4 Days Chengdu, Qingchengshan & Dujiangyan Sightseeing Tour

D1 Chengdu Arrival

Pick up service can be arranged at Chengdu train station or Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport by our Chengdu local tour guide, you will find a welcome sign "Chengdu Private Tour". Enjoy a comfortable transfer to your hotel in Chengdu.

After the short break, your tour guide will lead to the locals Hot-Pot restaurant around 18:00pm. The hot pot is one of Sichuan's oldest methods of cooking and is still a popular choice for a night out in Chengdu. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table. Typical hot pot dishes include thinly sliced meat, leaf vegetables, mushrooms, wontons, egg dumplings, and seafood. Vegetables, fish, and meat should be fresh. The hot pot in Chengdu can be very spicy because almost everyone lives here loves spicy. But there is also a choice of non-spicy hot pot.

After hot-pot dinner, drive you back to your hotel.

D2 Chengdu

After breakfast, our guide will take you to visit a hidden spiritual Buddhist temple in the hustling downtown of Chengdu – Wenshu Temple. The large Buddhist Wen Shu Monastery in the north of town has become a major tourist attraction in Chengdu and the surrounding neighborhood has undergone extensive renovations. The temple itself is clean and relatively quiet. There are small ponds and underused buildings in corners of the complex where you can sit and relax. Every now and then a preoccupied monk scurries past, but the grounds are mostly filled with strolling visitors.

Your lunch will be arranged at the local restaurant popular with the local people to stay away from the tourists' meals.

After lunch, drive to the Renmin Park to experience the most authentic view into Chengdu local life. Have a cup of tea in a traditional tea house, watch the local older couples dancing, and enjoy the typical leisure lifestyle of Chengdu.

There are many famous scenic spots in the Renmin Park, including the Gold Water Stream, the Goldfish Island and the Potted Landscape Garden. Besides appreciating the charming landscape, tourists can sail on the artificial lake, drink tea in the teahouse by the lake and watch all kinds of exhibitions and performances on the Rockery Square. The chrysanthemum show and the Singing Crane Teahouse are time-honored and known far and wide. People will get relaxed and delighted here.

Your last destination is Jinli Ancient Street to treat yourself to the local snacks and artifacts. The elegant style of the architectures gives you a glimpse at what Sichuan looked like during the Qing Dynasty.

After the tour, you will be taken back to your hotel in Chengdu.

D3 Chengdu-Dujiangyan

After breakfast, take about 1 hour drive from Chengdu to the Front Mountain of Mount Qingcheng, the home of Taoism. The famous Taoism temples are all located in the Front Mountain. Begin your Taoism exploration after stepping into the arch of Mount Qingcheng, pass through Celestial Hall of Mount Qingcheng and Nature’s Pavilion till hike up to Yuecheng Lake which lying quietly at the middle of the mountain, then take a five minute Buyun cable car up to the mountain. 

Then, walk to the mountain top and visit the historical Taoism temples along the way, including Shangqing Temple, Donghua Hall, Laojun Pavilion, etc. and experience the culture of Taoism and enjoy the fresh air and stunning scenery in the mountain. After arriving at the mountain top, go back along the same way you come.

After the Taoist mountain tour, head to the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, which was an irrigation project built in 256BC. The system is still working to irrigate Chengdu plain and it’s the actual reason why Chengdu is called as the “Land of Abundance”. Visit the three main parts of Dujiangyan Irrigation System including Yuzui, Feishayan, Baopingkou, and be amazed by the wisdom of ancient Chinese.

After the tour, transfer to your hotel in Dujiangyan city.

D4 Dujiangyan-Chengdu

After breakfast, our guide and driver will pick up your family at your hotel around 08:00 am and drive 30 minutes to Dujiangyan Panda Base to do your Incredible Giant Panda Volunteering Experience work from 08:30 to 16:00.

Itinerary Highlight: There are more than 40 giant pandas and 5 red pandas in Dujiangyan Panda Base. During this one-day panda volunteer program, you’ll experience some activities including honorary keepers to clean up bamboos, pick up droppings, wash the enclosures, observe and understand the panda’s status and living conditions; 

Activities: 
1. Prepare food for the pandas and also experience the fun of making the “Panda’s Cake”; 

2. Deliver delicious “Cake” and fruits to the pandas personally and understand panda’s feeding habits; 

3. Watch a panda documentary that shows scientific facts about pandas, to understand how humans protect them, and how we may live in harmony with them; 

4. Plant bamboos and trees, as well as set up nametags and some more interesting and meaningful activities. After the panda volunteer activities, you’ll receive an official certificate from CCRCGP that proves your love for giant pandas, as well as souvenirs, like a panda badge, a panda T-shirt or a panda club magazine.

After the whole days’ volunteering experience, you will be driven back to your hotel in Chengdu.

Note:

1. Volunteering work for your kids: If your children are above 12 years old, they can partake in Panda Volunteer Program to do the volunteering work. If they are under 12 years old, special activities are arranged to have interaction with the pandas and please feel free to contact our travel consultants.

2. Dujiangyan Panda Base can accept up to 20 volunteers in one day. Being a volunteer, you should apply it a week in advance with your Application Form and Health Examination Form (valid medical certificate and signature which could apply it in your county or in China).

3. If your family member wants exceptional experience to hug a panda, you should pay extra 1800 Yuan which is the donation fee to help and save the endangered pandas.

After the full day volunteer tour, drive you back to Chengdu downtown (hotel, train station,airport).

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