Detailed Itinerary: Between 7:30AM-8:00AM you will be picked up at your hotel. From 8:30AM you will visit the
Chengdu Research Center of Giant Panda Breeding. At 11:00AM you will be driven to
Leshan to tour Leshan Giant Buddha.
You will visit Leshan Giant Buddha until 4:00PM. Then coach transfer back to Chengdu.
- HOUR BY HOUR SCHEDULE
07:30 - 08:00 Hotel pick-up
08:30 - 11:00 Visiting Chengdu Research Center of Giant Panda Breeding
11:00 - 1300 Transfer to Leshan
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch time
14:00 - 16:00 Walking tour to Leshan Giant Buddha
16:30 - 18:30 Coach transfer back to Chengdu. Tour ends at Tianfu square. You will make your own way back to your hotel.
Chengdu Resech Base of Giant Panda Breeding: Chengdu Panda Base is a non-profit research and breeding facility for giant pandas and other rare animals.
Leshan Giant Buddha: The Leshan Giant Buddha is the tallest stone Buddha statue in the world, carved out of a cliff face by an 8th-century monk in southern Sichuan province. Built during the Tang Dynasty (618–907AD), this Giant Buddha of Leshan overlooks the confluence of the Minjiang River, Dadu River and Qingyi River and faces the sacred Mount Emei (with which it shares its World Heritage status), with the rivers flowing below his feet.
At Leshan, passengers need to vote for the choice of a walking tour from 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.
Tianfu Square: The biggest square in Chengdu downtown. Lots of interesting good restaurants, local teahouses, shopping and entertainment places to go. It is a good sample of mixture of old and modern Chengdu.
Sichuan Opera and Face Changing Show: this is hosted in an old teahouse, usually people go as an optional enterntainment after a day tour in Chengdu. It is available from 8:00PM to 9:30PM. Performances such as Changing Faces, Spitting Fire and Rolling Lights will be presented, in addition, some of the local folk arts are also performed on the show, like the puppet show, handshadow show, Chinese traditional instrument playing etc. A cup of Sichuan jasmine tea is also served You will be pick-up from Tianfu Square after a day tour to Leshan, or pick-up from your hotel in Chengdu. After the show, you will take the coach back to your hotel.
The ticket price is RMB160 for VIP seat, and RMB120 for normal seat. It is not included in our "Panda Base & Leshan Giant Buddha 1 Day". Please ask our tour guide for more detail if you are interested.