6-Days In-Depth Discovery Around Chengdu

Welcome to Chengdu, the Teahouse-hopping and Chilies in China. Upon arriving in Chengdu, our tour guide will meet you and escort you to the hotel for a rest. The rest of the day is your own leisure time.

Note:

• Shuangliu International Airport is located in Shuangliu County, southwest of Chengdu City, about 16 kilometres away from Chengdu City.

A tour to Chengdu is not complete without seeing the giant pandas, the city's most famous and popular residents in the world. Pandas are usually more active in the early morning, so arrive at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding at around 8.30 am so that you can see them having breakfast or playing with each other.

After lunch, you will go to visit the Sanxingdui Museum, the only museum dedicated to the lost civilization of the Shu Kingdom (221 - 263). You will gain a unique perspective of the Chinese history by seeing and understanding unearthed relics including countless grotesque bronzes, gold, pottery and jade which date back to 4,500 years ago. The 2.62-metre-tall standing statue, the 1.38-metre-wide bronze mask, and the 3.95-metre-high bronze tree are surely unmissable.

Note:

• It takes 47 mins ( 46 km ) from Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding to Sanxingdui Museum.

After breakfast at the hotel, this morning we will drive about 2 hours to Leshan to visit the incredible Giant Buddha, the largest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world. Once you arrive at the scenic area, you can climb up to the top to get an up-close look and feel its magnitude. To get a full view of its grandness, an optional relaxing join-in boat cruise on Lejiang River is also available with an extra charge.

Afterwards, take a 30-minute drive to Mt. Emei. Upon arrival, we will take you to visit Baoguo Temple, which is Mt. Emei's largest temple and the doorway to the mountain. Stay overnight at a nearby hotel

What a stupendous day, this morning, you will take a 2-hour sightseeing bus from Baoguo Temple Station to Leidongping and then walk about 30 minutes to Jieyin Palace to take the cable car up to Golden Summit to enjoy the spectacular natural scenery.

Descend by the cable car and go to Wannian Temple Parking Lot by bus (about 1.5 hours). Here, you will visit the Wannian Temple, one of the first temples built on Mt. Emei, with a round-trip cable car. Watching people praying and doing offerings and listening to the chanting of the monks inside this ancient temple, you will get a sense of peace and serenity.

After the tour, you will be escorted back to Chengdu (about 2.5 hours on-road).

 

Today, you will have an opportunity to join in a half-day rural life experience in an ecological farm, run by Ms Gao and her family. Here rice, vegetables, and various herbs are all grown organically, without any chemical fertilizer. You can help them do some farm work such as digging, transplanting, weeding, harvesting, through which you will get to know these plants better. You will also enjoy an authentic home-cooked meal as lunch with the family. Since the whole families are Buddhists and vegetarians, your lunch will be vegetarian too.

Afterwards, be driven back to the city. This evening, you will taste the world-famous Sichuan hotpot to tickle your taste buds.

After breakfast, join in a cooking tour starting from a dazzling spice market, and then walk through the back streets to a traditional Sichuan Courtyard where the cooking class takes place. After arrival, enjoy traditional Sichuan Gaiwan tea and learn about the tea culture. Later on, follow the professional chef to cook some typical Sichuan dishes and enjoy your creation as lunch. In the afternoon, visit the lively Chengdu Museum and the People's Park where you can take a short break while sipping tea just as the locals do.

After the tour, your private local guide will take you to the airport. You will take the flight back to your destination.