Dazu Ancient Rock Carvings Private With Hidden Highlight
- 8–9 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Dazu Rock Carvings have been a must-go highlight ever since being inscribed on UNESCO world heritage list in 1999, most travelers would do only Baoding carvings which is the major site of entire Dazu rock carvings, they need more time for souvenir shops. Matter of fact lots fascinating but forgotten hidden ancient carvings sites still await us all over this area, We did lots field work on it, we drove through the country side, talk to the villagers, gained first-hand stories. Then we picked up some outstanding ones for our travelers, no tour bus would be there, we will be the special visitors. We focus on private tour service, make our clients travel like a local. You also need a friendly and sophisticated guide and a safe driver to do critical help, a driver-guide who knows both Chinese culture and how to do a safe, joyful and professional guiding job will be your choice.
Inclusions
What's included
- Driver guide
- Lunch
- Bottled water
- Hotel pick up
- Comlimentary transportation service
What's not
- Admission for Baoding carvings site and shoulb be paid on site
- Interior shuttle golf car ride in Baoding carvings and should be paid on site
Itinerary
Picking up our travellers then drive to Dazu county, a small town in north-western Chongqing, our destination would be Baoding ancient rock carings. The history of Baoding carvings dates back 900 years ago, it's the largest and best preserved ancient stone sculptures and the most well-known Buddhism holy site in southern China. In 1999, Baoding Carvings was inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO. Those statues were engraved on cliff side to facilitate displaying and being worshiped. It iconically and aesthetically pretty much represents the outstanding ancient Chinese artistic and sculpture craftsmanship achievements. We'll do an immersive learning tour inside with our private guiding service. The car ride from downtown to Baoding will be roughly 1.5 hour and excursion takes 2 hours inside. All travellers need to transfer to the interal shuttle bus and golf car which is mandatory in order to “cultural relics preservation” purpose.
Then we get to downtown Dazu anjoy a typical local lunch. The lunch is on us.
After lunch we'll take a joyful walk through a local park to a hidden highlight of Dazu carvings-a pair of twin giant Buddha and an ancient pagoda with over 900 years old. They were part of an ancient massive holy temple built up in Song dynasty 900 years ago, both miraculously very much well preserved. The Giant Twin Buddha are over 10 meters tall, financed and built up by local villagers, but the bigger story behind still remain unknown. That giant pagoda over the twin Buddha is right over them, also 900 years old, designed as a library for precious Buddhism holy documents, still stand solid after been through earthquakes and fire. The whole place is in a cute small woods, we will not be bothered by crowds, it's like a forgotten corner only attended by local folks, we'll enjoy the fresh air have a relaxed tour.
Then we drive all the way back to downtown Chongqing, we'll deliver our travellers to their hotels or any specified location in downtown.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Legend Tour
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Moderate English or Chinese Mandarin language comprehension required or we might not deliver approprate guiding service.
How it compares in Chongqing
- Its from-price is close to the median of the 52 day trips we list in Chongqing.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 9 of 52.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Chongqing
Chongqing is a vast hilly city where the Yangtze meets the Jialing in south-west China, known for fiery hot pot, steep streets and a skyline lit at night.
Chongqing spreads across steep hills at the meeting of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, so its roads climb and drop, cable cars cross the water, and a monorail line passes through a residential tower. It is one of China's four municipalities under direct central control, and it served as the Nationalist government's capital during the Second World War. Hongyadong, a cliffside complex built in the style of the region's stilted houses, is lit up at night.
Top-ranked sights in Chongqing: Three Gorges Dam Five-Step Ship Lock, Fengdu Ghost City, Three Gorges (Sanxia).
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