Activities: Pick up you from airport and transfer to your Hotel
Details:Our professional local guide and experienced driver will welcome you at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Stay in Dunhuang
Activities: After breakfast visit Yangguan pass, Great Wall of the Han Dynasty, Yadan National Geology park and Yumenguan Pass
Details:After breakfast drive to Yumenguan pass which is located about 110kms from Dunhuang city. “Yumenguan” means jade Pass in Chinese and it is said that the jades from Western region transported into central China through this pass. It used to be the gateway to west region on the northern Silk Road route. In ancient times, it also functioned as a military strategic pass and significant passage of the ancient Silk Road.
Then continue the tour to Great Wall of the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 BC). Unlike other parts of the wall brick and stone, this section is made of rammed earth, gravel and juniper. Over time, the wall has been badly damaged by nature and humans, but you can still see how the wall looked like at first.
After that drive to Yadan National Geology park, a landscape that has been eroded by aeolian erosion. Entering the park, you can find various natural sculptures in different postures and shape.
Our last stop is Yangguan Pass which is also used to be one of the most important gateway on the Ancient Silk Road.
Activities: Visit the World heritage Mogao Grottoes, the echoing-sand dunes of the Ming Shan Mountains, Crescent Lake and Dunhuang Museum and Shazhou night market.
Details:After breakfast, we drive to the World heritage famous Mogao Grottoes which were constructed over a millennium from the 4th to 14th centuries. The caves are also known as the Thousand Buddha Caves with two distinctions of being one of the most notable grottoes in China as well as the best-preserved treasure house of Buddhist arts, sutras, murals and sculptures in the world.
After lunch we drive to Dunhuang Museum which exhibits relics excavated from the local area, including papers and coins. The museum ihas an excellent reconstruction model of the Great Wall during the Han Dynasty.
Later enjoy Camel riding, High Sand Dune sliding or simply walking around the mysterious Crescent Lake which no-one can explain the formation of such a geological oddity,a wonder lake in the middle of desert. this trip could be the great experience. If you like you can stay till sunset and back to hotel later.
after dinner we can walk around Shazhou night market.
Activities: See you off at Dunhuang airport
Details:Today is the last day of your tour with us, so we hope this tour shouldn’t be the last. We strive to make every day of your time with us the one that you’ll always remember and if you’d like to book some other tours please Contact us for more information