5-Day VIP Silk Road Trip from Dunhuang with Accommodation

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 1Arrive in Dunhuang⌄

   Meet your local guide at the arriving hall of Dunhuang Airport ( DNH ), transfer to your hotel and check in , relax in the hotel. Visit the city museum in the afternoon, or the White Horse Stupa.

   Meals: Dinner: Welcome dinner

   Overnight: Dunhuang Gloria Grand Hotel ( The local best hotel, or the other 5 star hotel )

2. 2The Yumen Pass & Great Wall of Han Dynasty, Yangguan Pass⌄

   Visit the Yumen Pass & Yangguan Pass, the Great Wall of Han Dynasty, In history, the Han Dynasty built many walls to consolidate the safety of the frontier region as well as exploring ways to do business with western region. Instead of piling up stones or bricks layer upon layer like other dynasties' walls, the Han Dynasty Great Wall is built by using the local sand and weed. These two constructional materials were added by putting one on top of another. Visit Yangguan Pass and it's museum, a special souvenir will be prepared for you.

   Visit the Yangguan Pass and it' s musuem

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch: Lunch will provided in a local farmer's restaurant. · Dinner: Enjoy a special dinner in the desert, BBQ, local food, beer and dry red wine.

   Overnight: Dunhuang Gloria Grand Hotel

3. 3Full day tour to Mogao Caves⌄

   You will visit the Mogao Caves& Digital Film Center accompanied by a PRIVATE cave guide , one of the 4 most famous grottoes in China. It has a total of 492 grottoes, 45,000 square-meters of murals, 2,400 painted statues and over 250 residential caves remain. After lunch continue to visit 3 more special caves which are not open to the public.

   Enjoy the top dance drama in China in the evening ------ THE SILK ROAD , 90 minutes. VIP seats will be arrangement.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch: Provided in the restaurant of the Mogao Caves. · Dinner: Local best restaurant.

   Overnight: Dunhuang Gloria Grand Hotel

4. 4Yulin Caves & Suoyangcheng Ruins⌄

   Visit the Yulin Grottoes, it can be traced to the same origin in contents, artistic style and form of painting for the Mogao Grottoes, it’s regarded as its sister with its name known to many people in the country. 3 special caves have arranged in the tour.

   Visit the ruins of Suoyangcheng, it used to be a very important stop on the Silk Road, it has listed in the UNESCO in 2015. Admission fee is included.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch: Provided in the local farmer's restaurant. · Dinner

   Overnight: Dunhuang Gloria Grand Hotel

5. 5Mingsha Mountain & Crescent Moon Spring, Farewell to Dunhuang.⌄

   Visit the Crescent Moon Spring & the Singing-Sand Dunes. The magical spring is located in the center of sand dunes, but it has never been covered by the sand throughout the history.

   After lunch transfer to Dunhuang airport ( DNH ), take your flight to next city. OR, transfer to Dunhuang Railway Station, take the speed train to Jiayuguan / Zhangye / Xining / Lanzhou. (we can assist you book the speed train tickets )

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch: Farewell lunch