 | 344 | 302 |
Service package includes:
1. Two nights accommodation.
2. Dunhuang pick-up and drop-off.
3. Air-conditioned tour vehicle.
4. English Speaking tour guide.
5. Entrance tickets for Mogao Grottoes and Singing Sands Mountain (including camel riding).
Service package excludes:
1. Meals during your visit.
2. Transportation of come in and departure from Duhuang.
3. Tips to the guide and driver.
1. Two nights accommodation.
2. Dunhuang pick-up and drop-off.
3. Air-conditioned tour vehicle.
4. English Speaking tour guide.
5. Entrance tickets for Mogao Grottoes and Singing Sands Mountain (including camel riding).
Service package excludes:
1. Meals during your visit.
2. Transportation of come in and departure from Duhuang.
3. Tips to the guide and driver.
If you require, we can book hotels in Dunhuang, and make private airport and city tour necessary.
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