Chengdu Panda and Leshan Buddha Group Tour

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Experience the best of Chengdu on this 1-day group tour. Get up close with adorable pandas at the Panda Breeding Reserve and marvel at the impressive Leshan Giant Buddha. No tourist traps, only pure sightseeing with registered English guides and tour vehicles.

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Tianfu Square - In the morning between 7:00 and 7:30 AM, our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel if it is within the Second Ring Road or from the lobby of the Chengdu Sheraton Lido Hotel at 7:30 AM if your hotel is outside Chengdu. When booking the tour, please provide your room number so our tour guide can contact you a day in advance….

Tianfu Square - In the morning between 7:00 and 7:30 AM, our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel if it is within the Second Ring Road or from the lobby of the Chengdu Sheraton Lido Hotel at 7:30 AM if your hotel is outside Chengdu. When booking the tour, please provide your room number so our tour guide can contact you a day in advance. Thank you.
Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Xiongmao Jidi) - Visit the Chengdu Research Center, renowned for its success in breeding Giant Pandas. After observing these delightful creatures, travel to the Leshan Giant Buddha, a monumental statue carved out of the mountain. These attractions are essential for understanding both historical and contemporary China.

Itinerary:

Step 1: 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM, hotel pick-up.

Step 2: 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM, visit the Chengdu Research Center of Giant Panda Breeding.

Step 3: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, drive to Leshan.

Step 4: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM, lunch break.

Step 5: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM, visit the Leshan Giant Buddha on foot.

Step 6: 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM, drive back to Chengdu City, tour ends near Tianfu Square.

No hotel pick-up is available outside the Second Ring Road. Please go to the Chengdu Sheraton Lido Hotel lobby at 7:30 AM to meet your guide.

Leshan Giant Buddha (Da Fo) - After visiting the pandas, the tour will drive for about 2 hours to the Leshan Giant Buddha, where we will stay until 4:00 PM. Standing at 71 meters, the Giant Buddha (also known as Dafo) is the tallest stone Buddha statue in the world. It was carved out of a cliff face by an 8th-century monk. You can take a short walk on the hill to get close to the Giant Buddha or take a boat for a stunning view from the river.
Tianfu Square - The tour will conclude at 4:00 PM, and you will be driven back to your hotel in central Chengdu or near Tianfu Square if your hotel is not within the Second Ring Road. We will return to Chengdu around 6:30–7:00 PM.

What's Included

Entrance tickets included
Transportation via air-conditioned minibus
Professional tour guide services

What's Not Included

Buddha sightseeing Boat ticket.(RMB70/person, optional)
Meals.(RMB50/person, optional)

Additional Information

This fantastic GROUP tour(4-15 people) from Chengdu enables guests not only to visit the Panda Breeding Reserve to see these adorable animals up close, but also to see the Leshan Giant Buddha from land or water.
Highlights:
1.See the great Leshan Buddha - one of the largest in the world in 1day.
2.Experience adorable real pandas up close.
3.Pure…

Location

Tianfu Square

Section 1, Renmin South Road

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Maddybuck12

Oct 28, 2024

Fantastic tour to Pandas and Big Buddha - Awesome trip, highly recommend! Mark was great, very knowledgeable, great English and made sure we got to the important sites early before the crowds. Pandas were amazing, we saw at least 15 giant pandas and 8 red pandas up close. Mark also gave us information about the pandas and there was time to stop for a drink or snack. The lunch was fantastic, a huge banquet of food all for less than 10 Australian dollars. Would have been at least 10 dishes to share, and all really delicious and good quality. The final stop was the Buddha at Lushan. This was extremely busy and very strenuous walking up and down many flights of steep stairs, so pack your walking shoes, but it was fantastic to see. Mark was great, he actually took us on a loop walk so that we looped back to the head of the big Buddha after all the crowds had left and we had a second chance to snap photos and see the Buddha without the crowds. This was a huge bonus, thanks Mark. Great tour, well organised and thoughtful, would definitely recommend to all!!

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83sophiel

Aug 24, 2024

Great day - Well organized, the guide helped us to the best areas to see pandas, which was great. Nice stop for lunch. The giant Buddha was great. I was afraid of the long time in the car combining the two, but with the level of confort provided it went by fast and was really worth it!

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Federico_l

Apr 25, 2024

Great excursion and best tour guide - The tour guide Andy was the best; really friendly and very knowledgable with a high level of English language. The tour was nice and enjoyable and the transportation was comfortable.

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Steveby3111zm

Oct 8, 2023

Chengdu must see - These attractions are must see while visiting Chengdu. Mark, our tour guide, picked up our party of 6 at our hotel and drove northeast to the Panda Base. The entrance to the Base felt a little like Disney, but inside the habitats impressed, giving the impression of a research base rather than a zoo. Not all habitats had pandas in them, but we were able to get some good photos of the ones that did. There is a lot of walking and it can get crowded, as the paths wind around different areas. Mark shared some great information about pandas, but overall, this visit felt a bit short as there is a panda museum and some other attractions (panda musical?) that may be interesting. The drive to Leshan was a bit long, understandably since we booked during the national holiday. Lunch in Leshan was delicious and reasonably priced. We elected to see the Giant Buddha by river boat, which was fortuitous as it seems the hiking option was closed for repairs. That being the case, plus it being Golden Week, the wait to get on a boat was very long. It was worth it, as the Giant Buddha is impressive and well preserved. Thank you to Mark for being such a great tour guide. He was friendly and very knowledgeable about these attractions and the surrounding area. Mark also arranged Sichuan Opera tickets for us the following night, which is a blast and a must see while in Chengdu. We feel that the Panda Base and Leshan/Giant Buddha may be better enjoyed separately, but given our travel constraints, we are grateful for this experience.

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