Top Zhengzhou Day Trips

Learn more about Chinese art and culture on this private full-day tour of two Henan Province highlights. Visit the Shaolin Temple, birthplace of Chan Buddhism and martial arts, and enjoy a simple but delicious lunch here. After, continue your lesson on Buddhism at the Longmen Grottoes, which contain some of the finest existing examples of Chinese Buddhist art. This is an easy way to visit these attractions from Zhengzhou.

Visit the historic Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Zen Buddhism and renowned for its martial arts. Explore the ancient Pagoda Forest, home to over 240 Buddhist pagodas, and witness an electrifying Shaolin Kung Fu performance by skilled monks. This tour, set against the stunning backdrop of Mount Song, provides insights into the rich cultural heritage of this UNESCO World Heritage site. Enjoy lunch included in the tour and experience the essence of Shaolin in a single day. - Discover the world-famous Shaolin Temple, founded in 495 AD - Visit the impressive Pagoda Forest with over 240 Buddhist structures - Includes lunch and professional English-speaking guide

Experience the cultural heart of Henan on a private, customized tour of the Shaolin Monastery and Longmen Grottoes. Enjoy personalized attention from an English-speaking guide, skip the crowds, and move at your own pace. Watch live Kungfu demonstrations, try hands-on martial arts moves at Shaolin, and marvel at the ancient Buddhist carvings of Longmen Grottoes. This seamless day trip combines history, culture, and interactive experiences for an unforgettable Henan adventure.

Today our Zhengzhou guide will pick you up from hotel lobby in Zhengzhou city. If you want to know the Chinese Characters , Anyang Chinese Character Museum is a good place to know and Research the old words, here you may see the earliest Chinese words were appeared in the Tortoise shells and Animal bones, Inscriptions were usually carved on the oracle bones of Shang Dynasty,most of them were related with asking questions by divinations,so researchers called them as divinatory inscriptions. Visit Yin ruins to see beautiful Bronze ware, chariot pit etc, read the brutal system when the emperor died and animals and people were buried with the dead in 3000 years ago. Fuhao tomb is one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the Yin Ruins Palace ancestor temple area since 1928. Besides, this tomb is the only well-preserved imperial tomb of Shang Dynasty 3000 years ago. Today you will know the Chinese history in Shang dynasty a lot, welcome to join the tour.

Meet driver or guide in the hotel lobby in Zhengzhou city or Luoyang city and transfer to Shaolin temple for a day tour. The Shaolin Temple, nestled at the foot of Mount Song (one of China’s "Five Great Mountains") in Dengfeng City, Henan Province, is not only one of China’s most renowned Buddhist monasteries but also the cradle of Shaolin Kung Fu—a martial art style celebrated globally for its discipline, strength, and spiritual roots. With a history spanning over 1,500 years, it stands as a living symbol of the fusion between Chinese religion, culture, and physical practice. After tour driver or guide will drop you to hotel lobby according to your choice option.

Set off from Zhengzhou to see a tiny Chinese village hidden in the Taihang Mountains: Guoliang Village and the Most Dangerous Tunnel in the World: Guoliang Tunnel Road on this private 10-hour tour. It is many tourists’ favorite travel spot in Henan Province. Private transfer, local lunch, entrance fee, hotel pickup and drop-off are all inclusive.

Shaolin Temple is a historical temple and famous for its Buddhism culture and Chinese Kungfu. This private day tour will let you start from Zhengzhou, and visit Shaolin Temple, and learn the Chinese Kungfu. Pickup from your centrally located Zhengzhou hotel is at 7:30am.