🏨 Dunhuang Private Day Tour Mogao Grottoes, Singing Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring Activity

Dunhuang Private Day Tour Mogao Grottoes, Singing Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring

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Duration: 10 hours

Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

Mogao Grottoes is the jewel of Silk Road located in Dunhuang, China, where access is very challenging. This private day tour take you to Duhuang with a visit to the highlights of Silk Road including Mogao Grottoes. You will also see the wonder of the Singing Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring.

What's Included

Bottled water

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Local guide

Lunch

Private tour

Transport by private vehicle

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 0 - 80

Additional Info

Passport name and number is required at time of booking for all participants for Travel Insurance

Passport name and number is required at time of booking for all participants for Travel Insurance

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

What To Expect

Mogao Caves

At 8:00am, your guide will pick you up from the lobby of your Dunhuang hotel and transfer you to Visitors' Center of Mogao Grottoes, an UNESCO listed World Heritage Site, where you will watch two documentaries about the caves and Silk Road. Then, a professional cave guide will lead you to explore about 7 to 9 caves closely. You will be astonished by well-preserved fresco and statues in the caves from the 4th century.

The caves were built by monks with donated funds and elaborately painted to serve as shrines and for meditation and enlightenment. Those paintings are also a teaching tools to inform those illiterate about Buddhist beliefs and stories. The primary caves were sponsored by patrons of important clergies, local ruling elites, foreign dignitaries, and Chinese emperors. Some of the caves might have been funded by merchants, military officers, and local residents.
*Note: Your visit to the Mogao Caves might be changed to the afternoon due to daily availability of the attraction. In this case, you will visit the Singing Sand Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring in the morning.

4 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain

This afternoon, you will be transferred to see Singing Sand Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring. It is also called whistling sand or barking sand that produces sound which is perhaps caused by wind passing over dunes or by walking on the sand.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Crescent Moon Pool

This magical spring is located in the center of sand dunes but it has never been covered by the sand throughout the history. Crescent Moon Spring is a crescent-shaped lake oasis in Gobi Desert that is slowing shrinking due to climate change.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Silk Road Trips

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