Sand Dunes/MingshashanâYueyaquan National Park
Entrance fee for the dunes and lake park is ¥120 (¥60 low season); an additional ¥100 per person for a camel ride (as of June 2012).
Take bus 3 from downtown Dunhuang
Worth a trip. If you're not interested in seeing the lake from up close and just want to walk among the dunes just follow the fence to the right from Charlie Jongh's Dune Guesthouse. After a couple of minutes you will find an open gate and a path leading up to the dunes. From the top of the one on the left, you can see the lake.
Huyang Forest
The entrance fee is ¥30
20km from town, take the bus to the railway station and ask the driver to go to Huyang Lin. (Â¥3)
It consist of a small forest of rare poplares Populus Divesifolia. Some are more than 600 years old. Can give an opportunity for a walk far from town.
White Horse Pagoda
The entrance fee is ¥15
3 km west from town center.
The construction of this 12 meters stuppa has been ordered by Kunarajiva, a Buddhist translator, in honor of his horse which died in transporting him to Dunhuang, in 384.