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Private One Day Tour Western Thousand Buddha Grottoes and Sun Gate Pass Include Lunch

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Private One Day Tour Western Thousand Buddha Grottoes and Sun Gate Pass Include Lunch

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Our professional tour guide will show you to visit the Western Thousand Buddha Grottoes & Yangguan Pass at the western part of the city, have lunch in a local farmer's restaurant.
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USD 404.6

Highlights

Dunhuang Research Academy (DHRA) is a national comprehensive institution responsible for the conservation, management and research of the Mogao Grottoes (a world cultural heritage site at Dunhuang), the Yulin Grottoes (a nationally protected key cultural heritage site at Guazhou), and the Western Thousand-Buddha Grottoes at Dunhuang.


Today, our tour guide will show to visit the Western Thousand Buddha Grottoes, which is a part of Dunhuang Grottoes.


The Sun Gate Pass (Yangguan Pass) initially established by the emperor Wudi of Han Dyansty, it was used to be a very important custom for thousand of years, it has buried by the sand dunes in the history, today, when still can see the site of the Yangguan Pass ,a original Beacon Tower and museum

Itinerary

At 8:30 am, your private English-speaking guide will meet you in the lobby of your hotel to embark on a day of adventure. You will be transferred by comfortably air-conditioned private vehicle to the Western Thousand Buddha Grottoes, at 9 am , you will visit 5 different grottoes on the cliff, the cliff used to be the bank of the river, today there are only 16 grottoes remained. It was a very important Buddhism place in the past time, the travelers from western part of China,after they got the permission from the governor of Yangguan Pass, most of them would like to stop at the Western Thousand Buddha Grottoes.

When you finish visit the grottoes, you will transfer to Yangguan Pass area, first , we will show you to a local farmer's restaurant, taste the local food and walk around in the grapes garden.

Visit the Yangguan Pass & it's museum.it located in a small oasis named Yangguan Town, it was a main gate a China from Han dynasty till later Dang dynasty..you will see the whole scenery of this oasis.

When you finish tour, you will transfer to your Dunhuang hotel.

Wish you have a nice day!

What's included

INCLUDED

Hotel pickup and drop-off
Professional guide
Bottled water
Lunch
Driver
Fuel surcharge

NOT INCLUDED

Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Gratuities
DVD (available to purchase)
Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

Additional information

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Mobile or paper ticket accepted
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Specialized infant seats are available
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
A current valid passport is required on the day of travel

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