Overview

Sanxingdui Bronze Face

As a city famous for panda, foods and leisure lifestyle, Chengdu is among top destinations of China tours for families. This 4 days family tour brings you best experiences of local people’s life besides the must-see Panda Breeding Centers and Leshan Giant Buddha.

Best for: Family, Expats

Duration: 4 days & 3 night

Destinations: Chengdu

Travel Type: Private guided tour - FlexibleFree to customize

Highlights: 

• View lovely pandas including baby panda nursery
• Leirsurely biking adventure in the countryside
• Local life experiences to wet market and local family
• Culture exploration to Sanxingdui Museum and Leshan Giant Buddha

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Day
You will be welcomed by our local guide upon arrival in Chengdu and transfer to hotel check in. Free at leisure for rest of the day.

Panda visit is undoubtedly the top item for Chengdu tour or even China tour, especially for family with kids. After breakfast in hotel this morning, the guide will pick you up from hotel at around 8am and then drive to Chengdu Panda Breeding Center. We’ll be there early enough to catch up the time to see these lovely pandas enjoy bamboo for breakfast. After the breakfast, it’s time for playing – tracing each other, climbing up the tree, rolling on the ground. You can also visit the Baby Panda Nursery to see how to take care baby panda. Later, visit a wet market, the place can best reflect Chinese people’s lifestyle. It will offer a great experience for you to see how local people purchase vegetable, fruits, meat and spices for everyday cooking. There is chance to learn spring roll or wonton dumping making from venders. Enjoy an authentic Sichuan cuisine in local restaurant for lunch. In the afternoon, you will head to Guanghan town to visit Sanxingdui Museum. Sanxingdui is an archaeological site reflecting a major Bonze Age culture, which known as the ancient kingdom of Shu in the 12th–11th centuries B.C. In the museum, you will see many excavated bronze objects in very unique design. Transfer back to hotel after the visit.

Meal: B, L

Chengdu Panda Base

Today, you will go out of busy city to countryside for a half day leisure biking tour with your family. Ride bike along paved path with few vehicles between villages, you will see rice fields, irrigation system, rivers. You may stop at local farmer’s house, see how they do handicrafts like bamboo weaving and chat with them. Enjoy local food in a simple but clean restaurant – you can see how the chef cooks your foods. Back to downtown in the afternoon; visit famous Kuanzhai Alleys for local snacks. And then visit Renmin Park, another place that local people enjoy most – they do activities like playing music and dancing, and the most welcomed is playing Mahjong in local tea house. Our guide can teach you Mahjong, which might be your family’s next favorable activity.  After dinner, you will enjoy Sichuan Opera show to have a relaxing evening.

Meal: B, L

Bamboo Weaving Handicrafts

Guided excursion to Leshan Giant Buddha, a 71-metre tall stone statue built between 713 and 803 in Tang dynasty. Get to Leshan with around 2hrs drive from Chengdu. You will first take a short cruise on Minjiang River to get close to the world larges and tallest stone Buddha statue and view it from the river. Then enter the park and walk along the plank built at the Buddha’s side rocks from top to its feet. You will also go to visit the Mahao Tomb Caves, a special burial custom during the East Han Dynasty. There are about 500 tombs at the cliff, looks like honeycomb. Transfer back to Chengdu in the afternoon. If time permit, visit Jingli Street for free shopping and taste more snacks. Transfer to airport in time for your next destination.

Meal: B, L

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Leshan Giant Buddha

What's included

  • 1-on-1 Travel Consultant

    Your China based expert listens to your wishes carefully, provides professional advice, ensures unlimited itinerary revisions before done and 24/7 helpline service while traveling.

  • Private Local Guide and Driver

    Your guides are friendly, helpful and knowledgeable, and your drivers are professional, polite and patient. They are very flexible to accommodate your personal needs and happy to show you the local attractions, history, culture, foods and real life. 
    Private transfers from hotel to attractions, airport or train station are also included.

  • Accommodation to Suit Your Preference

    We hand pick hotels ranging from luxury 5 star, superior 4 star to comfortable 3 star. Luxury or cozy boutique hotels and budget guesthouses are also among your choices. You could decide where to stay to meet your taste and budget.

  • Gourmet Meals

    Most of the hotels we select offer both Western and Chinese buffet breakfast. Lunch and dinner included are arranged in selected restaurants to taste authentic Chinese cuisine and local specialties. Thus you may also have a unique food tour.
    Meals specified in itinerary as B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner.

  • Attractions and Activities Listed on the Itinerary

    Our city tour packages have included the (first/main) entry to all attractions and the expenses of activities on the itinerary (except the optional activities).

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