🏨 Private Day Tour to Yungang Caves, Wooden Pagoda, Hanging Temple from Taiyuan Activity

Private Day Tour to Yungang Caves, Wooden Pagoda, Hanging Temple from Taiyuan

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From $296.42

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Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

Yuncang Grottoes is a UNESCO cultural heritage in Datong, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hengshan Hanging Monastery are another two historical and impressive attractions in Shanxi Province in China. This private one-day tour offers you an opportunity to explore theses three sites from Taiyuan with a local guide by private vehicle. Pickup time from your centrally located Taiyuan hotel is at 7am. Please note this is a very long day tour.

What's Included

Entrance fees

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Local guide

Quich lunch

Transport by private vehicle

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 2
ADULT: Age: 3 - 85

Additional Info

Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

At 7am, your guide will pick you up from your Taiyuan hotel, then take 3-hour car ride to Yingxian County to visit the impressive wooden pagoda. It was built about 1000 years ago in Liao Dynasty. The 67.31-meter pagoda is the oldeset woonden pagoda in the world. Though it is not allowed to climb up, but it is worthing viewing the historical building standing here for 1000 years.

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

Then you will take another one-hour car ride to Hanging Monastery. It was built by the cliff and supported by the huge and long wooden pillars. The entire temple is impressive to view from below and above. Though it was built in 491AD, it is quite well-preserved. Moreover, it is interesting to see three religions in one temple, which are Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Yungang Grottoes

Then you will take 1.5-hour car ride to Yungang Caves in Datong city. It is a UNESCO cultural heritage, and has a history over 1500 years. You will view the impressive Buddha statues, frescos, and carvings in the caves with a local guide to learn its history and story.
A quick lunch is included.
Later, you will be transferred back to your Taiyuan hotel where the tour concludes.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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