1 Day Datong Yungang Grottoes & Hanging Temple Tour/from Beijing
Datong is one of the nine ancient capitals in China with numerous historic relics in its territory. It’s a low-key city beyond the tourist trail but implies great energy. Take this one-day private tour to visit the famous Yungang Grottoes, one of the Chinese four grotto art treasures, and the Hanging Temple, the earliest and best preserved high-altitude wooden cliff-building in China. With our professional tour guide and driver, you will make the largest value of this day to learn the background knowledge of the relics.
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Datong Day Tour
One Day Classic Datong Tour
Pickup included
What's included in 1 Day Datong Yungang Grottoes & Hanging Temple Tour/from Beijing
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Yungang Grottoes
Note: If you choose the option with the high-speed train from Beijing, your Beijing driver will pick you up from your hotel, and then transfer you to Beijing railway station for a 2-hour high-speed train to Datong (second class). Upon arrival, a private Datong guide will pick you up on time and start your Datong tour. In the morning at 8:30 am, meet your guide and driver who will hold a board with your name in your Datong downtown hotel lobby. Firstly, we drive westwards to Yungang Grottoes. As the first batch of key cultural relics under state protection, also on the world heritage list, Yuagang Grottoes has a highly cultural and artistic meaning. It not only shows the traditional Chinese artistic style, but also incorporates the art characteristics of ancient India, the western regions and the Central Plain. Yungang Grottoes is the beginning of the "sinicization" of Chinese grotto art, which mainly stores 45 grottoes and 51,000 stone statues.
Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)
After lunch (not included), you will be transferred to Hanging Temple. Located between the cliffs of Mt. Hengshan, it is the only unique temple in China that integrates Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. The whole monastery is built in wooden framework structure. Though not very big, it astonishes people by the building design that relies on a mortise joint and embeds into the cliff without falling down. Owning a history over 1,500 years, many notable literati and poets have left words to show their amazing feeling. When finishing all sites, you will be transferred back to your Datong downtown hotel. If you choose the option with the bullet train to Beijing, you will be escorted to Datong train station for a high-speed train back to Beijing. Upon arrival, a Beijing local driver will pick you up and transfer you back to your hotel in Beijing. (During peak season, in order to catch up with your high-speed train back to Beijing, we will not visit the Hanging Temple.)
Inclusions
- Transfer service in Beijing (if you choose the option)
- English-speaking guide in Datong
- Second-class high-speed train tickets (if you choose the option)
- Entrance fees as list in the itinerary
- Private transfers in air-conditioned vehicle with licensed driver in Datong
- Personal expense
- Gratuities
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Tour guide will contact you the evening before the tour date
- The duration of transfers are approximate, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- Tour guide for other languages is available, please advise to note and pay extra 50 USD per group
- If you have dietary demands please leave a special requirement when booking the tour
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
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Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 1800 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
Your tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in the downtown area. If you go out of range, an extra fare will be charged.
