All Inclusive Private Day Trip to Chengdu Giant Panda Base and Leshan Giant Buddha Trip by High-Speed Train
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9 hours (approx.)
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Overview
Combine a trip to the Chengdu Giant Panda Base with a visit to the Leshan Giant Buddha on this full-day private tour from Chengdu. With a private guide, travel via high-speed rail and private transfer. Entrance fees and lunch are included.
- Full-day trip combines Chengdu Panda Base and Leshan Giant Buddha
- Private tour for just you and your party
- Travel via high-speed rail, tickets included
- Lunch included
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Be ready bright and early for pickup at your Chengdu hotel, where you’ll meet your private guide and take off for the Chengdu Panda Breeding Center. During your time there, you will get to see a variety of pandas, from infant to adulthood, and learn about the center’s mission to save and rehabilitate pandas.
Return to the city and catch the high-speed train from Chengdu Station to Leshan City. Watch the scenery out the window during the 1-hour journey. Arrive in Leshan City and transfer to the Leshan Giant Buddha Park, where you will sit down for a Sichuan-style lunch before exploring.
After lunch, climb the Lingyun Hill to visit the statue, which is 233 feet (71 meters) tall and carved out of a cliff, overlooking the confluence of the Qingyi, Dadu, and Min rivers. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is the largest stone Buddha in the world.
Walk down the Red Sand Cliff Road to see the Buddha’s profile from the bottom, then take the path over to the Mahao Grottoes, cave formations that are over 2000 years old.
Please note: on the weekends or holidays, there can be a long wait to see the Buddha. If you wish to skip the climb, you can go on a river cruise and see the Buddha from there.
Return to the city and catch the high-speed train from Chengdu Station to Leshan City. Watch the scenery out the window during the 1-hour journey. Arrive in Leshan City and transfer to the Leshan Giant Buddha Park, where you will sit down for a Sichuan-style lunch before exploring.
After lunch, climb the Lingyun Hill to visit the statue, which is 233 feet (71 meters) tall and carved out of a cliff, overlooking the confluence of the Qingyi, Dadu, and Min rivers. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is the largest stone Buddha in the world.
Walk down the Red Sand Cliff Road to see the Buddha’s profile from the bottom, then take the path over to the Mahao Grottoes, cave formations that are over 2000 years old.
Please note: on the weekends or holidays, there can be a long wait to see the Buddha. If you wish to skip the climb, you can go on a river cruise and see the Buddha from there.
Itinerary
7:30am, meet your private guide and driver at your hotel lobby and be transferred to Chengdu Panda Breeding Center to see active pandas from baby to adults before it becomes crowded.
Chengdu panda base is a lovely garden with bamboo forests, swan lake, lush trees that will definitely make your visit memorable.
Enjoy the panda babies while they play, drink milk, eat bamboos, and sleep...etc.
See some of the super stars - adolescent pandas (teenagers). There are 5 to 7 teenage pandas (about 3 years old) living in the big open enclosure.
In addition to giant pandas, you will also see endangered red pandas. They are part of the raccoon family with long tails and beautiful red furs.
Duration: 3 hours
Admission Ticket Included
After your visit to the panda base, your private car to take you to catch the high-speed train to Leshan city.Enjoy the fast and pleasant High-speed train ride while chatting with your guide about local culture, history and ordinary people's life.
During the one-hour train ride, you will enjoy the idyllic landscape of the Chengdu plain. In Spring time, the land is blanketed by yellow rapeseed flowers and in summer time, it is carpeted by beautiful bright green rice paddies while in autumn, you will see busy harvest scenes.
Upon arrival, try authentic tasty Sichuan style dishes for lunch(Non spicy dishes and vegetarian dishes can be arranged)
After lunch, river cruise to the confluence point of 3 rivers to behold the panoramic view of Leshan Giant Buddha.
The cruise ship will stop in front of Leshan Giant Buddha,you can take the full picture of the Buddha.In addition, from cruise ,you will see the whole Lingyun mountain like a decline sleeping Buddha.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Admission Ticket Free
Upon arrival, meet you private driver in Leshan, try really yummy local lunch.Leshan is famous for its delicacy
After lunch, discuss with your guide to choose which option to visit Leshan Giant Buddha
Option 1:Hike the Leshan Giant Buddha Heritage park (Do not go down to the Buddha feet if there were a long queue)
Option 2.Take the river cruise to behold the panoramic view of Leshan Giant Buddha
If time permit, your guide will walk you around the old quarter of Leshan city to explore the local life before head back to railway station.
Around 4pm, catching a train back to Chengdu.
Private car will wait for you when you arrive Chengdu railway station, and transfer you back to your Chengdu hotel
Your exciting panda+Buddha day trip concludes around 6pm.
Duration: 3 hours
Admission Ticket Included
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