Private Day Tour to Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery from Datong
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.
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Private Day Tour to Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery from Datong
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What's included in Private Day Tour to Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery from Datong
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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.
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.
Inclusions
- Private transportation
- Local guide
- Bottled water
- Hotel pickup and drop off in Datong
- Entrance fees
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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