Private 1 - Day Tour Of Luoyang From Xi'an

In the morning, please find your way to Xi'an North Railway Station to take the high-speed train to Luoyang. You're suggested to arrive at the station one hour before the train leaves. Your travel consultant will book the train tickets for you and arrange ticket delivery to your hotel in advance. Upon your arrival in Luoyang, your local professional guide and driver will pick you up from the railway station.

After a warm greeting, we will drive to visit the Longmen Grottoes, which is a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art. Then, we will continue to explore the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin Martial Arts. After sightseeing, your guide will see you off at the Luoyang Longmen Railway Station. You will take the high-speed train back to Xi'an. Please get to the hotel by yourself once you arrive in Xi'an.

Price Includes:

* Train fares of Xi'an/Luoyang/Xi'an

* Private English-speaking guide

* Private driver & air-conditioned vehicle

* Entrance fees to tourist sites

Price Excludes:

* Meals

* Tips or gratuities for guide and driver

Tour Highlights

Longmen Grottoes

There are more than 100,000 stone statues here, varying from 2-centimeter to 17.14-meter high, and extending for about 1,094 yards along both banks of the Yi River. Fengxian Temple, the largest grotto among the Longmen Grottoes, exhibits nine major Buddhas with various facial appearances and temperaments. Wanfo Cave, with 15,000 little Buddhas, is a typical chronological cave consisting of two rooms, square flat roofs, and walls decorated with lifelike relief.

Guyang Cave, the earliest cave in the Longmen Grottoes, has sculptures of diverse shapes and patterns. Binyang Cave's floor is engraved with lotus patterns and its rooftop is decorated with reliefs of flourishing lotus flowers. Lotus Cave is a chiseled grotto on the base of natural limestone. Besides the grottoes, lots of historical materials concerning art, music, religion, calligraphy, medicine, costume, and architecture can also be found here.

Shaolin Temple

Shaolin Temple boasts some traditional valued architecture like the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Mahavira Hall, the Pagoda Forest, the Dharma Cave, and the Shaolin Temple Martial Art Training Center. Among them, the Pagoda Forest is the largest group of ancient pagodas existing in China. In the year of 2010, Shaolin Temple has been included in the UNESCO's World Heritage list. Besides, you will also watch a Kung Fu show performed by the Shaolin monks here, which will be the climax of your private Kung Fu tour.