Best valuePrivate Day Tour: Mogao Caves & Crescent Lake
Mogao, the singing dunes, Crescent Lake and the night market in one private day, with or without entry tickets.
Entry tickets: All-inclusive option only
Eleven tours from Dunhuang, sorted by where they go: the Mogao Caves and the dunes, the Gobi forts and yardangs, or a plan of your own. Each one has its own page with what the price covers, the day, and what guests say.
The classic Dunhuang day: the caves in the morning, Mingsha Shan and the Crescent Lake later.
Best valueMogao, the singing dunes, Crescent Lake and the night market in one private day, with or without entry tickets.
Entry tickets: All-inclusive option only
Entry includedMogao and the singing dunes with a private guide and car, both entry fees in the price. Lunch and the camel ride extra.
Entry tickets: Mogao + Mingsha included
Lunch includedGuide, car, entry fees and lunch for Mogao and the dunes in one price. Non-refundable: no changes, no refunds.
Entry tickets: Mogao + Mingsha included
Day + showCrescent Lake, Mogao, lunch, dinner and the Silk Road show at the Dunhuang Theater, in one private 13-hour day.
Entry tickets: "All activities", per the listing
Mogao onlyJust the caves: hotel pickup, a guide with headsets and Mogao entry, in 3 to 4 hours. Groups of up to 15.
Entry tickets: Mogao, marked as included
Yumen Pass, the Han wall, Yangguan and the Yadan yardangs: long days, far out.
Gobi dayThe Gobi day by private car: Yumen Pass fort, Han wall ruins and the Yadan yardangs, with entry and park buses paid.
Entry tickets: Yumen Pass, Han wall and Yadan included
Max 8 peopleYangguan, Yumen Pass and Yadan in one 12-hour day, tickets included, max 8 people. A driver with a translator, no guide.
Entry tickets: Yangguan, Yumen and Yadan included
By jeepThe yardangs of the Yadan geopark with a private jeep, guide, entry and lunch. A long drive for about 2 hours on site.
Entry tickets: Yadan included
A private guide and car for the sites you choose, or three days with everything.
Most reviewedYour own route with a local private guide: the dunes, Yumen Pass, Yulin or Mogao. Entry fees are paid in cash on the day.
Entry tickets: Not included, cash on the day
3 daysThree private days: the Han passes, Mogao and the dunes, the Yulin Caves and Suoyang. Lunch each day, hotels not included.
Entry tickets: Not on the inclusion list: ask
Start in Dunhuang and follow the Hexi Corridor east.
Cross-sellEight private days from Dunhuang to Zhangye with 7 nights in hotels and all meals: Mogao, Yulin, Jiayuguan and the Danxia hills.
Entry tickets: Admission marked included at each stop