Private Tour
Best of Dunhuang Day Tour to Yulin Grottoes and Suoyangcheng Ruins
Overview
Available languages
8 hours
Mobile ticket
The Yulin Grottoes is 180 km far away from Dunhuang. Yulin Grottoes and Mogao Grottoes are twins Grottoes in Dunhuang. The 42 surviving caves, constructed on the two sharp cliffs facing each other, cover a period of more than 1500 years from the Northern Wei to the Qing Dynasty
The Suoyangcheng Ruins used to be a very important stop on the famous Silk Road, initially it was established in 3rd century AD.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Local guide
Private tour
Bottled water
Lunch
Professional art historian guide
Transport by private vehicle
Environmental Management Charge (Reef Tax)
Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
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What To Expect
Yulin Grotto
At 8:30 am, our professional tour guide will meet you in your Dunhuang hotel, by car / bus to the Yulin Grottoes, during the 2.5 hours trip, you will see the vast Gobi and desert, village, grassland and snow mountain on the way. The grottoes were opened on the cliff of a valley, the cave 25 is the most complete preservation. Murals in these grottoes which consist of huge scripture drawings, portraits of Buddha etc. reveal the highly developed art of painting in the Tang Dynasty more than 1300 years ago. Scripture drawings on the southern and northern walls of cave 25 are big ones. These colorful, especially line drawings are rare.
The Suoyangcheng Ruins used to be a very important stop on the famous Silk Road, it was established in 3rd century AD. it has listed in the UNESCO in 2014. It consist of the ancient city, the ancient river way, the old temple, the old graves and the farming area.The ancient city consist of inner city and out city, now days, the city wall is still 10 meters high, we still can see the old construction site in the Suoyangcheng city. At the end, you will be transferred back to your Dunhuang hotel where this tour ends. Wish you have a nice trip with us.
Options
All Year
Pickup included
Reviews
2 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Excellent Historical site
goldimcc8,
Mar 21, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is a private your for myself only hotel to hotel service a English speaking lady and a driver came pick me up in a comfy van and we had nice chat on the way about local details they are caring and giving explaination for scenes along the way There was a site guide hired by government to show tourist the caves we entitled to see and snswered questions Low season is good that no line up and traffic is nice too Everything went nice and easy and we had a late hotpot lunch in a beautiful restaurant ......
As it was a private tour for one I...
Goldilocks W,
Mar 21, 2018
- Review from Viator
5.00As it was a private tour for one I was treated so nicely and full of caring from hotel to hotel service ... especially all in my control of timing and every detail. Visiting dunhuang in low season is great and there is no line up to visit the caves and English speaking on site guide is more relaxingly to answer all my questions impossible in high season as they told me tourists spendat least one hour more to enter and see only people s heads instead of Budda's head weather is cool but nice .... tour guide and driver are excellent humerous and taking care of me all the way the late lunch they brought me to is Fantastic - local personal hotpot !!
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