Private Day Tour to Longqing Gorge and Dingling at the Ming Tombs with Lunch and Boat Ride

Private Day Tour to Longqing Gorge and Dingling at the Ming Tombs with Lunch and Boat Ride

Enhance your experience of two of Beijing’s most spectacular attractions with a private day trip to the Ming Tombs and the Longqing Gorge. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, gain fascinating insight into the Dingling at the Ming Tombs  and then head to the verdant natural splendor of Longqing Gorge, a series of dramatic gorges and flowing lakes. A perfect day to combine the history and nature, soaking up the personal attention from your private guide.

Your English speaking guide and private car will pick you up at 8:00am in your hotel's lobby. 

First ,you will visit the Longqing Gorge. The Longqing Gorge is flanked on both sides by green peaks. People often say Longqing Gorge is a small Li River in Guilin, but it is more beautiful than Li River; it is a small three gorges on the Yangtze River, but it is more dangerous than the Three Gorges. The valleys feature beautiful scenery and clear water like mirrors, where tourists feast their eyes with not only cliffs, peaks and steep rocks, but also with many stone cones, stone swords, stone pillars, solution crevices.etc

Take a cruise along the beautiful lake will give you a nice memory. Spend about 2 hours inside the Long Qing Gorge

Then you will head to a local restaurant  for a delicious Chinese lunch.Approximately 40 minutes in duration.

Continue to the Dingling at Ming Tombs. Dingling Tomb, the only underground palace which was open to the public. Dingling is the tomb of Emperor Zhu Yijun, the longest ruling period of all the 16 Ming emperors. The construction started when he was only 22, and it took 6 years to finish. It was completed in 1590. After he died, he was buried in Dingling with his two empresses. Your guide will give a detailed stories about the Ming dynasties history and tell the life story of the owner of this tomb.You will be amazed by the complicated burial culture in the Ming Dynasty 

After the Dingling visit, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing where this wonderful private day trip concludes.