Private Day Tour: Chengdu Panda Base & downtown walking tour

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Itinerary

1. Morning 07:50 to be met at your hotel lobby and transferred to Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center (also called Panda Base), it takes about half an hour. You will catch pandas' feeding time, they are at their most active. Walk through the forested landscape, watch as giant pandas play, nap, and munch bamboo; visit the panda nursery, subadult enclosure, and adult compound; and watch informational videos on panda behavior and the challenges of working with and breeding captive pandas. The whole tour in the Panda Base will take about 2-3 hours, afterwards return to Chengdu downtown to have lunch at one local restaurant.

   3 hAdmission included

2. After lunch, you will be dropped off at Qingyang Palace, the only Taoist temple in Chengdu downtown with over 1,000 years history.

   1 hAdmission included

3. Afterwards move through the Culture park to Qintai road, walk along the ancient style street and enjoy the architecture of building. From Qintai Road you will walk about 10 minutes to arrive at Kuaizhai alleys, the old part of Chengdu city, the three parallel alleys offer a lively mix of old and new, with renovated and restored buildings, it is a popular shopping, dining, entertainment, and tourist destination. Try some local snacks while walking through these alleys.

   1.5 h

4. Finally another 10-15 minutes walk to People's park, a great place to get insight the daily life of locals who come here relax, exercise, play games like Mah-jongg and chess, sing and dance, or find love matches for their loved ones. You will be arranged to have a cup of tea like locals in the open air Heming Tea House, a great place to slow down and rest your legs. We will also include a short calligraphy class with a local master (about one hour) to learn some simple Chinese painting and calligraphy. The tour ends when sending you off at your hotel.

   1.5 h

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 30% above the median of the 783 experiences we list in Chengdu.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 128 of 783.
• 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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