🏨 Private Day Tour to Datong from Beijing by Train: Yungang Caves, Hanging Temple Activity

Private Day Tour to Datong from Beijing by Train: Yungang Caves, Hanging Temple

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From $329.60

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Departs: Beijing, Beijing

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Overview

Datong is a renown historical city for both Yungang Grottos and Hanging Monastery in Shanxi Province in Northern China. This private day tour from Beijing to Datong by round-way bullet train will let you explore both sites with a local guide. Please note this is a long day tour.

What's Included

Bottled water

Bullet train ticket (Second Class)

Entrance fees

Hotel pickup and drop off in Beijing

Local guide

Lunch

Private vehicle in Datong

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 0 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Regular temperature checks for staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

What To Expect

Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

At 7am, you will be picked up from your centrally located Beijing hotel, then transferred to the train station to catch the 2-hour bullet train to Datong. Upon arrival, take another one-hour car ride to Hanging Monastery. The monastery was built with wood beside the cliff and supported with long stakes. You can climb up and walk through the temples to view the fantastic constructions and the impressive mountains.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Yungang Grottoes

Then, you will come back Datong and head to Yungang Grottoes, which was first chiseled in the first year of Year Heping in Northern Wei and Monk Tan Yao at that time chiseled it for duty of Emperor Wencheng. Most of the grottoes were finished in the eighteenth year of Year Taihe in Northern Wei before the capital moved to Luoyang, which lasted for forty years.
Later, you will be transferred back to Datong railway station to catch the bullet train back to Beijing. Upon arrival, you will be transferred back to your Beijing hotel where the tour concludes.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

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