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

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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.
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Local guide
  • Bottled water
  • Private tour
  • Lunch
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Gratuities
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Traveler pickup is offered

We also pick you up from your centrally located Dunhuang hotel.

Traveler pickup
  • Dunhuang Airport, Dunhuang, Gansu, China
  • Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu, China
    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.
    240 minutes
  • Mingsha Shan - Echoing-Sand Mountain, Dunhuang, Gansu, China
    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
  • Crescent Moon Pool, Dunhuang, Gansu, China
    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
  • Silk Road Trips, Dunhuang, Gansu, China
    tour operator
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Passport name and number is required at time of booking for all participants for Travel Insurance
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
    lvartell
    09 May 2019
    The Mogao Grottoes with 2 movies and a great tour guide at the grottoes made the trip very worthwhile. The history and seeing all 8 Grottoes with an English guide was amazing. The singing dunes are great for a hike in the sand and the history of the area was very informative.
    Lynedah_V
    05 May 2019
    The Mogao Grottoes are amazing. The dunes for a hike is also great. So much history. The tour can be done by yourself as long as you get tickets ahead of time. For English speakers I had to wait for an hour to gather other ex pats, but the tour was great with only a few people. The guide for the caves was very knowledgeable. I chose the 8 caves option.
    Alfred C
    24 Jul 2018
    The refurbishment made the caves look very modern and well touched-up. Crowd control is an issue. Book ticket well in advance online, and you see no more than 5-6 caves.
    This tour in Dunhuang is organized by SilkRoadTrips

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