Day Tour: Chengdu Panda Breeding Base and Leshan Giant Buddha

1 day

Easy

Enjoy a trip to popular Chengdu Panda Breeding Base, Leshan Giant Buddha Statue, and Chengdu Tianfu Square. English-speaking tour guide and air-conditioned coach service.
What's included?
    Hotel pick-up from Chengdu downtown hotels
    Escorted walking tour at Chengdu Panda Base
    Option A for an escorted walking tour along Leshan Giant Buddha or option B of a boat ride around the Buddha.
    Before arriving at Leshan Buddha, passengers need to vote for the choice of walking tour from the foot to head of the Buddha (Option A) or taking a boat ride (Option B). You need to make an agreement for the whole team to do together. The visiting time only allows to choose one option. By taking the boat ride, you will miss the walking tour.
    English-speaking tour guide service
    Transfers between attractions
    Exclusions
      Extra cost for optional photo opportunity with baby panda by request (RMB$2,000/person, proceed goes to Panda Research and Protection Program)
      Lunch
      Optional Sichuan Opera performance at a traditional tea house in Chengdu (RMB$160/person for VIP seat; RMB$120 for regular seat)
      Gratuities for guide and driver (recommended)
      Please note
      • Public transportation nearby
      • Not wheelchair accessible
      • Not stroller accessible
      • Not suitable for pets
      • Infants must not sit on laps
      • Infant seats unavailable
      • Before arriving at Leshan Buddha, passengers need to vote for the choice of walking up to the Buddha (Option A) or taking a boat ride (Option B). You need to make an agreement for the whole team to do together. The visiting time only allows to choose one option.
      • This tour is a seat-in-coach tour, with a driver and a tour guide. You will share a coach with other passengers. There is no unwelcome factory or tourist shop visit.
      • Hotel information should be provided 24 hours before departure.
      • The scheduled hotel pickup time is between 7:20am and 7:40am. Your tour guide will call you at your hotel before 10pm the day prior to tour departure to reconfirm exact time.
      • If you do not receive a phone call from your tour guide the day before tour departure, please check with the front desk of your hotel for messages or refer to the emergency phone number on your confirmation voucher and call your tour operator.
      • Please note that pickup service is only available to guests staying at hotel list in downtown Chengdu area. If you live in the outskirt of Chengdu, please go to Sheraton Lido Hotel Chengdu to join in this tour. The pickup time from Sheraton Lido Hotel Chengdu is 7:30am.
      • From May to December 2019, the highway from Chengdu to Leshan is under renovation. Due to road closure, it might spend 60 minute or more on the road. You will arrive at Tianfu Square at about 19:30 to 20:00.
      • Optional Evening Activity: There is an optional 1.5 hours evening Sichuan Opera performance at a traditional tea house available at 8pm. The performance includes famous face changing, fire spitting, and lights rolling tricks by the performers along with puppet and hand-shadow impression shows. There are traditional Chinese musics playing while you sipping on a cup of Sichuan jasmine tea. You will be picked up from Tianfu Square and transferred back to your hotel after the show.
      • Hotel pickups commence prior to this time, you must contact the local service provider to verify your exact pickup time.
      • We pickup from centrally located hotels in Chengdu. This pickup service is for hotels in downtown area of Chengdu only. Downtown Chengdu includes 5 districts of Jingjiang, Qingyang, Jinniu, Wuhou, Chenghua. Other districts are named as Outskirts Chengdu. Hotels in Outskirts Chengdu will cost additional charge. Please check if your hotel is located in downtown Chengdu before you make a booking. If you live in the outskirt of Chengdu, please go to Sheraton Lido Hotel Chengdu to join in this tour. The pickup time from Sheraton Lido Hotel Chengdu is 7:30am.
      What to bring