From Luoyang/Zhengzhou: Luoyang Highlights Guided Day Trip
From Luoyang/Zhengzhou: Luoyang Highlights Guided Day Trip
Overview
Discover Luoyang's must-see top 3 sights on a private tour. Visit Longmen Grottoes, the White Horse Temple, Luoyang Museum and more while learning about the history of the sights you see.
Highlights
- Discover one of the world UNESCO listed iconic sites: Longmen Grottoes
- Benefit from a knowledgeable and professional guide
- Private experience at your own pace
- Optional pickup and drop off point either Luoyang or Zhengzhou
- Learn the history of the first Buddhist temple in China & 3000-6000 years ago in China
Itinerary
3 pickup location options:
Luoyang, Zhengzhou, Longmenzhen
Car(1.5 hours)
Longmen Grottoes
Visit, Guided tour, Sightseeing (1.5 hours) - Optional
White Horse Temple
Guided tour, Sightseeing (1 hour)- Optional
Luoyang Museum
Guided tour, Sightseeing (2 hours)
Important information
What to bring
- Passport
Know before you go
- Please note your passport information on the booking page for tickets pre-booking in advance.
- Luoyang Museum closed on Monday
Include
- Professional English-speaking guide ✅
- Entrance tickets ✅
- Private transfer with a private vehicle ✅
- Hotel pick up drop off ✅
- Local lunch✅
- If you need a Spanish/Italian/German/French guide, it will cost 300RMB extra ✅
- please note us 3 days before, otherwise, we will provide an English guide.✅
Exclude
- Gratuities(for good service) ❌
- The 300RMB extra payment, If you request a Spanish/Italian/German/French guide. ❌
- If your booking only tickets no pickup, that means no pickup no drop off, no guide no driver. ❌
Full description
Meet your private guide and driver in Luoyang Downtown or Hotel Luoyang longmen train Station or Zhengzhou Downtown hotel according to your booking option. Heading directly to Longmen Grottoes. Your guide will tell you history stories about Luoyang and Grottoes while driving.
Upon arrival, you will take an electronic bus to explore the Grottoes by walking. The Longmen Grottoes is considered as the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). You will admire the cave statues and take in the sculpture art which comprises more than 2,300 caves and niches carved into the steep limestone cliffs over a 1km long stretch.
Optional, you can choose to take a boat cruise to enjoy a paranoiac view of the grottoes at your own expense.
After the Longmen Grottoes visit, you will enjoy a delicious local lunch meal, afterward, it will take around 20 minutes to drive to White Horse Temple which is considered the birthplace of Chinese Buddhism, was founded in 68 AD, and held to be the first Buddhist temple in China.
Afterward, your final stop will be the third highlight of Luoyang, Luoyang Museum. The Museum displays 1,700 cultural relics in five exhibition rooms, which is a reflection of some different social development stages such as the Primitive Society (6000 years ago), the Slavery Society(4000-3000years ago), and the Feudal Society( 221BC-1912Ad). Besides the basic displays, the Museum also holds exhibitions of calligraphy paintings, and so on every year. (Close at every Monday)
This private tour includes English speaking tour guide, travel by private air-conditioned vehicle, entrance fee, lunch, and a round-trip hotel transfer