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Datong Private Self-guided Tour with Chartered Car

Private and premium service - modern vehicles, professional drivers, and flexible to your needs . Unlike cheaper options, we never compromise on quality! No hidden costs, no detours, no forced shopping stops.What you see is what you get. This is a private car charter service , NOT shared car service , please book the corresponding price based on the actual number of people in your group. Datong hotel or railway station to Hanging Temple 1.5 hours. Hanging Temple to Yungang Grottoes 2 hours on the way. Yungang Grottoes to hotel or railway station 1 hour . The Hanging Temple reopened on May 1, 2026, after maintenance. Tickets for the climb cannot be booked in advance for foreign tourists. Visitors can still enter the scenic area to view the temple from below and take photos, but cannot enter the temple interior. Thank you for your understanding. If you are very interested in visiting the interior of the Hanging Temple, please contact me privately to discuss the arrangements.

Datong Private Self-guided Tour with Chartered Car

7 to 8 hoursFree Cancellation

Hanging Temple

Datong Classic Day Tour

7 to 8 hoursFree Cancellation

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Want a fully customizable, hassle-free private day trip to Datong? Our professional charter service is your perfect choice! Select 1-3 iconic Datong attractions (including Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Temple, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Datong Earth Forest, etc.) — our experienced local drivers will craft the optimal route for you, saving time and avoiding crowds. We offer a full range of vehicles to fit your group size and needs: 5-seater economy cars 5-seater SUV 7-seater business vans 13-seater shuttle buses Admission tickets can be purchased online in advance or on-site at attractions, with our drivers ready to offer helpful guidance. For lunch, you have flexible choices: grab snacks and light meals at the scenic spots, or let your driver take you to authentic local restaurants to savor Datong’s famous cuisine. We provide door-to-door pickup and drop-off in Datong urban area with no hidden fees, ensuring a comfortable, unforgettable private tour experience!

Datong 8 Hour Charter Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple

8 hoursFree Cancellation

Private Datong Day Tour Arranged by Local Tour Guide Nancy

Enjoy the undivided attention of your guide on a private full-day tour of Datong. Start at your hotel, then travel comfortably to each location by private transportation. Rather than skim the surface like a typical large group tour, you get engaging guided visits at Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple. Ask questions, get suggestions, and avoid language barrier issues with the help of your private guide.

Private Datong Day Tour Arranged by Local Tour Guide Nancy

7 to 8 hoursFree Cancellation

All-Inclusive Private Day Tour to Wooden Pagoda and Hanging Temple from Datong

All-Inclusive Private Day Tour to Wooden Pagoda and Hanging Temple from Datong

8 to 9 hoursFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

Private Day Tour to Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple with Lunch from Datong

If you are looking for the highlights and World Cultural Heritage sites，you should come to see these two things: one is Hanging Temple, built along the cliff around 1,500 years ago,nowadays is famous for its grandeur; the other is Yungang Caves,carved1,500 years ago with 45 caves and over 51,000 statues preserved till now. This tour is leaded by an experienced tour guide who has been explaining these two places for over 10 years

Private Day Tour to Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple with Lunch from Datong

10 hoursFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

Yungang Grottoes

Experience some of Datong’s top historic attractions on this guided excursion. After a convenient hotel pickup, learn about this ancient capital city from an informative local guide and explore a cave system containing hundreds of grottoes and tens of thousands of stone sculptures. Enjoy a delicious complimentary lunch, then head to the Hanging Temple, a 1,500-year-old wooden monastery, and Nine Dragon Wall, built in the late Ming Dynasty.

1 Day Datong Yungang Grottoes & Hanging Temple Tour/from Beijing

8 hoursFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

Pingyao City Wall

1-Day Pingyao tour from Datong and ends of Beijing or Xi'an by Bullet Train

Price varies by group size

Datong Day Tour to Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple

It is an amazing day to include the Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple. Guide will pick you up at hotel lobby around 8:30am transferred to the Yungang Grottoes (approx. 60 km) Lunch, your guide can give you some lunch recommendations at your own expense Continue to the Hanging Temple transferred back to your hotel Datong or railway station No shopping tour with private guide and van Pick-up and drop-off hotel or personal address is supposed to be in the city Tour itinerary can be customized to your needs.

Datong Day Tour to Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple

8 to 10 hoursFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

Private Tour: Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery From Datong

Take time out from Datong to see two of north China’s historical highlights on this private 8-hour Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery tour. View the 5th-century Yungyang Grottoes, a series of rock-cut caves filled with Buddha statues. Plus, check out the Hanging Monastery, whose ornate medieval temples are suspended from a cliff face. Learn about both sites from a private guide on a tour that includes a Chinese lunch, entrance fees, and private transport.

Private Tour: Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Monastery From Datong

8 hoursFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

Private Tour to Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Temple and Wooden Pagoda from Datong

Seeing Datong’s three signature religious sights involves around 171 miles (276 kilometers) of driving. Spread out in comfort as you travel on this door-to-door private tour, with a personal guide to unfurl the region’s rich history. Explore the 6th-century Yungang Grottoes and Hengshan Hanging Temple, visit the 1,000-year-old Ying Xian Wooden Pagoda, and enjoy an authentic Chinese lunch.

Private Tour to Yungang Grottoes, Hanging Temple and Wooden Pagoda from Datong

10 hoursFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

Private Day Tour of Datong's Hanging Temple and Yungang Grottoes

The Yungang Grottoes were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001, recognizing them as a “masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art” and acknowledging their role in the development of Buddhist art in China and East Asia. The Hanging Temple is renowned for its unique location, suspended on the cliffs of Hengshan Mountain about 50 meters above the ground. Many scenes in the recently popular game "Black Myth" are based on these two places. We will take you back to that historical period and immerse you in the game to experience these ancient monuments.We will provide a comfortable air-conditioned vehicle according to the number of people.It is worth noting that the Hanging Temple allows you to choose to climb into the temple to see the interior of the building and the cliff scenery at your feet, or just watch and take pictures from the ground. Our trip includes tickets to enter the temple, and the tour takes longer.

Private Day Tour of Datong's Hanging Temple and Yungang Grottoes

8 to 9 hoursFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

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