Gain an overview of Chengdu in one day on this private guided tour of the city featuring its major historical and contemporary attractions. This tour is ideal for first-time visitors wanting to learn about the city’s ancient history and modern life, and includes a visit to the famous Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and a local lunch, with option to add a Sichuan opera show.
See pandas at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Learn about contemporary day-to-day life at People’s Park
Tuck into a typical Sichuan lunch or upgrade to a hot pot lunch
Private transportation including hotel pickup and drop-off
Duration: 8 hours: Visit Chengdu Panda Breeding and city highlights,try authentic Sichuan dishes for lunch
Pickup included
Pickup included
Morning, meet your guide at hotel lobby and drive out of downtown Chengdu to the world famous Panda Breeding Center. As you spend the morning exploring this panda wonderland, your experienced guide will take you on the quieter paths, while providing insightful facts about giant pandas. As you begin your tour, you will see the center’s more sedate adult pandas, but your walk takes you to the “teenage” juvenile panda enclosure, where five or more three year old live in a large open enclosure, making for wonderful photographs. At the top of the hill, the panda nursery and kindergarten house the most adorable baby pandas. You might see them drinking milk or eating bamboo, rolling around on the grass, or occasionally fighting. Depending on the weather, they could be climbing trees or snoozing under them. Unpredictable, but always entertaining!. The Panda Breeding Center also protects the endangered red panda – a type of raccoon, with a long tail and beautiful red fur.
After leaving the Panda Breeding Center, your guide will take you to taste authentic Sichuan style dishes in local restaurant.(You can upgrade to hotpot lunch) After lunch, you will visit the People's Park, a green oasis in the cement forest of Chengdu. Sit in bamboo armchairs and sip a cup of jasmine tea in a traditional tea house while mingling with the locals and experiencing the relaxed Chengdu life. Inside the park, you will see many of the everyday activities, including dancing, singing, and match making!
As you leave the People's Park, a short walk will take you to the Kuan-Zhai Alleys (Wide-Narrow Alleys), a well traveled Chengdu landmark. Here you will see the historical remains of the old Chengdu city and experience the leisure lifestyle of Chengdu locals. Walking through the alleys, you will enter both the most local and ancient yet international and stylish part of Chengdu. This city tour will conclude around 4pm and your guide will escort you back to your hotel. To enrich the experience and ensure the flexibility ,you can choose the following tour options at the time of booking • City Tour with standard lunch • City tour with local special hotpot lunch(half spicy&half non spicy hotpot can be arranged) • City tour with hotpot lunch+Sichuan Opera(VIP seat)
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 30 minutes before departure time.
We will pick you up at the arrival hall. The driver will be waiting for you with a sign with the lead traveler's name.
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