🏨 Private Day Trip to Datong from Beijing with English Speaking Driver Activity

Overview

If you have one day extra in Beijing. Don't miss the opportunity to discover the nearby city Datong. You will visit the Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery in one day. Yungang Grottoes is a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for spectacular rock carvings, and the Hanging Monastery, an ornate temple built into a cliff.

What's Included

Bottled water

English speakin driver

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Snacks

Transport by private vehicle

What's Not Included

Entrance fees

Gratuities

Meal

Tour guide

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 4 - 99

Additional Info

Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Specialized infant seats are available
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Specialized infant seats are available
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Beijing

Your English speaking driver will pick you up at 6:00am from your centrally located Beijing hotel and transfer to Datong.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hengshan Hanging Temple (Xuankong si)

Arrive around 10:00am and two hours visiting the Hanging Monastery, one of China's most unique and remarkable feats of wooden architecture. The monastery is also the only one built in honor to Sakyamuni, Laozi, and Confucius, who are founders of Buddism, Taoism and Confucianism respectively.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Arrive around 10:00am and two hours visiting the Hanging Monastery, one of China's most unique and remarkable feats of wooden architecture. The monastery is also the only one built in honor to Sakyamuni, Laozi, and Confucius, who are founders of Buddism, Taoism and Confucianism respectively.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Yungang Grottoes

After enjoy some local food in Datong, such as sliced noodles, you will visit the Yungang grottoes,a World Cultural Heritage Site since 2001. It is considered by UNESCO as a "masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art and represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asia with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices. The site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

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