Western Escape - Dunhuang Adventure

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Map of Western Escape - Dunhuang Adventure Destination: Beijing → Dunhuang

Duration: 3 days

Price: from $ 1079

Tour Operator: China Highlights

Feature: China's west is huge and so are the opportunities to explore this fascinating land. Dunhuang some of the best attractions in this vast country. See for yourself.

Day By Day Itinerary

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Day 1

Place & Transport: Beijing to Dunhuang, Flight No. TBA
Today's Activities: Airport to Hotel Transfer (Dunhuang), Mogao Grottoes
Meals: Chinese Lunch

- Mogao Grottoes : Constructed over a millennium, from the 4th to the 14th centuries, the caves hold the world's richest treasure house of Buddhist sutras, murals and sculptures. It is not allowed to take photos.

Day 2

Place & Transport: Dunhuang
Today's Activities: Yumenguan Pass, Great Wall of the Han Dynasty,
Meals: Breakfast, Chinese Lunch

- Yumenguan Pass: Once as one of the west gates out of the country of the Han Dynasty (206 B. C. -220 A. D.), it is quite ruined by the shifting sands but still shows the ever splendor.
Yumeng Town: The site of China’s first oil field
- Great Wall of the Han Dynasty: Great wall of the Han dynasty was build for defending the nomadic Xiongnu during the Han Dynasty (206 BC--220 AD).

Day 3

Place & Transport: Dunhuang to Beijing, Flight No. TBA
Today's Activities: Hotel to airport Transfer (Dunhuang),Riding on a Camel
Meals: Breakfast

- Riding on a Camel: Riding on a camel and traveling along the desert, you can not only enjoy the beutiful scenery of setting sun in the desert, but also have a real experience of traveling along the Silk Road.Further more, you will have a chance to see the five-color sand on the Echoing-Sand Mountain.