1-Day Side Trip

- Yumenguan & Yardang Geologic Park & Yangguan Tour

Trip Highlights - Attractions involved: Yumenguan Pass, Yangguan Pass, Dunhuang Yardang National Geologic Park. Dunhuang is a typical tourist city and famous for the splendid and profound ancient culture of Silk Road. Yumenguan Pass was a strategic pass on the ancient Silk Road. Both people and horses can go directly up to the wall. Dunhuang Yardang National Geologic Park is the largest one of Yardang Landform found so far. It features the unique and wonderful scenes and landscapes of gobi desert. Yangguan Pass has been ruined with numbers of sections buried in the shifting sands after thousands of years.We are kindly to offer a one day side trip to Dunhuang with excellent service and competitive rates.
Availability: Daily.      Pick-up Point & Time: Your hotel, 8:30am.      Finishing Point & Time: Your hotel, 6:00pm.      Duration: 11 hours.

Tour Itinerary:  (Lunch)
In the morning, after breakfast your sincere guide will pick you up at your hotel in Duanhuang and drive you to Yumenguan Pass along silk road, which is a strategic pass on the ancient Silk Road,the beautiful scenery will make you feel the atmosphere of recalling the past. After a short break, we'll head to Dunhuang Yardang National Geologic Park, which seems as an architectural art museum of the world while located in a desert and delivers many delights and enjoyments to you. Then , we will drive to Yangguan Pass, its one of two most important passes protecting in the Hang Dynasty, where we can taste beautiful wine and enjoy the breath-taking sunset scenery. After an exciting day tour, you will be driven back to your hotel. (Service End)

Attraction Description
Yumenguan Pass
Yumenguan was built during the Han Dynasty, by order of Emperor Wu. At the time the Pass was the only way to access the northern route of the Silk Road and the rourine connecting Central Asia and China. The vital importance of the Yumenguan Pass was realized very early in the Western Han period (205 BC-24 AD), as it was one of only two major passes along the western borders.Although in China...
The Yangguan Pass
The Yumenguan Pass is also known as the Southern Pass, sitting 75 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang,  originally built by Emperor Wu as one of two most important passes protecting in the Hang Dynasty. The other one is the Great Wall of Han Dynasty.To certain extent, Yangguan Pass has been ruined with numbers of sections buried in the shifting sands after thousands of years. 
Dunhuang Yardang National Geologic Park
Dunhuang Yardang National Geologic Park is situated 180 kilometers in the northwest away from Dunhuang City, the Dunhuang Yardang National Geologic Park is the largest one of Yardang Landform found so far. The park stretches twenty-five kilometers from north to south and about two kilometers from east to west. It features the unique and wonderful scenes and landscapes of gobi desert. The most magnificent view is that you can find the 'miniature' for much world-famous architecture inside the park, such as the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, the Potala Palace in Tibet, the Arabian mosque, the Pyramid and Sphinx in Egypt.