Chengdu Private Sightseeing Tour with Panda Breeding Center Visit
- 7–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
This private city sightseeing tour of Chengdu takes you to all the highlights: Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Wenshu Temple, People’s Park and Old Town. Spend several hours watching adorable pandas before your guide takes you by private vehicle to the famous Zen Buddhist monastery for lunch. Then stroll down Kuanzhai Alley, followed by relax at a teahouse in the park. Your full-day tour includes an optional upgrade to see the Sichuan culture opera show.
Inclusions
What's included
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Lunch
- Admission of all the places list in the itinerary
- Tea service at a local teahouse
- Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle
What's not
- Gratuities
- Extra transfer fee about USD 60(car) to 100(van) if stay far out of 3rd ring road
Itinerary
Meet your friendly English-speaking guide at your hotel lobby. After 40 mins driving, you will start your exciting day at Chengdu Panda Breeding Center. Spend your morning with the cutest, yet impressive, creatures in China! 3 hours inside the Panda Center, tour through the baby and adult panda areas and visit the red panda section to see these small adorable animals.
Wenshu Temple, a preserved Buddhist temple housing many precious works of art that are considered cultural relics. It is one of the most important Buddhist Temple in Chengdu City. You will enjoy a special vegetarian buffet lunch here with locals and monks. After lunch, visit this beautiful and peaceful Buddhist temple. Take a stroll at the temple complex with impressive buddha statues. See the monks and local prayers.
Next, head over to the Kuanzhai Alley, one of Chengdu’s three historic conservation districts. Constructed in 1718 during the early years of the Qing dynasty, this pleasant pedestrian thoroughfare is home to a fascinating mix of classic Sichuan architecture and modern cafes and boutiques. While you walk, listen to commentary from your guide about the district's history and design, and witness how some of the city's old establishments — local restaurants, traditional teahouses, Chinese calligraphy demonstrations — sit alongside the new. Enjoy the sights of older-style buildings, gardens and rows of souvenir shops and vendors lining the street.
Travel to People’s Park to see locals going about their daily business like singing or dancing before witnessing the cultural idiosyncrasy of Match Corner, an enclave in which parents attempt to match their children with other eligible infants. Leisurely enjoy a cup of local tea by the river before head to your hotel, end your memorable day.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 53 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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5Giant Panda Tour
We had a fabulous day visiting the Giant Panda Center, Sichuan style lunch, visit Wuhou Temple, and strolling through some ancient alleys near the Temple. Tour guide Megan was fantastic - friendly, courteous, professional, and fun to converse with casually. Definitely recommend the tour. Five Stars!
5Chengdu
Perry is an excellent guide. He is very knowledgeable and speaks great English. It was very hot on the day of our tour and he is very patient.
5Had a great time with...
Had a great time with Perry. Very knowledgable and patient. He helped us out a lot and gave us recommendations on other things to see in Chengdu. Highly recommend!
5Amazing Chengdu!
This was a great day. Our gude was fantastic, he explained everything that we asked and was knowlegable on all the places we visited. The best part was the fact we were not rushed and could do the activities at our own pace. This is particularly important for older guests.. I would certainly recommend this tour
5Excellent, expedited tour of Chengdu!
Our guide was an excellent resource for our tour - we timed panda sightings perfectly, were able to ask many questions, and enjoyed an amazing lunch. I would recommend this tour to anyone who has just a quick day to see Chengdu and wants to include the Panda Center
5Chengdu and Panda's!!
Highly recommend this tour to anyone with limited time in Chengdu. Our tour guide Perry was fantastic. Perry has great English, answered all our questions and ensured all our needs were catered for. Perry has great knowledge of the Panda centre and we were able to see lots of Panda's and the cubs. Perry made sure we always had the best view too. We had a great day, thank you Perry.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Samtour of Chengdu OTC Travel
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Chengdu
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 13 attraction tickets we list in Chengdu.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 2 of 13.
- 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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