Useful and Downloadable Mogao Caves Maps 2025/2026

The Mogao Caves were first built in 366 A.D. Enduring over 1,000 years and ten dynasties, they are the largest and most abundant Buddhist art hoard in the world. To have a better understanding of Dunhuang Mogao Caves, you may read these Mogao Caves Maps below like Mogao Caves Location Map, Mogao Caves Tourist Maps, Mogao Caves Visiting Route Maps, etc.

Mogao Caves Location Maps

The Mogao Caves are located in Dunhuang, the western end of the Hexi corridor, western China. They face the Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Lake to the northwest, Dunhuang downtown to the west, and Dunhuang Airport and Railway Station to the north. To get to Mogao Caves, you need to reach Dunhuang first. Tourists can easily get to Dunhuang by air or train.

Mogao Caves Tourist Maps

The only way to get to Mogao Caves Scenic Area from Dunhuang is to take the shuttle bus from the Magao Caves Digital Exhibition Center. It is about 16 km to the Mogao Caves Scenic Area. Since there is NOT any ticket office in Mogao Caves Area, please do not drive directly to the Grottoes area.

Mogao Caves Visiting Route Maps

There are 6 types of tickets (Ticket A/B/C/D/E/F) selling to the visitors. For visitors who bought the ticket A/B/D/E can take the shuttle bus at the Digital Center to the Mogao Caves Scenic Area according to the scheduled time on the ticket. Depending on the tickets you bought, you are going to have different traveling routes.

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How to Plan a Dunhuang Tour

It usually takes 2~4 days to cover the main highlights in Dunhuang. Just like the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an, the 2000-year-old Mogao Grottoes is the essence in a Dunhuang trip. Here you can admire thousands of colorfully painted Buddhist statues and have an eye-feast on the exquisite mural paintings. After that, you can go to the Echoing Sand Mountains to have fun in the vast desert and find out why Crescent Lake has never dried up for so many years. On the next day, go explore the remote wild Gobi desert landscape and several legendary historical sites such as Yumen Pass (Jade Gate Pass) which used to be a military defensive pass as well as an important border for international trade along the ancient Silk Road, and Yadan National Geological Park which features Yardang landforms in distinct shapes as you can imagine like Mongolian Bao, Stone Bird, Peacock and others. If you have more days, you can take an in-depth Gansu tour to Lanzhou, Zhangye, Jiayuguan or travel a little farther to the beautiful Xian, Qinghai, Urumqi, and Kashgar.

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