Dunhuang Tour 4 Days 3 Nights

The Pearl of the Silk Road - Deep Exploration of Dunhuang

2025-10-23
Start Time
4 Days
Duration
¥9880.00
Price
Dunhuang Airport/Dunhuang Railway Station
Meeting Point
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uEnjoy a full stay at a high-end local hotel, offering a relaxing and comfortable living experience in the oasis of the desert.


 



uThe magnificent Mogao Grottoes not only contain rich artistic treasures, but also contain the traditional cultural art of China and the Western Regions, brewing a vast Buddhist culture. Because of its magnificent murals and colored sculptures, and the vast and profound content, it has been praised as the gallery of world art, the museum on the wall, and the treasure house of world art. Two special caves will be arranged for visit.


 

 


uMingsha Mountain, a vast desert of countless sand dunes, gets its name from the dramatic sounds it produces when strong winds blow and the gentle rustling of sand underfoot that resembles the music of an orchestra. Visitors can climb the mountain in small steps or on camels to admire the distant Crescent Spring and the serene sunset before descending.




 

u"You Jian Dunhuang" -- a large-scale live-action indoor experience drama. It is more of an immersive experience than a performance, taking you back to Dunhuang over a thousand years. Different from other stage plays, this show is a feast for the eyes and ears. The audience follows the actors to walk through various scenes, re-enact history, and has a strong sense of immersion.




üCustomized Itinerary: The greatest advantage of chartered tours lies in flexible scheduling. You can adjust your time spent at Mont Saint-Michel and surrounding attractions based on your interests and schedule, avoiding crowds for an immersive experience.

üDedicated Driver-Guide: Professional drivers or guides are provided, well-versed in local history, culture, and customs. They offer detailed commentary and recommendations throughout your journey.

üFlexible Departure Times: Choose your departure time based on your schedule, eliminating the need to accommodate fixed group itineraries.

üAttraction Ticket Booking: We assist with booking attraction tickets, saving you queue time and ensuring smooth entry.

üWorry-Free Travel: We provide comprehensive travel support, including transportation, accommodation, and dining arrangements, so you can relax and enjoy your journey without worrying about any details.



Itinerary

Day1 Arrive at Dunhuang

DongYi Dunhuang Hotels & Resorts

Located in the heart of Dunhuang's cultural district and surrounded by Dunhuang's many cultural institutions, the hotel is a cultural stop for experiencing the extraordinary Dunhuang art life. 

 

The main building of the hotel is integrated with the Mingsha Mountain, and the rooms are decorated in a simple and cozy manner with all the necessary facilities, providing a noble and comfortable living experience. It is a place for seclusion with an oriental aesthetic attitude.

 




Day2 Dunhuang

The Mogao Caves - The Singing Sand Dunes - Yueya Spring - Local Specialty Dining

 

The Mogao Caves

Mogao Caves now has 735 caves, of which, the better preserved 492 caves, a total of more than 45,000 square meters of mural paintings, color sculpture 2,415.

 

The magnificent Mogao Caves not only contain a wealth of art treasures but also contain the traditional culture and art of China and the Western region, brewing a vast Buddhist culture.

 

Because of its mural paintings and colorful sculpture art of the magnificent rich and brilliant, and the content of the profound, so get the world art gallery, the museum on the wall, the world's art treas ury and so on the reputation.


The Singing Sand Dunes

The Singing Sand Dunes is a sea of sand with countless dunes. When the wind picks up, the sand mountain makes a loud ringing sound, and when the wind blows gently, it resembles the sounds made by traditional Chinese musical instruments such as the qin, the serpent, the xiao, and the flute, thus giving it its name.

 

Take a small step or ride a camel to climb up the Singing Sand DUnes to look at the distant Yueya Spring, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sunset, and then go down the mountain.

 

Yueya Spring

In the endless desert, there is a clear spring, which is the Yueya Spring(Yueya, in Chinese, refers to the shape of a crescent moon). The water is clear and beautiful, and does not dry up for thousands of years.

 

In the desert area can see the oasis has been really not easy, four yellow sand in the Yueya Spring is like a miracle, in the water does not exist in the desert away from the romantic oasis.





Day3 Dunhuang

Yardang - You Jian Dunhuang Show

 

Yardang Devil City

Yardang Devil City here is a typical Yardang ( a geomorphology about large area of soft, poorly consolidated rock and bedrock surfaces that have been extensively grooved, fluted, and pitted by wind erosion, after years of wind erosion and sunshine, a lot of stones have grown into a very peculiar appearance.

 

The height of the stone, also four or five meters, high more than twenty meters, length and width by more than a dozen meters to hundreds of meters ranging from staggering, some like the sphinx, some like the peacock, and its whole, like a medieval ancient city.

 



You Jian Dunhuang Show

You Jian Dunhuang(Seeing Dunhuang Again) is a large-scale, real-life, indoor situational experience that is not so much a show as an immersive experience of traveling back to Dunhuang through the millennia.

 

Unlike other stage plays, You Jian Dunhuang is a visual and audio feast in which the audience follows the actors, traveling through various scenarios and reinterpreting history with a strong sense of immersion.





Day4 Dunhuang

Yulin Caves - Departure

 

Yulin Caves

Yulin Caves is known as the sister caves of Mogao Caves, the cave now exists in 43 caves, mural painting a total area of 4200 square meters. Painted Buddha, Tao map 10856 store, colorful Buddha, Tao statues 244.

 

The value of the Yulin Caves is mainly expressed in the exquisite mural paintings. Yulin Caves'mural content is very rich, there are exquisite Buddha and bodhisattva portraits, there are grand Buddhist story paintings, there are a variety of flowers and animals, and here are extremely delicate decorative patterns.



Reference Hotel | Dongyi Dunhuang Hotel ( or similar)

Dongyi Dunhuang Hotel covers a total area of 42,000 square meters with a total construction area of 15,000 square meters. It is located in the core position of the Dunhuang Cultural District, surrounded by many cultural institutions in Dunhuang. It is about 5 minutes away from the famous scenic spot Mingsha Mountain and about 10 minutes away from Mogao Grottoes.

 

The hotel offers various room types with diverse landscape views. Some rooms provide contact with the Dongyi Crescent Spring scenery, others offer exclusive views of the sky terrace and stars, and some allow guests to overlook the vast Mingsha Mountain. From the windows, guests can enjoy the remaining glow of the desert and the poplar forests. The rooms are decorated simply and warmly with complete facilities, providing guests with a luxurious and comfortable stay experience. The rooms are designed with dry-wet separation, each equipped with a separate bathtub for relaxation, and some room types even have a private water pool.

 

The hotel area has complete functional equipments, including all-day restaurants, lobby lounges, tea houses, clear bars, bonfires, barbecue areas, clubs, parking lots, art galleries, artist centers, and artist studios. Guests can experience the local landforms and artistic style of Dunhuang here, and deeply feel Eastern philosophy, history, and culture.





Price:

*The "Luxury Price" of this package includes three nights' accommodation at "Dongyi Hotel/Bi Yueh Hotel" and one dinner at the hotel, while the "Comfort Price" includes three nights' accommodation at a selected local hotel (Dunhuang Villa) and one meal of local specialties. The "Comfort Price" includes three nights at a selected local hotel (Dunhuang Villa) and one meal of local specialties, and the rest of the itinerary is the same. The itinerary can be customized according to needs and time, is limited to 6 persons.

 

PRICE INCLUDES

1. Luxury hotels 3 nights (one room per person, no room sharing)

2. Delicious meals throughout the trip

3. Comfortable and spacious MPVs throughout the trip

4. Experienced professional driver

5. Excellent local tour guide

6. Snacks, drinks, mineral water

7. Mogao Caves, Yulin Caves and Special Caves tickets

8. Professional route planning to ensure that the special sense of access (such as the need to adjust the itinerary needs to be negotiated ten days before departure to adjust)

9. Personal accident insurance

 


*THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE

Transportation to and from Dunhuang from all over the country and personal expenses



CANCELLATION POLICY

If for any reason, you decide to cancel the activity or excursion, the cancellation conditions specified in the product description or in the voucher will be valid.

 

In the event that the cancellation conditions in the product description do not differ, the provider of tourist services will charge you the following cancellation fees:

 

a. Up to 48 hours before the start of the activity: full refund (again we indicate that in certain specific cases the term may differ from this general policy)

 

b. After 48 hours before the start of the activity: no refund.

 

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