2-Day Private Datong Tour from Beijing: Explore Ancient Dynastic Culture and Yungang Grottoes

Embark on a 2-day private tour from Beijing to Datong and immerse yourself in the rich ancient dynastic culture. Visit the famous Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Monastery, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, and more.

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Yungang Grottoes - Your driver comes to pick you up at you hotel in Beijing at 8:00am, and your will start your 4.5-hour journey to Datong.
For lunch, you’ll have local handmade sliced noodles, a very popular meal in Northwest region of China. After the lunch, You will visit Yungang Grottoes , a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 53 grottoes contain more…

What's Included
  • Private vehicle with driver
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Bottled water
  • Private guide
  • Lunch
  • Meals as per itinerary (L=lunch)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Accommodation
Additional Information

Datong is one of the most ancient city in China with more than 3000 year history. It used be the capital city for the dynasties,so you will find lots of culture heritages in this city. This is 2-day self-guided tour with private transfer from Beijing. The package is also attraction entrance tickets and 2 lunches inclusive. You will be able to explore…

Cancellation Policy

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

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369grainne123
Dec 21, 2025
Fabulous and Fascinating Historic sites with excellent Guide Nancy Unforgettable experience. - We had a wonderful 2 day trip with Nancy our guide and Mr Yang our driver. They were both first class. Nancy had excellent English and was energetic and enthusiastic. Mr Yang was an excellent and safe driver and always had a smile on his face - handing us waters and sweets. First the Yungang Grottoes - which were fascinating. Great time of year to go as empty but wrap up it’s cold! We wore ski gear. We saw the Dragon Wall at night - beautiful lit up. Datong city walls looked worth exploring- maybe next trip. The highlight was next day after the Fogong Pagoda ( work of amazing construction) we went to hanging Temple - words cannot express how incredible it is. Such a privilege to be able to walk through it perched in the mountains. Nancy was amazing explaining the history and cultural significance. I would highly recommend you ask for Nancy as your guide - we will certainly on our next trip. She also doubled as a photographer- knowing all best shots of the historic sights. Than you Nancy and Mr Yang Xie Xie.
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Grouperu
Jun 30, 2019
Private 2 day tour to Datong - Excellent! Great visit, fabulous temple, Pagoda, Crotes, Dragon wall. Great food! Personalized customer service
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Allen
Oct 30, 2018
Great side trip from Beijing, excellent guide - Jenny picked us up at hotel early a.m. Very friendly and knowledgeable. Drove us to Yungang Grottoes first day, then dropped us off in Datong for the evening. Stopped enroute for excellent handcut noodles in Datong. Jenny gave us lots of information and insight on history and culture. Second day visited Shuozhou Wooden Pagoda, then hanging temple, which was breathtaking, before returning to Beijing. Highly recommend. Jenny made it particularly special.
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Samanthameredith
Jul 1, 2017
This tour was a side trip for us and... - <p>This tour was a side trip for us and was well worth it. We left Beijing in comfort. When we arrived to Datong we were met by a local guide who took us to the grottoes and Hanging Monastery, which are incredible. We also saw some other site which was great before going back in comfort to Beijing.</p>
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Lourdes_r
Nov 5, 2016
Awesome tour! Definitely a must to... - <p>Awesome tour! Definitely a must to go out of the city of Beijing for a while. Loved the grottoes and the monastery! Jenny our guide was awesome and full of knowledge so provided us so much insight about the places we were visiting. She also took us to some great chinese restaurants and had the best chinese meals these two days! Highly recommend these tour if you're in Beijing this is a must do!</p>
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Richard
Jun 6, 2019
Breath taking temple - Although we did not get the cahnce of climbing up to the temple, it was also breath taking to see it at the bottom. There were too many tourists on that day, the queue was from the top to the bottom of the stairs. This was due to the closure of road leading to Yungang Grottoes for the Tour of Taiyuan.
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From $218
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).