In the morning around 7:00am, our driver(driver only, no guide) meet you at your Xi'an hotel lobby and drive you to Xi'an North Railway Station where a train to Luoyang is waiting for you(G2002 08:10am--09:49am). The train takes around 2 hours.

Upon arrival at Luoyang Longmen railway station, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Longmen Grottoes (driver+ guide).

You first will visit the the Longmen Grottoes, which is a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art. Carrying over 1500 years of history, Longmen Grottoes is the carving masterpiece, which went through over 400 years to complete, tracing back to AD 493 of Northern Wei dynasty. Now as the famous tourist site, it shows the bright period of Buddhist culture of ancient China.

Then, you will explore the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin Martial Arts. Here, your private Kung Fu tour comes to a climax when you see the Kung Fu show performed by Shaolin monks. Besides, Shaolin Temple boasts some traditional valued architecture like the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Mahavira Hall, the Pagoda Forest, the Dharma Cave and the Shaolin Temple Martial Art Training Center. Among them, the Pagoda Forest is the largest group of ancient pagodas existing in China. In the year of 2010, Shaolin Temple has been included in the UNESCO's World Heritage list.

After lunch,we(driver + guide) drive you to Longmen Railway Station where a train to Xi'an is waiting for you(G1929 18:47-20:14). The train takes around 2.5 hours.

Upon arrival at Xi'an North railway station, you will be picked up on time and transferred to the Xi'an hotel(driver only,no guide).