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Kunming City Tour: Dragon Gate, Huating Temple and Daguan Pavilion
Kunming City Tour: Dragon Gate, Huating Temple and Daguan Pavilion
Kunming City Tour: Dragon Gate, Huating Temple and Daguan Pavilion
Kunming City Tour: Dragon Gate, Huating Temple and Daguan Pavilion
Kunming City Tour: Dragon Gate, Huating Temple and Daguan Pavilion

Kunming City Tour: Dragon Gate, Huating Temple and Daguan Pavilion

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Overview

With this private 5 hours tour, you will be escorted by your personal English-speaking tour guide and professional chauffeur to visit highlights of Kunming city attractions: Dragon Gate at West Hill, Huating Temple, and Grand View Tower. This is a perfect introduction to those who have a short stay in Kunming, city of perpetual Spring.

Activity location

  • Kunming Dragon Gate
    • At the top of Xishan, west of Kunming's suburb, Xishan District,
    • 650100, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kunming Dragon Gate
    • At the top of Xishan, west of Kunming's suburb, Xishan District,
    • 650100, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedFriendly and experienced English-speaking tour guide.
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll entrance tickets as listed in the itinerary.
  • What's includedWhat's includedOne-way chairlift and eco-car at the West Hill.
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransfer by reliable driver and air-conditioned vehicle.
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch at a popular local restaurant
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge (recommended).
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks, unless specified
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedAirport transfer.

Know before you book

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult.
  • NOT recommended: if you have trouble with steps road or if you have to use a wheelchair, it might be a bit challenging for you to visit the Dragon Gate.
  • 30-minute steps down from the West Hill.

Activity itinerary

Kunming Dragon Gate
  • 2h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
At around 9am, your private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle will pick you up from the lobby of your city centre Kunming hotel and drive to Dragon Gate at West Hill. Located 37km west of the down town Kunming, the Dragon Gate in Western Hill is close to the Dianchi Lake. This group of grottoes, sculptures, corridors and pavilions were hacked from the cliff between 1781 and 1835 by a Taoist monk and his co-workers.
Huating Temple
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Next, your will visit Huating Temple, which is one of the oldest and largest Buddhist complexes in Kunming with 572 painted sculptures and more than 260 stone carvings of animals and birds, which are of marvellous shape and some romantic feel. Still remained in the temple are 17 stone stele of Ming and Qing Dynasty, along with 7 tower tombs from Qing Dynasty.
Daguan Yuan Park
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
After lunch, you will visit Grand View Tower (Daguan Park), which is located at the terminus of Daguan Road and is 6 km from the city centre, near Dianchi Lake and facing Taihua Mountain which is on the other side of Dianchi Lake. Completed in 1690 during the Qing Dynasty, the park consists of hills, ponds, pavilions and rockeries in a style similar to that of the gardens of the Yangtze River Delta. Its lovely gardens and buildings have won the name of "West Lake Junior" commanding a panoramic view of Dianchi Lake with the charming Sleeping Beauty Hill in the background. After that, you will transfer be transferred back to your city centre Kunming hotel.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKunming Dragon Gate
    • At the top of Xishan, west of Kunming's suburb, Xishan District,
    • 650100, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKunming Dragon Gate
    • At the top of Xishan, west of Kunming's suburb, Xishan District,
    • 650100, Kunming, Yunnan, China

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