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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.

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.

Embark on an exclusive private day tour to explore two spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Datong—Yungang Grottoes and the Hanging Temple, the ultimate day trip to discover the city’s most iconic ancient wonders with no crowded group hassles. Immerse yourself in the grandeur of Yungang Grottoes, a pinnacle of ancient Chinese Buddhist art that perfectly fuses South and Central Asian religious symbolic art with traditional Chinese cultural traditions. Then marvel at the 1400-year-old Hanging Temple, a breathtaking architectural wonder perched on a sheer cliff over 50 meters above the ground, a feat of ancient engineering that defies imagination. This private experience includes all entrance fees for both sites, a professional English-speaking guide and round-trip transport by private vehicle, with flexible departures available from your Datong hotel lobby or Datong Railway Station for a seamless, hassle-free journey.

Take a private day tour to two top attractions in Datong: Yingxian Wooden Pagoda and Hengshan Hanging Temple. Tour guide, private vehicle, hotel pickup and drop-off, entrance fees and local lunch are all incusive.

History buffs can save hours of time and effort compared to navigating Chinese-language public transport with this efficient Datong private transfer service. Check off the two key cultural highlights of Datong—the 1400-year-old Yungang Grottoes and Hengshan Hanging Temple—in just one day with the help of a local guide. Please note: tour excludes entrance fees.

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!

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.

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

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.

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 entrance fees, and private transport.

Visit highlights of Shanxi including Datong and Pingyao with this 4 days private tour from Datong. You will be picked up at Datong hotel/train station and dropped off Pingyao hotel/Train station.

Join this private day tour from Datong to experience one of the seven wonders in the world -- Great Wall at Yanmenguan. Datong is called “the museum of the Great Wall” by some scholars because of its preservation of abundant wall relics. Follow your experienced tour guide to hike up and down at the Great Wall, learn its history and culture. You will also visit Zhenbian Hall, Temple of Guan Yu, and Yanmenguan village. This private tour including English speak tour guide, travel by private vehicle, entrance fee and lunch. Datong hotel or Railway Station pick up and drop off also included.

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.

Experience the best of Datong city on a full-day tour that includes top attractions. Accompanied by a private guide, tour the Nine Dragon Screen, Huanyan Temple, Drum Tower and the City Wall, learn the history. If you are interested in visiting other city sites not listed above, please feel free to discuss with your guide directly or you can submit your request upon booking. Lunch, attraction entrance ticket, and private transfer are all inclusive.

Explore the ancient Yungang Grottoes and the Hanging Temple at your own pace and with the attention of a private guide on this day tour. You won’t have to organize any logistics, including transport or paying on the spot for your guide or admission fees. Just be ready to get collected from your hotel in Datong, and then enjoy the ride to the sites, and the time to visit each place.

Visit highlights of Pingyao including the City Wall of Pingyao, traditional Ming-Qing Street,Temple of City God and Ri Sheng Chang Exchange Shop with this private day tour from Datong You will be picked up from your Datong hotel and dropped off at the Pingyao hotel/Railway station or taiyuan Railway station.

Break through the language barrier and make travel as relaxing as it should be on this convenient private tour, with transfers and guiding direct from your door. Start at the spectacular monastery, the Hengshan Hanging Temple, perched precariously on the edge of a sheer cliff. After a restaurant lunch, continue to the 9-story Ying Xian Wooden Pagoda, built in 1056.

Discover Datong’s two stunning UNESCO sites: Yungang Grottoes and Hanging Temple. Join a private tour to dive into local history and culture. Try the city’s most famous hand-shaved noodles and experience authentic local flavor.

Meet guide in the hotel lobby in Datong or Datong train station, you will visit Yuangang Grottoes and Hanging temple,after tour drop to hotel in Datong. it was carved out of a mountain side and about 1 km in width, is one of the four famous treasure troves of Chinese grotto art The grotto area was excavated along the mountain, imposingly stretching 1 kilometer with rich contents. Covering over 18,000 square meters engraving area, there are existing 45 main caves, 209 subsidiary caves, more than 1,100 niches, and more than 51,000 stone statues, among which the largest statue measures 17 meters and the smallest only 2 centimeters. Hanging temple bulit on the cliff, it is the national key cultural unit, which is unique as it includes Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian elements. The temple was constructed in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 386-534) with a history of 1500 years. The Hanging Temple was selected as one of "The Top 10 Unique and Precipitous Architectures" by Times magazine in 2010.

This private day tour leads you to the amazing sightseeing of the  famous Yungang Grottos and Hanging Temple in Datong.  Accompany by your professional private guide to learn the local history. Includes private guide, Enjoy tasty local cuisines and transportation.

Sculpted mainly from tamped earth, the unspoiled Great Wall around Datong gives a very different perspective from the stone walls close to Beijing. Discover this UNESCO World Heritage Site on a door-to-door day trip from Datong. First, visit De Sheng Bao, a 16th-century fortress and garrison town; then, hike along a section of the wall lined with beacons and guard towers from Zhenchuankou.

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.

Discover the ancient carved Buddha statue of the Yungang Grottoes and the Hanging Temple during this full-day private tour from Datong. The more than 1550-year old Yungang Grottoes are the most preserved out of the three in China. Enjoy an included lunch before heading to the Hanging Temple at Mount Hengshan, which hangs off the side of the cliff over the Jinxia Gorge. Learn about its precarious history before your return to your hotel.