All Inclusive Private Trip to Chengdu Giant Panda Base and Leshan Giant Buddha

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. 7:30am, meet your private guide and driver at your hotel lobby and be transferred to Chengdu Panda Breeding Center to see active pandas from baby to adults before it becomes crowded. Chengdu panda base is a lovely garden with bamboo forests, swan lake, lush trees that will definitely make your visit memorable. Enjoy the panda babies while they play, drink milk, eat bamboos, and sleep...etc. See some of the super stars - adolescent pandas (teenagers). There are 5 to 7 teenage pandas (about 3 years old) living in the big open enclosure. In addition to giant pandas, you will also see endangered red pandas. They are part of the raccoon family with long tails and beautiful red furs.

   4 hAdmission included

2. After panda, drive to Leshan where is home of Leshan Giant Buddha. Before visiting Leshan Giant Buddha, your guide will walk you around the old quarter of Leshan city to explore the local life and lunch will be arranged in time-honored restaurant ,your guide will recommend the most authentic and representative dishes. After lunch, discuss with your guide to choose which option to visit Leshan Giant Buddha Option 1:Hike the Leshan Giant Buddha Heritage park Option 2.Take the river cruise to behold the panoramic view of Leshan Giant Buddha After the visit, take your private car back to your Chengdu hotel Your exciting panda+Buddha day trip concludes around 6pm.

   3 hAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 40 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Comfortable private tour.

  It was well organized private tour to the most important two places. Panda research center was well organized and my private guide Tom was very active, talkative young man. We saw both giant pandas and Red pandas as well. After that we drove to Leshang. We had a nice private lunch before taking the river cruise to see Giant Buddha. The car was clean and comfortable. Driver was very good. Then they dropped me back at the hotel.

  GoPlaces25216549523April 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Private tour to Panda and Giant Buddha.

  It was well organized private tour. The private guide Tom and the car driver was very good. The car was nice and comfortable.

  RAMCHANDER_MApril 2026via Viator

• 5Private Tour to the Panda Base and Giant Buddha

  The tour to the Panda Base and the Giant Buddha with Ling was fantastic! First, Ling guided us through the Panda Base in Chengdu and gave us interesting insights into the pandas’ lives. She took us right to the spots where we could observe the animals up close. Afterwards, Ling tailored our lunch at a lovely local restaurant to our individual preferences. We then drove to the Giant Buddha. The driver was very experienced, so we were able to avoid long traffic jams. Ling’s explanations on site were comprehensive and very easy to understand. She repeatedly pointed out various photo opportunities and provided an interesting historical insight into the history of the historic site. Ling also told us a lot about her hometown of Chengdu and gave us valuable tips on sights throughout the country. Thank you, Ling, for your dedication and kindness. We would gladly give you and the driver a 10 out of 10 if that were possible and recommend the tour 100%.

  Katja_DApril 2026via Viator

• 5A highlight of our trip to China!

  This tour was one of the best days of the trip! The panda base was amazing and we saw 3 month old baby pandas - so cute! The trip to the giant Buddha is well worth it. The journey is about 2 hours each way but the transport was so comfortable that it went by really quickly. We opted for the river cruise option and it was really enjoyable. The lunch in Leshan was brilliant too - crab dumplings one of the best things I’ve eaten this trip. What really made this tour stand out for us was our guide Fifi (sorry if I have spelt her name wrong). She was wonderful. She was incredibly friendly, funny and knowledgable. She provided everything you’d expect from a professional guide but made us feel so welcome it felt like we were hanging out with a friend for the day. Thank you Fifi!

  Shaun_BJanuary 2026via Viator

• 5Great private tour in Chengdu!

  My wife and I had a great experience with this tour at Chengdu. Even before it started, there was great communication from Lily, our tour operator. She also followed-up with us during the tour to ensure everything was going well. It went well indeed. It was great! Amber, our guide, did an awesome job! She was super nice an professional. We went first to one of the Panda's bases, the one in the city. She knew exactly were to take us and at what time to avoid the crowds. She was very knowledgeable and friendly. After a little shopping time, we went to Lashan. She gave us very interesting commentary during the 2 hr ride as well as rest time. Once in Lashan, she took us to a very nice restaurant for lunch where she order some regional dishes. It was one of the best meals we had in our China trip. We went then to visit the giant Buddah on a boat ride. It was very nice and interesting. She did, again, a great job with a lot of historic explanations. Mr. Zhou, our driver, did also an awesome job in a very nice and comfortable car. He was too very professional and friendly. So in summary, it was a great private tour and a day that will bring fond memories for life. Highly, highly recommended! If we return to Chengdu, we will look again for Lily and Amber! The way all tours should be!

  Roberto_ODecember 2025via Viator

• 5The Panda Experience

  I have given this 5 stars purely on the basis of the visit you the panda sanctuary which was great. However we also saw the stone Buddha which was a two hour drive away in another province and it was just too much to do in one day. Just stick to seeing the pandas.

  Graham_ANovember 2025via Viator

Know before you go

How it compares in Chengdu

• Its from-price is close to the median of the 212 day trips we list in Chengdu.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 8 of 212.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Chengdu

Chengdu is the Sichuan capital where giant pandas, tea houses, Three Kingdoms shrines and blazing hotpot define an easygoing western Chinese city.

Chengdu is best known as the home of the giant panda, and a breeding and research base on the northern edge lets visitors watch pandas feeding and climbing. In town, the Wuhou Shrine honours Zhuge Liang and other heroes of the Three Kingdoms period, while Du Fu's Thatched Cottage preserves the garden where the Tang poet lived. Wenshu Monastery and Qingyang Palace are working Buddhist and Daoist temples.

Top-ranked sights in Chengdu: Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Leshan Giant Buddha (Da Fo), Kuan Zhai Alley (Kuan Zhai Xiang Zi).

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