Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan Dam Guided Day Trip from Chengdu

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1. Your Chengdu tour starts in the early morning as your guide will pick up you from your hotel and then head to Mount Qingcheng in an hour’ drive. You will enjoy the beautiful Chengdu plain and villages en route. After the Sichuan earthquake, they have been rebuilt successfully, and some of the villager's house even can be compared with villas in Europe. Arrive in Mount Qingcheng, take the cable car up the mountain very quickly, and then you will hike up about 30 minutes to the Summit of Mount Qingcheng, Shangqinggong Palace. Here you will have a bird's eye view of Mount Qingcheng. It is almost a water color picture, and the most beautiful scene will be the waving mountains hiding in the light fog. Hike down the mountain on the zigzag mountain trails. The Heaven Master Cave will be the most important place you will visit in Mount Qingcheng. Here you will admire the huge and old Ginkgo tree which is said to be planted by Master Zhangdaoling 2000 years ago. You can also learn about the harmony theory of Taoism. Enjoy your lunch at the restaurant of the temple, it is a simple Chinese lunch, but it has a breathtaking setting inside the temple.

   4 hAdmission included

2. After you descend the mountain in the afternoon, after 20 minutes' driving, you will arrive in Dujiangyan Dam. Dujiangyan Dam is the most famous ancient Chinese Dam, and it is still functioning. Then take sightseeing bus to enjoy the scenery of Dujiangyan Dam. Here you will learn about how ancient China made full use of the local landscape and to build this great project. After that you will be brought back to your hotel where your tour concludes.

   2 hAdmission included

Cancellation

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

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How it compares in Chengdu

• Its from-price is 25% below the median of the 212 day trips we list in Chengdu.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 62 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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