3-Day Sichuan Private Tour to Leshan Giant Buddha, Panda Base, Mount.Emei with Sichuan Hotpot

Atttractions: Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center, Wide and Narrow Alley, Bamboo Garden, Hotpot
Meal: Not Included
Accomodation: Overnight in Chengdu

Your Chengdu tour starts in the early morning today, the guide will pick up you at your hotel, and then head for the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in the suburb, The most amazing is that you can also hold a panda in your arms to take picture by donating some money to the panda base. And it is also a pleasant experience to walk in the wide garden of bamboo.

After lunch, you will walk in the Wide and Narrow Alley built about 300 years ago. Although many of western coffee, bars have occupied here, you can still trace the ancient history through the square yard and wooden door. About 1 hour’s visit here. It is also a good place for photographers.
In the late afternoon your guide will take you to Bamboo Garden, also called Wangjiang Park, built 1000 years ago. It is to commemorate famous women poet Ms Xutao in Tang dynasty. The highlight of the park is also its forests boasting of 100 varieties of bamboo.

Hot Pot of Chengdu is well known in China, hot and spicy, No matter in winter nor in hot summer the hot pot restaurants are full of locals. People believe eating around the round pot means friendship and uniting. Naturally China Exploration will not miss the good chance to show you the delicious food of Chengdu. At dinner your guide will take you to a special hot pot restaurant.

After dinner your guide will send you back your hotel, have a good rest in hotel, and prepare for next day’s tour.

Atttractions: Luocheng Old Town, Leshan Giant Buddha, Emeishan
Meal: Not Included
Accomodation: Overnight in Emeishan

Your Chengdu tour starts still in the early morning, you will head for Luocheng Old Town in about 2 hours on the express way. You will enjoy the wide Sichuan plain en route.

After tour in Luocheng, you will continue half an hour’s driving to Leshan.

After lunch, you will enjoy the wonder of ‘ Buddha is the hill and the hill is a Buddha ‘ at the other side of Minjiang river. And then you will walk up the Leshan Giant Buddha. You will visit Linyun temple firstly, and then walk down the zigzagging trail in the left side of Buddha. 

In the late afternoon, your guide will take you to Emeishan for night in half an hour’s driving. You will stay one night at the foot of beautiful Mt. Emeishan. And the hot spring of Emeishan is famous here, so we’d like to suggest you buying yourself a hot spring bath as prize of today’s tour.

Atttractions: Mount.Emei
Meal: Not Included
Accomodation: No

After a good sleeping, get up in the early morning, and then your pilgrimage tour to Emeishan mountain starts. You will firstly take local environment bus to the Golden summit of mountain. It is a beautiful but huge mountain, taking more than 1 hour’s driving to the parking ground of Leidongping. After you get off the bus, you will continue walking about 30 minutes to the start of cable car. It is a mountain trail, and you may encounter some monkeys begging food in the mountain trail. And after 30 minute’s cable car, you will arrive at the top of Emeishan mountain. When sky is clear, you can overlook the Sichuan Basin, or even see the snow peak of Mt Gongka hundreds miles away. And the huge golden Buddha Statue is looking into 10 directions by his 10 faces.
After lunch, you will take cable car and environment bus back the foot of the mountain, and then walk to Tiger Subduing Temple, also called Fuhu temple at the foot of mountain. It is a beautiful temples of nuns, exquisite, ancient , and less tourist tracking.
In the late afternoon your guide will take you back Chengdu. It is 2 hours’ driving again, just enough for you to have a short time’s nap in your car. Yes, it is a bit tired after one day’s mountain tour. Your guide will send you back hotel, and your Chengdu tour will be finished with sweet memory.