Private Luoyang Day Tour: Shaolin Temple & Longmen Grottoes

What your day looks like

Spend a full day exploring the top attractions in Luoyang with an experienced guide who shares details about the rich history and culture of this region. This service includes all entrance fees, Chinese lunch, and hotel pickup & drop-off. After pickup at your hotel in Luoyang downtown at some 9 am by your private driver and guide, start your tour with Shaolin Temple that is famous for Shaolin Kung Fu. You will have a chance to witness the real Kung Fu performed by Shaolin monks. Shaolin Temple is famous not only as one of China's most important Buddhist temples but also as the center of Chinese Kung Fu. First constructed in 495, the temple was mainly designed to accommodate Batuo, a famous Indian monk. Now Shaolin Temple is reputed as "the Number One Temple Under Heaven" and also listed as UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage in 2010. The temple is the cradle of the Chinese Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin martial arts. After lunch, we drive to Longmen Grottoes, which is considered a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art with more than 100,000 stone statues varying from 2 cm to 17.14 m high. Longmen Grottoes extends for about 1,094 yards along both banks of Yi River and approx. 12 km far away from Luoyang city. It is one of the three most valuable Buddhist Cave and rock carvings in China. After the tour is concluded, you will be escorted back to your hotel in Luoyang downtown.