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Dunhuang Private Day Tour Mogao Grottoes, Singing Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring
Dunhuang, Western China, China
$359
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Overview
Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Dunhuang, China, showcases the rich history of the Silk Road. This private day tour takes you through the highlights, including the magnificent Mogao Grottoes, the Singing Dunes, and Crescent Moon Spring.
- 🏞️ Start your day at 8:00 am with a hotel pickup in Dunhuang, ensuring a smooth beginning to your adventure.
- 🎥 Visit the Visitors' Center of Mogao Grottoes, where you'll watch two informative documentaries about the caves and the significance of the Silk Road.
- 🏺 Explore 7 to 9 well-preserved caves with a professional cave guide, marveling at exquisite frescoes and statues dating back to the 4th century.
- 🧘 Learn about the historical significance of the caves, built by monks as shrines and meditation spaces, funded by notable patrons and local residents.
- ⏰ Note that your visit to the Mogao Caves may shift to the afternoon, allowing for a morning visit to the Singing Sand Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring.
- 🏜️ Experience the Singing Sand Dunes, known for creating unique sounds when the wind blows or when walked upon, adding to the mystical atmosphere.
- 🌊 Discover Crescent Moon Spring, a crescent-shaped oasis that has remarkably remained uncovered by sand throughout history, though it's slowly shrinking due to climate change.
- 🚐 Enjoy comfortable transport in a private vehicle throughout the day, ensuring a personalized and enjoyable experience.
- 🍽️ Lunch is included, allowing you to savor local flavors during your tour.
- 💧 Stay refreshed with bottled water provided during the trip, along with hotel pickup and drop-off for convenience.
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Tour
Tour Package
Pickup included
Tour Package
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 10 hours
- Transport by private vehicle
- Lunch
- Private tour
- Bottled water
- Local guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
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Mogao CavesAt 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.
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Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand MountainThis 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.
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Crescent Moon PoolThis 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.
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Dunhuang Private Day Tour Mogao Grottoes, Singing Dunes and Crescent Moon Spring
Dunhuang, Western China, China
$359
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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