CD02: 3 Days Chengdu Private Tour

Chengdu, the land of abundance, is a wonderful place to see the cute pandas, appreciate the natural scenery as well as taste the popular hot pot and other famous Sichuan cuisines. Therefore, this 3 days Chengdu tour will bring you a totally different experience compared with the tours to any other cities in China.

Upon your arrival today, your local guide will welcome you at the airport and then escort you to the hotel by a private drive. On the way to the hotel, the guide will give you a brief introduction to the city. After checking into the hotel, you can choose to have a rest or go out to explore the downtown area at your own pace.

Today's private schedule is to visit the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, the Jinsha Site Museum and then the People's Park.

Why is the panda visit arranged in the early morning? That's because the breeders feed the pandas at about 8:30 to 09:00 every morning when all the pandas will come out for the breakfast. It will be a very good chance to see more pandas, take pictures of them and observe their distinctive manners of eating bamboos, which will definitely impress you. Whether you like pandas or not before, from this moment on, you will fall in love with them. There are many pandas in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and they are divided into different areas, so two hours or more are needed for you to visit this site.

In the afternoon, we will head to visit the Jinsha Site Museum, which is an archaeological site museum built on the original ruins, with many cultural relics of the ancient Shu Kingdom, during the Shang and Zhou periods (17th century BC - 256 BC). The most precious finds in this site were the "Sun Bird", a piece of round gold decoration with a sun in its center and four flying birds around it, and the "Gold Mask". Afterwards, we will go to visit the People's Park (Renmin Park), a good place to experience the leisure life of the locals. You will see a lot of activities here, such as playing Taichi, singing and dancing, playing Mahjong, painting and handwriting with large brushes and water on the floor, sipping in a peaceful tea house by the lake or just chatting. You can even see China's unique matchmaking corner where middle-aged parents search for marriage partners for their daughter or son by displaying their detailed information, which is a very interesting part of modern Chinese culture.

Meals: Western buffet breakfast

On the last day of your Chengdu 3 days tour itinerary, we will take you to visit the Jinli Street, a Chinese traditional pedestrian street packed with many beautiful shops, restaurants, tea houses and bars. Wandering along this street is a great way to experience the cultural side of the city as there is so much to see, people yelling to sell different kinds of local foods, Chinese mask art show, which are all part of the China's ancient culture.

After that, we will visit the neighboring Wuhou Temple, which is dedicated to Zhuge Liang, the Marquis Wu (Wuhou) of the Kingdom of Shu in the Three Kingdoms Period (220 - 280). This beautiful temple with traditional architecture, gorgeous gardens, amazing bonsai collections and many historic art pieces will show you the history of the Three Kingdoms Period.

At the end of the tour, your guide and driver will escort you to Chengdu airport to catch your flight. We wish you a pleasant onward journey!

Meals: Western buffet breakfast