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Located at the northwest of Gansu Province and bordering with Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province, Dunhuang is an oasis town under the administration of Jiuquan City. It was a key city of Ancient Silk Road, interchanging between China and the outside world.
Dunhuang is famous for the Mogao Caves and Murals, which were created by Buddhist monks and pilgrims who collected scriptures in ancient times. Now it becomes a world heritage and must-see site. Have a desert tour from here, to see the Crescent Lake & Singing Sand Dune, which is one of the top 5 deserts in China, taking a camel ride or sledding down a sand dune. Catch the sense of Chinese ancient frontier through visiting desolate Passes, like Yumen Pass, Yang Pass. Explore magical yardang landform from Yardang National Geologic Park… >> Read more about Dunhuang history, facts, getting around, etc.
Suggested Private Dunhuang Tour Packages
Dunhuang is a hot destination with the booming of Silk Road Tours. Take flight or train to Dunhuang; walk around Mogao Grottoes; play with sand in Singing Sand Dune. Enjoy an interesting holiday with brilliant culture!
Classic Dunhuang Tour
Steep in this 2-day Classic Dunhuang Tour to grab Dunhuang highlights along ancient Silk Road with breathtaking scenery of dese
Read MoreDunhuang Gobi Desert Walking Tour
Have a 3-day Gobi Desert Walking Tour to the mysterious oasis city - Dunhuang, along the ancient Silk Road. Savoring up the hig
Read MoreDunhuang Discovery Tour
Take your time in this 4-day Dunhuang Discovery Tour to explore great natural and artistic wonders of China.
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Read MoreDunhuang Desert Camping Tour
This 4-day Dunhuang Desert Camping Tour provides you a great opportunity to experience the beauty of desert deeply and grab the
Read MoreRecommended China Tour Packages including Dunhuang
Dunhuang is in the center of northwestern China; to the north, you can visit the grassland of Inner Mongolia; head to the west, discover a mystery Xinjiang; down to the south, visit Qinghai province or Tibet; back to the starting of Ancient Silk Road in Xian in the east. Yes, a panorama view of northwestern China will be showed in your eyes.
Silk Road & Badain Jaran Desert Tour
Gansu in Northwest China is an important part of ancient Silk Road, and famous for its fabulous desert scenery. This 10 day tri
Amazing Silk Road Odyssey Tour from Xian
This is an amazing Silk Road Odyssey Tour starting from ancient city Xi’an; it is specially designed for travelers who are in
Essence of the Silk Road Tour
This is a real Silk Road discovery tour in China of 12 days deep into Gobi desert and with amazing landscapes. Like the ancient
Essence of Gansu Tour: Zhangye Jiayuguan Dunhuang
Gansu is a historical and amazing destination in China which is rarely visited by foreigners. Take the 7-day Silk Road Gansu To
China Silk Road Train Tour from Beijing
Follow in the ancient merchant travelers’ footsteps to explore the great Silk Road – yet you got an easier and better way �
Top Experiences & Attractions in Dunhuang
Mogao Caves (Mogao Grottoes)
Hailed as "Art Gallery in the Desert" and the "Museum on the Walls", Dunhuang’s Mogao Grottoes, aka Mogao Caves, were listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1987. It, toget...
Crescent Lake and the Singing Sand Dunes in Dunhuang: Dancing with the Sand
6 km south of the center of Dunhuang at the Singing Sand Mountains, the Crescent Lake is an oasis in the Gobi Desert, which is surrounded by numer...
Ancient City of Dunhuang Movie Set
Benefiting from its uniqueness for making movies with a military theme, Ancient City of Dunhuang Movie Set has become the biggest set for shooting movies in northwest China. More t...
Yumen Pass: A Poetic Han Dynasty’s Frontier on the Silk Road
Yumen Pass, situated in the Gobi Desert eighty kilometers northwest of Dunhuang County town in Gansu Province, is a strategic fort on the ancient Silk Road and was...
Discover Yang Pass: The Silent Gateway of the Ancient Silk Road
Yangguan Pass, built in Western Han Dynasty with more than 2,000 years’ history, is an important portal to the western regions and an vital mountain pass on the ...
Yardang National Park: Unveiling the Mars-Like Landscape in Dunhuang
Situated 180 km to the northwest of downtown Dunhuang, Yardang National Geologic Park is the biggest Yardang landform group in the world found so far. Stretching 1...