The hub of the legendary Silk Road of ancient times is endowed with world's richest treasure house of Buddhist sutras, murals and sculptures, all of which can be seen on this city tour package to Dunhuang. The magnificent Mogao Grottos (Caves of A Thousand Buddhas) will amaze you, as will the beautiful Echoing-sand Dune and the Crescent Lake. As well as the fine views a camel ride will give you a first hand experience of what it was like when caravans plied the Silk Road. This is a truly extraordinary tour that is steeped in historic traditions.

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Mogao Grottoes - The Mogao Grottoes, the Art Gallery in the Desert, was originally constructed in 366BC and reached to a peak in the Tang Dynasty. The large quantities of frescoes and painted sculptures in the Mogao Grottoes are some of the best artistic creations of ancient Chinese. It is also a rich heritage of ancient Chinese art which provides us with many materials for studying the painting of ancient times. The 45,000 square kilometers murals in the grottoes can shape a gallery stretching 25 kilometers if they are arranged as paintings with two-meter height.

Echoing Sand Dune - The name of Echoing-Sand Dune in Kazakh means “the voice of desert”. A total of 5 red dunes are entrenched on the top of mountain. The largest one has a vertical height of over 100 meters (328 feet). You can often hear clarion and thunder from the inner of the dunes, intermittent, rising and falling. If you grasp a handful of sands and outthrow them, immediately it will spark numerous croaks.

Crescent Lake - Having the reputation of “the First Spring in Desert”, Crescent Lake is nearly 100 meters (328 feet) long from north to south and 25 meters (82 feet) wide from east to west. The circuitous shape is just like a crescent, so it got its name. Ripples linger in this little thistle lake and emerald water never dries up in the quicksand. You will also be shocked by this wonder in the desert.