2 Days Chengdu Panda Tour without Hotel

This morning, your private guide will pick you up at the lobby of your hotel and start your 2 days Chengdu tour by visiting the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, which is located in a large forest complex with magnificent scenery. There are many different enclosures depending on the ages of pandas (babies, teenagers, adults), where getting up close to these amazing animals is very easy and you will get many opportunities for fantastic photos when they are munching on bamboos, playing with each other or some even climbing to the tree top. They are more active in the morning till about 10:00. After that some of them will go to sleep. You can also get a chance to cuddle a panda to take photos if you are interested in, but the booking is recommended in advance as there are a limited number of visitors allowed to cuddle the pandas every day. And also you need to pay extra charge for this activity on the site. Two to three hours visiting in the research base is needed to see those pretty cute and cuddly pandas.

Then let’s turn to the Broad and Narrow Alleys, an ancient street lined with many old houses and some newly-built with traditional style. It is really fun to stroll along the street with nice atmosphere and find many interesting shops and nice restaurants. You may have your own lunch here, or you can ask for your guide’s advice. No matter what you want, local speciality or western-style lunch, he/she will give you good suggestions. After that, we will transfer you to visit Jinsha Site Museum. It is a huge site museum combining history and archeology. There are total five exhibition halls displaying the culture of ancient Shu Kingdom during the Shang and Zhou periods (17th century BC – 256 BC). The featured artifacts are the Golden Sun Bird, which is also the city of Chengdu’s logo, and the Golden Mask. Afterwards, we will transfer you back to your hotel.

Meals: No meals, advice freely available

After picking you up from the hotel, we will drive you to Leshan. It takes about two and a half hours to reach Leshan Giant Buddha scenic area. The highlight today is to see the 71-meter high Giant Buddha, which is the largest carving in the world. It was built during the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 AD) and had taken three generations of carvers to complete from the year of 713 to 803 AD. As the Buddha is carved on a cliff facing by the river bed, we will arrange you to take boat to get the best view of this amazing statue. After finishing the Chengdu 2 days tour itinerary here, we will drive you back to your hotel in Chengdu.

Meals: No meals, advice freely available