2-Day Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple Private Tour , Departure from Beijing

2-Day Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple Private Tour , Departure from Beijing

This 2-day tour will take you to Zhengzhou, Central Plains area of China. There're 2 most famous attractions, Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple.
The Shaolin Temple believed to have been founded in the fifth century, the Shaolin Temple is the main temple of the Shaolin school of Buddhism to this day.
And the Longmen Grottoes is list as “an outstanding manifestation of human artistic creativity” in the UNESCO World Heritage List, for its perfection of an art form, and for its encapsulation of the cultural sophistication of Tang China.

Highlight:
*No-Shopping
*Hotel pick up (within the scope of Beijing 5th ring road)
*Private Tour
*Departure every day
*Entrance of Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple included.

Brief itinerary:
Day 1: Longmen Grottoes and White Horse Temple in Luoyang
Day 2: Shaolin Temple

Itinerary

Day 1: Longmen Grottoes and White Horse Temple in Luoyang

Stop At: Beijing, Beijing
6:30
Private tour: HOTEL PICK UP
Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel.

Group tour: MEETING POINT
All the visitors need to go to the Beijing West Railway Station meeting place by themselves before 6:50 a.m.
GPS：39.8935694,116.3209604
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes

Stop At: Beijing, Beijing
7:49-12:10 BEIJING>LUOYANG
We will take the train to Luoyang.
Duration: 4 hours 20 minutes

Stop At: Luoyang, Luoyang, Henan
12:10-13:30 FREE TIME
After arrival we wil give you about 1 hour free time to have lunch.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Longmen Grottoes, Banks of Yihe River, Luolong District, Luoyang 471000 China
13:30-16:30 LONGMEN GROTTOES
The Longmen Grottoes are some of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist art. Housing tens of thousands of statues of Buddha and his disciples, they are located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of present-day Luoyang.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: White Horse Temple, Baima Si Lu, Luoyang 471013 China
17:00-18:30 WHITE HORSE TEMPLE
White Horse Temple is Buddhist temple in Luoyang, according to tradition, is the first Buddhist temple in China, having been first established in 68 AD under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han dynasty.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Pass By: Luoyang, Luoyang, Henan
18:30
Transfer you back to your hotel after the tour.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in Luoyang

Day 2: SHAOLIN TEMPLE

Pass By: Luoyang, Luoyang, Henan
8:00 BREAKFAST

Stop At: Monastero Shaolin (Shaolin Temple), Songshan Mountain, Dengfeng 450000 China
10:30-14:30 SHAOLIN TEMPLE（Lunch time included）
The Shaolin Monastery is a Chan ("Zen") Buddhist temple in Dengfeng County. Believed to have been founded in the fifth century, the Shaolin Temple is the main temple of the Shaolin school of Buddhism to this day. The Shaolin Monastery and its Pagoda Forest were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Monastero Shaolin (Shaolin Temple), Songshan Mountain, Dengfeng 450000 China
14:30-16:00 SHAOLIN TEMPLE>LUOYANG
We will drive to Luoyang Railway Station.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Luoyang, Luoyang, Henan
17:35-21:31 LUOYANG>BEIJING
We will take the train back to Beijing.
Duration: 4 hours

Pass By: Beijing, Beijing
22:00 End the tour
Private tour: HOTEL DROP OFF
Transfer you back to your hotel after the tour.

Group tour: MEETING POINT
End the tour at Beijing West Railway Station.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.