Day 1:Dunhuang Museum,Mogao Caves,Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain,Crescent Moon Pool

• Dunhuang Museum

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Free

  Meet your guide and driver in your hotel lobby and transfer you to Dunhuang Museum, you will visit Dunhuang Museum(close on Monday).

• Mogao Caves

  3 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Then you to Visitors' Center of Mogao Grottoes, an UNESCO listed World Heritage Site, start your exciting sightseeing tour from to Mogao Caves and Digital Film Center, Located in the Gobi desert, the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas feature beautiful wall fresco paintings and more than 3,000 sculptures dating from the forth to the fourteenth century.Then, a professional cave guide will lead you to explore about 7 to 9 caves closely.

• Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain

  2 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  After lunch, You will be driven to the Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain. Ride on the backs of camels and climb to get to the top of the dune. Along the way, there are splendid sights: golden sand, the rolling desert, a tranquil lake and the beautiful sunset.

• Crescent Moon Pool

  1 hoursAdmission Ticket Included

  Also, you’ll never miss out on the Crescent Moon Pool, Just like its name indicates, the Crescent Pool is in a natural shape of half-moon.According to historical record, the lake has been in existence for hundreds of years without ever being buried by the sand.Your wonderful tour will ends here, your tour guide and driver will take you back to your hotel in Dunhuang.
• Accommodations

  Accommodation is not included