Overview:
Take a comfortable private car with a polite and friendly driver from your hotel in Zhengzhou to the Shaolin Temple and Longmen Grottoes. You will have the utmost freedom to enjoy historic sites at your own pace. Your driver will take you to the attraction, pay for your ticket, and wait for you in the parking lot. There are no factories or shopping stations during the tour. The driver service is used for 8-10 hours.
Meals: Not included
Attraction: Longmen Grottoes, Shaolin Temple
Itinerary:
Following a morning pickup from your accommodation in Zhengzhou city center, meet your private guide and hop aboard your air-conditioned vehicle. Heading directly to Shaolin Temple, which will takes about 1.5 hours. Your tour guide will explain the relate histories and stories along the way, feel free to ask any questions if you have! Shaolin Temple is famous for Chinese Kungfu, first you will have a chance to witness the real Kungfu performed by Shaolin monks. As a UNESCO Site, the Shaolin Temple was first constructed in 495 A.D. Later, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-557) had the temple built to accommodate the Indian master Batuo.
Afterwards, you will explore the Pagoda Forest which is a concentration of tomb pagodas for eminent monks and abbots of the temple. There are more than 240 tomb pagodas of various sizes from the Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties (618-1911), making it the biggest pagoda forest in China.
After meeting the driver, head straight to the Longmen Grottoes. Your driver will buy a ticket for you and spend some time touring the sights. When your self-guided tour is over, you can choose to return to your hotel in Zhengzhou or end up in Luoyang. Please note that this is a private shuttle service only and does not include meals or guided Tours.
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