Chengdu Discovery Adventure

Highlights

Chengdu is well-known for pandas, delicious Sichuan Food like hotpot, it is a large but relaxed city with many natural sites
Exploration in Jiuzhaigou or Jiuzhai Valley, which is a picturesque fairyland, featuring charming natural scenery of colorful lakes, spectacular waterfalls, and mountains.
Visit Mount Emei, which not only provides physical space to travelers but affords a personal exposure to the intimacy of nature and China's Buddhism culture

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Day 1Hotel Pickup + Drive to Jiuzhaigou Town (485 kms)

In the morning, our guide and driver will meet you at your Chengdu hotel lobby then transfer to Jiuzhaigou town. It's a long driving day from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou Valley; however, the beautiful scenery along the way will relieve you from the fatigue and boredom. Highland mountains, Tibetan Villages, Grasslands, Yaks, Sheep, horses… Just enjoy and forget the hustle and bustle from the city.

Traffic: Car

Hotel: Overnight in Jiuzhaigou

Meals: Breakfast

Altitude: 2900m

Jiuzhaigou Town
Jiuzhaigou Town

Day 2Visit Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area

Your full-day scenic tour today is to Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area to enjoy the green lakes, double waterfalls, snowy peaks, and colorful forests. Then, You can take the tourist bus to the top, when you get there, you can walk down part way and take the bus down the rest of the way.

Traffic: Car

Hotel: Overnight in Jiuzhaigou

Meals: Breakfast

Altitude: 2900m

Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area
Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area

Day 3Drive to Huanglong Scenic Area (150 kms)

Your full-day scenic tour today is to Huanglong Scenic Area to visit the natural views and rare species, about 1-hour drive through Mt. Xueshanliangzi at 4,200m altitude. After the tour, you will drive back to Jiuzhaigou Town for overnight stay (2,000m altitude, approximately 2.5-hour drive through Mt. Xueshanliangzi).

Traffic: Car

Hotel: Overnight in Jiuzhaigou

Meals: Breakfast

Altitude: 3000m

Huanglong Scenic Area
Huanglong Scenic Area

Day 4Drive back to Chengdu (370 kms)

Today transfer back to Chengdu, and our guide and driver will meet you at the hotel. You will have short sightseeing on the way back Chengdu. Upon arrival, take you to the hotel and check-in. The rest of day is for you to explore the wonderful city

Traffic: Car

Hotel: Overnight in Chengdu

Meals: Breakfast

Altitude: 500m

Chengdu
Chengdu

Day 5Visit Giant Panda Base, then Drive to Leshan Giant Buddha (144 kms)

Get up early, after breakfast, and you will hop in a car and explore Giant Panda Base where 18km away from Dujiangyan. It is the only panda base in China. If you are animal lovers, this tour is an ideal one for you. You will have a chance to be a volunteer to feed and clean panda and observe their behavior closely.

Spend a two-hour drive and visit Leshan Giant Buddha, which is a huge statue carved into the side of Lingyun Mountain. Taller by 17 meters than the standing Buddha in Afghanistan. Then you will take a cruise to the Leshan Giant Buddha, the tallest and largest Buddha in the world. It is carved on the cliff of Lingyun Mountain with a delicate design of the drainage system. It was included by UNESCO on the list of World Heritage sites.

Traffic: Car

Hotel: Overnight in Chengdu

Meals: Breakfast

Altitude: 71m

Giant Panda Base
Leshan Giant Buddha

Day 6Exploration in Mt. Emei, End Tour

After enjoying the breakfast at the hotel, our professional tour guide will take you to visit Mt. Emei, the highest of China's four holy mountains. The sightseeing bus will bring you to Leidongping first, where you need to walk to Jieyin Palace to take the cable car up to appreciate the natural scenery around the Golden Summit, and descend by the cable car later.

After visiting, we will transfer back to Chengdu, and your trip ended.

Traffic: Car

Hotel: Overnight in Chengdu

Meals: Breakfast

Altitude: 3000m

Mt. Emei
Mt. Emei

INCLUDES

Private transportation through out the itinerary.
All entrance fees(shuttle bus) sightseeing; excursions and activities as per the itinerary
Private friendly and professional English-Speaking guides
Visa support letter for you to apply Chinese visa easily.
Travel and health insurance when travel with us.
8, A 24/7 helpline while you are traveling.

EXCLUDES

International and domestic flights not indicated.
Shared accommodations in well located, tourist to superior class hotels include breakfast, service charge and government tax.
Food, Lunch or dinner not specified
Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers
Personal expenses and the other tours or activities not mentioned

TRIP NOTES

We will upgrade trains to 1st class where available if book the tour 5 months in advance of departure.
There is no problem to travel Silk Road during Ramadan.
Complimentary 2 bottles of water each person on daily use.

Transportation

We will use business MPV to luxurious coaches and trains.

Accommodation

All the hotels we selected are 4-5star well-located in the city center with good and proper breakfast for our clients.

Guides

Our guides are very friendly, knowledgeable, helpful. And our group tours will be escorted from SRT.

Climate and Altitude

Generally speaking Mid March—End Oct are the best time to visit Silk Road. And we strongly suggest you come in May, June, October to avoid the heat and crowd. No need to worry about high altitude along the Silk Road. We will prepare Oxygen bags if the package includes Xiahe, Qinghai Lake and Taxkorgan County.

We offer beneficial Cancellation Policy to our customers.

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